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 Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 2:21 am
I'm most definitely fed up with staying up until five and six in the morning with my daughter for her to go to sleep and getting a few hours of sleep during the day, if any at all. For a while she was really good about going to bed around ten and sleeping until seven or eight in the morning, taking about three one hour naps during the day, and eating about every three to four hours. I didn't have to do a thing. She switched her nights and days all by herself.
Then, all of a sudden, she turned herself right back around. I sort of blame my husband because he is a night owl on nights he doesn't have to work or on nights he goes to work later in the afternoon because he insists upon going to a friend's house for him to play games. I end up going with, though I don't get to do a damn thing because I'm taking care of the baby.
But anyway, do any of you mommies have any tips for me? I know the first being stay home when he goes to his friend's house. I'm on my own with this, he doesn't help, so..yeah.
And if it helps, she is five months old, army crawling, eating first foods, and teething.
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:42 am
She probually needs a set schedule, my daughter did that off and on because i work in the afternoon (so she can have me during important day time hours) so it messed her up. so i set her schedule.
1. nap time she still needs 3 a day right now so set them at times usually after she eats.
2. let her run around like crazy right before bed time to burn some energy.
3. if you stay at home set bed time say about 8-9pm if you go out take the play pen with you to your freinds house so when the time comes you lay her down she knows its bed time. my daughter unless i allow her to usually gets put to bed at 8:30 or 9 she can't sleep with out noise so she watches one disney movie untill she passes out . i know its terrible but it helps with her.
just set a schedule for her and enforce it till she understands and then as a treat let her stay up like every once in a while me and my husband call it baby up all night crazy hour ice cream attack
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:21 pm
Should I make her stay up until like 9 once, just to let her get tired? Because I put her to bed last night around 9:30, but she woke up around 10:30. I'm sure I could keep her up for the next like..five hours, but..is that bad for her?
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:19 pm
she is still at the point where she will sleep when she sleeps i wouldnt keep her up but just start a routine so she knows she has stability like bath at 9 when you know she is tired while in just diaper rub her with a baby oil scented with lavender .. if you read her a story read to her if you play let her burn off that energy. then when she rubs her eyes go opps bed time and put to bed. just so she knows ohhh this is when we go to bed
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:23 pm
oh and if she slleps better in noise play a cd for her in her room my daughter used to love listening to the cats musical before bed
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 2:58 pm
I just can't seem to get her to go to bed, even when I lay her in bed. It startles her awake and she won't sleep. She'll cry forever if I leave her there. Its so hard being a first time mom. ;-;
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:04 am
Is it also normal for when I do get her to sleep for her to wake up every hour to hour and a half wanting another bottle? She will usually fall asleep around nine or ten at night after a feeding, but then she'll wake up demanding more. She nearly drinks 12 oz. at night, and within like three hours, before she'll go back for a 'nap' before she does it again! Then finally she'll go to sleep and when she wakes up five or six hours later, drinks 6 oz., goes back to sleep for an hour or two, has maybe 3-4 oz., baby food, 2 oz., plays for a while then naps.
I dunno, it just doesn't seem right. If it helps I can put times to this.
Finally goes to sleep 5:30-ish AM.
Sleeps until 12:00-ish. 6 oz. formula.
Sleeps until 1 or 2 PM 3-4 oz formula.
Plays from about 2-4pm, baby food (nearly a whole jar sometimes) plus another 2-4oz.
Plays more 5-6 or 7-ish. 2-4 oz.
Nap 7:30-ish-8 or 8:30ish.
Bath 9PM
Somewhere between 10-12am, another 8-12oz.
Naps at about 11 and 1, lasting about 15-30 minutes, maybe an hour, before staying up all over again. And usually has another 2-4oz around 3-ish AM.
After she gets all she wants, she'll play a little...and then scream her head off for an hour before she finally goes to sleep. Diaper's clean, no more bottles, no colicky, cuddled, right temperature both for fever and general warmth..
