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Is It ADD/ADHD, Sleep Deprivation or Bad Parenting?
Asked by C.J. from Seattle
on March 14, 2008
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I recently began questioning the possiblilty that my son may have some type of condition relating to his difficult behavior. He's a good kid at heart, but lives as if...
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- C., It may very well be ADHD; my son has it (along with lots of other stuff) and sensitivity to dyes and sugars is very common with kids who have ADHD. Diet is HUGE...
- I have only a moment, but I want to encourage you to follow up on the allergy angle. This makes a HUGE difference in my kids' schoolwork and behavior. Lack of sleep ...
- It sounds like there are so many contributing factors here. There is no easy short answer. Yes, not getting enough sleep will make a HUGE difference in any child and w...
Having an Only Child
Asked by G.T. from Boston
on March 20, 2009
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Hi there.
I would love to hear from moms who have decided to only have one child, or from moms who were an only child.
I am stopping at one great and fantastic d...
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- I am an only child who is choosing to have an only child. She is an amazing 5 year old girl! There are so many plusses to having an only. I also had a difficult pre...
- Hi G. - I am not an only child and I have two girls, but I wanted to chime in anyway. This is a hot button topic for me... I feel for you because I feel like our soci...
- Ah, peer pressure! I had my daughter when I was 38 and knew right away I was done and didn't want/need more. Yes, I had some complications during pregnancy and childbi...
To Nap or Not to Nap? My Toddler's Napping Keeps Her up Late at Night
Asked by T.C. from Austin
on January 21, 2008
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My 2 1/2 year old is a night owl. It's just not fair! I'm have always been a HUGE sleeper and I gave birth to a party girl. She loves to take 2, 3 even a 4 hour nap...
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- I've experienced this same problem, and here's what I did: Give her something to do other than napping in the afternoon, a video or snack... or even better, read to he...
- Hi T.! Boy can I relate! Now my boys are teenagers and bigger than me now, but... When my second one was 2, I gave up on naps for him. What had worked for the fi...
- i think she does need t nap, but yes, you probably should regulate her schedule. I had to do that a little with my 2 1/2 year old. i get her up a littler early from he...
Baby Doesn't Sleep
Asked by R.S. from Des Moines
on March 25, 2009
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My 8-month-old daughter is still a terrible night sleeper. Besides her bottle every 4-5 hours (I can deal with that), she wakes up several times each night, sometimes ...
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- WOW 10 kids! And you're asking for our advice? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Just kidding. I think you are really lucky that only 1 of the 10 has been a poor s...
- Hi R.! I am so sorry you are missing so much sleep! My daughter woke between 8-12 times per night for more than an entire year. I used to throw up from being so sle...
- 10 children! Wow, congrats on still being sane. I can imagine you are wanting sleep badly! Our daughter was the same way, horrible sleeper. If it is an option for her ...
Weeding Through the Rubbish
Asked by N.C. from Dallas
on July 22, 2009
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I have a 6 month old infant who is inconsistently sleeping through the night. I formula feed and breast feed. He'd been sleeping well (6 hour stretch to wake up and e...
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- hello!! i have 6 months twins they was the same i am using the EASY method of baby whisperer i have been using for 2 months now and is working pretty good for both ...
- I dont really think your baby's nap schedule before was bad. If your baby was sleeping all night with only 30-45 minute naps, I would continue that. My baby is 6 mon...
- My daughter taught me so much about having control of a baby, and I had 2 besides her! Her son, at 12 weeks, cried an hour and a half the first night, 30 min. the seco...
How Do I Increase My Breastmilk Production?
Asked by D.J. from New York
on January 21, 2009
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All through my pregnancy, I planned to breastfeed my first born child and when my daughter was born I tried diligently for more than a month to breastfeed her but she ...
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- Have you tried domperidone? You can get a prescription from a doctor and Canadian pharmacies fulfill the order. Or order it from a New Zealand pharmacy. It is illeg...
- I don't know if this will help, but when I had my son the nurses told me (at the hospital) to let the shower (warm water) fall on my breasts if I wanted to nurse. Unf...
- Sorry to hear about your situation. That can be very frustrating! I don't know where you live, but where I am in Buffalo, NY, there is a place called the Care Connec...
Sam-e for PPD While Breastfeeding
Asked by B.S. from Dallas
on November 19, 2008
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Hi Moms. I have a 7 month old very active baby girl. She has been crawling since 5.5 months and has been teething for the past month or so. I am a SAHM, and am relati...
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- A good support network for women depressed after a c section is the International Ceserean Awareness Network -ICAN. There is a chapter here in North Texas that you ca...
- i was on zoloft several years ago and it was MAGICAL. yes, wonderful. but i would talk to your doctor about what to take since you are breastfeeding
- B....I had a c-section with my daughter. And I had PPD afterwards .I cried the whole first week she was home and I cannot tell you why, everything made me cry. I went...
Need Sleep!
Asked by M.F. from Chicago
on November 6, 2007
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My 19-mth-old is no longer sleeping until 6 am, like she used to. A couple of weeks ago she had croup but that has passed and she is fine now. At that time she was als...
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- Are you both getting up with her? My husband and I always alternated nights so at least one of us was getting sleep every other night. So for example, tonight you get ...
- I'm going to refer you to a book that saved my life with my first born and his sleep issues. HEALTHY SLEEP HABITS, HAPPY BABY by Marc Weissbluth. It's an awesome boo...
- I had the same thing with my daughter..... Bottom line......LET HER CRY IT OUT! Trust me she'll be back iinto the routine soon enough....6 a.m. is reasonable for a c...
5 Month Old Breastfed Baby, Sleep Issues, Formula and Miracle Blanket
Asked by K.C. from Boston
on April 28, 2009
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I think I may have a unique problem that is a combination of breastfeeding, swaddling, sleep, and sanity...
My 5 month old daughter Isabella was never a great slee...
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- First off, K. - STOP beating yourself up! It sounds like you are doing everything you can to make sure your child is getting what she needs, and you are being a wonde...
- My 2 yr old still wants to sleep swaddled he has spd so I sewed some snaps onto his larger blankets and swaddle him and sleeps much better then if he goes w/o
- Not sure about the blanket - but certainly a more active baby wriggles out of things, and you need to keep her safe. The waking up could be due to teething and just b...
What Am I Doing Wrong?????
Asked by E.M. from New York
on January 6, 2009
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So when I had my son I told myself I would not repeat the experiences I had with my daughter (long story short, terrible sleeper, tried every method, read every book, ...
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- I don't think you're doing anything wrong. The only advice I would give is some that I received from my pediatrician with my first daughter - If they've slept through ...
- While I do believe in careful "CIO" methods, I also think that your son is at that at magic age...he's almost ready (or maybe already is?) to not be swaddled, because ...
- Hi E., I am going through the exact same thing and was told I'm not doing anything wrong so I'll let you know your not doing anything wrong. Some babies I guess ju...
