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The answer is probably "use common sense" but how to you dress a three month old when the weather is sorta warm, like 70 degrees? I see everything from babies covered in blankets to some just wearing onesies (they look to be about the same size but I'm sure there's probably a difference in age). I've been dressing him in long sleeve bodysuits, pants and socks and and he doesn't feel overly warm to the touch, but he's got some short sleeve t-shirts that I'd like to get some use out of. I live in Ireland too and like Dandy said it doesn't get hot here, yet the stores are filled with summer time clothing that's suited for a much warmer climate.
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An Cat Dubh posted:The answer is probably "use common sense" but how to you dress a three month old when the weather is sorta warm, like 70 degrees? I see everything from babies covered in blankets to some just wearing onesies (they look to be about the same size but I'm sure there's probably a difference in age). I've been dressing him in long sleeve bodysuits, pants and socks and and he doesn't feel overly warm to the touch, but he's got some short sleeve t-shirts that I'd like to get some use out of. I live in Ireland too and like Dandy said it doesn't get hot here, yet the stores are filled with summer time clothing that's suited for a much warmer climate. What up. That last tiny heat wave we had in May I think? Rory was really uncomfortable in anything more than short sleeves and short dungarees. It's supposed to be fairly warm this coming week so I think you'll be fine with short sleeves, just make sure you keep the sun off of him. I get the feeling that the summer clothing is there to either mock us or for people vacationing in warmer climates.
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Jul 6, 2013 10:35
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Ah yes, the infamous heat wave of '13 that broke Dublin's train service with so many people trying to get to/get home from the coast. Aaron was still wearing long sleeves then, but now that he's older I'll try out the short sleeves for the next few days. Maybe even get crazy and put him in one of the short sets I bought on a whim. I had another question about diaper changes at night. Aaron will wake up once or twice during the night to nurse and I change his diaper after I've nursed him on one side. At that point he's still super sleepy, but changing his diaper wakes him up and even with nursing on the other side it's sometimes hard to get him to go back to sleep. Would it be ok to put him in overnight diapers even though he doesn't sleep through the night, or is it too early? He's three months old and only pees at night (no poop).
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Jul 6, 2013 12:51
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An Cat Dubh posted:Ah yes, the infamous heat wave of '13 that broke Dublin's train service with so many people trying to get to/get home from the coast. Aaron was still wearing long sleeves then, but now that he's older I'll try out the short sleeves for the next few days. Maybe even get crazy and put him in one of the short sets I bought on a whim. I think as long as the diaper's not saturated it'd be fine. What wakes him up, specifically? The motions, or a cold wipe? If it's a cold wipe you could also look in to a wipe warmer.
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Jul 6, 2013 14:16
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Drop that kid a wicked pile driver. He'll stop acting up.
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Jul 6, 2013 14:58
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I didn't change night diapers unless they were filthy (or soaking, but that's rare before the morning pee).
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Jul 6, 2013 16:18
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An Cat Dubh posted:The answer is probably "use common sense" but how to you dress a three month old when the weather is sorta warm, like 70 degrees? I go by the rule of he wears what I wear. So the same amount of layers or coverage that me or mommy is wearing. Short sleeves are cute and then a blanket can always be used to cover up if it get's cold.
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Jul 6, 2013 19:13
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bamzilla posted:I think as long as the diaper's not saturated it'd be fine. What wakes him up, specifically? The motions, or a cold wipe? If it's a cold wipe you could also look in to a wipe warmer. I think it's probably the movement that wakes him. Last night I didn't change his diaper until the second wakeup (after about 7 hours sleep) and it wasn't soaking wet, so I might try the overnight diapers. However he went back to sleep pretty easily after feeding him, so who knows. My husband wants to stop Aaron from chewing on his hands because he thinks it will lead to him sucking his thumb, and his brother sucked his thumb until he was ten, and kids will make fun of him, and blah, blah, blah. I try explaining that's what babies do as part of their development, but he's listening to his sister who told him not to let him do it. I don't want to take parenting advice from someone who wrapped her babies' legs up at night (not swaddled; wrapped up like a mummy) so they would "grow straight." This is a family that believes you catch a cold from getting cold and nothing will convince them otherwise so you can imagine how fruitless it is to try and argue with them.
