DD is 7 months old. For the past two weeks, she's been sick with a virus, then a double ear infection, then a stomach virus. We abandoned our sleep training plan and just got through it by nursing/comforting through the night. Now she is better, but of course stuck in the bad habits again. I see two white marks on her bottom gum, and last night's sleep was horrendous. Is it wrong to retry sleep training while she is teething? H and I have been sick too and if we don't sleep soon we might lose it.
Blue Moon, give ibuprofin about 20 min before bedtime and go for the sleep training. They teethe for 2 years. You really can't wait on it.
linz, it lasts somewhere between a couple nights and forever. If it's not improving, then you think about sleep training or you keep snuggling. Snuggling isn't a bad thing unless you can't keep it up and need it to change.
Post by nextbigthing on Mar 29, 2015 9:16:09 GMT -5
How much formula did your 5 week old take and how often?
DS drinks 3.5 ounces every 3-4 hours including overnight. he tends to spit up some as it is, but he's been drinking this same amount for the last few weeks. When were you able to give larger amounts less frequently?
nextbigthing I'm wondering the same. E can eat anywhere from 2-6oz in a feeding, although the bigger amounts are usually over an hour or two (once he had 8oz over about 2 hours. That was fun). Also wondering what is normal!
DD is 7 months old. For the past two weeks, she's been sick with a virus, then a double ear infection, then a stomach virus. We abandoned our sleep training plan and just got through it by nursing/comforting through the night. Now she is better, but of course stuck in the bad habits again. I see two white marks on her bottom gum, and last night's sleep was horrendous. Is it wrong to retry sleep training while she is teething? H and I have been sick too and if we don't sleep soon we might lose it.
I wouldn't wait on sleep training for teething. It's hard to know for sure if the problem is teething (at least for me it is), versus whatever else, and the teething goes on for so long. If you think it's teeth, I'd give some motrin or something and carry on.
Post by estrellita on Mar 29, 2015 10:32:38 GMT -5
@choco I will have to check but E pretty much screams if he doesn't get fed. I usually try a pacifier and other things first before trying more food, but it's usually the food he wants. I admit I'm a little afraid of overfeeding but obviously I don't want to leave him hungry!
Post by hilwithonelary on Mar 29, 2015 10:41:21 GMT -5
I don't think there's much to be done besides redirecting away from outlets. Now that my kids are older, we do tell them that "only mom and dad can touch XYZ. You might get hurt if you touch it."
I want some input on my 5 year old DS's behavior. I feel like he should have outgrown this by now, but maybe my expectations are off. When he gets upset about something, he will just burst into tears and sob uncontrollably. It's not a foot stomping, angry tantrum. He is seriously sad. Some recent examples of things that set him off include the neighbor's two year old smashing the snowman he was working on and not getting to help make his sandwich at lunch (I had no idea he wanted to help because he never has before). It takes him anywhere from 5-15 minutes to fully calm down. I've tried encouraging deep breaths and tell him I understand that he's sad, but it doesn't seem to help. I'm afraid this behavior isn't going to fly in kindergarten this fall. How can I help him learn to calm himself down when he gets upset like this?
A tshirt with my kid's name on it? Isn't that something people don't like for safety reasons? (Maybe I made that up?)
I think people say not to send your 6 year old out to play outside or walk to school in something advertising their name. I think it's less of a concern for a 2 year old who will never be out of your sight.
L is fascinated by electrical outlets. These are covered, but do I just keep saying "No!" and redirecting, or is there something else I should do?
YMMV, but half the time redirecting worked and the other half of the time it was worth it to let B play (safely!) with whatever he was obsessed with and then he'd lose interest. He was obsessed with the PVR / cable box for months and finally we couldn't keep moving him away and he poked at it for 2 minutes and has never touched it again. Forbidden fruit and all that.
I agree that sometimes it's better to let them touch stuff. I mentioned this around Christmas when there was a lot of talk about trees and ornaments. I has great success with the "one finger" rule starting at a very early age. When there's something delicate they want to play with, I showed them how they can touch gently with one finger. It really does help satisfy that urge to touch stuff without breaking anything. Obviously that's not a good way to deal with outlets, but I think it's a good approach to have in your arsenal.
Does croup sound different enough from a regular heavy baby cough that I would be able to recognize it without ever hearing it before?
At what age did your kid understand If This Then That sentences? as in "if you eat your crepes you can have more strawberries". He understands two step directions ("put away the book and sit down at your table") but IFTTT seems to be iffy.
I have two questions - one of which is probably stupid.
1. If your child seemed to have a small cold (slightly stuffy nose - nothing to section out - he is breathing fine) and a cough, no fever - you would still send them to DC right? He did cough so hard earlier that he puked a bit, but has otherwise been ok - he hasn't gotten sick again. I feel like if I kept DS home from DC until he was 100% then he would never go to DC - we are going on 2 weeks and many ped. vists with this cough. Then again, he likely picked this up at DC and will likely pass it along to someone else so I feel guilty. You would send your kid right as long as they were acting fine?
2. Did your kid get either super fussy and/or tired when they were around 4 months? I don't think this is related to the 4 mw - I think DS went through that a few weeks ago. Yestereday DS slept for close to 20 hours and when he wasn't sleeping he was just a grump. He ate, but not as much as normal (24 oz compared to 27-30 typically). He cried often but wasn't pulling at his ear or anything. He doesn't have a fever. He just seemed really tired though wasn't acting sick. Maybe this could be an effect of the above issue - slight congestion and cough? He's had that for a while though and I would think if he were catching something else he would be acting differently? He's been super tired today too (took two naps - one for 3 hours and one for 2 hours) but is otherwise acting fairly normal - maybe slightly crankier than usual. He typically doesn't nap well so I have no clue what is going on. We are going to the doctor this week for his 4 month c/u but figured I would ask for experiences anyway.
