Yeah meggypoo1 you can take the BM out early and leave it out for a bit. And once T is a bit bigger, you'll probably be able to anticipate when he'll be hungry a little better. You got this!
TTMA pacifiers. 1 never took one for sleeping or otherwise. 2 seems to really like having one to go to sleep and we've been working on getting her to fall asleep on her own in the rock & play (we're going to move her to her crib after my mom's wedding in a couple weeks). Sometimes she will fall asleep without it with just a bit of fussing but I'm pretty sure we've entered the 4th leap and I've had to give it to her much more often. People whose babies use/d a paci to sleep...am I setting myself up for trouble down the road or should I just give it to her and deal with taking it away later?
Perfect thanks comicSans and scout251! I wasn't able to find anything about milk that has been in fridge. Only milk that's hasn't and I know that's ok for 4-6 hours! I figured it would be ok to take a bottle out about 30 minutes before expected feeding time and if sleeps through that just put it back in the fridge!
meggypoo1 I think bm is ok for 5 hours at room temp, so it can definitely come out of the fridge in advance.
Is this even after refrigerated? I thought it was 1 hour after coming out of the fridge... anyway- it's breastmilk and I've breastfed two kids lots of pumped milk and not really followed exact rules and timeframes and I never noticed even belly upset. The stuff is anti bacterial so it's going to take a lot to make it bad.
Perfect thanks comicSans and scout251! I wasn't able to find anything about milk that has been in fridge. Only milk that's hasn't and I know that's ok for 4-6 hours! I figured it would be ok to take a bottle out about 30 minutes before expected feeding time and if sleeps through that just put it back in the fridge!
Bottle warmers are like $20 and you can heat up breastmilk with them. Might be worth it. You can also see if he will take cold breastmilk eventually. He's little now but he might take it right out of the fridge by 6 months.
Perfect thanks comicSans and scout251! I wasn't able to find anything about milk that has been in fridge. Only milk that's hasn't and I know that's ok for 4-6 hours! I figured it would be ok to take a bottle out about 30 minutes before expected feeding time and if sleeps through that just put it back in the fridge!
Bottle warmers are like $20 and you can heat up breastmilk with them. Might be worth it. You can also see if he will take cold breastmilk eventually. He's little now but he might take it right out of the fridge by 6 months.
I thought of the bottle warmer but he will be going to DC so how much will it be used after August. The cold milk eventually gives me hope! We tried that... did not go well! I am happy to hear that I can just take it out of the fridge a little early, that will save some time!
TTMA pacifiers. 1 never took one for sleeping or otherwise. 2 seems to really like having one to go to sleep and we've been working on getting her to fall asleep on her own in the rock & play (we're going to move her to her crib after my mom's wedding in a couple weeks). Sometimes she will fall asleep without it with just a bit of fussing but I'm pretty sure we've entered the 4th leap and I've had to give it to her much more often. People whose babies use/d a paci to sleep...am I setting myself up for trouble down the road or should I just give it to her and deal with taking it away later?
I think pacis can be great when they are little. Our problem was, Eliza was a fussier baby than DD1 so we would use the paci as an aide, especially at sleep and she became very attached. Then before we knew it, she was 3. And taking it away at 3 is a little difficult. I think you could use it and just maybe not force it all the time like we did. Bedtime might be the only time 2 might need it.
Bottle warmers are like $20 and you can heat up breastmilk with them. Might be worth it. You can also see if he will take cold breastmilk eventually. He's little now but he might take it right out of the fridge by 6 months.
I thought of the bottle warmer but he will be going to DC so how much will it be used after August. The cold milk eventually gives me hope! We tried that... did not go well! I am happy to hear that I can just take it out of the fridge a little early, that will save some time!
Ask around and see if anyone has a warmer you can borrow for a couple months. You can also keep a crockpot on low heat with a couple inches of water and it heats a bottle quickly as well.
I thought of the bottle warmer but he will be going to DC so how much will it be used after August. The cold milk eventually gives me hope! We tried that... did not go well! I am happy to hear that I can just take it out of the fridge a little early, that will save some time!
Ask around and see if anyone has a warmer you can borrow for a couple months. You can also keep a crockpot on low heat with a couple inches of water and it heats a bottle quickly as well.
meggypoo1 I think bm is ok for 5 hours at room temp, so it can definitely come out of the fridge in advance.
Is this even after refrigerated? I thought it was 1 hour after coming out of the fridge... anyway- it's breastmilk and I've breastfed two kids lots of pumped milk and not really followed exact rules and timeframes and I never noticed even belly upset. The stuff is anti bacterial so it's going to take a lot to make it bad.
