Hobbes' new thing is to strip naked in her crib. She did it repeatedly at nap time both Sat and Sun, and never did take an actual nap. Then she behaved like a nightmare because she was overtired from not napping. Hello, being 2!
She wears 1 piece zipper jammies, so I tried putting footless ones on her backwards last night. She left them on to sleep, but that was clearly permissive on her part. She got them off this morning between waking up and me going in to get her. I found her diaper and jammies tossed out of the crib, her dancing around naked, and the jammies were inside out and still zipped. She apparently wiggled out through the neck.
So far I've only had to clean up one crib pee, but this is going to get old fast. She does it at the beginning of nap (dry diaper) and in the AM after overnight (very wet diaper), so I don't really think it's wet diaper-related.
I'm not sure if the solution is clothing/diaper related, or to convert her crib to toddler bed and give her a little more freedom (so less boredom). Or something else? I'm certain she is capable of escaping from her crib, but she has only ever done it once, over the summer, and sufficiently scared herself that she hasn't tried again.
Post by countthestars on Nov 20, 2017 9:41:45 GMT -5
Little houdini! I've read here that some people put a diaper on and then another one on backwards over it, or I've also heard of people using duct tape to keep the diaper on. Converting to a toddler bed doesn't sound like a bad idea either.
I wish I had advice, Susie, but I don't. That sounds very frustrating.
I have a really (really) stupid question. My kid is a peanut (<18lbs, 29" at 12 months), but I have him in size 5 diapers which are supposedly for 27+lbs. Size 4, no matter the brand, just seem small to me, and size 3, which he is "supposed" to be in by weight seems crazy small. But maybe that's how they're supposed to fit? Like are my daycare providers laughing at me because my kid is wearing too big diapers lol?
scm1011 , Hobbes still wears size 4 Pampers Cruisers at age 2. She is also a peanut, and is somewhere around 23-ish lbs. (rough, bathroom scale weight) now. We're just about to move to size 5 soon. No leaks, but the 4s seem SO soaked in the morning.
I just checked my Amazon account, and we bought our last box of size 3s on 11/30/16, so right after her first birthday. She spent a full year in size 4.
I don't really pay attention to the weights printed on the diaper boxes, but size 5 does seem big at 18 lbs. I would guess size 4 for your little guy. If 5s don't leak though, who cares? As long as you don't mind paying a little more, the size 5s are about $0.04/diaper more than size 4s.
icedcoffee, she used to sleep in sleep sacks but we stopped when she started pulling the zippers apart and escaping from them. She broke a zipper that way. That was at some point in the 12-18mo size, so I don't think we can go back to that.
We seem to be having diaper leaking issues. During the day is fine, but at night I find C has often leaked out of his diaper and onto his Pjs. We currently use honest diapers, but I also have earths best and have the same issue. What gives? They fit well (he's 8.5 lbs and in size 1). Are we doing something wrong?
Also he is 2 weeks old and a super chill, easy baby. Doesn't fuss much, never cries short of a crisis like changing him, and sleeps well. I assume the ball is going to drop at some point and that's all going to go out the window?
I wish I had advice, Susie, but I don't. That sounds very frustrating.
I have a really (really) stupid question. My kid is a peanut (<18lbs, 29" at 12 months), but I have him in size 5 diapers which are supposedly for 27+lbs. Size 4, no matter the brand, just seem small to me, and size 3, which he is "supposed" to be in by weight seems crazy small. But maybe that's how they're supposed to fit? Like are my daycare providers laughing at me because my kid is wearing too big diapers lol?
My 22 lb 16 month old is in 4s and we are about to size up when she's done with this box of diapers. I never went by pounds, I found the guidelinea vary widely by brand anyway. As long as he's not leaking out of the diapers I'd use what ever you want.
My question: what do you do with temper tantrums in 16 month olds? DD just started these. One little thing will set her off ( taking away a roll of toilet paper for instance) and she melts down for 20+ mins. Screaming and crying, but no tears. Re directing to other toys doesn't work, offering food or water doesn't work (she just throws them), if I try to physically touch her she scratches at my arms. I just resorted to leaving her screaming in the living room and she eventually stops and acts like nothing happened. She's not verbal yet so I feel bad she can't communicate what she's feeling.