Does croup sound different enough from a regular heavy baby cough that I would be able to recognize it without ever hearing it before? .
Depends. DD had croup pretty bad this winter and she never had the seal bark cough that people talk about. Her cough sounded normal but her breathing sounded horrible.
I wouldn't but I am paranoid about this kind of stuff. DD has a blanket with her name on it and I would turn it around backwards if I were to use it somewhere like Disney.
In the first few weeks of your baby's life, how much total sleep in a 24-hour period would you get, and how did you make it happen?
4 hours usually broken up over the night...6 hours if I was really lucky. Ds would wake up 3-4 times in motn to nurse which meant I was up every 2 hours. I would sleep an hour in between the feedings when he would finish one, sleep four an hour and then wake up for the next. I had to supplement and I'm not going to lie....there were definitely some nights especially in the weekend when dh wasn't working that he gave ds a bottle of formula or pumped bm. Those nights helped me significantly.
In the first few weeks of your baby's life, how much total sleep in a 24-hour period would you get, and how did you make it happen?
Still in that phase.
Usually 6 hours. Sometimes 5 or 7.
DS eats almost like clockwork every 3 hours. So we put him in his sleep sack around 8 or 9 depending on the night. I go to bed between 9 and 10:30.
When DS wakes up, we all get up. I pump, DH feeds and diapers. One of us will rock DS to sleep. Could take a minute or quite a while. DH and I go back to sleep for about two hours until next wake up.
We get DS up for the day around 9.
My DH is a SAHD, so this works better.
Also DS sleeps well on someone from 3-6 give or take reliably each day, so one or both of us could nap if needed as grandma, etc could help here.
Sometimes having someone hold the baby is helpful! I usually do some chores when family comes over.
Last night I slept 9:30-11, 12-2, 3:30-4:45, 6-8.
I used to be a 8-9 hour a night gal, but I really feel very good now on 6 hours.
We also put a stack of clean bottles in the bedroom before we go to bed and I make sure I have enough clean pump bottles in the kitchen. I keep pump parts in the fridge and wash in the morning.
I felt really overwhelmed the first two weeks. Let your friends/family brung you food, take out the trash, pick up diapers.
Set very small goals each day. Mine were literally take care of baby, take a shower, boil pacifiers for example.
Wearing the baby can help a lot too. We're just starting this but DS likes the Ergo. He fell asleep and I did dishes and made an appt and ate breakfast:)
Post by estrellita on Mar 29, 2015 17:01:46 GMT -5
If you didn't BF/pump or only did for a short time, when did your period return? I am getting on BC after my 6 week check up but I was curious when it might naturally show up again?
In the first few weeks of your baby's life, how much total sleep in a 24-hour period would you get, and how did you make it happen?
We alternated nights. On my night, I went to bed at 9p and H did the 9p bottle and put DS to bed. DS initially was up every 3 hours. The process took about 30 min.
DS and I would often nap from 7 to 9 each morning and from 1 to 3 in the afternoon.
At 6 weeks DS could go from 10p to 3a and that made a big difference.
In the first few weeks of your baby's life, how much total sleep in a 24-hour period would you get, and how did you make it happen?
Maaaybe three-four hours, broken? Per doctor's orders due to weight loss, I had to feed every two hours (I think - maybe three?) and she took forever to eat, so I'd get fifteen minutes here and there. It was brutal. If we have another, I'm combo feeding so H can help more.
@choco I will have to check but E pretty much screams if he doesn't get fed. I usually try a pacifier and other things first before trying more food, but it's usually the food he wants. I admit I'm a little afraid of overfeeding but obviously I don't want to leave him hungry!
My pediatrician told me you can't overfeed, they'll either spit the nipple out or spit up if full. I've found this to be pretty true. Sometimes he eats every 2 hours and sometimes it's 5 between feedings.
In the first few weeks of your baby's life, how much total sleep in a 24-hour period would you get, and how did you make it happen?
Like, practically zero. The first week, when he was nursing unsuccessfully, I would sometimes sleep 20 minutes here or there. Once I started pumping, the baby slept a little better but I was still up pumping throughout the night. 4 hours of broken sleep would have been awesome.
How much formula did your 5 week old take and how often?
DS drinks 3.5 ounces every 3-4 hours including overnight. he tends to spit up some as it is, but he's been drinking this same amount for the last few weeks. When were you able to give larger amounts less frequently?
DD ate 6 4oz bottles til we went to whole milk. At the end she'd take a 5 oz before bed. It drive my mom nuts that we weren't giving her big 8 oz bottles, but she would throw up. (She's actually started with my sister about it too, and her DD is 11 weeks). I guess each kid is different? Mine was a grazer.
She did sleep through the night 12 hours starting at 9 weeks. So she just ate every 2-3 hrs throughout the day. Dr said as long as she got 24 oz/day, it didn't matter.
I know she did 3 oz bottles at like 3 weeks (when bf ended). But I don't recall the frequency.
A tshirt with my kid's name on it? Isn't that something people don't like for safety reasons? (Maybe I made that up?)
I know what you are talking about, but I would. At that age if she is wandering around alone you have bigger problems. I feel like that's more a school aged kid issue.