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Hey thread! I'm movin on up from the pregnancy thread. Ben will be 2 months old on the 18th. He was diagnosed with reflux so we've got him on medication and sleeping in the Rock and Play. He's a great napper in the day and when we do finally get him in bed at night he sleeps for 6 hours, wakes up to eat and sleeps another 2-3 hours. starting about 4 days ago he's been getting SUPER upset at night. It's generally either before or after his last nap. He gets really cranky at any problem such as gas or pooping, and he won't latch to eat because he's so pissed and tired. We'll finally get him asleep and he'll wake up hungry and upset. It takes a lot of work to get him to eat again. Even after he poops he'll be freaking out as soon as I position him to eat. This is very new to us as he's generally been an easy-going kid since we figured the reflux out. We don't really know what to do at night now. Baths calm him for a bit but he'll start getting upset shortly after any distraction. Could he just be overtired even though he's napping well? It's starting to take him longer and longer to finally go to bed for the night. Before, his bed time was an hour after we planned on going to bed ourselves. Now he's keeping us up late with this. Here's the little monster.  Edit: Well now today he has been super fussy after two naps. I've had to trick him into eating by stopping his crying with a pacifier and then replacing it with boob really fast. What could be causing this sudden change in behavior?! Awesome Kristin fucked around with this message at 01:52 on Oct 13, 2012 |
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Oct 13, 2012 00:29
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I'll bring it up to the pediatrician next week if it continues. Tonight was a lot better. I didn't have to fight to feed him but he's still fussing more than normal, so we'll see what happens in the coming days. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Oct 13, 2012 10:56
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Actually I've been doing one breast at a time to avoid just that problem. He eats a LOT so he only ever had a problem with not getting enough hindmilk before his reflux was fixed. He had almost EVERY symptom of reflux and the medicine did fix his choking at night and he eats for longer stretches. I'm certain we diagnosed it properly. I appreciate your suggestion, though. It was a smart thing to recommend. While we're on the subject of poop, I think that might be what is causing his screaming fits at night. It lasted 3 hours last night and we tried EVERYTHING. Eventually after the 4th time trying to get him to eat again he seemed a little more calm and ended up pooing. Then everything was mostly better. By that point he fussed just a bit more but went to bed easy and didn't wake up screaming anymore. What can we do about this? He is exclusively breastfed. His next appointment is on Thursday.
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Oct 14, 2012 19:09
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He goes pretty regularly in the daytime and they don't seem smaller than normal. It's normal wet breastmilk poops. The consistancy is never thick. Also when he has to go in the day it doesn't usually make him that upset.
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Oct 14, 2012 23:29
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You might have to just attach the gate to that first post and let him climb on the first step only.
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Oct 15, 2012 00:43
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So Ben is just over 2 months and I've been going by what the pediatrician said last month about making sure he eats no more than 6 hours after he goes to bed. That worked out great and he usually would wake up like 15 minutes or so before my 6 hour alarm went off. Then I would feed him and he'd go right back to sleep for another 2-3 hours. The past couple of days he hasn't been waking up on his own after 6 hours. I let him sleep another 15-30 minutes but I start to worry and wake him up to feed him before too long. Should I let him sleep as long as he wants at this age, or is there a higher limit I should set my alarm to so I can wake him up? I just don't want to let him sleep 7 or 8 hours if he really needs to be eating sooner. edit: he is breastfed Awesome Kristin fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Oct 23, 2012 |
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Oct 23, 2012 00:27
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He's in the middle for his age as far as weight and height. His head is like 90th percentile though.
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Oct 23, 2012 01:28
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Mnemosyne posted:You can go that long without becoming engorged, painful and leaky? It's best when I pump after his last feeding of the night. I do get slightly leaky after 6 hours if I haven't pumped the night before. It's not painful but they do get quite full and I pump after his morning feeding and am fine. It wasn't until about 2 weeks ago that I stopped leaking all over the place though.
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Oct 23, 2012 02:05
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We've had the seahorse since Ben was born. He's 2.5 months old now and I've tried using it a few times. If anything at this age it distracts him from sleeping. I'll try using it again when he's a bit older. Every baby is different and it might end up being a good tool for your situation.
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Nov 2, 2012 01:24
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Well, Ben is zeroing in on 3 months now. He's suddenly decided nap time and being tired in general is the worst thing in the world. He can scream and cry for more than half an hour when it's time for a nap or bed at night. He generally goes to sleep fine the two naps after his 6 hours of night sleep. Every nap after that, plus bed time is crazy. It's usually a 20-30 minute ordeal of just trying to get him to stop crying and drift off to sleep, sometimes it can take over an hour. Why has he decided to fight sleeping so hard? It's getting really stressful. If he wasn't so stinking cute I would be pulling my hair out. He's finally able to aim his hands to his mouth and just wants to lick everything now. Also he loves TV. Here he is watching Louis CK. 
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Nov 15, 2012 04:42
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Barenaked Ladies did a kid's album. Haven't listened to all of them but I love their alphabet song.
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Nov 28, 2012 08:29
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Maybe try mixing a bit of 1% hydro-cortisone cream with the lotion.