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Jul 7, 2013 12:19
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An Cat Dubh posted:I think it's probably the movement that wakes him. Last night I didn't change his diaper until the second wakeup (after about 7 hours sleep) and it wasn't soaking wet, so I might try the overnight diapers. However he went back to sleep pretty easily after feeding him, so who knows. We don't change Rory until he's noticeably wet, because as soon as the sleep sack comes off it's apparently party time. We use the pampers super dry nappies and haven't had any issues so far. He's 3 months, too, and chewing his hands is the best thing in the world. I'd say getting made fun of for sucking his thumb would be deterrent enough. Your husbands family sounds neurotic.
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Jul 7, 2013 12:41
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I think it's more their culture (he's Albanian) and old wives' tales and tranditions on how to raise kids are instilled in them. The thumb sucking thing is pretty neurotic though. His friends also told me to start feeding him food at four months at basically laughed when I told them everything I've read says six months and I'm waiting until then. I think I'm just gonna smile and nod from now on.
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Jul 7, 2013 12:58
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Any tips or tricks for traveling with a 3 month old? We're going up to Dublin at the end of the month just for an overnight thing, and it's about a 3.5 hour drive. I've never had him in the car longer than 45 minutes so I'm not sure how much extra time I should tack on there.
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Jul 7, 2013 13:15
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I don't change my 2-month old's diapers at night unless I suspect an enormous poo. I slather her in zinc oxide diaper rash cream at her last diaper change of the evening to salve my conscience in case she ends up lying in her own filth (it supposedly prevents diaper rash.)
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Jul 7, 2013 14:10
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My biggest thing that I learned with sleep "training" (the word has pretty negative connotations, but I'm referring to getting used to a bedtime routine, this is night vs day, etc), was to not change his diaper unless it was soaking or soiled. The diaper changing is kind of an awake activity. Once I stopped doing that, it was much easier to settle him back down after a nighttime feed (also leaving the lights off, not making lots of noise, etc.) Just piled on the diaper cream with the last change of the day.
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Jul 7, 2013 16:15
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My kid is jumping on the bed. And dancing in the bathtub. Which are obviously no-nos. I tried ignoring the bed jumping in case it was attention-driven, but no, I think for her it's just really fun. She has a trampoline, it's just... really fun. Today at nap time I told her one more jump and I would take her bed away; her mattress ended up in the hallway and she was in her toddler bed on the plywood that supports the mattress. She just played, and didn't seem to mind it, so my husband put it back and she went right to sleep. So clearly mattress removal's not a good or-else. She knows that if she dances in the tub she gets pulled right out, but she does it as the tub is draining, so no great loss for her there. She's usually reasonable - if I tell her something is dangerous, or makes me feel bad, she won't do it. But lately, those two things, she gets this wicked gleam in her eye and she -knows- it's naughty. She'll even say, "no dancing in tub?" and I say, no, it's dangerous and makes me scared, and then she grins and does it. Same with the bed. What do I do here?
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Jul 8, 2013 06:02
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Melliemel posted:My kid is jumping on the bed. And dancing in the bathtub. Which are obviously no-nos. Melliemel, I sadly have no advice for you -- I am in the same boat. Apparently when I say "no", E hears "it would make me very happy if you did that!". I am trying to get better at redirecting in the hopes that it helps, but it can sure get exhausting! As a question of my own... We are moving from a rowhouse with a washer and dryer to an apartment with a community washer/dryer. We are a cloth diapering family, but I feel weird (and logistically it would suck) to wash our kid's diapers in the community washers. So we are thinking of a diapering service. Given what the service provides I think their cost of $20/week is fair, but drat that is a lot of money over time. I am considering changing to disposables, but the thought of them sitting in a landfill for eternity makes my super-liberal, tree-hugging heart weep. Help me decide!
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Melliemel posted:My kid is jumping on the bed. And dancing in the bathtub. Which are obviously no-nos. My son kept flipping his toddler bed upside down and chucking the frame across the room. So he ended up sleeping on a mattress on the floor. As for your bathtime problem, just take her out before draining the tub. She can dance on the bathmat while she watches the water go away.
