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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/15/2009 2:32:48 PM
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manda59
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Erin, do you and Klay ever have Eggs Florentine? Isaac might like that too (the eggs aren't scrambled!). It's quick to make and very nutritious.
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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/15/2009 3:12:12 PM
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PrincessDonna
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Poor Levi. He woke up from his nap (a rare treat for me...he has Veggie Tale time every afternoon in my bed, but rarely sleeps any more) with a bad earache. I don't want to take him to the doctor just yet because he was fine before his nap. So I gave him a chewable ibuprofen, told him it was medicine for his ear...and he stuck it in his ear! LOL I got it out, thankfully. Silly boy. When Brian gets back, I'm going to go get some ear drops for him. I can tell it's really hurting him, and mine are killing me too, so I'm sure it's this stupid cold we all have.
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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/15/2009 3:14:20 PM
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Mrs.Wifey
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Try some ear oil, Donna. And similisan for the ear pain.
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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/15/2009 4:38:15 PM
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jumping in in here in a nice fresh thread...
I had the same mental image too.. and it didn't strike me as silly or odd.. since.. if we DID co-sleep.. that WOULD be what happens... my hubby doesn't like to share me at all with our boyz! infact.. on saturday mornings when our older one SOMETIMES jumps in bed with us... my hubby tells him to go find his own woman LOL so yeah.. I am usually the one in the middle...
hence why we do NOT co-sleep... a kicking baby and a snoring husband would be root cause for one un-happy mama!
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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/15/2009 7:06:59 PM
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Ruth did you go for a drive? Is she doing a little better?
Jeanie- its SO good that Adam is dummy free (pacifier). I'm starting to get Nath off of his so you give me hope :D
Nath has started to go on his potty before baths, he has gone every time for a week now, he went once in the morning but is still a bit apprehensive about taking his nappy off in the morning, but still pleased with his bath time usage 
Poor Levi- I hope he is feeling better soon.
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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/15/2009 8:31:48 PM
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Ruth- I hope Beth is starting to feel better! Oh, and we don't co-sleep either. The only times we have is the handful of nights that Lydia has not been feeling well and I'm too exhausted to stay up or stay in the rocking chair with her. So then she gets tossed in bed with us. I could count those nights on one hand,though.
Jeanie- YAY for Adam, and for you guys! I was out of town for a weekend in July, when Lydia was 10 months. My dh took her pacifier away then...and to be honest, it was awesome for me! She was totally over it by the time I came back, and since everything else was different for that weekend, I think she didn't miss it as much. If/when there is another kid with a pacifier, I think I'll go away for a weekend and let dh work his magic again. 
Erin- Lydia has random days of drinking more, too. I don't honestly think she drinks 16 oz of milk a day, but I just refill her milk sippy as needed. She only gets it for meals, otherwise she has her cup with water that is just randomly around. As for sleeping through the night...I hate to say it, but four days after I stopped breastfeeding, she started sleeping through the night...12 hours every night, hasn't been up since. Not saying that's what you should do at all, but that's how it worked for us. So, I think getting up to feed was just a habit at that point that she could *obviously* do without.
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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/15/2009 9:51:24 PM
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We did get out a bit, and it really seemed to help, but now we're trying to put her down to bed, and she's fighting it just as hard as last night. Greg is having a go at it now. My usual tricks for helping her off to sleep just aren't working. The more I try to comfort her, the more she screams and arches away from me.
I feel as bad for Greg; he's got so much on his plate right now. He did the grocery shopping for me this evening, and he watched Nathan this morning. He'll be up late working again. It's a good night when he can stop work by midnight.
PS. Greg got her to sleep! The man is a genius.
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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/15/2009 10:06:48 PM
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Brandy
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Glad you got out Ruth, it can really make a difference.
Sometimes the men got the touch!!! Jeremy can get her to sleep if I'm not in the house. We are trying a new thing where he is there for bedtime routine as well to get her used to him. At some point he will try it on his own with me in the living room. Probably after the new year and we stop traveling.
I've had days where Isabel just wanted her Daddy like there was no tomorrow. Nothing I could do made a difference but give the girl her Dad and she's happy as clam in butter sauce.
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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/15/2009 10:07:35 PM
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Ruth, sometimes daddies can just step in and do the job better in that moment. When Hannah was 13 months old, I was 5(?) monts pregnant with Logan. She started getting up 2-4 times a night. It was horrible. I was so sick and tired, I would just cry. By then we knew she didn't need the nighttime feedings. John took over. The first night Hannah SCREAMED for 2 1-2 hours in his arms. She wanted momma and that was it. The next night it was 10 minutes. After that she started sleeping through the entire night minus some sick/nightmare nights. I would have never been able to do it because I nursed her. John did it and I was so thankful.
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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/15/2009 11:53:41 PM
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purejoy
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As for sleeping through the night...I hate to say it, but four days after I stopped breastfeeding, she started sleeping through the night...12 hours every night, hasn't been up since. Not saying that's what you should do at all, but that's how it worked for us. So, I think getting up to feed was just a habit at that point that she could *obviously* do without.
Breast milk is digested differently then formula or milk or other things. It is more closely adjusted to baby and can be digested by them very quickly. So I would say that had a lot to do with it...not that she was so much in a habit, but that she really truly needed more at that time. If she had continued to wake after you stopped then I would say it was habit.
I don't disagree with you that this can be the case for some, but I'm pretty sure for Lydia it had become a habit. When she was up in the night, for the last month or so, she would nurse for less than 5 minutes (usually like 2 minutes, literally) and go back to sleep for the rest of the night. After we stopped nursing completely, the first four nights she woke up at her usual time. I rocked her and gave her her sippy with water, and she went back to sleep within 20 minutes without fussing or crying at all. After that she started sleeping through the night, but her intake otherwise did not increase or change from before. So, I think it was a habit of waking up during the night and wanting the comfort of nursing. Once that wasn't happening anymore, why wake up? Smart kid.
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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/16/2009 3:26:06 AM
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I don't disagree with you that this can be the case for some, but I'm pretty sure for Lydia it had become a habit. When she was up in the night, for the last month or so, she would nurse for less than 5 minutes (usually like 2 minutes, literally) and go back to sleep for the rest of the night. After we stopped nursing completely, the first four nights she woke up at her usual time. I rocked her and gave her her sippy with water, and she went back to sleep within 20 minutes without fussing or crying at all. After that she started sleeping through the night, but her intake otherwise did not increase or change from before. So, I think it was a habit of waking up during the night and wanting the comfort of nursing. Once that wasn't happening anymore, why wake up? Smart kid.
Well done for finding something that works!! I didn't believe my Paed that my son wasn't needing me to feed him etc, but he didn't. It was a habit and was disturbing his sleep too, he slept alot better once I weaned him. A friends baby was a constant waker too and a bunch of us had all offered some solutions, one included not offering her breastmilk every.time. so she tried it, her baby sleeps wonderfully now and isn't so fussy either. She wakes once for a feed in the night compared to 3 or 4 times.
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RE: Baby Chat 7 - 12/16/2009 10:13:08 AM
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Ruth, you and me both. Actually, I have much higher expectations of myself than my husband ever has. Listen to his guidance and wisdom is helping learn to be a good enough mom and that perfectionism can actually harm or hurt the ones you love.
I hope Beth gets better soon.
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Beth has really gotten into the habit of banging her head against something when she's upset and doesn't get her way. This is on top of holding her breath till she turns purple.