Yeah, I don't know. My bm is bad after about a day and a half in the fridge so my experience is not reliable.
bliz1712 the weird thing is 2 is a much better sleeper than 1 but I'm not quite at the point where I'm ready to let her cry too much just yet. I keep trying to let her fall asleep on her own first. Every once in awhile she will but if she's straight up crying and not just fussing I've just been giving in.
TTMA pacifiers. 1 never took one for sleeping or otherwise. 2 seems to really like having one to go to sleep and we've been working on getting her to fall asleep on her own in the rock & play (we're going to move her to her crib after my mom's wedding in a couple weeks). Sometimes she will fall asleep without it with just a bit of fussing but I'm pretty sure we've entered the 4th leap and I've had to give it to her much more often. People whose babies use/d a paci to sleep...am I setting myself up for trouble down the road or should I just give it to her and deal with taking it away later?
I'm team paci when needed and deal with it later, but that's purely and individual parenting decision. I know one of our former may moms took it away before 8 months because they can form an attachment after that or some blah blah blah. Some July mom's were absolutely against it ever and felt like they were failing if they gave it, others were adamant that they'd get rid of it at 1. With Dd we eventually limited to bedtime and naps, but it was super helpful to have it on long car rides and I was weak about it when she was sick or something. We took it away in January with minimal issues and she's not damaged. So with ds, he likes his paci and for now has access whenever he wants it. As he gets older it will become for sleep only and we'll take it away when the time seems right.
I think it would be fine at this point. Worst case, let her have it until she's asleep and then pull it out. It will help with the crying but she maybe won't become as dependent on it. Eliza needed it all night long and sucked on it all night and also to fall asleep.
TTMA pacifiers. 1 never took one for sleeping or otherwise. 2 seems to really like having one to go to sleep and we've been working on getting her to fall asleep on her own in the rock & play (we're going to move her to her crib after my mom's wedding in a couple weeks). Sometimes she will fall asleep without it with just a bit of fussing but I'm pretty sure we've entered the 4th leap and I've had to give it to her much more often. People whose babies use/d a paci to sleep...am I setting myself up for trouble down the road or should I just give it to her and deal with taking it away later?
I didn't give #2 a paci- he wouldn't take it. But I sent one to daycare just in case and he takes one now to fall asleep. He doesn't get it any other time. Sometimes in the car but he takes it out of his mouth on his own and waves it in the air and "talks". He's not a crier though. If I had a crier (like my first) I would be plugging that up by any means necessary and dealing with removal later.
I think it would be fine at this point. Worst case, let her have it until she's asleep and then pull it out. It will help with the crying but she maybe won't become as dependent on it. Eliza needed it all night long and sucked on it all night and also to fall asleep.
She only seems to need it to initially get to sleep although in the beginning of the night we may have to go back in and give it to her a couple times. But during the night if she stirs or wakes to eat I don't need to give it back to her.
I think it would be fine at this point. Worst case, let her have it until she's asleep and then pull it out. It will help with the crying but she maybe won't become as dependent on it. Eliza needed it all night long and sucked on it all night and also to fall asleep.
She only seems to need it to initially get to sleep although in the beginning of the night we may have to go back in and give it to her a couple times. But during the night if she stirs or wakes to eat I don't need to give it back to her.
You do you. You know what you want and what your baby needs. Don't overthink it.
TTMA pacifiers. 1 never took one for sleeping or otherwise. 2 seems to really like having one to go to sleep and we've been working on getting her to fall asleep on her own in the rock & play (we're going to move her to her crib after my mom's wedding in a couple weeks). Sometimes she will fall asleep without it with just a bit of fussing but I'm pretty sure we've entered the 4th leap and I've had to give it to her much more often. People whose babies use/d a paci to sleep...am I setting myself up for trouble down the road or should I just give it to her and deal with taking it away later?
I'm team paci when needed and deal with it later, but that's purely and individual parenting decision. I know one of our former may moms took it away before 8 months because they can form an attachment after that or some blah blah blah. Some July mom's were absolutely against it ever and felt like they were failing if they gave it, others were adamant that they'd get rid of it at 1. With Dd we eventually limited to bedtime and naps, but it was super helpful to have it on long car rides and I was weak about it when she was sick or something. We took it away in January with minimal issues and she's not damaged. So with ds, he likes his paci and for now has access whenever he wants it. As he gets older it will become for sleep only and we'll take it away when the time seems right.
This is my thought as well. DS1 is a thumb sucker and was done with the paci after a couple months. I know we need to deal with the thumb sucking soon. DS2 likes his pacifier for falling asleep. He usually spits it out after he falls asleep and is fine the rest of the night. Occasionally he'll wake up and cry and I can just put his paci back in his mouth and he'll go back to sleep. He also gets it when he is fussy but sometimes it doesn't help and he'll spit it out. It's good for car rides too. I think we will start limiting it to sleep when he gets a little older.