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Jul 8, 2013 20:01
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Crazy Old Clarice posted:As a question of my own... Is there any chance you could have/use one of those tiny portable washers? I've never used one so not sure how they would work. What would disposables cost per week? I've only bought a couple name brand packages but they were something like 25¢ a piece which gets you close to that $20/week depending how many you use. If it were me I'd try everything to keep cloth. Also what about a diaper sprayer then using the shared washers? Still a pain but maybe you'd feel less weird about it.
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Jul 8, 2013 22:22
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An Cat Dubh posted:I think I'm just gonna smile and nod from now on. I'm new to the thread, have 4 kids ages 16(f), 15(m), 12(m), and 9(m). Felt most comfortable saying that as a literal Socialist living in the middle of Oklahoma I have gotten very good at doing just that.
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Jul 9, 2013 06:15
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Re: Ikea Chair chat, we have 3 of the things, one in each colour. One lives in our house, one at my parent's house and one at their work where he hangs out some days. When he was smaller and didn't quite have the full independent sitting up thing happening, we used one of the Barnslig cushions to pad it out a bit and provide support. It's winter here now and so many of Soren's t-shirts still fit him so I just layer him up, Sheldon style. Long sleeve shirt or onesie underneath a t-shirt. Means I can still make use of all his various clothing things before he grows out of them. Works a treat.
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Last weekend, we took our 18-month-old with us to visit friends who have a 2-year-old. She was drinking water from a bottle. At some point, Arthur nabbed her bottle and drank it dry, pretty much in a single instance. Now, he never showed much attachment to the bottle--when we first tried to introduce it at 3 months, he didn't want anything to do with it--and was never really successful in drinking from it on his own, and transitioned to a sippy cup very easily and quickly. He hadn't had a bottle probably since Christmas before this. But he seemed to really enjoy it, even turning his nose up at his sippy when we offered it instead. So now I'm wondering, did we cut out bottles too soon? Would it be a bad thing to give him a little bottle every day? Might it help him finally wean himself from the breast? (I'm willing to let him nurse as long as he needs to...but personally, I'm "done.") A search is bringing up mainly pages on how to cut out bottles after 18 months. Plus, good lord, it's already been 18 months! I have a little dude instead of a slightly large baby!  
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Jul 10, 2013 21:18
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My 17 month old's dentist wanted him off bottles ASAP because they're not particularly good for teeth, jaw development, and oral motor skills. Straw cups were recommended.
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Jul 10, 2013 21:46
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You could try introducing a straw cup. I wouldn't go back to the bottle now--you don't want to have to fight that battle when right now it's already won 
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Jul 11, 2013 00:04
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I'd offer straw cups over bottles. It may not even have been the bottle he was after, but the awesomeness of having someone else's drink. My kid would rather die than drink apple juice, but if he can get his hands on another kid's cup of juice, he will drain that poo poo dry in about 5 seconds.
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Jul 11, 2013 01:05
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Oh. Dear. God. She's figured out doorknobs. Gone are the days of tuck in, night-night, and she doesn't even leave the bed because she knows that mommy and daddy are out of reach. Nope, tonight she pops out and hollers for us from the top of the stairs. She can't get down stairs on her own yet -- or she can, but she refuses to. .... Still, I think it's time to break out the baby gate. So I just put her back in bed and held the door shut by the knob for the three minutes it took her to recognize futility, but I don't know how long that trick will work. I think I have those doorknob-covers here somewhere....
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Jul 11, 2013 02:11
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Melliemel posted:Oh. Dear. God. She's figured out doorknobs. Gone are the days of tuck in, night-night, and she doesn't even leave the bed because she knows that mommy and daddy are out of reach. Nope, tonight she pops out and hollers for us from the top of the stairs. For safety's sake I would get the gate up. I would also explore some sort of reward system for staying in bed until the morning - like a chart with x's on the door so there's NO WAY she can miss it - and if there's no x, she gets something special in the morning. (It doesn't have to be major - in fact it's better if it isn't) (Edit - and if you have to come and put her back in bed, she gets an x. No second chance, one shot only. Yes, she will test you...) There are different arguments about locking kids doors, etc. and I'm sure you're aware of them. FWIW there is no functional difference between a lock and a doorknob cover - and personally I would rather have the solution be driven by the child internalizing the understanding that it's a good thing to stay in bed as opposed to being foiled by technology, etc.
