Anybody dealt with bottle resistance later on with their baby? My bff's 10 month old just started daycare and is refusing bottles there (but taking them at home ok - she's never done great with them) so she's ended up driving to daycare to nurse the baby every day for the past week. I feel so bad for her and wish I could offer any advice. Any ideas?
She said from what she can tell on the cameras, the teachers try for a couple minutes and that's about it so I encouraged her to have them try for 10 minutes at a time, give her half an hour off, try again for another 10, etc.
Haven't dealt with it. But can they try and offer in a sippy cup? Maybe he would take that?
I agree. DD won't take a bottle but will drink milk from a normal cup. It's a pain since it can be messy but at least she is getting milk. I'm working on a sippy but it's hit or miss. She prefers just sipping from a cup that I hold without a lid.
Post by hannahl201477 on Jun 18, 2016 14:09:52 GMT -5
I know we have discussed this not long ago, but I can't find it. Mal is and has been on WCM for a month. But we are just now getting it in a sippy. I don't understand the Rush for transitioning to sippy anyway. But is anyone else still giving WCM to get baby to sleep?
I know we have discussed this not long ago, but I can't find it. Mal is and has been on WCM for a month. But we are just now getting it in a sippy. I don't understand the Rush for transitioning to sippy anyway. But is anyone else still giving WCM to get baby to sleep?
C gets it right before bed, we rock and ready books and he drinks from a sippy but it doesnt put him to sleep. After books I give him a paci and rock him
I know we have discussed this not long ago, but I can't find it. Mal is and has been on WCM for a month. But we are just now getting it in a sippy. I don't understand the Rush for transitioning to sippy anyway. But is anyone else still giving WCM to get baby to sleep?
We still nurse before bed. Not to sleep because hahaha have about him falling asleep nursing. But we did nursing/milk before bed with LBB until almost 2, then switched to water.
Still nursing to sleep here. With DS we did milk right before bed until he was around 2 1/2. He still will randomly ask for a cup of milk. But it's rare. Now he usually prefers water.
We still nurse to sleep, too. Most days we nurse about 4x a day - once when I get up, once in the afternoon, once near dinner time, and then before bed. Then 1-2x MOTN still most nights.
We still nurse to sleep, too. Most days we nurse about 4x a day - once when I get up, once in the afternoon, once near dinner time, and then before bed. Then 1-2x MOTN still most nights.
How often are you doing milk then, if you are?
We nurse three times - morning, bedtime, and once MOTN. In addition he gets WCM twice (after each nap). He's not as into it since we switched to a sippy, so I've noticed his food intake has increased instead which I hope is ok.
We still nurse to sleep, too. Most days we nurse about 4x a day - once when I get up, once in the afternoon, once near dinner time, and then before bed. Then 1-2x MOTN still most nights.
How often are you doing milk then, if you are?
We nurse three times - morning, bedtime, and once MOTN. In addition he gets WCM twice (after each nap). He's not as into it since we switched to a sippy, so I've noticed his food intake has increased instead which I hope is ok.
She did milk when I finished out the school year - we replaced one bottle of BM and a bottle of WCM. My h gives her some in the morning with her breakfast, usually. I want to see what her pedi suggests at her appointment Tuesday. She's eating so much food I don't know where to fit milk in.
Seriously, she had two pancakes, scrambled eggs, yogurt, fruit, and Cheerios this AM. Little piggy!
We nurse three times - morning, bedtime, and once MOTN. In addition he gets WCM twice (after each nap). He's not as into it since we switched to a sippy, so I've noticed his food intake has increased instead which I hope is ok.
She did milk when I finished out the school year - we replaced one bottle of BM and a bottle of WCM. My h gives her some in the morning with her breakfast, usually. I want to see what her pedi suggests at her appointment Tuesday. She's eating so much food I don't know where to fit milk in.
Seriously, she had two pancakes, scrambled eggs, yogurt, fruit, and Cheerios this AM. Little piggy!
Our ped said as long as he's nursing, there's no need for WCM. They said they're actually more concerned with too much WCM than not enough because they want to make sure they're eating plenty of foods.