We seem to be having diaper leaking issues. During the day is fine, but at night I find C has often leaked out of his diaper and onto his Pjs. We currently use honest diapers, but I also have earths best and have the same issue. What gives? They fit well (he's 8.5 lbs and in size 1). Are we doing something wrong?
Also he is 2 weeks old and a super chill, easy baby. Doesn't fuss much, never cries short of a crisis like changing him, and sleeps well. I assume the ball is going to drop at some point and that's all going to go out the window?
You could try sizing up at night. Make sure his penis is pointing down too.
My second was like that as a baby. He’s almost 2 and is uh, not so easy going now lol. But he was such a chill delightful baby. I’d have 2 more if they were guaranteed to be like him!
scm1011 , Hobbes still wears size 4 Pampers Cruisers at age 2. She is also a peanut, and is somewhere around 23-ish lbs. (rough, bathroom scale weight) now. We're just about to move to size 5 soon. No leaks, but the 4s seem SO soaked in the morning.
I just checked my Amazon account, and we bought our last box of size 3s on 11/30/16, so right after her first birthday. She spent a full year in size 4.
I don't really pay attention to the weights printed on the diaper boxes, but size 5 does seem big at 18 lbs. I would guess size 4 for your little guy. If 5s don't leak though, who cares? As long as you don't mind paying a little more, the size 5s are about $0.04/diaper more than size 4s.
icedcoffee , she used to sleep in sleep sacks but we stopped when she started pulling the zippers apart and escaping from them. She broke a zipper that way. That was at some point in the 12-18mo size, so I don't think we can go back to that.
My DD has been in size 4s during the day since somewhere around June of last year. She's nearly 2.5, but pretty small at 35" tall and 25 pounds. I feel like we'll be in these until she's potty trained.
We do put her in size 5s overnight though, it helps prevent them from seeming so soaked.
Dd is 32lbs (not sure her height but is in 3t pants for length) and still wears size 4 pampers. We use size 5 swaddlers overnight and they seem giant on her. Must be her body shape since I can’t picture her wearing a size 5 during the day!
DS is almost 2.5 and he's still in size 4 diapers. He's probably around 28-29 pounds, size 2T pants. He's been wearing size 4 since he was 10 months old! I've thought about sizing up to 5s, but since there are fewer in a box and I'm cheap, I've been sticking to 4s.
We seem to be having diaper leaking issues. During the day is fine, but at night I find C has often leaked out of his diaper and onto his Pjs. We currently use honest diapers, but I also have earths best and have the same issue. What gives? They fit well (he's 8.5 lbs and in size 1). Are we doing something wrong?
Are you using honest overnights? They worked great for us.
As for diaper sizing, DS is a big boy and flew through the smaller sizes. He was in 5s before a year but is still in 5s at 29mos.
Post by gerberdaisy on Nov 20, 2017 11:00:34 GMT -5
Sleep training at 4 months....for middle of the night wake-ups, how do you let them cry?
I'm worried he's too young, but at the same time am too exhausted to function. He goes to sleep no problem, but then wakes up a lot. The last couple night I've let him cry for a bit, but I need a more set approach. Is 20 minutes a good amount? I'm fine with feeding him once, but he really shouldn't need more than that at this age, right?
Also, he's still swaddled in the RNP, switch to the sleep suit and the crib (which is actually a mini pack n play in our room at the moment) now too? He's starting to fight swaddle more and I know he's getting old for it.
Sleep training at 4 months....for middle of the night wake-ups, how do you let them cry?
I'm worried he's too young, but at the same time am too exhausted to function. He goes to sleep no problem, but then wakes up a lot. The last couple night I've let him cry for a bit, but I need a more set approach. Is 20 minutes a good amount? I'm fine with feeding him once, but he really shouldn't need more than that at this age, right?
Also, he's still swaddled in the RNP, switch to the sleep suit and the crib (which is actually a mini pack n play in our room at the moment) now too? He's starting to fight swaddle more and I know he's getting old for it.
