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Sleeping in the Night
Asked by Y.C. from New York
on June 10, 2008
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I'm a new mom of an almost 4 week old little boy. we've been trying to train him to learn the difference between day and night since he happens to stay up between 3-5 ...
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- Hi Y., Many babies have this day and night mix up. You could try to wake him during the day. He is still very new and you just may have to go with his schedule and try...
- I know, the first 6 weeks are very hard. I would fall asleep in the middle of nursing him some nights! He will eventually learn day and night on his own, but this al...
- I know it sounds mean - but I would do everything I could to keep him as awake as possible during the day - try unwrapping him if he is wrapped in a blanket. That he...
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...
4 Mo Wont Sleep Alone at Night HELP!
Asked by L.P. from El Paso
on August 28, 2008
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My 4 mo son wont sleep alone at night. We place is playpen right next to the bed at night. He'll be fast asleep in my arms or on the couch but as soon as his back touc...
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- Well of course I don't know how big your little man is, but maybe swaddling will help. Since you said he flails his little arms when you lay him down, it might be bec...
- I feel your dilemna. My little girl is also 4months old. She is now sleeping through the night in her own crib. I still bring her to the bed once in a while, because ...
- I think co-sleeping is great! My 4 month old son starting crying everytime we put him in his bassinet at about 5 weeks old. He's been sleeping in our bed ever since....
Newborn + Breastfeeding + Middle of the Night Cosleeping = Po'd Husband - HELP
Asked by S.G. from Chicago
on October 15, 2009
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We have a two week old - yay! He's nursing great, however he's had his days and nights mixed up. We have been successful at keeping his up more and more during the d...
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- I completely understand your situation. I slept on the couch and kept my infant in the swing until he had his days and nights figured out. Doing this (with both of my...
- Congratulations on your new baby! My solution for co-sleeping fears was to put a changing table pad in the bed. Yes, it's large, but it is a firm surface and the sli...
- Your husband needs to pull his head out of his - well, you know what I mean. Congratulations on your new little one! Two weeks is too young to expect the baby to be ve...
Sleep Deprived New Mom Needs Help on How to Get a 6Wk Old to Sleep at Night.
Asked by L.L. from Washington DC
on May 5, 2009
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Hi,
My daughter is 6wks old and is not sleeping well at night. She was sleeping for one 5 hour period each night when she was a few weeks old, but now she is wakin...
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- Sorry, babies need to eat several times a night at this age, especially breastfed babies. Please do not listen to the response that say your baby only needs to be fed...
- At about 6 wks is when I started putting my baby in my bed with me to nurse. I was very aware of her at first but after awhile she would just latch on and we would go...
- We used the SwaddleMe blankets from Kiddopotamus. If you haven't tried them I would highly recommend it. When our daughter was that age, up until she could role over...
Need Advice Om Getting My 3 Month Old to Sleep Through the Night- Unswaddled!
Asked by C.M. from Houston
on November 1, 2008
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I have a wonderful 3 1/2 month old little boy. He has slept in his crib since birth and we would swaddle him every night. He would wake up for the typical feedings (fo...
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- Have you tried putting him on a crib wedge that has the positioner. He maybe missing the feeling of something holding him. We use one with our 2 month old.
- What you might try...They make these things, "Baby Positioners" that keep them from rolling over. You lay the baby in the middle of if and i cannot roll over. It velcr...
- Hi C.! I am surprised by some of the messages you have received already. Not by what they have said, but how they have said it. Mommies are probably the most opinio...
Swaddle Blankets
Asked by H.R. from Abilene
on October 5, 2008
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I've been using a Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe (made of cotton knit) on my daughter (now 4 months old) for the past few months. I love it except that now she's strong enough...
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- She might be too old now to be swaddled. Try the Halo sleep sacks to keep the blanket on her. I loved those, they were so great. Get 2, one to wear, one to wash. ...
- The fleece Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe blankets hold them significantly tighter than the cotton ones do. But, these only come in small & large (and there is a gap in betwee...
- Hi H., It sounds like your daughter is developmentally ready to stop swaddling. I know it's hard to think about sleepless nights and fussy babies, but in the long ...
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,...
Alternative to Swaddling in Warm Weather
Asked by S.L. from San Francisco
on July 3, 2009
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My 6 week-old sleeps well when swaddled (in blanket or Swaddleme wrap). The weather is getting warmer and we don't always turn on the air conditioning unless it gets v...
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- I too was worried about swaddling when it got warmer so I decided we probably needed to stop swaddling my 4 month old son. We just started doing naps without swaddles...
- I had a similar problem - here's how I swaddled without wrapping my little one up.... put a light recieving blanket down in the crib with a corner at the top - fold...
- why don't you swaddle him with only a diaper on underneath, and maybe put a fan somewhere in the room - (not to close to him) just to circulate the air....????
Swaddling
Asked by A. from Chicago
on August 20, 2006
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Hi Moms!
I've been swaddling my 15 week old daughter at night and she sleeps BEAUTIFULLY. However, she is getting very big and no longer fits in the SwaddleMe wrap...
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- Good Morning! I would recommend the Halo SleepSacks? Our 2yr old son LOVED them. Here's the website: http://halosleep.com/ If you google this product, you'll...
- My daughter was what we affectionately referred to as "burrito baby". We (I kid you not) swaddled her until about 9 months! She wanted it, loved it and so we just di...
- why not try I think there called wedges where you have 2 pillows attached to a balnket and one of the wedges adjustes to the size of the baby i bought mine at babies e...
