Nighttime Feedings: SwaddleMe
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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...
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!!!
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...
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...
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...
Swaddling Advise
Asked by M.W. from Kalamazoo
on November 18, 2009
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How long did your child need to be swaddled? I started to swaddle her around 6 weeks because she was frantic at feedings and it was so helpful. Now she sleeps 8-9 ho...
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- I agree with everyone else. Keep swaddling her until she starts fighting the swaddle and struggles to get her arms out. Even then, you may still need to swaddle her ...
- you will not have to swaddle forever. as her nervous system develops she will not need it.. right now her arms and legs flail around she scares herself.. soon she wi...
- I don't remember my daughter's exact age when we stopped swaddling, but I just know that we kept swaddling her until she was strong enough to wriggle her way out of it...
Advice for Starting My 1 Month Old on Babywise
Asked by J.J. from Dallas
on December 7, 2009
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I read Babywise before I gave birth to my son and was sure that I could easily implement it right away. But, with family in town, the fact that he was growing so quick...
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- Your baby is way too young to "cry it out". Everything you described seems very normal for a 1 month old. All I can say is the older they get the better it gets and th...
- Hi J., I used Babywise on all 4 of my kids. The 1st one was the hardest but I swear by it. Try not to stress too much right now about implementing "everything Babywi...
- I understand this works for some families but there is quite a few doctors that DO NOT support the CIO method. Dr. Sears, Dr. Karp, and Mr. Faye from Love & Logic. Chi...
4 Month Old Sleep Issues
Asked by K.S. from Dallas
on June 3, 2008
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I have a 4 month old son who was sleeping really well during the night. He was doing his last feeding around 10:00 and staying down until around 4:00. He would get u...
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- We bought The Miracle Blanket (can be found online at The Nesting Place) and used it until our daughter was about 7 months or until she learned how to roll over. G...
- We had a similar issue at that age of baby working his way out of being swaddled, so we had to eventually stop. It was so hard b'c he slept better being swaddled. We...
- Most likely he's just outgrown the swaddling phase of his life. It seems that just when we find a great trick that works with our kids and develop a pseudo routine th...
Too Strong for Swaddling!!!
Asked by B.R. from Austin
on February 21, 2008
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I've been swaddling my 3 month old since birth and now she is too strong and her arms come out of the blankets and wake her up. She then stays awake and screaming unt...
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- we use the swaddle blankets (not just receiving blankets) for our 7 week old son that was pushing out of regular blankets. they work great and come in different sizes ...
- B.- I found this great product with my 3rd child that I love! The website is : http://www.cozycocoon.com/ You put it over your baby like a sock, and they stay swa...
- My baby never liked to be swaddled. She hastes being confined. I wouldn't bother with the swaddling just dress your baby in pj's with the footys if you are worried abo...
