*Baby Corner*

[e-migra 4]

Hi! Just to say CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! to all. I just LOVE babies

I want to make many little Americans. I'm thinking of joining you as soon as I arrive in the States .

[Mommy2ZaidnSalma 11]

Happy Baby Making, thanks for joining us

[chri'stina 190]

Kavi is way too long for his infant seat too..but we haven't switched yet. We have to any day now bc of his weight. He is long.

autumnchik-I am mixed on the issue. I think it's fine to let the baby cry for a certain period of time. Some days it would take me an hour or more to get Kavi to take his nap if I didn't let him cry for 5-10 mins before he does fall asleep on his own. I am with him all day and I realized that while I want him to be happy, I can't spend so much time trying to make him lay in his crib or bassinet when he only cries for 5-10 minutes before sleeping for a nap. Some days if he cries for a long amount of time, I will spend more time helping him relax. At night it's a different issue. He sleeps with us still from time to time, like if he doesn't feel good. But he also sleeps in his crib. He's in there right now still sleeping, but he hates his crib. He sleeps better in his play pen. Kavi wakes up a couple times at night still, so I wish I knew how to make him sleep peacefully all night too! Kavi takes two bottles at night and lately with the teething, will wake up crying and will be inconsolable. I am sure you will come to some agreement. Sujeet doesn't like letting Kavi cry either, but I felt like if Kavi never has to cry a little he won't get out his extra energy and it can drive us insane trying to get him to sleep sometimes if we only stay and stay and do stuff until he falls asleep. The other night I told Sujeet to try leaving him for 5 mins, and it worked...he was asleep in 5 mins by himself. That doesn't work every time though at night.

I love my little boy sooo much but I wish I could get more sleep!!! He is over 10mos old now, when will this get better sleepwise? I know, it's normal for some babies.

Edited December 11, 2008 by Parivar CSK

[Mommy2ZaidnSalma 11]

I too let zaid cry it out. I couldnt imagine going to him every single time he cried, he would catch on to that REAL quick. The minute I lay zaid down for a nap he cries for about a minute or two and turns over and falls asleep. It has been that way since he was about 2 months old.

Christina. I wish I had some advice to offer you. Does Kavi wake up EVERY single night? I guess ive been so spoiled in that area with zaid sleeping from 8pm-7am everyday. I know my bro makes his son stay awake til like 10pm cuz thats the only way he will sleep thru the night. How late is Kavi staying up til? Im sure its his teeth. Some babies just do better than others with teeth coming in. Have you tried any tylenol before bedtime?

[chri'stina 190]

I too let zaid cry it out. I couldnt imagine going to him every single time he cried, he would catch on to that REAL quick. The minute I lay zaid down for a nap he cries for about a minute or two and turns over and falls asleep. It has been that way since he was about 2 months old.

Christina. I wish I had some advice to offer you. Does Kavi wake up EVERY single night? I guess ive been so spoiled in that area with zaid sleeping from 8pm-7am everyday. I know my bro makes his son stay awake til like 10pm cuz thats the only way he will sleep thru the night. How late is Kavi staying up til? Im sure its his teeth. Some babies just do better than others with teeth coming in. Have you tried any tylenol before bedtime?

Thanks. Yeah we have given Kavi tylenol, and maybe it just helps a little...I'm not sure.

Kavi did better with sleeping before his surgery, like would sleep 6-7 hours straight most nights then would want a bottle and would sleep more. But I guess his sleeping pattern got worse after that since we have to change his diaper at certain times at night due to the surgery, and he was on a lot of medicines...and yeah he wakes up every night at least two times. My mom said my sister was like this as a baby, while I slept through the night early on like Zaid. I guess time will make it better!

[chri'stina 190]

Sorry I forgot to write some things...we do keep him up later usually like til 9:30 or 10...but then he'll wake up crying lately around midnight, then will go back to sleep, then wake up hungry around 2am, then will sleep til 5:30 or 6, has a bottle, then sleeps a couple more hours.

[Mommy2ZaidnSalma 11]

yea as soon as he is running all over the place he will be so worn out by the end of the day he will naturally sleep thru the night.

[Autumnchik 6]

I should add that, for Declan, if he cries in the middle of the night, I let him cry for a few minutes because sometimes he does that and will fall right back asleep. It is the prolonged crying that I have a hard time with. Hubby feels fine with letting him cry for 15 minutes or so.

Stina - About the surgery .... did Kavi have a stint put in afterwards? How often did you need to change diapers in the night? For how long did you have to do that?

[chri'stina 190]

I should add that, for Declan, if he cries in the middle of the night, I let him cry for a few minutes because sometimes he does that and will fall right back asleep. It is the prolonged crying that I have a hard time with. Hubby feels fine with letting him cry for 15 minutes or so.

Stina - About the surgery .... did Kavi have a stint put in afterwards? How often did you need to change diapers in the night? For how long did you have to do that?

Yeah he had a stint(soft plastic tube so urine could drain from bladder) and his whole weewee was bandaged up so we couldn't even see it, just the tube sticking out. We changed him every 3-4 hours, so kind of already the same amount we have to when he wakes up at night anyway. But before that, he would sometimes go 6 or more hours before waking. We just did that until the tube came out, about 6 days after surgery.

