Question for moms with skin babies
 

Well, where do I start????

Alex my skin baby (7 months old) started sleeping all through the night ever science he was 2 months old, so I never had problems with him sleeping in the night. He usually goes to sleep at 8-9 pm and sleeps all the way through to 7am.

During the day it's another fish food...LOL

He has about 3-4 naps a day. This is where my problem comes in. Every single time he gets tired during the day and needs a nap he cries and moans until I lay down with him and put him to sleep. I have tried a couple of things like putting him into his bedroom and make the room dark but he still cries untill I go and pick him up.

He is the happiest baby ever and I have never had any other problems with him, but I really need to resolve this problem as now I need to take myself 3-4 naps a day too because of him.LOL I am saying this because if I put him to sleep takes me only like 5 minutes but then I can't get up myself because if I do he wakes up instantly.

Also just one more thing. He has been constipated for 3-4 days now and I have tried giving him watter with orange juice and also watter with suggar but it doesn't seem to work very well. What ealse can I try him with? If nothing ealse works untill monday I will ask our doctor. Thanks girls

Maria

aww he's got moma wrapped around he little finger..lol

our first one was like that and he is now over 3 and still cant sleep with out us

my new son is a little older then yours he is 8 months old and i made sure he didnt need me to sleep..lol..he does pretty good at night going to sleep but in the last month or so (7 months old) he really fights taking naps..so i make sure his diaper is dry, he has a full belly and he is A-ok and then i let him cry..he will be ok....

give him some prunes..at this age they say that they dont always have one every day..give him some prunes though and he will wake up with a nasty surprise for you..LOL

Maria ....

... this might sound cruel but put him down and let him scream .... :(

Tiffany did this too back then and it broke my heart but it was also VERY exhausting for me ..... She used to scream all the time too and all I did was go in there talk to her .... not picking her up ... just make her calm down and leave the room .... it will happen sooner or later .....;)

And for being constipated ... have you tried Applejuice ... works for mine ....

Good Luck Sweets and hang in there .....;)

WHAT???? Your baby has slept through the night since 2 month old? Tess STILL doesnt sleep through the night :rolleyes: I really dont know how to help with the nap thing, I wish I had some sort of advice for you for that. But for the constipation my good friend's 4 month old used to be constantly constipated and she switched to my pediatrician and he told her to give him some apple juice in his bottles and it has worked like a charm.

I agree, once you lay him down and don't go back he will learn very quickly that you won't come to his every cry. Aslo a lil kayro syrup in some water will help him move his bowels. (about two tablespoons in 4 oz warm water) I had to do this every few days with my youngest son because he was always constipated.

Actually I just thought of something for the nap issue. Do you have a swing? The swing is generally the only way I can get Tess to nap. If she takes a nap anywhere else during the day she usually wakes up tired and cranky after only 10-15 minutes. So I usually put her in her swing and she takes a nap for a good 2-3 hours in the afternoon (and she usually takes a quick 20 minutes nap in the late morning). If she has trouble falling a sleep while in her swing I put the Baby einstein mozart DVD in her dvd player and it plays nothing but classical music and shows picture images and I hate to say this because I know it wasnt designed for this purpose it but it usually puts her to sleep :p

Thanks everyone, but I don't know how much I can let him cry, because I have let him cry before so he can get used to it. The most amount of time I have let him cry was almost 20 min but then I had to pick him up because he was so agitated and he got all sweaty from crying...poor little thing!!!
I know he's got me all wrapped up around his finger but if the answer is just to ''let him cry it out'' then I guess I will have to be strong!!! LOL

That's a great ideea. I do have a swing which I only got 4 days ago...LOL

I will try that and see how it goes, thanks Shana. Unfortunately for me every single time I put music on, classical or not all he wants to do is smile, he never falls asleep with music...I have tried him loads of times.

I don't have any kyro syrup but I will ask my hubby to get some on his way home. I hope it's called the same here in the UK.
Thanks

I have the same problem with Amelia at night, she will sleep through but I can't get her down initially unless I lay on the bed with her till I know she is in a deep sleep. I spoke to my health visitor about it because I was physically drained, I would be fighting her to go to bed from 8-9 till maybe 2-3am. :( We've been refered to Sleep Clinic ran by a health visitor and they give you the support and advice and new approaches to deal with the issue.

Oh, and constipation... I went to baby massage classes with Amelia when she was 3months and one of the massages is great for getting the bowel moving.

Give your baby a bath

A warm bath can make your baby relax so the stools are passed more easily.

Massage your baby's tummy

Start at the belly button and then massage outwards in circles in a clockwise direction, like making petals on a flower. Some oil or cream on your fingers can also help, using any kind of light cooking oil with do or baby oil or lotion if you have some.