Thanks ladies, I'm definitely overthinking this but since 1 never uses one I'm terrified of ruining 2's teeth and creating a bad habit. Although 1 basically used me as a paci and I didn't see a problem with that for a whole year...yes, I know I'm crazy.
Re: taking it away. DD took it hard the first night. I was a mess and I posted about it. I waited until 3. After that first night, she hasn't shed so much as a tear and didn't ask for it again.
With this LO if he wants the pacifier or takes it, I will be taking it away at 1 but my experience with DD didn't damage me or her enough to make me think twice about giving him one.
TTMA pacifiers. 1 never took one for sleeping or otherwise. 2 seems to really like having one to go to sleep and we've been working on getting her to fall asleep on her own in the rock & play (we're going to move her to her crib after my mom's wedding in a couple weeks). Sometimes she will fall asleep without it with just a bit of fussing but I'm pretty sure we've entered the 4th leap and I've had to give it to her much more often. People whose babies use/d a paci to sleep...am I setting myself up for trouble down the road or should I just give it to her and deal with taking it away later?
G was really attached to hers. In the first few months, I would have to wake up at least once or twice a night to put it back in. We took hers away this past December. She kept chewing holes in them and we were down to just using them for naps and bedtime so it was time. It was only rough for a few nights. A uses one, but I think she would be okay without it. She didn't use it much as a newborn and half of the time she is chucking it across the room or just chewing on it. I mostly give it to her because she likes to shriek at the top of her lungs for no reason so the pacifier is needed right now for my sanity. I'll probably take hers away earlier.
Thanks ladies, I'm definitely overthinking this but since 1 never uses one I'm terrified of ruining 2's teeth and creating a bad habit. Although 1 basically used me as a paci and I didn't see a problem with that for a whole year...yes, I know I'm crazy.
Just give yourself a deadline for taking it away and stick with that. Imo, earlier is easier. So 1 is probably a good rule. 2 wasn't too bad with my first but he also had the wubbanub to substitute. Baby2 takes mams brand. But he literally waves it in the air (in his crib as well) more than he sucks it.
Post by rainbowsockmonkey on May 10, 2017 10:08:46 GMT -5
meggypoo1 I never used a bottle warmer, but what I did was full a mug with water and heat it in the microwave for a minute or two, then stick the bottle in that to warm it up. If swirl it while it was warming, and again when it was done so there were no hot spots.
Re milestones. I totally thought that DS2 wouldn't be a walker by 1 year because he has been a little behind on his milestones (but within normal). But just in the past week he has become so much more mobile and strong on his feet that I could see him walking close to 1 year. Slow down baby.
I forgot how stressful it can be to wait for a baby to reach milestones.
Whatcha waitin for? Ds is reaching gross motor milestones well ahead of where Dd did, but it's still hard to not compare to other babies.
Rolling over in either direction. She did it twice but both times were on my bed and I think it was just because the big was making the mattress go down. 1 was on the late end with all of her gross motor milestones too but I always feel shitty after we go to a doctors appointment and they tell me to make sure I'm doing enough tummy time, etc.
Whatcha waitin for? Ds is reaching gross motor milestones well ahead of where Dd did, but it's still hard to not compare to other babies.
Rolling over in either direction. She did it twice but both times were on my bed and I think it was just because the big was making the mattress go down. 1 was on the late end with all of her gross motor milestones too but I always feel shitty after we go to a doctors appointment and they tell me to make sure I'm doing enough tummy time, etc.
Both my kids flipped like once or twice at 2 months and then regularly at 6 months. Number 2 did like nothing- would lay on his belly like a limp jellyfish and just started rolling both ways and rocking on all 4s and scooting backwards. Worry when it's time to worry.
Rolling over in either direction. She did it twice but both times were on my bed and I think it was just because the big was making the mattress go down. 1 was on the late end with all of her gross motor milestones too but I always feel shitty after we go to a doctors appointment and they tell me to make sure I'm doing enough tummy time, etc.
Both my kids flipped like once or twice at 2 months and then regularly at 6 months. Number 2 did like nothing- would lay on his belly like a limp jellyfish and just started rolling both ways and rocking on all 4s and scooting backwards. Worry when it's time to worry.
Dr's just remind on tummy time because that's what they're supposed to do. Ds rolled belly to back several times over a couple days, and then stopped and didn't do it again for months. Dd never really rolled belly to back. It would be so much easier if our kids would read the same info we do and comply
DS2 has been doing this army crawl, worm crawl thing for several months. I wasn't sure if he was ever going to crawl conventionally. Well, he just started and it's so cute to see the little lightbulb go off in his head thinking "huh. this way is so much easier and faster." He's so stinking cute.
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