@packmama your W and my W need to trade pooping secrets. Mine poops three times a day. If we could average them we'd have reasonable pooping.
I feel like I have finally figured out W's preferred nap schedule. When we hit it right he goes down so easily and sleeps well. Of course, all naps are still on me in the carrier or in the car but one thing at a time.
Walt still hasn't pooped. Calling the pediatrician tomorrow to see if we should do something. He's super gassy and not sleeping well by himself. incir it would be awesome if they could average each other out.
Post by trudytrudy on Feb 14, 2016 23:18:10 GMT -5
packmomma when I asked my ped for advice he said we could offer a little bit of water and try a little bit of rectal stimulation. He is pretty hands off and said as long as it's not a problem to let nature take its course. Passing gas is a good thing. My baby has gone about 8 or 9 days without pooping but she also doesn't seem to get miserable. I'm not sure if it is coincidence but she tends to have a good movement after I eat raisin bran (she is ebf except we started on pears yesterday) I've had the anxious waiting for her to poop, so I know the feeling. It's stressful!
packmomma sorry if I missed it but what have to tried to help W poop?
Warmed strained prunes, jar sweet potatoes, and strained pears empty out DS.
He's still ebf so we've tried belly massage with oil, bicycling his legs, and windis for the gas and to stimulate (they worked for neither).
With DS those things didn't usually help him poop either. We might get a few farts but he was still bothered. We have a little bear that you heat in the microwave and put on his belly. The warmth with massage, and pushing his knees into his chest helped a bit. Or the warmth then letting him play on his tummy. Gas and pooping are the bane of my existence some days.
I'm sorry I have derailed the sleep training thread with poop talk . When he sued to go every 6 days it was much better than this every 10 or so. He gets uncomfortable after day 7 or so. Last night he slept 4 hours straight through (he woke up but put himself back to sleep) so that was awesome. The rest of the night he was in with me and woke up every hour or so. Living with the il's has definitely thrown off our training. How is everyone else doing?
Our one night feed is slowly being pushed later by DS. It used to be at 2:30ish. Two nights ago it was at 4 am. Last night 5:30! He's so close to sleeping through the night with out food.
He does wake 2 other times, chats for 3-5 mins and then puts himself back to sleep. The million pacis and wubanub help I think.
Our nightime is still going well (although we did have a 5am screaming wakeup today), but our naps have regressed. A spent all yesterday just crying thru each nap time and sleeping maybe 10 mins of each one. I think it's because daycare doesn't keep her on the same schedule (even though I've spoken to them about it), so every weekend we have to start over from scratch. They tell me she's just not tired at those times when she's with them and doesn't sleep. Not sure what to do at this point...sometimes I wish I was a SAHM so I'd have more control over her schedule and she'd have the consistency she needs.
We are still doing well also for the most part. DD2 is taking 3 solid naps in the crib lasting 45min to 1hr 45 min, and is down for the night by 7pm with little to no fussing. The problem is early morning wake ups. She routinely wakes up around 4am to eat and is definitely hungry. Then she will wake up about 1.5 to 2 hours later. I don't feel like she needs to eat again so soon after her last feeding, but she will eat and pass back out for another hour or so. She will not go back down unless I feed her, but is also not ready to get up. I'd be fine with her getting up for the day at 6, but even if I get her up she will cry until I feed her then fall asleep. I'm not sure what to do about it. I've tried letting her fuss to see if she'll go back to sleep on her own like she does at other times throughout the night but she won't. Really, 2-3 wake ups a night are not bad compared to the 7-9 we had before, but I usually can't fall back asleep in between her wakeups or after the last one, so I'm usually awake since 4ish. We are starting solids now, so maybe that will affect her hunger times. We shall see.
Sleep training is not going well for us. It was, and then it all went to shit. I honestly don't know why. We were having nights with just a few wake ups, naps in crib over an hour, and happily putting herself to sleep at night. Then it all went south. Last night she was up every two hours, she will only nap 35 min at a time and tonight she even cried going to sleep (something she hasn't done in a week or two) also her cry has gotten more intense.
I don't know what to do. Even if I rock her for a nap, she wakes up crying after 35 min. I don't think it is a sleep association problem. Even when she puts herself to sleep happily in her crib at night she wakes up after a couple hours screaming. Last night I nursed her evrytime she woke up, and I think that is what caused her to be up every two hours. If I pick her up, I can never put her back down. The only option is to let her cry back to sleep, and yet we aren't seeing progress. It isn't supposed to take this long. Thanks for letting me vent.