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Jul 11, 2013 02:49
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JDM3 posted:For safety's sake I would get the gate up. Indeed, and I don't want to start another cry-it-out type war here! She generally (though two changes a lot of things) will test for a certain time but stop when she realizes it's getting her nowhere. I think we'd be ok with either holding the door shut while she mellows, or using the knob baffle for just a week while she realizes that this just isn't happening. Though as I think about it, the baffle will be a new fun toy, so that may not help keep her in bed. Truly, if she wants to play all night in her room, I'm down with that; it's the -in her room- part that I care about. The bed is really optional. The goal of all her "games" is more cuddle time, which is awesome since I know it won't last forever, but terrible when you need her to get in the carseat or into bed. So the trick of waiting outside the door and putting her silently back down would be, to her, a reward cycle. We use a lot of carrots (I'll buckle Elmo in to the car seat if you don't want to go... "NOOOOO").
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Jul 11, 2013 15:13
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My son is a little over two. Overall he's reasonably well-behaved (for a toddler), but lately we are dealing with him interrupting conversations. It's pretty embarrassing when he does it when I'm talking to the doc, for example. He does it to me and my husband all the time. He's very persistent and he will repeat himself a thousand times if we keep talking and ignore him. Any ideas? I SAHM with him and I spend hours and hours a day focusing on him and speaking with him. It's definitely not a lack of attention. I can't even talk to my husband in the evenings or in the car without him trying to derail the conversation. My husband thinks it's because I generally give him too much undivided attention. I think it's because we've been dealing with up until now with "Nevermind, babe. Let's just talk after he's in bed" and he kind of wins. It was particularly embarrassing at a doctor's visit yesterday where she was trying to speak and he just kept going and going and going. That's when it hit me that I better do something about it now.
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Jul 11, 2013 18:01
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LuckyDaemon posted:My son is a little over two. I don't think it's down to anything you do with him, some kids just like talking. If I need Connor to shut up for a bit I'll give him paper and crayons or let him play on the tablet for a bit but really if there's someone new to talk to he just loves talking to them and telling them all the exciting stuff he knows. It's not something that really bothers me though (actually I like it because he's so clever), and most people understand that it's just what kids are like.
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LuckyDaemon--kids just like to hear themselves talk. And they enjoy being the center of attention. It's not a bug, it's a feature.  Try pushing the turn taking angle. At dinner, have totally mock conversations between all three of you, where you emphasize taking turns. Dad says, "I had a good day at work! We had pizza for lunch. Mommy's turn!" Mom says, "My favorite part of today was building blocks! Your turn!" And give Short Stuff a chance to say something, then move back to Daddy's turn. Try a couple rounds at dinner each night. Then, it's more like a game, and hopefully when you really need him to hush for a minute, you can say "It's the doctor's turn to speak, your turn will be next." and he might be more cooperative. At least he'll start to get that speaking is like everything else in life--everybody gets a turn, not just him.We deal with this with Tim, but take a much different tack with him being five. He mostly talks over Dad at dinner for attention. He will be sitting there, with nothing to say until the instant Dad starts having any sort of adult conversation with me. Then suddenly he has to talk right now. Typical kid stuff. He gets told to wait his turn, and we cut it short so he gets a turn in a minute. If he is particularly bad, I will purposely talk over him, loudly, about the dumbest poo poo I can muster. "I like broccoli because it's green. I think it will make me turn green if I eat it all the time. I like biscuits too. Biscuits and broccoli both start with B..." He will then tell me (usually after he laughs at me) I'm not being nice because he's talking. Then I ask him if he was being nice talking over Daddy, and he gets it. Liam, also a bit more than two, has the Stewies hardcore (Mommy, mommy, mom,mama,mom,mommymommamamommymomomomommama) and I cannot stop it. I think he just likes to hear himself say variations of mommy. Acknowledge him, ignore him, whatever, the mommies keep coming.
