Questions 10/11

[melsamoony]

Hey ladies!

My question for the day is when your toddler dropped to 1 nap, how long did they nap for?

[hocus2]

My kids used to nap from 1 to 3 or so. My older child always napped longer and kept napping later (until 5 vs. 3.5 like my son).

[arebee]

When we first went to one nap it was about 45 mins. She slowly started napping longer and will sleep anywhere from 1.5-2.5 hrs.

[yellowbrkrd]

Anywhere from 2-3 hours.

[mellimel19]

DD usually naps for 2-3 hours.

[karinothing]

Question is my newborn the only one who takes 5 hour naps? Seriously this is schedue today

1am wake and feed back to sleep
130-450am sleep
450-545 awake and nursing or cooing
545-8 sleep
8am - wake and eat
9am - 10am sleep
10am - 11am wake and eat
11am - and counting 335pm
Yesterday he fell back asleep from 5-6, then went to bed at 7.

He is 10 weeks I feel like this is a lot!

[genet313]

Does Hanna Andersson ever put things on sale?   Specifically, family Christmas PJs?  Before Christmas?  Tell me yes!

[melsamoony]

karinothing I wish my newborn had napped like that. So long as he is eating well (which judging from the schedule you describe he seems to be) I would just let him be. Does he always nap this long? Could be a growth spurt.

[yellowbrkrd]

Oct 11, 2015 14:48:20 GMT -5 genet313 said:

Does Hanna Andersson ever put things on sale?   Specifically, family Christmas PJs?  Before Christmas?  Tell me yes!

I think they usually go on sale for Black Friday.

[arebee]

Oct 11, 2015 14:45:10 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Question is my newborn the only one who takes 5 hour naps? Seriously this is schedue today

1am wake and feed back to sleep
130-450am sleep
450-545 awake and nursing or cooing
545-8 sleep
8am - wake and eat
9am - 10am sleep
10am - 11am wake and eat
11am - and counting 335pm
Yesterday he fell back asleep from 5-6, then went to bed at 7.

He is 10 weeks I feel like this is a lot!

Sounds normal to me. DD would sleep off and on in the morning and then took a 4 or 5 hour nap every afternoon and sleep 12 hrs overnight at that age.

[karinothing]

Oct 11, 2015 14:49:42 GMT -5 melsamoony said:

karinothing I wish my newborn had napped like that. So long as he is eating well (which judging from the schedule you describe he seems to be) I would just let him be. Does he always nap this long? Could be a growth spurt.

He does have a cold, but he generally he takes a 4 hour nap then another short nap for an hour or so about 2 hours after he wakes. Then goes to bed an hour later.

[karinothing]

Oct 11, 2015 14:51:20 GMT -5 arebee said:

Oct 11, 2015 14:45:10 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Question is my newborn the only one who takes 5 hour naps? Seriously this is schedue today

1am wake and feed back to sleep
130-450am sleep
450-545 awake and nursing or cooing
545-8 sleep
8am - wake and eat
9am - 10am sleep
10am - 11am wake and eat
11am - and counting 335pm
Yesterday he fell back asleep from 5-6, then went to bed at 7.

He is 10 weeks I feel like this is a lot!

Sounds normal to me. DD would sleep off and in in the morning and then took a 4 or 5 hour nap every afternoon and sleep 12 hrs overnight at that age.

Cool. His brother was so the opposite so I second guess what is normal.

[Muddled]

When do things start to fall into a routine-ish? When do you get to that point where you can more or less estimate a "good time for..."?


Did your stiches sting? They did at first, then they didn't, and now they do again. Should I have H investigate?

[melsamoony]

Oh man I have another question....lol.

For moms w small babies who had trouble gaining (DS just fell off the chart again and is at around the 2nd %) any food suggestions?

DS is tiring of peanut butter and avocado. He always wants foods that are not very caloric like fruits. Any suggestions of how I can make fruit (namely blueberries) more caloric/nutrient dense?

[Deleted]

Oct 11, 2015 14:34:57 GMT -5 arebee said:

When we first went to one nap it was about 45 mins. She slowly started napping longer and will sleep anywhere from 1.5-2.5 hrs.

Same here. Initially his single nap was very short, like 45 mins. I was all "what have I dooooone?!" But slowly the nap lengthened to 1.5-2.5 hours, where it still is at 3.5 years old.

[countthestars]

DS (5 days) has a really stinky umbilical stump. Should I clean it out with rubbing alcohol? I feel like they had us do it for DD when hers got smelly but I kind of forget.

[countthestars]

Oct 11, 2015 14:56:44 GMT -5 melsamoony said:

Oh man I have another question....lol.

