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5 Month Old Flipping on Stomach in Sleep
Asked by A.F. from St. Louis
on May 12, 2008
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Hello- My 5 month old keeps waking up in the middle of the night because he flips on his stomach and scoots horizontally in his crib. I keep having to go in, turn him...
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- Good for you for being so careful and protective. However, I'd just let him get used to falling back to sleep on his stomach. Most babies (not tiny infants, but 5 or s...
- My boy is six months now and when he first started turning to his tummy he hated it. Now he passes out as soon as you lay him down on it and doesn't like sleeping any...
- Just let him sleep on his stomach. After they start learning to roll, there's really nothing you can do to stop it, and it's just going to drive you crazy if you keep...
Swaddling- About to Stop, Any Advice?
Asked by S.D. from Chicago
on March 18, 2008
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We have swaddled our baby since he was born and he loves it. From the time he was a month old, he has slept through the night with the swaddle and white noise (getting...
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- Any particular reason you're planning to stop? If it works, I say keep doing it. You can get bigger blankets to swaddle him, or just go to the fabric store and get a...
- We swaddled our daughter until 7 months or so. I wanted to stop earlier, but it just wasn't worth it. She was a big baby as well, and we found the miracle blanket to b...
- Hi S., My little guy is 6 months old and we still swaddle him - but we leave his arms out. This seems to give him the comfort of being swaddled but the freedom to do...
Swaddling
Asked by K.M. from Chicago
on January 30, 2009
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I am struggling with how long to swaddle. I am nervous to break it. However, my son doesn't love it, but he sleeps longer with it. It's hard to have anyone else put h...
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- Hi K.- I had the same problem...not sure when to stop and then someone told me that you could keep going until a year and use a twin bed sheet--that is where I drew th...
- We swadddled our daughter until she was about 8 months old! She loved it! We were sure to ask her doctor if it was causing any develpmental delays and it wasn't so we...
- We swaddled my daughter until she was just a little over 4 months. I would have continued but "houdini" as we call her figured out how to get her feet out of the Swadd...
Sleeping Troubles
Asked by A.J. from Washington DC
on June 8, 2007
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Okay, so my FOUR month old has been rolling from tummy to back since he was 2 weeks old, yes, 2 weeks....he's a freak, I know. Anyway, for about a week now, he's been...
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- Have you tried swaddling him? I wasn't a big fan of swaddling at first ( I could never get the blanket to work for me) but I'm in a research study at Hershey Med and t...
- My suggestion would be to feed him! At his young age he probably shouldn't be going completely through the night w/o eating anyway. The suggestion for The Happiest B...
- First you are really lucky he is sleeping that well my daughter was up every 2-3 hours ready to nurse. Does he not like to be on his stomach? If he doesn't mind being ...
BabyShower Gifts for Twins??
Asked by J.R. from New York
on February 5, 2010
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Recently invited to a baby shower for twins, silly question but am I supposed to buy 2 gifts, one large.... Any suggestions.
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- Honestly, decide the price range for what you can spend, and then look at the mother's registry. When I was pregnant with my twins, I was given a LOT of cute, matchin...
- diapers and wipes! diapers and wipes! diapers and wipes! (i almost always give diapers and wipes!)or anything useful like that - desitin, powder, (no lotion or baby oi...
- You can get a gift that can be used for both or 2 separate items. I also agree with the practical items. One good idea is a set of nice swaddlers. B. www.mamabeart...
Swaddling
Asked by T.P. from Tucson
on March 1, 2010
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Hello all,
I've been swaddling my newborn (2.5 weeks old) at night only- with the miracle swaddle blanket... which we love! Should I swaddle her during her nap period...
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- I think it is up to the baby. Does she have trouble sleeping at naps? My son stopped the nap swaddle at about 8 weeks, but continued nighttime swaddle. He loved it ...
- I don't know if there is an average, but we swaddled out son for about 2 months anytime he slept. We just recently stopped swaddling him at night just this weekend, an...
- I swaddle for each time I actually want my baby to go to sleep so that the routine is consistent. I usually do this between sides while feeding so he doesn't get woke...
Sleep Training and the Startle Reflex
Asked by D.M. from Washington DC
on February 13, 2008
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Hi - I have a three month old boy and am about to go back to work next week. I would love it if he started sleeping longer at night - right now he starts out with a f...
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- D., I would suggest putting his crib next to your bed, take off the front bar (secure the crib to your bedframe so there's no gap that he could fall into!) This wil...
- Hey! Take my advice with a grain of salt because each baby is unique. My daughter is now 5 months old but she too had the same sleep pattern as your son. Several of ...
- Hi, That's a hard one...I seem to be the most un-crunchy one here as I suggested a woman stop breast feeding as her child is 12 months old. Anyway, with that in mind,...
Did You Swaddle?
Asked by L.P. from Pittsburgh
on March 14, 2012
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If so, for how long?
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- If you are swaddling, generally it is stopped once the baby is getting out of it themselves or have started to roll over. Then, there are things such as "sleep sac...
- As long as possible, until they started pulling out with their arms. Probably 10 to 12 weeks if I remember. (wrapping them tightly with a swaddle blanket) I use th...
- Yes. 5 1/2 months with my daughter and about 4 months with each of my boys. I think it really helped all of us get a little more sleep and the babies seemed so much ...
Swaddling
Asked by S.W. from Dallas
on August 24, 2007
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I am expecting my baby boy in a couple of months and had a question about swaddling. Is it best to use receiving blankets to swaddle or an actual swaddling blanket?
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- S., lots of advice here and all of it good. Swaddling is really necessary for the first 3 months at least for many much longer. I usually recommend at my class either...
- Our daughter loves to be swaddled, but rather tightly. We prefer to use blankets that are made of waffle weave material. They are extra stretchy, and stay tight long...
- if you swaddle right, you don't need special swaddle blankets, but they can make doing it easier! However, the special swaddle blankets also are often too thick and w...
How to Transition from Swaddling for Naps and Nighttime Sleep?
Asked by J.L. from Fort Collins
on January 5, 2009
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Hi - I have a 5 month old who has been swaddled tightly (arms and legs) for sleeping for naps and nighttime since birth. We found that she would wake herself up if no...
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- J., I had the same issue with my little guy. I started trying to transition him out of the swaddle by wrapping him with his arms out during naps. Sometimes it worked, ...
- Hi J., Our son love the swaddle too, at about 6 months we stopped swaddling him at nap time, it took a little longer to get him down for a couple days but he was so...
- Sleep Sacks are fabulous. Halo and Kiddopatomus make great ones. My son loved being swaddled tightly too. I started just leaving one arm out during naptime so that he ...