Only continue if your baby enjoys the massage and is comfortable and relaxed.

Move your baby's legs in a cycling motion

Place your baby so he or she is lying on their back. Hold their legs and turn them gently in a quick cycling motion.

This will make the stomach muscles move and, in turn, put gentle pressure on the intestines to make them move.


Cooled boiled water is also good for constipation. Amelia doesn't suffer from it much being BF still but on the odd occassions she has been this has worked fine for us. I believe in trying a natural method before resorting to meds, etc.

Gavin is only 6 weeks so not near as old as yours. Gavin will sleep great as long as we are holding him. The minute we put him in his crib he wakes up instantly. I don't get it. I have let him cry and hubby can not stand to hear a crying baby. We have got to stop picking him and just let him cry it out or it is just going to get worse. We have had a radio playing in his room ever since he started sleeping in his crib at 2 weeks every night and at naps. However, naps are usually in his swing in the living room with the tv on. I think the noise helps cover up other sounds as not to wake him. Anyway, when he wakes up after putting him in the crib I will make the shhhhh sound over and over again and pat him on his leg and that sometimes will work to get him to sleep. Us moms just have to be strong and let them cry until they get it.

I had the same problem with Amelia at that age and I spent MANY weeks sleeping in the sofa with her in swing at night because it was the only place she would sleep, small sarcifice IMO. At 12wks or so she just decided that it was okay to sleep in her bassinette instead and did till she was 6months. I think BF babies are a little more needy for closeness when they are small.

I've read in many places and heard several health professionals say that a baby shouldn't be left to "cry it out" until they are at least 6months, younger babies don't understand the concept and need the comfort and reassurance.

If you are going to use Controlled Crying though please be sure to check him every 10-15minutes.

It seems like watching the images on the DVD player soothes Tess so it may not be the music, but actually the images. Not really sure.

The swing is the BEST present we ever recevied. Ive been using it since day 1 though so it may take awhile to get Alex used to it.

When my oldest was a baby, I waited until my he was way over a year old to let him cry it out. He woke up several times a night up to that point and I worked full time. I was just soo tired and frustrated. I was so upset to let him cry it out. But once I did, he slept soundly through the night after day 2. I was kicking myself for not doing it sooner. I did it much younger with my other son.

Yep that's why I don't really want to let Alex cry but I need to do something about it as I am tired of sleeping so much during the day...

Thanks Vicky, I have tried the masage before but it doesn't work with us b/c Alex always giggles when I do it. The nurse saw me do it and she said I do it right but for some reason he just giggles when I do it.

Alex has a DVD in the car for when we go somewhere and he always listens to some soothing baby romanian songs and the images are of watter and skies and he always fals asleep like that. I might try to bring one of the screens in and see what happens.

That is what I normally do...check on him, but it is probably like every 5 minutes. Sometimes he will cry it out within 10-15 minutes(just being fussy, fighting sleep)...if not I pick him up and we go on. Normally when he goes on for 15 min his little face is all red and he is hot and sweaty so try not to let him go that far too often. We are not really on a schedule yet during the day, but at night he normally will sleep from 10:30pm to 3am and then after he is fed he will then get back up about 6-6:30'ish. Not too bad during the night. The other night could not get him to sleep till 1am...I was drained.

His is such a hard issue to deal with!

I think it is a presonal choice as to what works for you. My best advice would be to look to the future. What do you want to be doing at bedtime/ naptime a year from now? Do you want to have to lay down with him everyday for the next year? What about 5 years from now?



I thought I would just share my experience with you!

I have four children. My oldest is 15 and my youngest is 8...so it has been a while since we have sone the whole baby thing. I made a decision when my oldest was little that at 6 months we would let her cry herself to sleep. It was really hard the first night! Really hard! I didn't think my DH would make it. We did not check on her until she was quite for a while...hoping she was a sleep... and she was. I think it took us 45 minutes the first night. After a few night she would go right to sleep and we NEVER had any problems with her getting up in the middle of the night. We did this with all of our children. None of them has ever given us any problems about going to bed.

I have always had sound machines in all my childrens rooms to drowned out any noises. They still use them today!

My sister, (who I love more then anything in the world) can not listen to her children cry not even for a few minutes. Has had nothing but problems getting her children to bed. Her oldest is 8 and still gives my sister problems about going to bed. Her youngest is 3 and they end up laying down with both children until the kids fall asleep. If the kids get up in the middle of the night...they lay with them until they go back to sleep. I don't think my sister or her DH have had a good night sleep for years.

When I look back on it, I am glad I did it. It was painful for a few nights. But, paid off for years to come.