For moms w small babies who had trouble gaining (DS just fell off the chart again and is at around the 2nd %) any food suggestions?

DS is tiring of peanut butter and avocado. He always wants foods that are not very caloric like fruits. Any suggestions of how I can make fruit (namely blueberries) more caloric/nutrient dense?

will he do smoothies?

[Deleted]

Oct 11, 2015 14:54:54 GMT -5 Muddled said:

When do things start to fall into a routine-ish? When do you get to that point where you can more or less estimate a "good time for..."?


Did your stiches sting? They did at first, then they didn't, and now they do again. Should I have H investigate?

DD is 6 months old, and we just got into a good routine. Prior to that her eating and napping was all over the place.

[melsamoony]

countthestars I would contact your pedi to see what they suggest. They may want you to come in so they can put a little something on it...i think they apply silver nitrate.

[melsamoony]

countthestars sorry for the double post...he may do smoothies! Somehow I never thought of that. How should I give it to him? Straw cup?

[krystee]

Oct 11, 2015 14:54:54 GMT -5 Muddled said:

When do things start to fall into a routine-ish? When do you get to that point where you can more or less estimate a "good time for..."?

About 3.5 months, shortly after I went back to work. But he has never napped much for me, even as a newborn!

[countthestars]

Oct 11, 2015 15:01:49 GMT -5 melsamoony said:

countthestars sorry for the double post...he may do smoothies! Somehow I never thought of that. How should I give it to him? Straw cup?

that's how we do them!! You can do yogurt, berries, banana, pb, anything really! Sometimes we add a little flax too.

[kellsbelles]

Is nursing to sleep horrible? My son is almost 4 months old and that's how I can quickly get him down for the night. My mom was telling me to stop bc I'm creating a bad habit but I really don't mind it since it works so well.

[preppy]

Oct 11, 2015 14:54:54 GMT -5 Muddled said:

When do things start to fall into a routine-ish? When do you get to that point where you can more or less estimate a "good time for..."?


Did your stiches sting? They did at first, then they didn't, and now they do again. Should I have H investigate?

My stitches did this. I would not have your H investigate.

[HitchedIn2006]

Oct 11, 2015 14:56:44 GMT -5 melsamoony said:

Oh man I have another question....lol.

For moms w small babies who had trouble gaining (DS just fell off the chart again and is at around the 2nd %) any food suggestions?

DS is tiring of peanut butter and avocado. He always wants foods that are not very caloric like fruits. Any suggestions of how I can make fruit (namely blueberries) more caloric/nutrient dense?

Cream cheese dip?

[VillainV]

1. When did you stop using the changing pad/table? Not age, but by what milestone? Like, when they could stand unassisted, did you switch to something else? What did you switch to? C's daycare room still uses the changing pad, but he hates it at home. But he can't stand on his own yet, so I don't know what else to do. Changing him on the floor is worse because he just tries to crawl away.

2. When did you start using bubble bath?

[VillainV]

Oct 11, 2015 15:07:49 GMT -5 kellsbelles said:

Is nursing to sleep horrible? My son is almost 4 months old and that's how I can quickly get him down for the night. My mom was telling me to stop bc I'm creating a bad habit but I really don't mind it since it works so well.

At four months, it's still survival mode. You won't make bad habits at that age. I think we stopped nursing to sleep around 8 months?

[kellsbelles]

Oct 11, 2015 15:49:31 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Oct 11, 2015 15:07:49 GMT -5 kellsbelles said:

Is nursing to sleep horrible? My son is almost 4 months old and that's how I can quickly get him down for the night. My mom was telling me to stop bc I'm creating a bad habit but I really don't mind it since it works so well.

At four months, it's still survival mode. You won't make bad habits at that age. I think we stopped nursing to sleep around 8 months?

That is my thought exactly right now survival. Thanks for the reassurance!

[awkwardpenguin]

Oct 11, 2015 14:54:54 GMT -5 Muddled said:

When do things start to fall into a routine-ish? When do you get to that point where you can more or less estimate a "good time for..."?

Not for a while. Starting around 3 months I know she's going to be awake for 1.5 hours between naps but not when she'll take those naps or how long they'll be. She's 4 months and we're still waiting on something resembling a routine.

[ssmjlm]

Oct 11, 2015 15:07:49 GMT -5 kellsbelles said:

Is nursing to sleep horrible? My son is almost 4 months old and that's how I can quickly get him down for the night. My mom was telling me to stop bc I'm creating a bad habit but I really don't mind it since it works so well.

Nursing was the last thing we did before bed until 14m. I didn't have to break the habit bc eventually E wouldn't fall asleep anymore from it. I would not be worried about it at 4m.