Preschooler: Miracle Blanket
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Weaning Our 5 Month Old from a Swaddle - Please Help!!!
Asked by J.B. from St. Louis
on June 11, 2008
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My 5 month old is completely dependent on a swaddle to sleep. She currently uses the miracle blanket and needs it 100% of time. If she is not swaddled tight enough, ...
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- I didn't read all your advice but heard enough - let her be swaddled - so you got that part! My other tidbit was to tell you - I know of children who needed to be "swa...
- I agree with many of the other mom's who have said, why ween her? If it is working, let it be. She will eventually outgrow it on her own. Babies have a way of letti...
- J., We just got our almost 7 month old out of the swaddle... actually he let us know he was ready to be out. I felt the same way you did about the swaddle because he...
4 Month Old and the Pacifier - We're NOT Sleeping!!
Asked by M.G. from Minneapolis
on October 7, 2010
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My 4 month old daughter has started waking up ALOT (like every hour) during the night. When she does, she starts to whimper which will turn into a cry if don't pop he...
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- I was a paci FREAK when I was a baby! I had 2 older brothers and a mother and a father scrambling for it several times each night. LOL Just get several so you alwa...
- try loosening one arm from being wrapped up..so she gets used to being not wrapped up.. is she eating cereal yet.. this may help fill her tummy so that she won't need ...
- A friend just went through this and his pediatrician told him to take the kid's paci away (he is also 4 mos old). I know my mom just bought a ton of pacis and put the...
Someone Has to Have an Answer
Asked by S.L. from St. Louis
on October 11, 2011
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Background to this question:
4 month old who is having a lot of trouble sleeping at night. At 2 months we tried Zantac because she was having trouble with watery sto...
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- All three of mine did that, slept great but then around 4 months started waking up at random times. For baby #1 we just got up and gave paci and she fell back asleep....
- My pediatrician is a wise father of 5 who tells me frequently, "Mom, there's 3 things you can't make your child do: Eat, sleep or use the toilet." Didn't realize the ...
- First of all she may be having digestion issues due to not being old enough to have solids yet. Her tummy cannot digest it yet. It is sitting in her tummy making gas. ...
4.5 Month Old Will Not Sleep Through the Night
Asked by S.P. from San Diego
on January 22, 2008
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my almost 5 month old still gets up twice at night and i am exhausted!! I have a 3 year old too, so i can't sleep during the day at all to catch up. how can i get her...
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- The book Babywise saved my life with my 2nd child. I was fine with my 1st and 3rd. Try it. It was just nice to know that If I fed and slept him right through out th...
- S., I am sure that the other mommies will have lots of great ideas for you. One that I can think of is to have the 3 year old go to preschool so that you and the b...
- My son did not sleep through the night till he was 9 months old. This is not abnormal. I have friends whose 1yr + babies STILL don't sleep through the night. Most ba...
Baby Wraps
Asked by J.L. from New York
on November 19, 2010
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Hello!!
I am pregnant with my second child and am looking for recommendations for baby wraps. I didn't use one with my son but I feel that I would probably get good...
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- I highly recommend the Ergo. I used it at around 15 or 20 pounds. Before the Ergo I had a lot of luck with the baby Bjiorn. They were both life savers. Good luck!
- We found with my granddaughter that flannel swaddle blankets stay snugged the best especially when she was very little. As she got a little older (3 monthish) the swad...
- I used something called a Baby Bundler. From the descriptoin below it sounds a bit like the Moby wrap. It was essentially a big strip of fabric, and instructions on di...
Sensitive Infant and Sleep
Asked by P.O. from Jacksonville
on May 18, 2009
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Anyone out there has a sensitive infant who does not want to be held and has the most difficult time sleeping on his own. I feel bad that I can't find anything to soo...
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- Dear P., You better have a serious talk with your husband, how come he is not cooperating with you? It's so easy to entice a child with a game, or even a walk aroun...
- I feel for you P.. Have you tried swaddling? There is a really easy blanket I used with my daughter called the Miracle Blanket that allowed her the break the cycle o...
- probiotics from healthfood store (refridgerator)this helps tremendously for colic.. play music in his room..
1 1/2 Month and Sleeping
Asked by M.F. from San Francisco
on March 28, 2009
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Hello my son is now 1 1/2 months old, still a newborn, but ever since the day we brought him home he has not slept in his bassinet at all!!! the first week he slept wi...
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- Hi M.! I had similar problems with 2 out of 3 of my children as babies, and I let the newborns sleep in whatever they were comfortable in... carseats, or swingamatics....
- How does he feel about his car seat? My friend's child liked it, being curled up a bit, and hated her crib and bassinet, being stretched out. Her doc. recommended p...
- Hi M., Can you stand one more response? I agree with what most have said. My own children would just wail at the site of the bassinet. It's a shame that after buyin...
Need Help Getting Baby Boy to Sleep in Crib!!
Asked by A.T. from Washington DC
on February 2, 2008
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My son is 3 1/2 months old. During the days he hasn't ever liked to sleep in his crib and I've managed to either make due with holding him or by putting him in his sw...
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- Hi A.. You are receiving all types of advice, so I will just share our bedtime routine with you. My son is four months and has slept in his crib at night since we br...
- Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child - highly recommended! Personally, I think 3.5 months is too young to CIO . . . there are many other options. Other sleeping arrang...
- I feel your pain. My son was a reflux baby and needed to sleep unpright so he slept on me ALOT. Do you swaddle him? My son loved The Miracle Blanket http://www.mira...
Any Baby Whisperer Fans Out There?
Asked by G.T. from Boston
on February 9, 2011
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Hi all. I am looking for moms who have used the ssshhh-pat method with their infants. I am using it with my 5 week old and she will not sleep more than 20 minutes at a...
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- LOVED the Baby Whisperer and her view on what babies need. We went to it when we needed to establish a routine and again when we did the night time weaning. I don't ...
- 5 weeks!! that little one is doing what she should be doing. Swaddle tight but don't expect long stretches. I loved the baby whisperer book, i loved the structur...
- I've had great luck with just holding my hand on their back (pressure) without patting, slowly rubbing in a circle and ultimately just keeping my hand still, then movi...
12 Week VERY Restless at Night????
Asked by C.B. from Dallas
on August 12, 2009
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Hello! I have a happy, healthy baby during the day and a very restless baby at night. He sleeps calmly usually for the first 3-4 hours at night and then the tossing ...
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- mix some cereal with your breast milk on a little bowl and feed him just before bed. his tummy will be full feeling and he should sleep better at night. he's ready for...
- C., sorry you are going through a hard time. You may try a white noise machine. They sometimes help
- My older daughter had a lot of trouble sleeping in the same bed with my husband and I. It turned out that she was getting too hot - my husband is like a furnace. But...