Post by carolyngrace on Jun 20, 2016 7:56:04 GMT -5
Is anyone else's LO hitting their head, like a whole lot? Oscar has layers of bruises and scrapes on his forehead right now. I feel like I would have to stay a foot away from him at all times to prevent his falls, and that just doesn't seem realistic. He's also getting braver quicker than he's getting coordinated
Is anyone else's LO hitting their head, like a whole lot? Oscar has layers of bruises and scrapes on his forehead right now. I feel like I would have to stay a foot away from him at all times to prevent his falls, and that just doesn't seem realistic. He's also getting braver quicker than he's getting coordinated
LO has a scraped chin right now, a random red mark by her eye, and a bruise near her temple. Little daredevil.
Is anyone else's LO hitting their head, like a whole lot? Oscar has layers of bruises and scrapes on his forehead right now. I feel like I would have to stay a foot away from him at all times to prevent his falls, and that just doesn't seem realistic. He's also getting braver quicker than he's getting coordinated
Yup. We had head meets tile floor, toy meets eye, toy meets leg when stirring down really hard, and head meets corner (padded, even) of coffee table. All last week.
kemdupuis I get your hesitation on the cuties. The membrane is a really easy things to choke on. Personally, I would cut segments in half. DS1 still sometimes gets choked up on the membrane and he's almost 4.
Post by carolyngrace on Jun 20, 2016 14:35:40 GMT -5
Haha okay good! I can't believe how hard he hits it sometimes and then only cries for a minute!
A friend told me today that her pediatrician is more worried if a 1 year old is totally free of bruises because it likely means they're kept in a playpen, etc, all day.
Post by hannahl201477 on Jun 20, 2016 16:06:38 GMT -5
We started CIO- again for the 3rd time. I just don't think this wil work. I don't think he will ever stop crying or standing up waiting on us to come get him. Not really a question but definitely SS.
Haha okay good! I can't believe how hard he hits it sometimes and then only cries for a minute!
A friend told me today that her pediatrician is more worried if a 1 year old is totally free of bruises because it likely means they're kept in a playpen, etc, all day.
I was assured that my pedi won't be calling cyf on me over lo's scuff marks. I was worried!
Age 1-2 yrs old is basically keeping them from killing themselves. C has been walking for 2 months and still bangs his head almost daily. My 3 year old still gets her fair share of bumps and bruises so idk when it really ends
hannahl201477, I definitely feel you! My lo was an amazing sleeper, you just put him in the crib and he passed out for twelve hours until he learned to stand. Since then it's been a battle, we've taken to rocking him to sleep in the chair before putting him in the crib because he was getting so upset he was almost making himself throw up.
Does anyone else have an LO that hasn't grasped chewing? Mine still swallows everything whole. I'm planning on bringing it up at the 1 year appointment tomorrow but I just wanted to know how alone I am.
Post by jillywilly on Jun 21, 2016 14:23:26 GMT -5
How's this for special snowflake - is anyone leaving a sippy cup of water in their LO's crib at night? I'm beginning to wonder if DS waking between 3 and 5 is because he's thirsty. I give him a little bottle - which is 3 oz of water with just one scoop of formula (we're still using up our last shipment) - but I'm fairly convinced at this point that it's not hunger, since he'll throw in a night of STTN every so often now, and no matter what, when he wakes, he needs at least 30-60 minutes before he'll eat. So I thought about just leaving a sippy in his crib - but will he get his sheets/himself all wet (he likes to bang his sippy around often to get some water/milk to shoot out)? Will it be more of a toy before he falls asleep? Will he realize it's there at 4 a.m? Just wondering if anyone does this, and if their kid uses it. I don't mind the wake-up that much, since I'm out of bed normally less than 10 minutes, and it's really only the one per night lately (and H and I alternate nights), but I wouldn't hate it if he skipped it either...
jillywilly I can't remember when we started doing that with DS (we haven't with DD yet) but yes we do do that. He now gets a water bottle on his bedside table overnight. I mean, we have our water bottles beside our bed so I figure he would want it too!
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