We sleep trained at 4 months. You'll get varying opinions on this, but my pedi gave us the green light so we went for it and had great success. Pick an amount of time that fits with your comfort. For us that was about 20 minutes. We also monitored the TYPE of cry. Heavy upset cry? 20 minutes max for me. Whining? Maybe 40 minutes. Angry, pained cry? I went right in. You'll learn his cries once you start monitoring more closely.
If you're going to sleep train to drop a feeding I would do all the transitions at once--sleep suit and crib. Personally, I don't think I could have sleep trained with him still in our room.
He's going to be sharing a room with DD, so crib isn't an option yet until he's sleeping a little better. We've been putting him in our bathroom at night to get a little separation.
Sleep training at 4 months....for middle of the night wake-ups, how do you let them cry?
I'm worried he's too young, but at the same time am too exhausted to function. He goes to sleep no problem, but then wakes up a lot. The last couple night I've let him cry for a bit, but I need a more set approach. Is 20 minutes a good amount? I'm fine with feeding him once, but he really shouldn't need more than that at this age, right?
Also, he's still swaddled in the RNP, switch to the sleep suit and the crib (which is actually a mini pack n play in our room at the moment) now too? He's starting to fight swaddle more and I know he's getting old for it.
I loved the precious little sleep blog for sleep training advice. I did training at 5 months and it worked out well. However at 5 months (and definitely at 4 months) my DD was feeding twice a night. We moved nursing to 30 mins prior to laying her down to sleep to break the nurse to sleep association. Then I didn't respond to her for 5 hours. After midnight I would feed her when she woke up. I started night weaning at 6 months and by 7 months we weren't doing at night feeds. The goal was so have her fall asleep without any assistance (nura9ng, rocking etc) and once she had that down, then night wean. I did CIO, and during those first 5 hours and then when we did subsequent dropped night nursing sessions I didn't respond at all, no matter how long she cried. I think the longest she cried was 90 mins.
littlemisssunshine: my baby is 14 months and learned the art of tantrums at 12 months. Mostly, we let her cry. She has to let out her frustration so have at it. We do follow the advice from Happiest Toddler on the Block, which is the Fast Food Method. Look it up. Just because she can't tell you doesn't mean that she doesn't understand you very well.
My question: what do you do with temper tantrums in 16 month olds? DD just started these. One little thing will set her off ( taking away a roll of toilet paper for instance) and she melts down for 20+ mins. Screaming and crying, but no tears. Re directing to other toys doesn't work, offering food or water doesn't work (she just throws them), if I try to physically touch her she scratches at my arms. I just resorted to leaving her screaming in the living room and she eventually stops and acts like nothing happened. She's not verbal yet so I feel bad she can't communicate what she's feeling.
I think around that age I just ignored him. That wasn't the result he wanted from his tantrum, so they died out quickly.
I'm not even sure I bothered redirecting or offering anything if he was in a meltdown. Just left him alone in the room until he calmed down and then asked him questions when he did to try to figure out why he was upset (Are you mad at Mommy? Why? What happened to your toy? etc.)
Advice for a really bad dry, hacking cough at night? Poor DD will wake herself up coughing. It sounds like she is having trouble catching her breath during a fit. We have her humidifier running, and we gave her her albuterol before bed. No help. Is this go to pedi or just wait it out?
Post by liveintheville on Nov 20, 2017 12:36:28 GMT -5
scm1011 I commiserate. You’ve seen my kids they’re 1% for weight and 3% for height. We never sized up because they were just too skinny but all our friends did. I think it’s completely normal.
My question is how do I get kid 2 from being a poor loser? He’s 7 and autistic. We attended a karate tournament this weekend and he didn’t place in forms or sparring. He got competitor trophies for both. You could tell he was really sad about this. Doesn’t help that kid 1 took 2nd and 3rd. We’ve tried explaining that it’s about the guts to put yourself out there (some kids freaked and refused to join in). And how proud we are of him and that winning isn’t everything.