Post by RandomName on Feb 15, 2016 19:20:59 GMT -5
ars093s how different is the schedule at the daycare? Could you adapt your schedule to match theirs a bit. Maybe less of a struggle.
I say that, but it didn't work so well for me. I didn't have DD in daycare until she was 10 months but even then she would sleep so differently there. Shed sleep way less - to the point if I tried that schedule at home I'd be dealing with meltdown after meltdown.
Some other ideas: what is LO wearing? DS sleeps better in a sleep sac than without.
Also, our sound machine was one timer when we first got it. It shut off after 45 mins. It took me a while to realize why he was waking up 25-30 mins into his nap. Stupid machine - that sucker stays on all night. . Does yours have a timer set?
ars093s how different is the schedule at the daycare? Could you adapt your schedule to match theirs a bit. Maybe less of a struggle.
I say that, but it didn't work so well for me. I didn't have DD in daycare until she was 10 months but even then she would sleep so differently there. Shed sleep way less - to the point if I tried that schedule at home I'd be dealing with meltdown after meltdown.
Good suggestion, but she only naps twice at daycare and is miss cranky pants in the evening until we put her to bed, so I think she still needs 3 naps for sure. Maybe I'll just ask them to fit a 3rd nap in, and however that works out for them, I'll follow that schedule at home. I like this plan!
Thanks ladies! I don't think she is teething yet, as she isn't fussy other times from pain. She sleeps in a sleep suit and her white noise machine goes nonstop. I'm switching pediatricians and seeing a new one tomorrow. I am hoping to find some answers!
I'm not sure if I mentioned this here or not, but those struggling with sleep may want to try adjusting the temperature in the room. Has that been mentioned on this post? Our LO seems to sleep better the warmer it is.
His nighttime sleep improved once we started cranking up the heat. (I think we were freezing him before!) And now, his naps are better during the day now that we've added a fleece vest to his normal daytime outfit. He tends to be cold, like me, apparently. His dad is always hot and we've worried about overheating him (which can be a true risk), but he seems to like being all warm and cozy.
I'm not talking anything crazy, but we think he likes his room around 72*. I was sort of paranoid, since the recs for infants are usually around 65-70* but we gradually have increased the temp to a point where he seems to be able to sleep well. (along with our other sleep training!)
I'm not sure if I mentioned this here or not, but those struggling with sleep may want to try adjusting the temperature in the room. Has that been mentioned on this post? Our LO seems to sleep better the warmer it is.
His nighttime sleep improved once we started cranking up the heat. (I think we were freezing him before!) And now, his naps are better during the day now that we've added a fleece vest to his normal daytime outfit. He tends to be cold, like me, apparently. His dad is always hot and we've worried about overheating him (which can be a true risk), but he seems to like being all warm and cozy.
I'm not talking anything crazy, but we think he likes his room around 72*. I was sort of paranoid, since the recs for infants are usually around 65-70* but we gradually have increased the temp to a point where he seems to be able to sleep well. (along with our other sleep training!)
+1 and i feel like this is a marked difference from when DD was a new infant. In the early days, she liked to be cool (although maybe it's because it was summer then). But I raised the heat by one degree (71 is our number) and it's seemed to help.
All in all, these babies are like little uncrackable mysteries.
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I'm about to get serious about sleep training. A's weight finally seems to be okay and the pediatrician gave us his blessing that she no longer needs to be eating in the middle of the night. So my plan at this point is to start shortening the night feedings by a minute each night this week until she is no longer nursing when she wakes at night and we are soothing her back to sleep in other ways. From there, we'll sleep train if she continues to wake once she is no longer nursing. Fingers crossed that this works.
Ok I could kiss each of you that suggested the warmer room. We made her room warmer last night- from 70 to 72 and we had an amazing night. She woke up a couple times between 9-10 but put herself back to sleep within 5 mins. She woke up at 12:30 to eat. And that was it! I don't know of it was the warmer room, but if it was, that was such an easy fix!!!
aydee good luck! We're going to try cutting down on MOTN feedings too. I was OK with them bc 2-3 times is so much better than the 5-7+ times it was a month ago, but it's starting to wear on me now. I know she doesn't NEED to eat. She's 75% for weight. She slept 10-11 hrs straight from 8 weeks until 4.5 months. She can do it. I just pulled out the sleep lady book and read the section on cutting out MOTN feedings for this age to gear myself up. Not quite sure what my strategy is yet, but I'll be doing something.
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