Nipples: Teddy Bears
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How Do I Get My 21 Month Old off the Bottle?
Asked by J.C. from Honolulu
on April 2, 2008
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My daughter will be turning 2 in June and I would like to get her off the bottle. We do offer her a drinking cup (regular one’s with the spout and even the ones wit...
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- hello there.. what i did with my oldest was stop the snack bottles, the mid morning bottle. the i gradually took the mid afternoon bottle away. then i took the mo...
- I've heard that if you start only filling the bottle with water, while offering lots of snacks through out the day, the bottle will seem less exciting. But definitely ...
- Hi, We have a 22 month old and a 3 year old. We took our 22 month old off the bottle at 1 year. Gradually put less and less in your childs bottle if that is the only...
How to Explain Breastfeeding to 3 Year Old?
Asked by S.M. from Columbus
on October 14, 2010
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I am due with baby #2 in a month, and my son is turning 3 a couple weeks after that. He has a much better understanding of the baby than I expected. When people ask ...
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- My friend was nursing her baby when my older son was just turning 3, and I never really wondered about it. When I had him, I was babysitting some girls who were 3 and...
- I have a 6 week old and a 4 year old. I didn't say anything to him about it. I just waited for him to ask. When he did, I explained I was giving the baby special milk ...
- go to youtube and find Maria breastfeeding on Sesame Street!
Help Stop Breatst Feeding and Get 8 Month Out of the Bed!
Asked by L.T. from Norfolk
on March 6, 2008
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Love my baby girl and have no problem leting her sleep in our bed. My man has not complained at all. But I know he is not really happy with it. It is just that I can g...
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- I can't say this will work for you, only that it worked for me. I started by sleeping with my son in a single bed right next to our king size bed. Once he was asleep...
- There is no reason to stop nursing. The key is to set-up a good routine and be strict to it in the beginning. Our routine was and still is calming bath, lotion and p...
- I nursed my son to sleep until he weaned himself at 15 months, so i don't necessarily think it's a bad habit and i wouldn't quit nursing just to get her to sleep on he...
Weaning from Breastfeeding
Asked by L.C. from Austin
on July 1, 2007
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My daughter is 16 months old and still breastfeeding, in addition to eating 'adult' food. She can drink from a sippy cup or bottle, and has started drinking cow's milk...
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- I nursed until my daughter was two and we cut nursings out gradually. I explained it to her weeks in advance and we mentioned it every day. I told her I love nursing...
- I co-slept, so getting up at night wasn't an issue - and after a while I could sleep though him pulling my shirt up... but it sounds like your daughter is enjoying the...
- I nursed my daughter until she was around 3. The first 6 months was pretty regular, then mostly in the morning and at night, naptime and for boo boos. Eventually she t...
Weaning off a 2 Year Old... Need Help
Asked by G.G. from Philadelphia
on September 27, 2010
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I have been nursing my 24 month old baby girl ever since she was born. At birth she was detected with a milk protein allergy. She took a top feed as well but at 4 mont...
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- Sounds like you've really tried to get her to eat other foods. I bet that if you can find something that is healthy and filling she'll sleep through the night. She's...
- I am in the same boat with you and thanks Susan for your response. I do notice that if I feed mine a healthy meal/snack before bedtime, he sleeps longer and wakes may...
- My daughter self-weaned... at about 2.5 years old. For both my kids, I did self-weaning. And I was a co-sleeper too. And "I" was the ONLY one that my kids would g...
How Hard Should It Be to Get a Baby to Take a Pacifier?
Asked by K.L. from Washington DC
on November 5, 2008
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I would like to be a able to use a pacifier with my 2-month-old daughter, but she usually spits it out. My mom had some success with getting her to take it in the fir...
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- I noticed my daughter didn't like certain textures/materials. I had her using the brown nippled pacifiers, and she liked those. When I tried to switch to the clear s...
- I agree. She may just not be a pacifier kid. I apparently never liked them, and my daughter is so-so with them. She's also breastfed and sometimes I do feel like a hum...
- Both my boys used them and took them quickly. Although, with my first, we bought one that was too large for him and he would spit it out. Try different shapes and si...
Help Please
Asked by L.S. from Atlanta
on August 10, 2007
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My daughter is almost 7 months, she always sleeps while I am nursing her and she gets up so many times at night to nurse she wont go back to sleep until she nurse. We...
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- I remember those days. I did not co sleep, but I did breastfeed all of my children until they were a little over a year old. I was up most of the night with my first b...
- It is normal for a child who is used to the closeness and warmth of breastfeeding to want to be close to mom, to associate sleep with being next to mom's skin, and to ...
- I like this author alot, and noticed it in the google ads - http://www.pantley.com/E./advice/index.html I would read and listen to tips, then just do what you feel co...
Night Time Breastfeeding One-year Old / Am I a Pacifier?
Asked by M.O. from Los Angeles
on February 15, 2008
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This past week my one-year old daughter has been literally inconsolable when she wakes up at her normal time somewhere between midnight and 2 a.m. She comes into our ...
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- Hello! I'm a mother of four and it sounds very similar to a situation I had with my fourth and last child. I went to work but had a live in nanny/housekeeper and...
- At the risk of being blunt- yes, you are a pacifier. There is absolutely no nutritional reason for a one year old to need to feed at night, and by this age the need t...
- I can totally relate to you, as I am having the same problem with my 17-month old son. I, too, would like to wean him soon, although I cannot lie and say that I do no...
Need Sleep!
Asked by S.P. from Los Angeles
on December 26, 2006
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I request sleep! My 5 month old is waking up 3-4 times a night. She has been doing this for the past 2 months. This is our routine: Bath at about 8pm, nursing sess...
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- Limit the time she sleeps during the day. It's not easy at first and will take about 2 weeks to get her into this routine. My first child, a girl, slept all the time a...
- I have a 4 month old who was doing the same thing 2 months ago. I had to let him cry it out for about a week and now all I have to do is bath at 6:30 bottle then lay h...
- Oh those are not fun times, my Son was in the Hospital until he was 1 month old because he was a Preemie, when we took him Home he would wake up every three hours to e...
