Sleep Sacks & Swaddlers
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When to Tell It's Time to Stop Swaddling a Baby and How to Transition Them
Asked by K.D. from Kansas City
on June 10, 2009
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I have an almost three month old who is generally a great sleeper already. He is a big guy-already 14 pounds and eating great. He has been swaddled with the miracle bl...
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- Hi K., My son was pretty much the same. Like your son, my son was a big guy too. We just swaddled him until he kept breaking free. Then one day, we just didn't ...
- My 8 month old is a big guy, too, and he will not sleep unless he is swaddled. He does break out of it, but he needs it to go to sleep. My husband discovered the "b...
- we swaddled our daughter till she was 9 months. She would be fine if she broke out if it in the middle of the night, but would not go to sleep without it on to start w...
6 Month Old Sleep Issues
Asked by J.M. from Boston
on April 28, 2010
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Hi All=
My 15 lb cute little baby had been doing pretty well at night with only one feed and back to sleep pretty easily. We decided to take her out of the swaddle ...
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- I got my 6 month to sleep through the night with some 'sleep training' - I started it a couple months ago and it has really kicked in now where she is doing great. whe...
- Co-sleeping works for us. I got tired very quickly of not sleeping, so it was an easy solution. As far as the pooping at night, six months old is still very young i...
- My son is 15 months old, and he still nurses quite a bit through the night -- doctors often say that they don't need it after about 6 months, but my older 2 night-nur...
4.5 Month Old Waking up Every 2 Hours at Night
Asked by J.P. from Dallas
on June 30, 2010
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We let my 4.5 son sleep in his swing for the last 2 months or so and now transitioned him into sleeping in a pack n play in our bedroom. He sleeps in a sleep sack and...
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- i agree with your pediatritian. babies wake up at night all the time. If he is in your room I would move him so you can't hear every little grunt. Give him 15 minutes ...
- I dont have much advice for you. I have a 2 (almost 3) year old and a 3 month old (almost 4 months). My first son didnt sleep through the night for one year!!!!!! And ...
- I used the 5 minute rule with both of boys. If they woke up I waited 5 minutes to go comfort, they almost always went back to sleep on their own. And I never feed th...
11 Month Old. Sleep Training, Sits up at Night
Asked by D.R. from Chicago
on March 20, 2010
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Hi fellow moms, I am sleep training my son. I refer to Dr. Weissbluth as my guide. I am letting him "cry it out." Lately he has been sitting up in his crib when he ...
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- he is probably working on teeth ( molars) and wants to nurse to relieve the pain. The nursing action relieves the pain. I am NOT a fan of CIO so I cant help you there....
- have you tried to give him a paci? by now, he can go all night without nursing. he is probably waking up out of habit. perhaps you can leave the light off and when you...
- On some level, you might not know until you try? Maybe he does know how to lay back down, but you just might not know it? When he wakes up and sits up, is he crying th...
Sleepwear for 6.5 Month Old...
Asked by A.W. from San Francisco
on March 19, 2011
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I am going to start sleeping my 6.5 month old in his crib at night and need to figure out what to use for blankets. He's a big boy, 25 lbs at his age already. He can ...
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- They do make large sleep sacks. We used them until my son was at least 18 months. They can move around in them. My son would crawl all over the place with his own.
- What a big boy!! My 7 month old sleeps in her cot to start with and then I bring her into bed during the night when she wants to feed (yes she still night feeds, an...
- A., Our son is 7 months, 20 lbs, and we've had him in a sleepsac since he was 5 months. He has no problem moving around in his crib. Even as I write this I can't ...
2 Hr Old Waking up in Middle of Night
Asked by G.M. from Washington DC
on March 22, 2010
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for past 1-2 months, my 2 yr old has started waking up for "no apparent reason". I thought it was because she was cold, so I put her in a sleep sack on top of her "on...
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- My son did this from just before his second birthday through lateFebruary (about 6 weeks total). I can't say for sure that I ever figured out what the issue was. He ...
- 2 yrs old is a time of sleep disturbance for a lot of kids- they start waking from dreams, talking in sleep, etc. It's normal and may not mean anything at all. Con...
- I think most kids go thru this around this age. All 3 of my kids woke up in the early early morning @2-5am (my youngest age 2, is doing it now) but they hardly ever cr...
Infant Sleep
Asked by M.H. from Los Angeles
on October 23, 2010
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SOrry I have to ask this question as I'm sure someone else has probably posted the same or similar questions before but I just can't seem to figure out how to navigate...
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- Maybe teething and growth spurts. But, you may try to half swaddle the arms only with the sleepsack on. I do the same to my daughter even she is almost 6 months now....
- i don't know what a halo sack is, but she may be in the early stages of teething. Just a thought from experience if you are going to her all hours of the night you are...
- Teething? Try getting some teething tablet by Hylands. Growth spurt? Feed her more often during the day. Lonely? Have her sleep right next to the bed and try patt...
Noise in Nursery
Asked by A.M. from Cincinnati
on October 28, 2008
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Hello, I have a 15 month old daughter. We have central air in our home but in our old house, the upstairs remains burning up.
As my girl was born in July, she has h...
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- How about just a fan? Both of my kids sleep with one on in their room and I love it because when we have people over, we don't have to worry about being super quiet.
- We run a humidifier every night once the heat is turned on in the house. This makes a humming noise. We also keep a desk fan going on the floor, pointed away from th...
- We have a fan in my 20 month old's room. She's had a fan in her room since she came home from the hospital. The circulating air can actually help to reduce SIDS, not t...
Where to Find Sleep Sacks Under $20
Asked by J.P. from Minneapolis
on September 14, 2007
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My sister just had a baby yesterday, and the hosptial is using sleep sacks with attatched blankets. I thought about buying her a sleep sack before- but can't justify ...
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- TARGET! Circo brand- they zip from the bottom up, unlike the halo ones that zip from the top down- but I found I like the bottom up better anyway. they run about $10...
- Ebay has quite a few of them right now.
- I found some at Kohl's when my son was born, they were under $20 and had boy, girl or neutral ones. Hope this helps. C. V
Preschooler with Eczema: How Do You Handle the Scratching?
Asked by A.B. from Kansas City
on March 30, 2010
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Okay, my little guy has had eczema since he was 2 months old. He is now 26 months old. It has ranged from severe to hardly there, and we see a pediatric dermatologis...
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- Like Kristin mentioned, my son's severe eczema was/is also linked to food allergies. Changing his diet has been the biggest contributor to keeping his outbreaks under...
- Although my son doesn't sound as bad as your child does with the skin (eventhough he is pretty bad) it sounds like you are doing everything that my doctors have sugges...
- I'm a customer of Melaleuca (online store) and I use their Renew Lotion and their laundry, bath and shampoo on my 5 year old. It's all I use and hers is gone and has...
