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Crib Rebel!
Asked by A.A. from San Diego
on August 16, 2009
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Hi mamas,
My 21 month old has been a fabulous sleeper since she was approximately 9 months old. Now she seems to be rebelling against sleep (naps and night time). ...
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- Hi A., I have a 21 month old as well. Out of sleep deprivation I put my daughter in a full size "big girl" bed a few months ago. She had been sleeping in our bed fo...
- Hey A., Is your daughter sleeping in a pack and play at home or a crib? If she's in a crib, and she can get out of it, you may be able to lower the crib by taking it...
- I think she's ready for a bigger bed, since she's not staying in her crib anyway.
Sleep. :)
Asked by R.M. from St. Louis
on July 16, 2009
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I have a seven month old and no matter how hard I try to get him on a schedule he just won't. For example last night he didn't fall asleep at all. At six this morning...
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- When my son was a baby, he wouldn't sleep when he had an ear infection. We had no idea that he was sick! He would act perfectly fine until we would put him down to sle...
- I had this issue with my little one in the beginning. Flipping their schedule is tough, but do-able. I bathed my little one (she wakes up during baths, rather than g...
- You need to google 'sleep regressions.' It won't help you solve your problem, but it will help you understand that this is just a phase and life will get back to norm...
Night Time Feedings
Asked by K.B. from Portland
on January 2, 2009
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My two month old son is a great nurser, and was eating every 3 hours day and night, now all of a sudden in the last week he just wants to snack all night long. He won...
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- Hi K.! My midwife showed me a trick when my son was very small: pumping his arm like you would a well. For some reason, this triggers more sucking and has them ea...
- Whenever this happened to me, my baby ended up having an ear infection. It may just be a growth spurt, but I'd have his ears checked. I use the homeopathic drops at wh...
- First off, I'm not sure what doctor the last lady had, but infants need to nurse at night for up to (sometimes over) 1 year. Breast milk is digested quickly and most ...
Almost 5 Year Old Not Toilet Trained at Night
Asked by D.P. from Los Angeles
on September 22, 2008
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My soon-to-be five year old daughter has never been dry at night and is still wearing a "pulli" (night-time training pants). We have tried a couple of times to toilet ...
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- Try talking it out with her in a kind understanding way. Talk about it in the third person asking her what she thinks you should do to have the night time wetness go ...
- Try not allowing her to drink anything past 7pm and have her toilette right before bed time. I would attempt again to get up at night with her regardless if she puts u...
- Hi D., My first advice would be to consult her doctor. But you may have already taken that approach? If you have not I would strongly advise this to be your next st...
Night-training for 5 and 3 Year Old
Asked by H.B. from Portland
on February 8, 2009
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I have a 5 and a half year old daughter who isn't night-trained yet. I have tried all the usual things, but nothing has worked so far. I decided to wait it out, but si...
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- We have 4 1/2 year old girl with the same problem. My Grandmother was the one who told me just get her up put her on the potty before you go to bed & she probably won'...
- Our best success was when we got rid of the Pull-Ups. They quickly got the idea. One would wet just before it was time to get up. Put in underwear, they got wet and...
- We are having the same problem with my daughter who will be 6 in April. What seems to be working for us is cutting off the liquids 1 hr before bedtime, making her go t...
Potty Training
Asked by A.M. from El Paso
on February 23, 2007
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Ive been potty training my 2 year little girl for sometime now. Ive had no problems potty training her for during the day she even goes by herself she doesnt even tell...
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- I have 2 girls. They are now 12 and 9. What I did was stopped all drinks about a hour before bed time. Then go to the bathroom right before bed time. Even if they say ...
- I had a similar problem with my daughter. She did fine during the day. I was even able to trust her to leave the house with her panties and not a diaper. My next hurdl...
- We potty trained night and day at the same time. We just cut down on his liquid before bed (like no more after dinner) and then we made sure he went right before he c...
Cry It Out Method
Asked by N.C. from Seattle
on August 9, 2009
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We are on about day 12 of sleep training with our almost 6 month old daughter. I read the Sleep Easy Solution as a guide, which is basically very similar to the "Ferb...
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- Keep it up. It works! Both my boys are great sleepers because of it (4 yrs and 2 yrs). I would actually not recommend going back in to check and reassure. I would sa...
- I strongly feel babies cry for "Lots of reasons" (teething,temperature ( hot/cold) hunger, lonely, diaper change,attention/love and many more) and I don't think "atte...
- It's pretty sad that this has degenerated to namecalling once again. Whether or not we all agree with each other on this hotbutton issue, I think we all need to give e...
Night Time WITHOUT Bottle
Asked by R.S. from Sacramento
on October 5, 2008
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I have received very mixed reviews, outside of this forum, in regards to WHEN to remove the going to sleep bottle. Some did it as soon as the first came in, others wa...
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- We gave our oldest daughter the bottle at bedtime until she was about 15 months. At that time we changed it so that she used a straw cup (which she uses for all her d...
- We did the water in the bottle thing at 6.5 mos for the bottle our daughter woke up for in the middle of the night. It did work to wean her off the middle-of-the-nigh...
- Around 16 months we moved the bottle time earlier so that my daughter now sits with dad in the soft chair in the living room and reads a book while she gets her bottle...
Seeking Advice How to Wean Toddler from Rocking to Sleep?
Asked by K.M. from San Francisco
on August 4, 2009
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I'm looking for ideas on how to wean my toddler from rocking her to sleep for naps and night time. I know I have let this gone too long, I usually sit with her on the ...
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- Greetings K.: I am thrilled to hear about your new little one that is coming! So many exciting things to have happen and so many changes to make in getting ready for i...
- We are working on this with my youngest right now, who will be 2 in a month. At nap, I still end up rocking her to sleep half the time, but at bed time we do our norm...
- What we did was tell them they had to go to bed and stay in bed, but they didn't have to go to sleep if they weren't tired. BUT they had to make ME think they were asl...