Hobbes' new thing is to strip naked in her crib. She did it repeatedly at nap time both Sat and Sun, and never did take an actual nap. Then she behaved like a nightmare because she was overtired from not napping. Hello, being 2!
She wears 1 piece zipper jammies, so I tried putting footless ones on her backwards last night. She left them on to sleep, but that was clearly permissive on her part. She got them off this morning between waking up and me going in to get her. I found her diaper and jammies tossed out of the crib, her dancing around naked, and the jammies were inside out and still zipped. She apparently wiggled out through the neck.
So far I've only had to clean up one crib pee, but this is going to get old fast. She does it at the beginning of nap (dry diaper) and in the AM after overnight (very wet diaper), so I don't really think it's wet diaper-related.
I'm not sure if the solution is clothing/diaper related, or to convert her crib to toddler bed and give her a little more freedom (so less boredom). Or something else? I'm certain she is capable of escaping from her crib, but she has only ever done it once, over the summer, and sufficiently scared herself that she hasn't tried again.
Any suggestions?
Diaper on backwards and a sleep sack on inside out (so she can’t unzip it). You can probably even leave the diaper on the right way but having the sleep sack should help keep it on so long as she can’t get out of the sleep sack. This is what I do for DS1 (3 next month) and it works. I can’t have him in just shorts, pants, or zipper jammies because he will undress and undiaper (and also not nap/sleep).
Post by minionkevin on Nov 20, 2017 12:51:29 GMT -5
scm1011 my kids have always gone up well before they met the recommended minimum weight per diaper size. Kid1 was in size 5 at 1.5, but Kid2 is 1.5 and in size 6. I liked it when the diaper came up to their belly button to contain all of the pee and especially the poop. When they don't reach anymore, it's time to move up.
Post by gerberdaisy on Nov 20, 2017 13:28:01 GMT -5
Alright I have a new question. I've been reading the precious little sleep blog all morning. DS is 4 months, 1 week old and has always slept swaddled in the RNP. She talks about the swing a lot. Do I bother putting him the swing for a few nights to see if it helps (the have to wean him off that) or just go straight to crib. Having a few good nights sleep would be really nice.
Sorry, I ususally can figure these things out myself, I'm just not myself lately.
Alright I have a new question. I've been reading the precious little sleep blog all morning. DS is 4 months, 1 week old and has always slept swaddled in the RNP. She talks about the swing a lot. Do I bother putting him the swing for a few nights to see if it helps (the have to wean him off that) or just go straight to crib. Having a few good nights sleep would be really nice.
Sorry, I ususally can figure these things out myself, I'm just not myself lately.
I personally wouldn't do the swing. I'd go straight for the crib. That's what I did. DD was a little old at 5 months to be sleeping in a swing, and I really wanted her to get used to the crib, not something else I would eventually have to wean her off of. My biggest take aways from PLS were separate nursing/bottle 30 mins from bedtime, be absolutely consistent (we did no checks as they just upset her more), and no contact for the first 5 hours. So from 7pm to 12am I didn't respond. Then I usually nursed her at 1am and 5am and then weaned those down. I also napped trained at the same time (even though PLS say not to) but she was refusing naps unless I drove her around in the car which wasn't sustainable. I dropped her in the crib for naps and the longest she cried was 17 mins and she caught on with in a week. For night time the longest she cried for 90 mins, but again with in a week she had the hang of it.
I’m home with a puking toddler today. She hasn’t had anything to eat or drink since about 6pm yesterday. She asked for a sip of water a few times but couldn’t keep it down. It’s almost 3:30 pm. She’s in decent spirits- laying on my lap coloring now. When should I be concerned about dehydration?
gerberdaisy I wasn’t ready to commit to sleep training completely in the 4 month period because DS would cry and cry for longer than I was comfortable with. So we muddled through months 4 and 5 doing whatever we could- sometimes it was the swing, sometimes H taking shifts. We tried sleep training again just before 6 months and it worked. There was a lot of MOTN crying (going to sleep wasn’t our issue) but I felt confident at that point and it was over in two nights. If you’re not mentally prepared for the crying you could try to buy yourself a few weeks however you can.