I Thought Older Babies Slept.... Posted: 03-10-07 00:15am
my friends kid is 5 almsot 6 mths old btu
developmentally 5 mths, she told me her
kids sleep through the night her almost 2
yr olds been up screaming now sleeping,
her son leland he eats like a newborn
still like every hr i swear, hes old
enough for baby food but she doesnt feed
it to him ever. so hes eating like 6 oz
bottles every hr to 2 hrs, btu then again
its 3 scoops for 6oz and she puts 2 in.
so i dunno, hes short for his height but
overweight they told him.
i got me 2 hrs of sleep i think not even
sure that, both leland and my baby
jordynne are up , hes being loud makin
happy noises so cant sleep , jordynnes
just sitting quietly smiling and makin lil
noises. so i m suck up at 6 after no
sleep.
she better come at 8 or 9 like she said or
i wil go crazy , i dont want this oopps i
fell asleep comin at the afternoon stuff.
i gotta function all day on no sleep.
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Sail Away
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Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 1170 Location: Missouri
Posted: 03-10-07 00:17am
brayden is a year old and still dont sleep
through the night. We've tried
everything...
brayden is a year old and
still dont sleep through the night. We've
tried
everything...
my son was like that, 14 mths is when he
stopped wakin up but 12-14 mthsheonly woke
up like 1am for abottle that was it, my
friends kid is up like every hr on the
hour. still. and eats all the time. not to
mention she had the poor thing bundled up
she has a very warm outfit on with the
feet part on it and socks, i took his
socks off when i changed him , he always
has a funky smell to him too idunno. i
think she over dresses and over feeds him
. he needs to eat alot more baby food and
less formula she rarely gives it to him
and all she does is sleep all day wich i
dont even know how she gets to do that
with 2 kids under 2.
hes in a happy mood right now being loud
though.
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Sunflower_pie81
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Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 5041 Location: to hell with this crap
Posted: 03-10-07 07:34am
don't forget that every baby is
different. and also every family is
different. maybe you should watch their
kids anymore.
oh and what is up with putting 2 scoops in
for 6 oz of water? the child isnt'
getting enough....is she trying to keep
him skinny? or is she trying to....what
starve her child.....Maybe you should look
into ummmmmm cps or something.....not
feeding your child isn't a good thing.
i dunno why she does that , i just noticed
it yesterday, when i make his bottles i do
it correctly but eating so often she
should be giving him baby food now too, he
already has his 2 bottom teeth in as
well. i dunno maybe she is doing it cuz
wic told her he was overweight i really
dunno. i never asked her. im suprised she
actually came back at 9am to get her kids
this morning, now shes sleepin all day.
she lets her 23 mth old run around the
house while she sleeps, i guess the baby
sleeps all day i dunno lol.
maybe she doesnt read the thing on the
formula container although hers has 2 4
and 8 oz and no 6oz thing on the container
, so maybe she doesnt know that its i
scoop per 2oz
my friend also told me he sleeps all
night, since he was 2 mth old so eh, bad
night last night i guess
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foxy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 487 Location: Nassau, Bahamas
Re: I Thought Older Babies Slept.... Posted: 03-10-07 08:27am
tinkinpink84
wrote:
my friends kid is 5 almsot 6
mths old btu developmentally 5 mths,
.
Not sure where you are going with this
one, but if the baby is 5 months old
shouldn't he/or she be developmentally 5
months old?? Even if the baby was 6
months old, there is no way that you or
anyone can say that the baby is
developmentally 5 months old....all babies
develop and grow at different rates.
Also even though he sleeps through the
night at home I think its normal for him
to keep waking up while he is at your
house.....he is in a strange place.
he was born premature. so he is 6 mths old
really . but gestational age is 5 mths. my
friend was the one that told me
developmentally 5 mths old.
thats what i figure he was in a new place.
although ive watched them before plenty,
we take turns watching the kids. he hasnt
slept since she got home either so eh i
dunno but he is sick, her daughter is sick
wich she didnt know dropping them off but
luckily when she dropped em off joseph was
in bed and when she picked them up joseph
hadnt woken up yet, them 2 sometimes end
up sharing sippy cups. so hopefully my
kids dont get sick for a 3rd time . they
seem to pass germs around in a circle
constantly lol.
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laura_friesen
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 615 Location: , Canada
Posted: 03-10-07 11:39am
landon use to wake up 3 times a night when
he was 5 months, but the past week or two
its been once and night to have a little
bit of milk and hes konked out. its
awesome! he has his bath at 7, then his
bottle, then a read him the berenstein
bears and then he goes to sleep by 8,
wakes up at 1 eats, and then hes ready for
action at 630 hehe.
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 03-10-07 12:13pm
Hmm, I think your friend needs to be a
little more educated about nutritional
needs for babies. I am in no way trying to
be rude, but for the sake of that baby
something has to be done. Does she realize
that if she continually makes his bottles
with the correct amount of powder that he
may stop eating so often? My daughter will
be 1 this tuesday and she's slept through
the night since she was a month old, give
or take. however when she had a cold a
couple months ago she started waking up at
night, just to be held...she didn't want a
bottle. So then she got into the routine
of getting up at night for me to come hold
her. So then I stopped getting her in the
middle of the night and she's been back to
her same sleep routine. It only took 1
night of letting her 'cry it out'. She
only woke up once that night too.
Has she taken the baby to a doctor? I feel
bad for that baby
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julsbug23
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Location: San Diego
Posted: 09-06-07 12:46pm
I have a 5 month old whom started sleeping
through the night when he was approx 3
months old. The trick I used was to give
him a bath and then feed him before
bedtime. For some reason it relaxes him.
My sister-in-law told me about this and I
ve been using this technique ever since.
Good luck!!!
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susie3827
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Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 59 Location: Michigan, Displaced Canadian
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Posted: 09-08-07 22:38pm
Hi All: I was told by my pediatrician
that if your baby is still being breastfed
at 3, 4, 5, 6 mo..etc..then you WANT
him/her to wake thru the night at least
once, because the breastmilk only lasts
about 2 hours in the stomach, he says if
your baby goes all night and is a
breastfed baby, there could be a chance of
dehydration.
Just a thought.
Mine is 6mo this week, and is on
breastmilk and cereal, baby food
(beginning) and I anticipate his wakes
around 1am and 4am...he is only half
awake, I plop the bottle in him..and after
5 or so. minutes he rolls over and goes
back to sleep, until the next feeding.
I don't mind it in the night, because I am
usually a night hawk anyways...lol..
Thanks.