And by time this is all over, I'm tired..and can't sleep.
Help? I try to establish a bedtime routine with a bath and all that, but..she made her bedtime at 5:30am..I just can't keep doing this. I don't know what to do. I've barely eaten in three days because she has been SO demanding. Today was an exception because she got shots, and she is really cranky after that...could the tooth she is getting be bugging her this much?
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 6:51 am
you might wanna feed her baby food more instead of just once a day.
i noticed my little girl got a bigger appitite(sp) at 8 months even though i feed her a jar and a half at 6 i had to put a tablespoon of rice cereal in her 8 o'clock bottle for her to actually feel full.
so set a breakfast lunch and dinner routine.
if she wakes up at 5 give her a 5-6 oz bottle -or how ever many ounces less then she usually does)
Then right as her next feeding rolls around give her probually a bit of rice cereal mixed with some fruit
then another bottle then possible her nap?
then at lunch(when she wakes up at say 11) give her since she is five months just a little bit of rice cereal with a veggie. five bites will probually do her remember if she refuses it dont get mad she is probually just done.
then another bottle and she will probually nap soon again
then in the evening say 6-7 if she is hungry give her some more veggie rice cereal and bottle she should be full enough to not wanna wake up.
five to six months
remember though every baby is different my daughter at ^was eatting almost 36 oz of formula a day and eating a whole jar for lunch little piggy i have.
just try to feed her more she is at the baby food age and you have started her on it. give it a shot
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 7:04 am
Preston Trelsly I just can't seem to get her to go to bed, even when I lay her in bed. It startles her awake and she won't sleep. She'll cry forever if I leave her there. Its so hard being a first time mom. ;-; i wouldn't worry you can still hug her for now but trust me your gonna wanna get her used to her bed. Mines slept in a playpen in my room till she was 13 months i read on how to get her to sleep in her bed. you can use it later for now enjoy her. put her in her bed at first check her ever five minutes for 20 minutes then move to ten minutes till she goes to sleep. the next night start at ten minutes then move to 20 minutes till she goes to sleep. the next night go straight to checking her every 30 minutes till she sleeps increase the time every night till you stop going in. trust me she will be okay she is just used to you cuddling and comforting that now she is alone its a little shocking. what helped my daughter was music at first. then i realized my old tv turns off after movies are over (sometines) so i set up my vhs and play cats and disney movies for her and she is usually asleep within 20 minutes. dont worry im a first time mom too.. im just a research hound. I also baby sat a lot of babies. if you have more questions just pm me on here i will always help!! ;D my daughter is going throw a tantrum phase right now so im testing disipline for her right now.. lets just say spanking XD doesnt work no more soft tushie wacks any more she just gives me the yeah whatever look... trying a 1 2 3 thing tell you how that works or you can buy the book 1 2 3 magic it is a book based on verbal disipline instead of othe types .. my mom tried to do it with us but we were past the age of dont care age when she did it.
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 7:17 am
im retarded and just saw the tooth thing... you know that could be my big issue when she was teething was a diaper rash. you could try giving her a teething ring or a cold carrot to gum. my daughter now i give her cold snow peas and carrots they helped her when she got her molars this past month...
if its really bugging her get some baby oragel my doctor okayed tylenol for me but your doctor might reccomend alternatives which i like my mom had tried to give my daughter tylenol everytime she cried
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 3:15 pm
Well, the doctor okayed Tylenol for any pains that she has. She quite often chews on her thumb, but likes a cold teething ring.
I haven't noticed anything like a rash, except a little bit of diaper rash that went away quickly. Her face is breaking out a little bit.
I just wish she'd go to sleep. gonk
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 7:14 am
oh we all like them to sleep XD!!!
face breaking out? mines has exzema i have to go to the doctor soon for it.
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 8:36 pm
+Shrugs.+
I dunno..I have to take her to the doctor on the sixth, so..I'll ask him.
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