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The taking turns approach makes a lot of sense, thank you! We've been working on the concept at the park (where everyone wants to play with the coveted spinny toy) so he's familiar with the concept of taking turns. Yes, his mode of conversation is Clever quip repeat 5000X and usually acknowledging helps but not always. The latest is "Kosta biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig penis" and I can't tell you how that happened. I taught him "penis" because I believe in teaching anatomically correct terms, but I certainly didn't tell my 2 year old he's hung. It's been awkward, to say the least.
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/\/\ Haha! My boys say "wiener"; they got it from Dad (I know, I know, we'll work on it later.) The both of them are proud as all hell of them. Liam will just grab himself after bath and say "Wook-it my WIENER Mommy! It's where my peepee is!!" Even Tim, as young as three would tell me how his wiener gets big sometimes, because "it's awesome."  As the only girl in the house, I think I'm in for a bumpy road down the line.
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Jul 11, 2013 20:41
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Anyone have any suggestions to keep a 1-year-old from moving all over the damned bed while bed sharing? He's very restless and wakes me up constantly. I'm not bed sharing on purpose, it's just the only way we've managed to get any sleep at all.
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Jul 13, 2013 03:08
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Mnemosyne posted:Anyone have any suggestions to keep a 1-year-old from moving all over the damned bed while bed sharing? He's very restless and wakes me up constantly. I'm not bed sharing on purpose, it's just the only way we've managed to get any sleep at all. Good luck with that.
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Mnemosyne posted:Anyone have any suggestions to keep a 1-year-old from moving all over the damned bed while bed sharing? He's very restless and wakes me up constantly. I'm not bed sharing on purpose, it's just the only way we've managed to get any sleep at all. If you have a crib, we had good luck with taking the side off and shoving it against the bed as a mock co-sleeper. We used foam to keep the crib mattress flush against our mattress.
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Does anyone have any recommendations for baby shoes that don't use animal products? We've found a couple of possible sources but would be good to hear some reviews. Katalina is coming up to 11 months old and has just started walking, and she loves walking outside, so we'd love to let her, but so far all the shops seem to only sell leather shoes!
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skeetied posted:If you have a crib, we had good luck with taking the side off and shoving it against the bed as a mock co-sleeper. We used foam to keep the crib mattress flush against our mattress. This is an awesome idea. I'm going to suggest it to my husband. Our 8 month old sleeps in bed with me while my husband sleeps in the other room. Not ideal. She'll fall asleep in her crib but wakes up about an hour later and is inconsolable until she's next to me (and my boobs).
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frenchnewwave posted:This is an awesome idea. I'm going to suggest it to my husband. Our 8 month old sleeps in bed with me while my husband sleeps in the other room. Not ideal. She'll fall asleep in her crib but wakes up about an hour later and is inconsolable until she's next to me (and my boobs). This is sort of my situation, and why I'm hesitant to put the crib in my room. Around 75% of the time, he'll spend the first 4-6 hours sleeping in his crib. Then he wakes up and there's no getting him back to sleep unless we put him in bed with us, and he's there for the rest of the night. About 2 nights a week, I can't get him to fall asleep at all, so he just spends the whole night in our bed. If I move the crib into our room, then I'm completely giving up those amazing 4 hours where my kid is not all up in my business.
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I hear you. She used to sleep through the night, then she would maybe wake up once, and now she's up every 2 ish hours. For some reason we are making backwards progress. Sleeping together in the bed is just easier for me to actually get some sleep :/
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Jul 13, 2013 17:51
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We sidecarred the crib around 12 months. It was amazing.
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frenchnewwave posted:I hear you. She used to sleep through the night, then she would maybe wake up once, and now she's up every 2 ish hours. For some reason we are making backwards progress. Sleeping together in the bed is just easier for me to actually get some sleep :/ The same thing happened with us (regarding the backwards progress.) I don't know if it's a phase or what. He was sleeping 8 hours a night without waking up for several months, and now he sleeps for about 4 (6 if I'm very lucky) and then after that he's up every 1-2 hours all night long. On average, I'm up 4-5 times each night. I've been trying to shovel as much solid food into him as I can right before bedtime in case he's reverse cycling.
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