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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,...
Cry It Out and Moro Reflex
Asked by L.D. from Austin
on August 7, 2009
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My baby is 14 weeks old/14.5 pounds and we recently tried to have him sleep unswaddled. It was kind of a disaster as he hasn't lost his startle reflex and would const...
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- L., My son is now two, but I had to swaddle him until he was about 5-6 months old. He also had colic from 6 weeks to 3 months, so that didn't help. However, I wonder...
- If he is still having the startle reflex and swaddling still works for him, by all means continue to swaddle.. He needs his sleep or you will end up with an overtired ...
- Its hard to say. Each child is an individual. My daughter is 4 months now and I tried not swaddling her about 1 month ago and she did the same thing. Now all of a s...
Sleep Help
Asked by N.D. from Norfolk
on September 2, 2008
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my daughter is 2 weeks shy of 10 months old and i have a swaddling dilemma. i cant get her to sleep without it and she still has "startle reflex" bad and when her arms...
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- Good responses all~ The only thing I'd add, (and I'm late in the day), is to swaddle in a STRETCHY big cotton receiving blanket, (mine stretched out so bad you'd thin...
- Dear N., "Cold Turkey" method....it may sound harsh, but if she has peace of mind, contentment, and feels safe with your love then she doesn't need the comfort of s...
- It sounds like your baby still needs the security of swaddling - have you tried using a baby-sized blanket instead of a swaddling device? When our girls were really t...
Sleepless Nights with a 13 Week Old
Asked by A.D. from Los Angeles
on February 10, 2008
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I have a 13 week old little girl. Her last feeding is around 11:30 pm - midnight. She hasn't been a great sleeper yet and lately she is waking around 3 am. She does no...
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- Hello A., It looks like you received a lot of wonderful advice from different moms out there... if you are looking for some better sleep in general, you can try Ped...
- According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, "By three months, most (but not all) infants consistently sleep through the night (seven or eight hours without interr...
- My son was a HORRIBLE sleeper until he was 10 months old. He never slept more than 3 hours at a time. He also had an issue with being swaddled and liked to sleep on u...
Do All Babies like to Be Swaddled?
Asked by A.S. from Chicago
on April 11, 2011
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Let me first say that I'm a big believer in swaddling. My first son always managed to get out of his swaddle as a newborn, so I always thought he didn't like to be sw...
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- Maybe she's too hot or too cold? I can't imagine being that little and not liking the swaddle but I only have 2 LOs for experience =) I do know that if either one o...
- My baby girl hates it. When she turned about one month old, she decided that she liked to be "free". She wanted to move around a lot and plus she seemed to get reall...
- I have never had, nor met a baby that liked to be swaddled, but I am sure they are out there. The thing that stuck out from your post is the startle reflex waking...
Swaddlegate - the Unswaddling of My 4 Month Old
Asked by L.D. from Austin
on August 22, 2009
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My baby will turn 4 months in a week. For the past 3 weeks, he's been busting out of every swaddle we have tried for him. The miracle blanket, the Snug and Tug, the ...
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- Stop swaddling. He's probably trying to tell you he doesn't like it. Try putting him in pj's with legs / footies or a drawstring type gown - he might prefer that to ...
- Check out www.sleepingturtles.com It was developed by a nurse. Good luck! I would definitely not let him cry it out.
- In reply to the PP saying that you should not put a child to sleep on their stomach- I worked in day care for several years prior to having my own children, and th...
6 Week Old Only Sleeps Well on Her Tummy - What to Do?!?!
Asked by L.T. from Seattle
on September 19, 2009
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My 6 week old little girl has been wanting to sleep on her tummy since day one. She has a bit of a reflex problem and cries if we put her on her back. We have tried ha...
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- Id she sleeps well on her tummy then let her. just make sure the sheet is pulled tight and there an no loose blankets she can get near her face. I have 5 children and...
- It's ok. I have 3 kiddos who are all tummy sleepers. I kept them on their backs until they were able to roll and they would all roll onto their tummies and sleep wel...
- The pendulum swings back and forth on this one. By the time we're grandparenting, the med advice will probably be to have them all sleep on their tummys. My grandparen...
Night Terrors? or Something Else?
Asked by M.O. from Cedar Rapids
on February 4, 2007
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My son (20 monhts old) woke up lastnight at three o clock screaming like he's never screamed before and jerking his whole body. He wasn't siezing (I know what siezure...
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- I would assume that it was night terrors. My son gets them when he is more stressed about something, infact, oddly enough he had one last night. When we were going t...
- It does sound like Night Terrors, and they can be scary. Once my son walked from his room into mine and came to my side of the bed before he started screaming his hea...
- M.- I think that they are just night terrors!! My daughter has them also, but she is really hard to wake up from them. Sometimes it will take me 20 min or so to get...
Back Is Best But....
Asked by J.S. from Sacramento
on June 30, 2008
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My 6 month old has decided that he doesn't like to sleep anymore. We went from sleeping through the night at 4 months to waking up once a night around 3am to now waki...
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- J., if you want to allay your fears of tummy sleeping invest in an organic crib mattress. Some of the research out there points to SIDS being connected with a baby's...
- I am a first time mom as well and my son at 3 months was sleeping at lest 7 - 9 hours at night. then it changed. I think this is somewhat normal. also most moms s...
- Jaime, Both of my girls have had blankets and stuffed animals in their cribs since birth with no problems. Let your little man sleep on his tummy if that's where he ...
My 6Wk Old Having Trouble Falling Asleep... HELP!
Asked by S.P. from Seattle
on September 27, 2009
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I am having trouble getting my 6wk old to fall asleep on her own & many times when being rocked. In the weeks prior, I was able to rock her to sleep then put her down ...
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- One thing that worked for me was to use a "raggy" when I was nursing or holding my baby. It was therefore warm and smelled of me. When it was time to put my baby down...
- Soft singing may not get past her distress, which could be either/both physical and emotional. (Medication does not guarantee the reflux has entirely stopped bothering...
- As someone else did, I HIGHLY recommend Harvey Karp's "Happiest Baby on the Block" for this period of baby's life...I've heard this time (that peaks at around 8 weeks ...
