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Regressing with Baby Food
She still had no teeth so I didn't know what to give her. You'll be surprised what they can gum to death. .... sudden infant death · independent adoption ...
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- I had a similar problem with my son. If her pincher grasp is developed enough, like the other have said, start her on some table food. Mashed up potatoes are good, t...
- I'd listen to her cues. She doesn't want fed from a spoon right now. Forcing her to take it might start a negative association with eating. If it were me, I'd start...
- Hi L., I am going through the exact something you are. Except we are on 3rd foods and she still doesn't want anything. So i've been giving her table food and...
Toxioplasmosis
The cat was the early detector for S.I.D sudden infant death and the cat would notice the child stopped breathing or was no longer alive and the cat would ...
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- As PPs have said... just wear gloves and be sure to wash your hands afterwards. You probably are actually okay since you have been exposed to this cat for many years,...
- If your test was negative and your cat is an indoor only cat - then you are fine, just wear gloves and wash before putting hands in your mouth. As for the newborn, th...
- Don't change the cat box! I dated a guy that was born with an underdeveloped eye due to his mom changing the litter and he had to wear a plastic prosthesis over it and...
Rice Cereal in Bottle
I do understand that lack of sleep comes with having an infant. ..... that waking up often to eat is nature's way of preventing SIDS SUDDEN INFANT DEATH. ...
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- Your son is too young for rice cereal however when he is older there are some typed of formula that contain cereal. My husband thought he would be slick and give our...
- I only thickened my sons formula at about 4-5 weeks because he had severe refulx and everything that went down came up. So to help we thickened it to help stay down, a...
- Your son is WAY too young to be putting rice cereal in his bottle. Doctors say to wait until at least 4 months old before adding rice cereal to a baby's diet because t...
Swaddling
And, of course, all babies should be put down on their backs to sleep to decrease the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. ...
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- Good Morning! I would recommend the Halo SleepSacks? Our 2yr old son LOVED them. Here's the website: http://halosleep.com/ If you google this product, you'll...
- My daughter was what we affectionately referred to as "burrito baby". We (I kid you not) swaddled her until about 9 months! She wanted it, loved it and so we just di...
- why not try I think there called wedges where you have 2 pillows attached to a balnket and one of the wedges adjustes to the size of the baby i bought mine at babies e...
Back Arching
It's an increase risk for SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrom). It can be a bad habit to start, but allowing her to sleep in a carseat or bouncer seat in the ...
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- I believe it is related. A friend of mine's baby had acid reflux quite intensely and she said that was one of the symptoms. I am sorry I don't have too much more info ...
- I've heard that probiotics are really good for babies' digestive systems--you know, the friendly bacteria that's in yogurt. Ask your ped. about if you could give some...
- HI K.- I don't know if you have gone to the Dr. but I know there is something they can give your little one for the acid reflux. It really works. Good Luck! Jai...
Co-sleeping
I don't know if this is useful info. or not but a recent study in the UK showed that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome increases dramatically when you sleep with ...
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- I'm a fan of co-sleeping, but really I'm a big fan of what works for YOUR family! Having your children sleep with you does NOT lead to independence issues..otherwise ...
- I want to commend you for following your instincts - especially nowadays when us Mamas are taught to go against biology and conform to some arbitrary cultural standard...
- I follow the cues of my children. My older son co-slept with us until I realized that he didn't know how to self-soothe and was nursing 8 times per night at 10 months...
Need Advice on 2 Week Old Cryer
(He adds, however, that a baby should never be put to sleep on her stomach, since this may increase the risk of SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome). ...
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- My daughter started crying continuely when she was about 4 weeks old, the doctor said it was colic, it lasted about a month. I remembered watching something in our c...
- I am a single mom and my preemie screamed for 4 months straight. Switching to Soy formula worked IMMEDIATELY. My Doctor said that this was one of his worst cases in 3...
- I have a thing you could try that worked on my daughter Haylie. Like your daughter all she did was cry so we would "bounce" her to sleep. Because it was so difficult f...
Sleeping Thru the Night??
Babies that wake during the night have a much lower risk of dying from sudden infant death syndrom commonly know as SIDS. 5 hours of continuous sleep is ...
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- I have a sevenand a half week, and she is my first. I stopped worrying about waking her up or dictating when I fed her when she was about three weeks old. She has been...
- Hi S., Read Healthy Sleep Habits for Happy Children. Very Good book, really goes in to detail about babies and toddlers their sleep habits as they grow and how much t...
- Hi S., I'm no expert on sleep but each of my 3 children were very different. The first one slept relatively well at night, but not at all during the day unless I wa...
Advice on Coping with Death of Loved One....
I think the most important two things are 1was it sudden or had she been sick Im not trying to .... Advice for Dealing with Infant Death & 27 m.o. Sibling ...
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- Hi just give them answers when they have questions. You can also say do you have any questions for me or do you need to speak to another family member of ours about th...
- You might go to the bookstore. they have a lot of great books for kids on death of loved ones. I just saw a bunch yesterday in Title Wave Books - not sure if you hav...
- First of all, HUGGGGS to you! I am SO very sorry for your loss. Death of a family member is never easy, and I'm sure that this type of loss is damn near unbearable. ...
Death and Families How Should We Help?
We are all so heartbroken This is all so sudden and unexpected so we are all .... we had a death in our neighborhood several of the neighbors contributed to ...
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- When a friend of mine was dying a year ago we used a free website to coordinate meals and babysitting. I think it was called helping hands or something like that. Yo...
- Might I suggest that you stand at the door with a cassarole dinner. Tell them you are just droping it off and they can freeze it. Also putting you name and address on ...
- You didn't say when she died. Was it early in December or just recently. Since you have a group leading the way, I'ed say they should have a heart to heart talk with...
