DS is going back to sucking his thumb over the pacifier. He was born with his thumbs in his mouth and we worked hard to switch him to a paci cause I am overly worried about breaking the thumb habit later and because the hospital nurses said we needed to nip it in the bud sooner than later. There is no convincing him the paci is the way to go right now!
Anyone else have a thumb sucker? Are you letting them go with the thumb to self soothe or are you pushing the pacifier? I want him to just do what works but I am a little worried about kicking the habit as he gets older.
over the last couple weeks DS has learned to suck on his hands. Ugh. He hates his wubba nub. So, I just move his hands out of his mouth and put a toy in front of him and his hands grab the toy. Today he decided to put the toy in his mouth.
I would think a pacifier is an easier habit to kick than his thumb. You can't take his thumb away from him.
Oh and bad mom confession. We don't pace feed our bottles and DD is exclusively on BM. It hasn't cause issues and we feed a bottle so infrequently I am not going to worry about it.
We don't pace feed BM either. Maybe that's why she won't nurse anymore. oh Well. She does just fine.
I had never heard of pace feeding until recently and she's being doing pumped milk bottles all along. She's never had more than 3-4 oz at a time. That's all she ever eats. now I don't have any nipple confusion issue since she just does bottles but we don't have a fussy baby either. So I don't need know.
I still don't even know what paced feeding is. FFMC!
Neither do I. Nor do I understand why it's so important.
DS is going back to sucking his thumb over the pacifier. He was born with his thumbs in his mouth and we worked hard to switch him to a paci cause I am overly worried about breaking the thumb habit later and because the hospital nurses said we needed to nip it in the bud sooner than later. There is no convincing him the paci is the way to go right now!
Anyone else have a thumb sucker? Are you letting them go with the thumb to self soothe or are you pushing the pacifier? I want him to just do what works but I am a little worried about kicking the habit as he gets older.
over the last couple weeks DS has learned to suck on his hands. Ugh. He hates his wubba nub. So, I just move his hands out of his mouth and put a toy in front of him and his hands grab the toy. Today he decided to put the toy in his mouth.
I would think a pacifier is an easier habit to kick than his thumb. You can't take his thumb away from him.
This is what is bugging me about it. DD was a paci addict but I could take that away. Thumbs are not removable!
I still don't even know what paced feeding is. FFMC!
Neither do I. Nor do I understand why it's so important.
It's basically holding the bottle horizontally so LO has to work to get milk out of the bottle the same way he has to work to get milk out of the breast. The worry is that bottles are so much easier that babies may decide they don't want to put forth effort to eat & stop nursing. There's more to paced bottle feeding but the basic premise is to try to make the bottle feeding take the same time & effort as a nursing session would.
Today has been ok. I was doing really well until I called daycare to check on LO...and she was SCREAMING in the background. They said she has been really cranky but they were heating her up a bottle now. At first, they said she hadn't eaten anything yet (at freaking 12:30), but then they said she had already had a bottle and was going on her second. I was about to just leave work and pick her up...but I didn't. I can't wait to get home.
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Do any of you have clingy babies? DS hates being put down (both on his back and tummy). He has been like this since day 1. I was thinking as he got a little older, he would be more tolerant, but I've had no such luck so far. I keep thinking he will only be little once, but it is SO tiring to wrangle a baby all day. Any advice?
Can you put him down while he's awake? Have you tried anything to entertain him (swing, playmat, etc)? Sometimes I can put DS in his boppy lounger in a room we're not in much, like the kitchen, and he's interested in the change. Babies often like lights, sunlight through a window, mirrors. Is there anywhere he'll nap (swing, rock n play)? Does swaddling help? You can also look into babywearing as an option for getting your hands free when baby just needs you. Babywearing international has a website & many local groups. Local chapters usually have a lending library so you can try different carriers. The Facebook group babywearing 102 is a great resource.
Post by cougarette on May 18, 2015 17:43:50 GMT -5
DS has been on my boob pretty much non-stop since 5:30. He missed me too.
