If your kid doesn't like a specific puree, do you freeze the rest and try again at a later date? I know they aren't super expensive, but I feel like we are throwing away a lot of food since you are only supposed to keep them in the fridge for 2 days.
DD is 6 months and doesn't roll either way. Is my pedi going to be concerned? Should I be?
Did you really wait 3 days between new foods? For how long? For every food? At this rate, she won't have tried every possible food until she is 1.
Will my nether regions forget the pain of post partum enough to make me want to be pregnant again one day?
I mix with something the kid does like. If that doesn't work, I throw it away. DD won't eat peas on their own, but mix it with sweet potato and it's acceptable.
I wouldn't be too concerned yet, so long as the other milestones are being met and there aren't other gross motor issues going on.
I didn't always wait the 3 days. I did try to feed it 2 days in a row, so there was repeat exposure, and if that didn't prompt anything I called it safe.
Yes, although I had already forgot most of the post partum pain by 6 months so maybe I'm not the right person to answer. I never look forward to being pregnant, though. Just a means to an end.
1. Is it possible to over feed a breastfeed baby? 2. Why does my son keep popping off while breastfeeding, and could this is a contributing factor to his ridiculous amount of gas? 3. I just read that caffeine could cause gas in babies. Anyone know if this is true?
My kid has been doing this recently, too - only on the right side. I'm thinking he might prefer the letdown of the left side more, so I've been starting him on the right side first and finishing him on the left. I have a low supply and have to offer both sides at every feeding, so I'm not sure if that helps or not. I have no idea if it contributes to gassiness or not, though - sorry!
Does/did anyone else's kid hate naps? E typically only naps for 20/30 minutes at a time and stays up for 2-3 hours. He's generally super happy when awake, if that matters at all.
My child was a crappy napper up until 2 weeks ago at 8m. And even then I think she only started napping better b/c we started a nap routine w/CIO. She's always been a very happy, social baby.
(Someone at that breast feeding center with a 3 week old said their kid's bedtime was 7:30?!? Mine sleeps whenever still, seems too early for a set time! She is usually wide awake around 9pm too!)
We started a routine pretty early, but he still doesn't reliably go down at the same time every night - we typically start the process around 7/8 when he seems tired, and he'll fall asleep whenever he's good and ready
Now that I'm back at work and we're all on a bit of a schedule, I'm thinking (hoping?) a more concrete bedtime might emerge. We'll see!
If your kid doesn't like a specific puree, do you freeze the rest and try again at a later date? I know they aren't super expensive, but I feel like we are throwing away a lot of food since you are only supposed to keep them in the fridge for 2 days. I would try for 2 days, then we tossed.
DD is 6 months and doesn't roll either way. Is my pedi going to be concerned? Should I be? I probably wouldn't worry yet.
Did you really wait 3 days between new foods? For how long? For every food? At this rate, she won't have tried every possible food until she is 1. We haven't. I know this weekend we finally did eggs, so anything we fed was stuff she already had b/c it has a higher possibility of allergies.
Will my nether regions forget the pain of post partum enough to make me want to be pregnant again one day? No help there, I was fine at 6w pp, sorry.
Does/did anyone else's kid hate naps? E typically only naps for 20/30 minutes at a time and stays up for 2-3 hours. He's generally super happy when awake, if that matters at all.
My child was a crappy napper up until 2 weeks ago at 8m. And even then I think she only started napping better b/c we started a nap routine w/CIO. She's always been a very happy, social baby.
1) how long did the Four Month Wakeful last for you?
2) anyone else's baby have a diaper blow out every damn day?
1) Way too long. Sleep training was the only thing that fixed it.
2) Yes. I sized up and use pampers swaddlers or swaddlers sensitive because I found they absorbed it all faster and locked it in better. Switched back to up&up diapers after starting solids and blowouts settled down.
1. B-bot has been angry at one boob (the one with the best supply!) for over a month. Ears have been checked. Just teething, right?
2. Will my baby ever just have one wake up at night, again?
3. How many oz of solids should my 7 month old eat? I think he would never stop if I just kept offering. Breakfast has become 3 oz of BM mixed with a ton of baby oatmeal AND a whole fruit pouch, for instance. Should I be worried that he maybe isn't getting as much BM since he's eating so many solids (been a few weeks since we were on bottles, so Im not sure what he's consuming...)?
(Someone at that breast feeding center with a 3 week old said their kid's bedtime was 7:30?!? Mine sleeps whenever still, seems too early for a set time! She is usually wide awake around 9pm too!)
We used to start bedtime around 7:30 in hopes she would be down by midnight.
Around 3 months or so it started taking us less time to get her down, and at 5 months she decided that she wanted to be in bed at 6:30.
DS is almost 6 months and seems to babble more when he is in his crib or car seat (ie not to us). Is this normal? He babbles and coos to us some, but most of it takes place when he is alone. Should I be worried? FWIW, he's a very happy/smiley baby and laughs quite a bit.
Does/did anyone else's kid hate naps? E typically only naps for 20/30 minutes at a time and stays up for 2-3 hours. He's generally super happy when awake, if that matters at all.
This was DS until he was about 12 weeks old (coincidentally when I went back to work). We were lucky to get an hour nap out of of him a couple times a week whereas everything else was typically 30-40 minutes. Then one afternoon, he magically napped for almost 3 hours and then consistently took 1.5-2 hours naps going forward. Hang in there!
DS is almost 6 months and seems to babble more when he is in his crib or car seat (ie not to us). Is this normal? He babbles and coos to us some, but most of it takes place when he is alone. Should I be worried? FWIW, he's a very happy/smiley baby and laughs quite a bit.
He's just talking to the ghosts
E does a ton of talking still in her carseat when we're driving somewhere. I wouldn't worry about it.
