Nighttime Feedings: Miracle Blanket
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5 Month Old Breastfed Baby, Sleep Issues, Formula and Miracle Blanket
Asked by K.C. from Boston
on April 28, 2009
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I think I may have a unique problem that is a combination of breastfeeding, swaddling, sleep, and sanity...
My 5 month old daughter Isabella was never a great slee...
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- First off, K. - STOP beating yourself up! It sounds like you are doing everything you can to make sure your child is getting what she needs, and you are being a wonde...
- My 2 yr old still wants to sleep swaddled he has spd so I sewed some snaps onto his larger blankets and swaddle him and sleeps much better then if he goes w/o
- Not sure about the blanket - but certainly a more active baby wriggles out of things, and you need to keep her safe. The waking up could be due to teething and just b...
Sleeping Through the Night
Asked by J.U. from San Francisco
on January 8, 2008
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I have a four month old baby boy who has never been a good sleeper, but has recently gotten worse. He had increased his sleeping to four hours during the night, then ...
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- J. since you are breast feeding then I suggest you eat lots of turkey specially for dinner, reason is that Turkey has lots of Glutamate and you body turns it in to GA...
- My suggestion would be, every time he's awake, force him to stay awake for 2 hours. Play, tickle, bath, etc., whatever it takes. When he naps, don't let him nap long...
- My daughter is about the same age and we had many of the same issues. First off don't let yourself get caught up in thinking that this is a growth spurt. Growth ...
Sleeping Through the Night
Asked by T.W. from Dallas
on March 28, 2007
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I am trying to find ways to get my son to sleep through the night, in his own crib. When we try to put him down for the night and turn out the lights, he cries and cr...
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- Amen on the swaddling! Even if you don't have a "swaddler" blanket, use a regular receiving blanket and wrap him up tight. Babies like to be cuddled. If it helps, ...
- Infants don't do change well, and space is not reassuring to them as it is to us because they are not neurologically prepared to deal with it. Swaddling, tightly with ...
- Miracle Blanket from Burdick Baby. I swaddled until my daughter was 6 months old. She still loves to be tucked in tight at 2 years old.
How to Get Infant to Sleep Through the Night
Asked by L.D. from Kansas City
on February 19, 2009
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I sit for a mom who is in need of some help. Her baby boy is going to be 3 months old this Sunday. He is not sleeping all through the night. She wants to know what ...
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- I know that not everyone likes it, but I recommend the Baby Wise book. Everyone that I know who has used it has had terrific results (i.e. baby sleeping at around 2 m...
- Amber S. is right on target... 3 months is too young to expect a baby to sleep through the night, and is very likely too young to start solids. Please tell her to ask...
- My sister did the cereal in the formula at night thing with all three of her kids and swears it works, I never did it b.c my ped. told me not to give my kids food too ...
Sleeping Through the Night at 10 Weeks
Asked by Y.M. from Chicago
on June 9, 2008
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My son is 10 weeks old and still wakes up every 3 hours at night, sometimes he'll eat 6 ounces before sleep and will sleep 4 hours but then will wake up every 2 hours....
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- my son is 4months & is still waking up 2-3x a night as well.Pretty much every 3-4hrs he wakes up during the night. Although, he doesn't eat that much before I put him ...
- Sorry to tell you, but my son is 10 months old and still wakes to eat once a night, and usually wakes one other time for a pacifier. Not every child will sleep thru t...
- He is way too young to be trying to sleep train and to be sleeping through the night. Some babies will sleep 4-6 hours, but most will not. At 10 weeks, their bodies ...
Breastfed Baby STILL Won't Sleep Through the Night....:(
Asked by R. from Philadelphia
on August 6, 2006
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My son is 2 months old, breastfed and keeps me up every 1.5 to 2 hours STILL. I don't want to use formula for the nightime feedings in fear that when I go back to wor...
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- Hi R., In my experience, two months is still pretty young to expect a breastfed baby to sleep through the night. My older two, who were good sleepers, started sleepi...
- I had my son next to our bed until he was 6 months old. He was waking up a lot during the night and it was just much easier to take care of him that way. I feel that...
- everyone will always give you different views on situations...all depends on how THEY feel. as long as your careful, and it works for BOTH of you...then it's YOUR dec...
Any Tips for Helping Baby with Night Time Gas?
Asked by E.K. from Seattle
on December 26, 2011
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Any tips for helping my little 5 month old with her night-time gas? It hurts her enough that she wakes up crying, and Mylicon drops don't seem to do anything. Any th...
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- If you are breastfeeding remember **anything that gives you gas will give the baby gas**. When my kids were tiny I had to stay away from onions, green peppers, cabbag...
- Make sure she is not getting anything but formula/breast-milk at all, any food at this age sits in her stomach and basically rots because the stomach is not mature eno...
- You could try Marathon Burping. None of the normal gas tricks helped my son, because come to find, he was gulping air with every swallow. Just a little bit. But All...
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!!!
Tips on Getting Baby to Sleep Longer at Night?
Asked by J.C. from Dallas
on January 31, 2008
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My baby is due this week and I wanted some advice early on about getting her to sleep longer periods at night. I've read a bunch of your posts stating that you were ab...
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- A baby will sleep through the night when they are ready. My ds was 7 months and dd was 3 weeks! Granted she slept in bed with us and was attached to my breast all ni...
- J., You are a very conscientious mother, but 7 months is actually pretty darn good for sleeping through the nite and actually he may have slept through the nite ear...
- I found the book BabyWise to be very helpful. My oldest son was sleeping through the night (10hours) at 8 weeks. My youngest son was sleeping 10 hours at 12 weeks. ...
Two Week Old Sleeps All Day and Is up Most of the Night
Asked by K.W. from Las Vegas
on December 4, 2007
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I was wondering what other mom's thoughts are on Parent directed feeding: ie: waking baby up every three hours in the day to breastfeed vs just letting her come up wit...
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- Hi K., My daughter did the same thing around two weeks. When we went in for the two week check-up the doctor informed us that she probably had her days and nights ...
- Of course she has a hard time staying asleep. She is currently being taught to wake up every three hours and eat. During the day I encouraged my children to get a fe...
- K., The first month is the hardest, it will get better. It just takes a few weeks to get her biological clock set right. I'm a huge fan of the book Babywise. My fist...