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Dec 2, 2012 09:01
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Ben is 3.5 months old and spits up almost every time he eats. Sometimes it is due to reflux, but other times I think it's just normal baby spitup. I can't really tell if it is becoming less frequent. Some days I'll be excited that I only had to change his clothes once and I think he's getting over it, then the next day I'll have to change his shirt 4 times. So, I have no answers, but I feel your pain. Your girl is adorable. Is that red hair? Also I will take any chance to share my Ben so here. 
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Dec 5, 2012 11:44
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My mom would let us decide what Santa's gifts would be wrapped in. We would leave the paper out with his milk and cookies. We were told the elves wrapped everything right in the house.
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Dec 7, 2012 10:49
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At what milestone are babies ready for umbrella strollers?
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Dec 7, 2012 23:27
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There are going to be a ton of Christmas displays at the Casinos in Vegas. You should be able to find some cool things to look at.
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Dec 11, 2012 11:34
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opie posted:We spent Christmas in Vegas a couple years ago when Nicole was about 14 months. Aside from being in my first trimester and feeling crappy, I'm pretty sure we went to this: http://www.opportunityvillage.org/magical-forest/ I had considered suggesting that. It definitely depends on where you will be staying, and how easily you have access to town a couple miles off the strip.
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Dec 11, 2012 19:07
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I was at the pediatrician's office yesterday for my son's 4 month check-up. I saw a newborn and could not believe how small it was. My son was that little? And it was only 4 months ago?! Insane.
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Dec 19, 2012 01:18
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Ben is about 5 and a half months old now. Usually he's a great sleeper, but lately he has been waking up crying in the middle of the night, as well as some naps. It's getting pretty frequent. Sometimes he'll stay asleep while crying or whimpering, but usually once or twice in the night we will have to go give him his pacifier and calm him back down so he can fall asleep. Is this normal?
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Jan 28, 2013 22:18
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I haven't changed anything with my 5 month old and his sleeping habits just changed randomly. Though he does still sleep through the night, it's just those small disturbances I mentioned earlier that we have to calm down before he wakes up all the way. Maybe he's teething.
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Jan 29, 2013 12:38
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Hey I want to thank those of you that have posted advice and support in my other thread. I have some questions about napping. For the past week Ben has started pushing to stay awake when he should be taking his last nap of the day. When this happens he's almost impossible to keep happy for the last hour or two before getting ready for bed. I feel like it could possibly be due to his reflux since it's a little before his second dose that the nap should be happening. If it is not his reflux, should I try to push his earlier nap later a bit or should I keep trying to get that last nap out of him? Oh I forgot to mention he is 6.5 months old.
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Mar 7, 2013 21:33
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He takes 3-4 naps depending on how cooperative he is when he gets grumpy and tired.
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Mar 8, 2013 00:42
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I usually just go by his cues. If it's been less than an hour and he gets grumpy about something I know he just needs a change of scenery or a diaper change or whatever. After an hour to an hour and a half awake if he gets grumpy it almost always means he's tired so he gets swaddled and rocked to sleep. The last nap that I was asking about goes the same way except that after he falls asleep and I try to put him in bed his eyes pop open and he won't go back to sleep. From then on it's a struggle to keep him happy, and when bed time rolls around he'll have been awake for around 5 hours.
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Mar 8, 2013 01:53
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Could the person in charge of the Facebook group PM me here or on Facebook please? I don't remember who it is.
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Jul 31, 2014 00:09
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My daughter is going to be 6 months old on the 5th of August and we're still dealing with colic type crying every day. First she was on regular Enfamil and when she didn't grow out of the crying we switched to the Gerber purple can for colic. I forgot what it is called. We used that for a couple weeks and it just made her constipated and she was still crying from bubbles in her intestines. Two days ago we switched to Enfamil Gentlease. Her poops are back to a normal consistency but now her crying is worse than on the Gerber. The doctor said we should wait to see if anything changes after 5 days from changing formula. If nothing changes we have to discuss other options. Has anyone gone through something like this? When I brought her in to talk about the problem the pediatrician listened to Kora's insides and did say she sounded way too gassy which is why we switched formulas. What could it be? I just feel like she should have gotten over this pain and crying by 6 months. It's killing me to see her hurting every single day and the crying is draining me. Oh and she's gaining weight just fine. She's almost the same size as my 2 year old.
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Jul 31, 2014 21:06
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Daniel tiger is just the best. It's Ben's favorite show. And on his birthday this month they are giving Daniel a baby sister. I can't wait to learn songs about dealing with a new sibling. It's perfect. When we start singing the clean up song Ben will immediately start singing along and pick up all his toys. Some of the songs are not the best as far as composition goes but they do the trick.
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Aug 4, 2014 19:14
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A sticker on my son's cheek caused a rash. I put cortisone on it. Any other suggestions?
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Aug 21, 2014 01:17
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Some cream and a good night's rest later and the rash is gone. Thank you, AlistairCookie. I find myself staring at his big puppy eyes all the time.
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Aug 21, 2014 16:51
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I think the only thing to really keep an eye on is his temp.
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Aug 21, 2014 23:42
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