Gas & Gas Drops: SwaddleMe
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Advice on Breaking Baby of Dependence on Swaddling
Asked by A.D. from Raleigh
on August 19, 2008
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Hello, Helpful Moms. I have a wonderful 3-month old son who overall is a very good sleeper. My challenge is that he sleeps well only when tightly swaddled, but now t...
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- Oh boy! I, too, had a daughter who was addicted to swaddling, and I held on to it for as long as I could, wrapping her more and more tightly. But she almost always f...
- My youngest son, now 5, loved being very tightly swaddled. It was great in the beginning, but like you, he began to wake up early on. Unfortunately, babies are no diff...
- how about feet pajamas? Maybe he gets cold and that wakes him. Or, how about those sacks that you put them in where it is like being swaddled but they can't get out,...
Getting a Baby to Sleep Longer Through the Night.
Asked by M.H. from Dallas
on January 1, 2008
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Just wondering if anyone had any tips, techniques, advice on getting a baby to sleep longer through the night. I have a 7 week old who was sleeping 5 to 6 hours throu...
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- You may want to record everything you eat in a food log to determine what it is you are eating that is causing his gas.
- Your diet may be contributing to his gas. I couldn't eat broccoli while breastfeeding my second.
- You may try to put a couple of the baby anti-gas drops in each of the bottles you feed him. One of the boys I babysit did this. It worked WONDERFUL!!!
Three Week Old Sleeping Habits.
Asked by L.M. from Seattle
on August 3, 2011
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Hello ladies,
I was wondering if you ladies could tell me if this is normal with sleeping in a three week old.... I have a four year old and I seem to remember him ...
1 Month Old Won't Sleep on His Back
Asked by D.P. from New York
on September 27, 2007
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Hi moms! I'm a first time mom of a beautiful baby boy. Everythin is going pretty well except for the fact that he does not want to sleep on his back. I'm well aware o...
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- D. for your sleeping problem, you have alot of good advice, i don't think i can really help you...plus i didn't do ANYTHING i was told to do as far as the sleeping go...
- Hi D. I strongly recommend you allow your son to sleep on his tummy. In this position babies feel safe and secure. Remember that the SIDS warnings are for the entire ...
- I had the same problem with my daughter. If you put her down on her back she would just start screaming. It didn't matter if she was asleep already. Someone had sugges...
Newborn at Home Now
Asked by M.W. from Washington DC
on January 2, 2012
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Just got back from hospital with my second child! Last night was pretty rough-- I don't know if I blocked out the first few weeks sleeping with my first, but I felt l...
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- If he has gas, instead of laying him in the bassinet, try putting him in his carseat and that might help until he gets the burpies out! I would really get him to ta...
- Congratulations on yur new baby. Congratulations on your new (probably mild) postpartum depression. Join the club of many mothers who end up at the mercy of sleep d...
- I'm sorry I didn't read the other responses. I don't know that I have advice as much as I just want to encourage you. I remember when I brought my second one home. ...
Sleeping Thru the Night??
Asked by S.F. from Dallas
on March 8, 2008
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Am I expecting too much? Our daughter is 6 1/2 weeks old, and we are feeding her every 4 hours. She takes about 4-5 ounces at every feeding. She usually naps a little ...
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- I have a sevenand a half week, and she is my first. I stopped worrying about waking her up or dictating when I fed her when she was about three weeks old. She has been...
- Hi S., Read Healthy Sleep Habits for Happy Children. Very Good book, really goes in to detail about babies and toddlers their sleep habits as they grow and how much t...
- Hi S., I'm no expert on sleep but each of my 3 children were very different. The first one slept relatively well at night, but not at all during the day unless I wa...
11 Week Old Just Won't Sleep on Her Back!
Asked by J.M. from New York
on January 22, 2009
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Hi Moms,
My daughter is 11 weeks tomorrow. She is a very good baby, has some gas issues, but it has been getting better as the days pass. In the beginning she was ...
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- Hi there J., My 9 month old had the same thing when she was an infant. I use to put her on her sides when she sleept in her sleep positioner. I asked my pediatrion if ...
- I have a 13 week old who is going through the same problem. awful sleeper in her crib, wonderful sleeper in her swing (even without it moving!)...and it is so hard to...
- Hi J. My daughter now almost 17 months was the same way. She slept on me or in her swing only. So when she was 9 wks I got sick of having very few hours of sleep. One...
How Long to Swaddle?
Asked by K.M. from Dallas
on July 5, 2007
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Hi mamas!
I have a 3 1/2 year old dd and 2 10-week old twin daughters. Due to some reflux issues, my twins have been sleeping in their swings for naps and bedtime....
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- We swaddled my little boy with the SwaddleMe wraps, which worked very well for him, until around 3 months old. Around that time, I noticed it was inhibiting his natur...
- Hi K.--- I have a baby that will be 4 mo on the 15th and we still swaddle him. He also has reflux, and is on Zantac. I don't know if it helps soothe him, or if it...
- Hi K., I did not have a baby with reflux, but it my understanding most parents that have babies with reflux have them positioned slightly up-right to minimize the r...
Swaddle Weening Help!!!
Asked by M.P. from Provo
on March 11, 2010
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I have a 5 month year old son who is getting to be to big for ANY swaddle (he is either off the charts of in the 95th%) and I can't afford to keep trying new ones that...
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- I made my own swaddling blankets for about $3 a blanket and they worked really well. I just got 45" fabric cut in a square and hemmed them up. The video "The Happies...
- we started by swaddling with one arm out, then eventually both, then none. I agree with Jae that a sleep sac might be good. On the other hand, we just bought the l...
- My daughter really enjoyed being swaddled for sleeping and when the little 'hospital' or recieving blankets were too little, I just went to the fabric store and bought...
Desperate for Help with a Colicky Baby
Asked by N.D. from Orlando
on April 8, 2008
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Has anyone ever found anything that worked to soothe a newborn with colic? A friend of mine is going out of her mind because her baby is crying so much. He's not ill, ...
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- GRIPE WATER!!!!!!!!!! It's made by Baby's Bliss! I didn't look to see where you are from but here in Pensacola you can buy it at Storkland. That's the only place I've...
- OK here's the deal and it sounds crazy but it works. When my son was a baby 8weeks he went through the same thing this is what my mother did for me when I was a baby.....
- Bicycle kicks help sometimes and the football hold can give relief sometimes too. A vibrating bouncy seat might be worth a shot.