They said that he was very good and took 3 good naps. He also went through 3 of the 4 bottles. I was starting to worry about how long he would be there and if I left enough. We'll see how the rest of the week goes.
DS is going back to sucking his thumb over the pacifier. He was born with his thumbs in his mouth and we worked hard to switch him to a paci cause I am overly worried about breaking the thumb habit later and because the hospital nurses said we needed to nip it in the bud sooner than later. There is no convincing him the paci is the way to go right now!
Anyone else have a thumb sucker? Are you letting them go with the thumb to self soothe or are you pushing the pacifier? I want him to just do what works but I am a little worried about kicking the habit as he gets older.
I have a thumb sucker. My pedi said not to worry about it because he is going to suck his thumb if he wants. It doesn't really bother me.
It's my first time posting in the spam thread. Hi!
Do any of you have clingy babies? DS hates being put down (both on his back and tummy). He has been like this since day 1. I was thinking as he got a little older, he would be more tolerant, but I've had no such luck so far. I keep thinking he will only be little once, but it is SO tiring to wrangle a baby all day. Any advice?
DS loves to be in different positions all day. It is a baby shuffle around here. I just try different things til he is happy. He loves to be outside and look at the trees and the sky. That is always a winner with him whether I hold him outside and throw the ball for the dog or take a walk in the stroller.
DS has only been clingy during his most recent 14 week leap. I was about to go bonkers. Couldn't do anything to make him happy.
It's my first time posting in the spam thread. Hi!
Do any of you have clingy babies? DS hates being put down (both on his back and tummy). He has been like this since day 1. I was thinking as he got a little older, he would be more tolerant, but I've had no such luck so far. I keep thinking he will only be little once, but it is SO tiring to wrangle a baby all day. Any advice?
She isn't clingy like she needs to be held all the time, she just needs to see me. She has her chair and she sits in that and watches me do things around the house. She does get bored easy so like others have said, I shuffle her around a lot. She will sit in her swing and look out the window, play on her mat, we go for walks, play outside with the dogs, sit in her chair, lots of stuff. As long as she can see me she is fine. and sometimes I wear her when she is really clingy and can get more done that way.
Post by lotsofdotts on May 18, 2015 18:09:16 GMT -5
I survived the first day back! The kids were patient and nice and my coworkers were constantly checking on me.
Is it bad that I find it funny that DH is tired and grumpy after being home alone with Brady for one day? He is complaining of having a headache and just pissy. He said Brady wouldn't nap for him and was fussy if he tried to put him down. I feel bad for feeling a little happy that he understands now how hard it is to stay home with a baby.
Hugs to all those daycare babies and back to work moms
This whole work thing is really hard. I'm always missing DS and I'm worried I'm going to miss out on things. The good news is, they said he is transitioning really well at daycare.
Things at work are busy, which is also good. This gives me less time to think about missing my little guy.
My kid loves to be naked. She is the most talkative and smiley when she's naked. also she had 3 blowouts since noon.
Mine too! He looves being naked and gettyhis diaper changed. Laughs everytime.
We tried paced bottle feeding but he was sucking i. So much air trying to figure it out. We just use a premie nipple on a dr browns bottle and it takes him way longer to finish a bottls then bf. He only gets 1-2 bottles a week though so I can't imagine he will ever develop a bottle preference
Post by lilyelayne on May 18, 2015 20:53:32 GMT -5
My nephew's daycare had their end of the school year program this evening. My hormones must still be a little wacky because I was so overwhelmed with how cute all those kids were singing their songs.
My nephew's daycare had their end of the school year program this evening. My hormones must still be a little wacky because I was so overwhelmed with how cute all those kids were singing their songs.
My nephew's daycare had their end of the school year program this evening. My hormones must still be a little wacky because I was so overwhelmed with how cute all those kids were singing their songs.
Im not sure those kind of hormones ever go away.
They don't! I almost cried at the meeting for my son to play high school football next year. I saw him with all the "big boys" and realized that he was actually one of them. I still see him as a baby and don't want to admit that he is getting closer to being a man.
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