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Afternoon Nap Disaster
He needs to catch up on sleep, and the more sleep he gets, the better and longer he will sleep! Go out and get the book, Healthy Sleep Habbits, Happy Baby, ...
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- It sound like he might be going down to one nap, which some babies do at this age. It is a rough adjustment, but gets better over time. What I would do, is try to de...
- Is it possible that he may have some food intolerances? If he naps well in the morning and not in the afternoon, maybe you could change what he's eating at lunch and s...
- Okay, so here is what I think you should try, and give it a good week to work, and stick with it! If he hets up from his morning nap at around 11am, put him down for h...
9 Month Old Baby Doesn't Know How to Fall Asleep on Her Own/trouble Taking Naps
My Husband and I read a great book "Healthy sleep habbits, Happy child" that really explains all of this much better and gives great advice about letting ...
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- 9 month old babies don't have the capacity to fall asleep on their own. Buy Dr. Sears book about sleep... he also has books about attachment parenting in general. If...
- S., Babies love routine. I also have a 9month old and he is my second and i am VERY strict regarding nap scheduals. At that age, the ideal time is 9am ish morning n...
- Hi, just saw your post. The best book I found on this was Tracy Hogg - The Baby Whisperer book (Baby Whisperer Solves all your problems plus there's another one). Her ...
Cry It Out or Not?
I did get the book Healthy Sleep Habits, happy child but came to realize that parenting does not always go by the book...I do have a nightime routine for ...
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- Have you tried giving him the pacifier instead of nursing him at night?
- Sorry D., but no book or study can tell you about your child, you must know your child and how he feels about crying it out, so if you are fine with it then let him. I...
- Well he is definitely old enough to not need middle of the night feedings. Typical babies stop waking to eat between 4-6 months. With just the info. you have given...
Acid Reflux or Just His Personality? How Can We Get Some Sleep?!
A total of about 18-20 hrs of sleep/day. I know it sounds like a lot, but it makes for such a hppy baby. I had a book called "Healthy Sleep Habbits, ...
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- I disagree with the doctor saying that he cannot be spoiled yet. My grandson was spoiled at a very early age. He wants to be held alot. When he falls asleep in my ...
- Have you tried the carseat/carrier? That is how my youngest two slept. Also just be careful he doesn't get projectile vomiting. Around 4 mos old. he started the pro...
- My son also had reflux when he was an infant. He was on prevacid for about 3 months. You may want to try feeding him smaller amounts more frequently. Maybe 2-3 ounc...
1 Year Old, Not Sleeping Through the Night
She may be getting too much sleep at the wrong times. A great resource for help in this area is a book called "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" by Marc ...
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- I had this same problem with my daughter. When I took her to the doctor, I was told she did not need to be eating in the middle of the night. I had been giving her a...
- Try and feed her a bowl of baby cereal before bed. Worked with all 3 of my kids. Fills them us and they have no need to get up hungry.
- My son is 15months old and is just now sleeping the whole night through. It's a habbit more than being hungry. Make sure she's going to bed on a full tummy, try giving...
Giving Infant Rice Cereal in Bottle? What Age Is Too Early?
get the book Healthy sleep habbits Happy child by Marc Weissbluth. My pediatrician recommended it and it worked. There are a lot of good tips in there . ...
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- Please consider waiting and doing more research as to why. You get bombarded with old-school advice and it's tempting. But my child, who was already predisposed to all...
- I did it at 8 wks and he took it just fine and started sleeping all night from 8-6am and he had acid reflux and it really helped with that as well, they have nipples o...
- My daughter is 11 weeks old and we have been adding cereal since she was 3 weeks old, because she has acid reflux. (Per my physicians advice) When we add the cereal we...
12 M Old Won't Sleep on Her Own
I bought both Dr. Ferber's book and a friend lent me Dr. Weissbluth's book " Happy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child". Now our daughter goes to sleep on her own ...
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- I was watcing supernanny and this technique, although as it is described here, seems to be for a slightly older child, I saw her do it with a crib sleeping child. It s...
- A., My hubby and I went through something similar. At 12 m we tried to start putting our daughter down in her own crib. She would not sleep and cried like crazy. I ...
- Dr. Sears was on the Dr Phil show a few weeks ago. They were talking about this very issue. Dr Sears was saying you should not do both transitions at once. It is too t...
Help! 3.5 Month Old Will Not Sleep in Crib
Oct 18, 2009 ... Read all 7 responses: "My daughter will sleep through the night in ... tell myself when I am frustrated about his sleeping habbits that he ...
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- Don't worry about the swing. Let her be in there for as long as she wants because at this point she needs it. She will outgrow it. My son would not sleep in his cri...
- My son was the same way for a while. He only wanted to nap in the swing or on my boppy pillow. I would try to lay him in his crib for naps and he would scream soo ha...
- My first slept 14 hours a night from the time she was 3 weeks!!!!!!! My son who was born 11 1/2 months later, slept in his swing for 6 months. Eventually he slep...
18 Month-old Won't Sleep Through the Night!!
I loved the book Happy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child by Marc Weissbluth, MD. It worked with all 3 of my children. It is compassionate and effective. ...
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- i am so sorry for your frustration. sleep is such a difficult thing. i would encourage you to allow your son to stay in his room... but not try to force him to sle...
- One of my boys woke up in the middle of the night every night, and wanted to join us in bed, but when he turned two we moved him from his toddler bed to a single water...
- Hi S.: We tried something with my son when he would wake up and call me in during the night. Your son may be too young for this, but I thought I'd mention it anywa...
1 Year Old's Changing Eating Habits...
Offer her a variety of healthy foods and let her choose from there. She'll make sure she gets .... My son's eating habbits changed at around 1 yr old also. ...
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- my kids at that age loved scrambled eggs with katchup mixed in for my son and penut butter mixed in for my daughter. I don't know why my daughter hates tomato scauce a...
- My son's eating habbits changed at around 1 yr old also. He became a bit pickier. I too give him smoothies or shakes with things like yogurt and sometimes I even sne...
- at this age, jar and pureed foods are pretty much out, her palet is matureing and she is gaining independance and wants to be picky and make her own choices. i wouldn'...
