Night Waking & Crying: Meijer
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My Almost 5 Month Old Still Not Sleeing Thru the Night!!
Asked by N.J. from Chicago
on May 24, 2007
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My baby boy will be 5 months old on June 2nd. He still has yet to sleep thru the night! I am exhausted and a littel discouraged. For the most part, he wakes up abou...
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- Just wanted to say I have a 9 month old. Since I work full time, I am ok with keeping him up until 9:30 or 10 because I only get to see him between 6pm-10pm...he stays...
- HI. Sorry that you are going through this...I too went through this.lol Is your son napping during the day? Sometimes night wakefulness is due to being overtired.
- You will probably get advice all across the board!.... my first thought was to try putting him down earlier.... Trying 15minutes earlier then the previous night until ...
Cloth Diapers
Asked by S.C. from Grand Rapids
on November 15, 2008
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Hi... I know, this is my 3rd question in like 24 hours... but I am curious...
We are going to be useing cloth diapers on our 4th babe. He is due in 3 months. I don...
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- An old friend of mine just started a company that maybe a solution for you. She has cloth diaper in a varity of sizes and patterns. You can buy individual ones or bund...
- You don't have to use pins anymore.. you can use a snapee.. it has little claw like arms and works just like pins would. Cloth diapers save a lot of money dependin...
- I know the feeling about asking a million questions - Cloth diapers are a lot to wrap your head around. I used clth diapers for child 2 & 3. I used a few differnt ki...
16 Month Old Still on Bottle
Asked by T.R. from Indianapolis
on November 13, 2008
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I know, many of you may say I am a bad mom, but I put oatmeal and baby food in my son's milk. He is 16 months old and still HAS to have 7oz Milk, 1 jar 2nd Baby food a...
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- When my dgtr was 15 mos old, she wouldn't sleep without her bottle. So, when she woke up in the night, she had to have another one. She was chubby so I only put water ...
- My son was two when he gave up milk in the bottle and that was only because we basically took it away. Unfortunately that is sometimes all you can do. My son would not...
- Hi T., Both of my children had acid reflux and their GI doctor put them on special formula along with thickening up their formula with rice cereal. So, we too HAD to...
Snacking
Asked by A.W. from Cleveland
on April 4, 2007
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My son is seven months old, I keep reading that I should be offering him snacks. So here is my concern/questions...1. about a two weeks ago my son was eating the gerbe...
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- At 7 months your Son should be getting solids 3 times a day, at every meal. He's still little so it's not a big deal but he needs the practice to prepare for other foo...
- The biscuits you have to watch out for. cause the kids can get them apart. I suggest trying applesauce or jello that is not so solid. anything that will go down smooth...
- I would try offering him cheerios or gerber makes little bite size grain snacks they are fruit and veggie flavored that dissolve right when they put them in their mout...
Teething
Asked by L.D. from Columbus
on January 11, 2007
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I believe my 5 month old is teething as I have noticed him drooling, putting everything in his mouth, chewing, slight fever and crankiness...recently he has shown a lo...
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- totally normal. i think maybe his gums are tender and sucking on a bottle, etc...makes it hurt worse. maybe try giving him some tylenol about a half hour before feedin...
- Absolutely teething can result in not wanting to nurse at the breast or bottle - teeth pain can radiate throughout the mouth & jaw, with referral pain that even goes t...
- My 7 1/2 month old just went through the same thing. She went from taking 6 ounces a feeding to around 2 ounces. She was fussy at feeding time as well. Once the tooth ...
Guilt over Son's Premature Birth
Asked by L.L. from Detroit
on October 22, 2010
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Hi ladies,
I'm new to this site and in need of an honest opinion about my son's birth. My son was born a few months ago and he was born at 31 weeks and I feel like...
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- I think any time anything happens like this, we second guess ourselves. You trusted in the medical professionals, whose job it is to know and test and follow up. Y...
- Honestly, this could be me writing this story! I was "leaking" for a few weeks but remembered my friend telling me that it was normal to lose control of your bladder ...
- You have a healthy baby. You did the best you could with the information you had. There's no use dwelling on the past, only on the future and it sounds like your littl...
What Do I Feed My 12 Month Old?
Asked by K.H. from Louisville
on December 2, 2006
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We just went to the doctor to get those wonderful 12 month shots. It actually went better than I had plan! My Doctor told me that I could take him off of formula now...
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- Most importantly, don't leave him alone while eating, watch carefully for choking now that he'll be working on table foods. Some finger foods you could feed him: SOF...
- anything that you would eat that is soft is ok to feed to him. I have a 5 year old and a 9 month old. My youngest just recently refused to eat baby food. Im still nurs...
- I am pregnant with my 5th baby and I have to say, 12 months is alot easier than you would expect. That is when you get to share your plate with your child. Just make...
Switching from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by K.F. from Detroit
on May 7, 2007
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I took my daughter for her 1 year Dr. visit. He told me it is time to stop feeding her from formula to milk and to take her off the bottle and let her use a sippy cup...
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- well, when my little girl turned one I put away all the bottles and started giving her sippy cups. She hasn't had a bottle since she turned one. I don't think you're g...
- well I think that you should just give her the sippy cup and sound excited make it seem fun, kids like new things she'll eventually get used to it after a couple of da...
- Hi K., Don't rush it if she is not ready. Despite what the doctor says every child grows at their own pace. If she is drinking out of a sippy cup during the day t...
We Are at Wits End...
Asked by L.M. from Chicago
on August 12, 2007
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Hello,
We have a 9 monh old daughter who until the past couple weeks, was a great sleeper. I know it can be a few things. She doesn't have teeth yet, nor can we s...
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- Hi L., I feel your pain...it's hard to listen to them cry and even harder when you know what's wrong, in this case, probably lack of sleep, but I agree having her ...
- I'm sorry you're having a hard time but just wanted to say that parenting doesn't end when the sun goes down. Of course we all need a break sometimes but your daughter...
- We struggled with the same thing. The crying out thing does work. It's painful and my husband and I both cried during the process but it works. We followed the Ferb...
Breastfeeding
Asked by M.S. from Columbus
on October 30, 2008
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My daughter is almost 10 weeks old and we are breastfeeding. While I was pregnant I decided to breast feed and I was like oh this will be so good for her and it will ...
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- Way to hang in there!!! I know exactly what you're going through - but it is sooooo much better for baby. I breastfed baby #1 for 13 mths. and baby #2 for 14 mths. ...
- I have breastfed three of my four children, and could never successfully pump. I talked to the lactation consultant and she said some women just can't pump. I would ...
- There are a million things to suggest but truly I think the best thing at this point is for you to contact a Lactation Consultant (where you delivered should have some...