[Chrissy25 0]

Kavi is way too long for his infant seat too..but we haven't switched yet. We have to any day now bc of his weight. He is long.

autumnchik-I am mixed on the issue. I think it's fine to let the baby cry for a certain period of time. Some days it would take me an hour or more to get Kavi to take his nap if I didn't let him cry for 5-10 mins before he does fall asleep on his own. I am with him all day and I realized that while I want him to be happy, I can't spend so much time trying to make him lay in his crib or bassinet when he only cries for 5-10 minutes before sleeping for a nap. Some days if he cries for a long amount of time, I will spend more time helping him relax. At night it's a different issue. He sleeps with us still from time to time, like if he doesn't feel good. But he also sleeps in his crib. He's in there right now still sleeping, but he hates his crib. He sleeps better in his play pen. Kavi wakes up a couple times at night still, so I wish I knew how to make him sleep peacefully all night too! Kavi takes two bottles at night and lately with the teething, will wake up crying and will be inconsolable. I am sure you will come to some agreement. Sujeet doesn't like letting Kavi cry either, but I felt like if Kavi never has to cry a little he won't get out his extra energy and it can drive us insane trying to get him to sleep sometimes if we only stay and stay and do stuff until he falls asleep. The other night I told Sujeet to try leaving him for 5 mins, and it worked...he was asleep in 5 mins by himself. That doesn't work every time though at night.

I love my little boy sooo much but I wish I could get more sleep!!! He is over 10mos old now, when will this get better sleepwise? I know, it's normal for some babies.

Stina out of intrest do you feed Kavi rice cereal before bed? Dylan would wake all the time when younger, if i fed him rice cereal and a few ounces of milk before bed he slept better as he was fuller

[chnst 6]

I should add that, for Declan, if he cries in the middle of the night, I let him cry for a few minutes because sometimes he does that and will fall right back asleep. It is the prolonged crying that I have a hard time with. Hubby feels fine with letting him cry for 15 minutes or so.

ugh I hear you. Ben can fuss like that forever. We tried that method the other night and he cried for over 1 hour until he finally fell asleep. We both felt horrible after that. I'd rather hold him until he goes to sleep. It's not really the going to sleep, our problem is staying asleep.

We turned the humidifier on in our room the past 2 nights and he only woke up once! I'm hoping this will make him feel better. I have been experimenting with the heat the past few days to figure out if he is just getting too hot/cold.

Good luck with the surgery Declan!

[EricC 0]

Hi ladies I have a question for you. Yesterday night and this evening my wife has been pretty hot. She feels good, doesn't feel sick or feel like she has a fever just body is hot. So I took her temperature and its 98. I was just wondering if this is normal during pregnancy where you feel hot?

[Carolyn 1]

About sleeping and crying--I have been reading all kinds of books about it, so I'm feeling like I know something on the subject...

I intuitively agree with the Sears school of thought, but a family bed didn't work for us. I am a light sleeper and my husband sleeps like a rock--I fear that he would roll over on our son! For the first 3+ months Ilyas was in a co-sleeper and I was a zombie waking 4-6 times a night with a crying hungry baby and trying to go to work full-time as a teacher the next day.

Moving our son to a crib in his own room at 3 months has been a remarkable improvement in sleep for both baby and mom. I'm still breastfeeding and he now wakes up really briefly to eat twice per night and I go back to my room for some restful sleep.

Now I am working on putting him to sleep during the day while he is still awake (a la Baby Whisperer). It works really well if I time putting him down just right--first signs of sleepiness. At night I'm still swaddling him and have found that earlier bedtimes (7-7:30) are good. I still nurse him to sleep most nights, though that probably isn't a long-term solution.

Do any of you have your babies on a schedule? My sister swears by the Babywise routine--both of her girls learned to sleep through the night quite early using this method.

Edited December 12, 2008 by Carolyn

[Vi Mazzella 4]

Girls!

How's everybody???

Twila, how are the babies behaving???

Here we are just ok, today I got some bad news from my job, we had a company meeting and they informed us that they are letting 10% of the employees go, one them is my best friend, who is a single mother, two weeks before Christmas , they are reducing our salaries 10% = less hours. It was a really bad day at my job.

I think I will stop reading the newspapers or watching the news 'cause all what I hear are bad news and I'm getting a little depressed.

The good news is that my mom and dad purchased their tkts to come to visit us, my due date is April 26th and they are arriving on the 24th, I know, I know the baby might come earlier but at least they will have a little more time to spend with the baby.

Well girls have a good night!

Vi

[sara535 15]

About the sleeping - Amirah hasnt been good about sleeping in her bed at all. It doesnt help that my husband works out of town a lot so often its no big deal to just get her when she cries and let her sleep with me. However lately she has become MUCH more active (ie kicking, sitting up, trying to talk to us, etc) plus my husband has been home a lot more so we've been really trying to make her stay in her bed. Most nights there is a time or 2 in the middle of the night when she will whimper but we dont get her and she'll go back to sleep. but one or 2 nights a week she wakes all the way up and really starts crying, she freaks out if we dont get her. Honestly I think it hurts her feelings or something to know we arent coming for her and she will just escalate and get more and more worked up so its easier to just get her. once with us we have been making her lay down and trying to ignore her, or at least not let her engage us in any talking or interaction because I dont want her to start thinking its nice to get up and play in the middle of the night. My son did a lot of the same things when he was a baby and it all passed so I dont get too stressed out about it. I tried once to let him cry it out and he cried for almost 4 hours. It was a horrible experience for both of us and I just decided it wasnt worth it. I also tried to let Amirah cry it out and she got so hysterical she made herself throw up so again I decided we can live with a couple nights a week of late night co sleeping. although I must admit the nights she sleeps all night I feel SO much better in the morning.

Both the pediatricians I've had with my kids told me that in general a baby doesnt really need to eat in the night past the age of about 6 months. Amirah stopped having a bottle I think at about 7 months, just one before she goes to sleep. That sure made a big difference as far as regular waking.....