Did you really wait 3 days between new foods? For how long? For every food? At this rate, she won't have tried every possible food until she is 1.
Will my nether regions forget the pain of post partum enough to make me want to be pregnant again one day?
1. We didn't. Somehow I missed that that was a rule until we had been feeding solids for like two weeks. OOPS. After I knew, we did wait the full three days after feeding her a fruit that I have a (very minor) allergy to. No reaction!
1) how long did the Four Month Wakeful last for you?
We seem to finalllly be getting out of this now. DS will be 6 months next week and has been a pretty crappy sleeper since he started rolling consistently around 3.5 months and we ditched the swaddle. We used the Magic Sleepsuit up until about two weeks ago when he rolled in that. Now he seems much happier sleeping on his tummy and his sleep has improved tremendously. Looking back, I wish we had never used the sleepsuit or not used it as long as we did. I think he was ready to sleep on his tummy earlier than I realized.
1) how long did the Four Month Wakeful last for you?
I think a month, or close to it? If it wasn't over by 5 months, it wasn't long after that. She's been a fantastic sleeper ever since, if that makes you feel any better
1) I think around 8 months? We started giving her puffs at 7 months, but it took a little while before she could really pick them up.
2) She said her first words around 10 months, but has only just now (12 months) started saying words with any regularity - no, bye, dada, dog (without really enunciating the "g"), and more (mah).
2. Why does my son keep popping off while breastfeeding, and could this is a contributing factor to his ridiculous amount of gas?
Dd2 does this every now and then and there are 2 reasons for her doing this. Firstly, she wriggles like mad and then pops off. This means she has gas and wind her straight away. Secondly, it's when she's sucked that boob dry! I try to re latch her but lately if she's getting cross I offer the other side too. Up til now I've only ever offered one side. Now do both in the evening when supply is lower
satsuma good question! Because D is popping off so much, I keep putting him back on the breast. I figured that eventually he'd get full, but I was just curious to know if he'd continue to eat only because I keep shoving my boob in his mouth.
Maybe the nipple shield is really starting to bother him, and that's causing him to pop off? But he won't really eat on the right side unless the shield is on it---he'll sorta just gum it and pull away.
I'll admit that I was paranoid that DS was ever getting enough so I was always doing the same until about 3 months when I trusted him enough to let me know when he was done. Still, I don't think a two month old can be forced to keep suckling if they're done. Or they can change up the sucking so as to not keep drinking. Children can be guilted into eating more, but not babies.
We are doing a big move right around when B turns 6 months old and might be living in a hotel for a week or two and starting solids at the same time sounds like a terrible idea. Will it be awful to wait until 6.5 or 7 months? She is EBF if that matters.
In retrospect, starting solids wasn't the big deal it seemed to be. I think it would be okay to wait. But really, I would probably go ahead and start. You don't have to do it on a schedule or with any frequency at first. Just do it when it's convenient. If you offer twice one day then none for the next two, no big deal. It's just for fun and practice.
(Someone at that breast feeding center with a 3 week old said their kid's bedtime was 7:30?!? Mine sleeps whenever still, seems too early for a set time! She is usually wide awake around 9pm too!)
From 0-12 weeks, bedtime was 10 or 10:30 pm. DS got his last bottle, and he was swaddled in the crib (vs naps downstairs in the PNP). That is when I went to bed myself, so it was his bedtime too.
Once he started daycare, it moved up to 8pm, and it finally landed at 7pm when we turned the clocks back in October.
Does/did anyone else's kid hate naps? E typically only naps for 20/30 minutes at a time and stays up for 2-3 hours. He's generally super happy when awake, if that matters at all.
C was just not a napper until he was an older infant, somewhere in the 6-7 month range. He would take catnaps in the Ergo, and that was it. It sucked a lot and I wanted to punch everyone with sleepy newborns.
He's now 15 months and goes down without complaint for a 2-3 hour nap every day. It is basically the best thing ever.
Will I ever be able to put her down without her crying? She wants to be held, bounced, or in the wrap at all times. I feel like she is either eating, sleeping, or screaming. We get maybe an hour total through the day when she will tolerate her activity mat/ tummy time. She makes plenty of diapers and I know she's not hungry. I'm so nervous for her to go to daycare in a couple weeks since they won't be able to hold her as much as I have!
If I'm just running downstairs to let the dogs out the back door, do I need to bundle up the baby and take him with me? We live in an apartment so I would be actually leaving our apartment and hanging out the back door while the dogs pee. Should I take him if he's awake but leave him if he's asleep?
Is it ok to store a stroller in a car in the winter? I don't see why it wouldn't be since car seats stay out in the car but I'm wondering if I'm overlooking something? It gets pretty cold here(18*F today, supposed to be 1*F on Sunday).
Will I ever be able to put her down without her crying? She wants to be held, bounced, or in the wrap at all times. I feel like she is either eating, sleeping, or screaming. We get maybe an hour total through the day when she will tolerate her activity mat/ tummy time. She makes plenty of diapers and I know she's not hungry. I'm so nervous for her to go to daycare in a couple weeks since they won't be able to hold her as much as I have!
This was my DS. Things got better around 3.5 months and a lot better at 5 months. Now he is able to entertain himself for 20 minutes at a time.
We rock VCB to sleep in his bassinet. He sleeps great. Do we need to wean him off of this soon, so that the transition to a full crib isn't a total disaster? Or can we go with it until he starts rolling?
(Someone at that breast feeding center with a 3 week old said their kid's bedtime was 7:30?!? Mine sleeps whenever still, seems too early for a set time! She is usually wide awake around 9pm too!)
10 weeks I think. She's had a bedtime routine since 3 weeks though.