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Help On My 2 Week Old.. Posted: 09-18-06 19:42pm


Hey !! Well as most of u kno I had my baby landon on labour day.But hava ?. After I feed him I burp him and hold him on my chest(cuz he likes that best) and he usually falls asleep so I put him in his basanett and within 10 min he gets really cranky and I calm him down within 20 min usually and it just seems unless hes sleepin on me or daddy hes screamin. And I tried soothers but he spits them out.Ner advice??

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Posted: 09-18-06 19:45pm


Aly does that all the time. What .I've learned to do with her is to not move her until .I'm positive she's in a deep coma-like sleep. And even then, she sometimes wakes up soon after, and man is she pissed off! She haaates being alone.

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Posted: 09-18-06 20:11pm

ayamiyaki wrote:

aly does that all the time. What .I've learned to do with her is to not move her until .I'm positive she's in a deep coma-like sleep. And even then, she sometimes wakes up soon after, and man is she pissed off! She haaates being alone.

ya its lik he hates being alone.. He does it mostly durin the day.Use to be the nite but now I think he has his nites and days organized so now its during the day which is better than the nite when I got absolutly no sleep.But by the time hes ina deep sleep and I put him down its practiccally time to feed him again:s

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Posted: 09-18-06 22:08pm


Try putting them on their belly's to sleep. I know it's not advised too. But in the hospital they lay them on their belly's for digestive reasons and it helps control the baby's feeling of falling when they're on their backs. Oni has slept on her belly since she was in the hospital. The nurse said it was no problem .O.N.L.Y if there was no loose bedding around. All I can do is suggest trying it during one of their naps and see how long they sleep on their belly. Sarah

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Posted: 09-18-06 22:30pm

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try putting them on their belly's to sleep. I know it's not advised too. But in the hospital they lay them on their belly's for digestive reasons and it helps control the baby's feeling of falling when they're on their backs.

Oni has slept on her belly since she was in the hospital. The nurse said it was no problem .O.N.L.Y if there was no loose bedding around.

All I can do is suggest trying it during one of their naps and see how long they sleep on their belly.

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babies also feel more secure on their bellies as well. Also babies that are light sleepers normally do best on their tummies. My daughter will not sleep on her back, when she was a few weeks old we had her on her tummy for tummy time, and she fell asleep...She took a very long nap, so from then on we put her on her stomach to sleep, and it was also since then that she slept through the night....In a 12 hour stretch.

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Posted: 09-18-06 22:39pm


Amen....I'm sooo glad people aren't trying to ream me for saying that. It's true though. In the book "the happiest baby on the block" he suggests laying them on their bellies. If you don't like the outcome of the amount they sleep, then try something else. But I bet they sleep forever!! Oni has been sleeping through the night since 5 weeks. I'm talking from 10pm to 8am. Hoolllaaaa...And she's sooo content when she wakes up from a nap or sleep! Sarah

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Posted: 09-19-06 01:34am


Babies often find 'white noise' soothing because it reminds them of the womb. I used to get my hi-fi and tune it in so it was between radio channels and all you could hear was the 'shhhhhhhhhhh' noise. Only the 'shhhh' ind, none of that awful squealing you can get sometimes when not tuned in properly! I would then leave that playing (not too loud obviously) and my son would sleep for ages! It's a weird one but it absolutely worked for me. I could leave the room and if he started to wake, it was like the 'shhhh' soothed him back to sleep.

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Posted: 09-19-06 03:50am

babymajic0506 wrote:

amen....I'm sooo glad people aren't trying to ream me for saying that. It's true though. In the book "the happiest baby on the block" he suggests laying them on their bellies. If you don't like the outcome of the amount they sleep, then try something else. But I bet they sleep forever!!

Oni has been sleeping through the night since 5 weeks. I'm talking from 10pm to 8am. Hoolllaaaa...And she's sooo content when she wakes up from a nap or sleep!

Sarah

yes! Same with .Adriana. She almost never cries when she gets up. She always lays in there and talks and scream (excited scream) and laughs. She's hard to keep up past 8pm....And she sleeps until 8am regardless. Sometimes if we do get her to stay up a bit later, she'll sleep later....Sometimes not, and on occassion she'll sleep until 9 or 9:30.

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Posted: 09-19-06 08:32am


You can try the cradle wrap as well. Take a receiving blanket and wrap the baby tight in it so that he feels secure. Some people call it the swaddle. I know that is the only way my daugther would sleep.

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Posted: 09-19-06 09:04am


I asked my pediatrician about letting .Aly sleep on her stomach, since she was sleeping horribly on her back. This is what she told me: babies do sleep so much better on their tummies. That's why it increases the risk of .S.I.D.S - if they stop breathing while sleeping (called sleep apnea and is apparently somewhat common in little babies), they are less likely to wake up. Tummy sleeping puts them in a deeper sleep, so they might just stay asleep and never begin breathing again. Whereas if they're in a lighter sleep, they're more likely to wake up and catch their breath. She said I could let .Aly sleep on her tummy if .I'm right there with her, or better yet to let her fall asleep on her tummy while she's laying on me. So that's what we do. We let her fall asleep on us however she's comfortable, and when she's completely out we transition her to her crib and put her on her back. It seems to work with her (so far). They say tummy-sleeping is perfectly fine once the baby is able to roll over on their own. Nothing against the mommies that let their babies do it! (hugs .Sarah!) just letting you guys know what .Aly's pedi told us. :)

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Posted: 09-19-06 09:37am


I hear ya girl!! Not a problem!!! All doctors are different. Oni could lift, and turn her head from side to side at 1 week old. I flipped out and started freaking cuz I didn't know babies so little could do that!! But I mean whatever works best for you and .Aly is what you need to do. Like I said..All I can do is suggest!! I was scared at first, granted. But I got over it reaaaaal quick when she started sleeping through the night and for literally hours during her nap!! Sarah

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Posted: 09-19-06 10:32am


Amelia was the same way unless she is wrapped up. She is 9 weeks old and I still wrap her when it's time for bed and I cover her with an additional blanket at night. She likes that. I would sugest that. Amelia sleeps on her side too. I have a wedge type thingie and she sleeps in that.

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Posted: 09-19-06 10:44am


We have a positioner for .Aly that we use to help keep her on her back at night. Here's a pic of it (taken when she was three days old): i still put her in it when she's in her crib, but when I check on her later it's down around her kneecaps! I think she might be scooting out of it in her sleep! She has kicky little legs. :)

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Posted: 09-19-06 10:57am


Yeah that is what I have. I sleep amelia on her side.

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Posted: 09-19-06 15:02pm


Nursing? Sleeps on his tummy or back?

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Posted: 09-19-06 19:54pm

babymajic0506 wrote:

yah I know he does sleep really good on his belly cuz thats how he sleeps on me. And my mom says thats wat she did 2, but I dont want to get like social services or something silly like that lol cuz the nurses come to my house and stuff dont want to get in trouble u kno?

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Posted: 09-19-06 19:55pm

ayamiyaki wrote:

we have a positioner for .Aly that we use to help keep her on her back at night. Here's a pic of it (taken when she was three days old):

i still put her in it when she's in her crib, but when I check on her later it's down around her kneecaps! I think she might be scooting out of it in her sleep! She has kicky little legs. :)

ya landon's a real big kicker too, and I have one of those things too! I'll try it thanks!

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Posted: 09-19-06 19:56pm

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nursing? Sleeps on his tummy or back?

nursing we are belly to belly like I think its called the cradle position.