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Baby Shower Games

online-editor — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:29:52 GMT

I'm co-hosting a baby shower this weekend. What's your fave game? I'm thinking of the one where if someone says "baby" they lose their trinket and whomever has the most trinkets at the end of the party, wins.

Any other good ones to reco?

Advice on bedtime please!!!

Katarinasmom — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:24:24 GMT

Hello.

I'm new here and I'm just writing because my little Katarina is almost 10 months old and still hasn't slept through the night. She also fights us before bed (as in will cry and cry and cry until we give up). This happens every night and it's beginning to get more and more frustrating.

Also, since day one, she has not yet slept through the night and now she's teething and her schedule is all over the place!

I really need some help....anyone? Please????

Sleeping with one eye open.

lindalove — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:33:59 GMT

My son is 3 1/2 months old. He sleeps with one eye open and very lightly (wakes up easily).

This is new to me. From 4 weeks to 2 1/2 months he slept 6-8 hours straight, in his crib, in his own room, then would eat and sleep for another 3. And nothing could wake him.

All of a sudden he started waking every 30 minutes to 2 hours at night and it takes him forever to fall asleep. Even when he is asleep he has one eye partially open.

Nothing in our lives or his routine has changed.

If I keep him in bed with me he dozes on and off and does not fuss. He will fall asleep on his own and is content (but still only sleeps a couple hours at a time).

If I put him in his crib he wakes up every hour and it takes close to an hour to get him back to sleep in his crib.

Letting him CIO does not work.
Putting something that smells like me with him does not work.
Everything I have read about doesn't work.

Has never napped during the day (except for 30 min. intervals).

Those who say make him nap twice a day for a few hours don't know my son. He just does not sleep. There is no way to make him.

Otherwise he is doing fine. He wakes up smiling all the time. HE is developing at a normal rate and growing well. So I am not worried about his wellbeing.

Since he stopped sleeping through the night he has slept for 7 hours straight twice.

I would just like some advice. Anyone ever had or heard of a similar situation? I have no idea why he sleeps with one eye open or how to get him to sleep for longer periods.

I would prefer him in his own crib but usually give up after 3-4 hours of getting up every hour.

This post is much too long so I appreciate anyone who reads it and/or responds to it.

getting breastfed baby to take a bottle

jedimom — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:08:25 GMT

we can't seem to get my 3month old to take a bottle, any bottle. she out right refuses it. even when its my milk. we have tried every brand of nipple/bottle and just can't seem to find one she'll take. i really would like to find a remedy for this as i can't leave her with anyone for any length of time. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Sleeping through the night

nico1 — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:00:59 GMT

Our 6 1/2 month still doesn't sleep through the night. He also doesn't cry. He will yell and when we go to him and out a soother in his mouth he will usually go back to sleep, but will still wake up in another hour or 2. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas besides CIO.

baby talk

nico1 — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:58:32 GMT

What does grunting mean. It sounds like he is saying hey and we try to feed him and he is not hungry. He also says um alot. Just curious if anyone has figured this out.

Please vote for my baby

moccacino — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:24:15 GMT

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Please vote for my baby in this contest. All votes would be appreciated. Thanks.

Getting baby to sleep in crib.

kaydence — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:17:14 GMT

Does anyone have any advice or ideas that might incurage my baby to sleep in her crib. I have tryed the following:

putting a clock in with her. (to simulate my heartbeat)

putting stuffed animals in with her and removing them aswell

using plan sheets and removing any bright colors

using a heating pad to warm the crib before putting her in it.

and lastly I bought a mobile with lights, music and of course it rotates.

Anyother ideas would be muchly appericated.

Baby will not take my breast anymore!

weeza — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:25:29 GMT

Hi! My baby girl is 6 weeks old and she is breastfed. Last week, during one very difficult night, she would not take my breast, so I pumped some milk and had my mother, who was visiting, feed her with a bottle. Feeding continued normally for almost a week, then the same thing happened. Now it's been 3 times in the last 48 hours, and breastfeeding has become very difficult. She screams as soon as I approach my breast from her mouth. Sometimes I can get her to calm down and take it, sometimes it just doesn't work. I don't know what to do. I feel like she has decided that she likes the bottle better then my breast. I never intended to switch her to bottle feeding this soon and I can't pump all day long so that she continues to get breastmilk this way. I am thinking if this continues I may have to switch her to formula... Has anyone else ever had this problem?

Thanks!

Congrats my little baby

GhadaT — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:53:32 GMT

My baby's first teeth appeared last week, he was six months and three weeks, three days later his second one popped through

soother

tvan — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:38:15 GMT

My son has never been fond of his soother he basically only wants it about 1 minute before he falls asleep otherwise he could care less about it. I'm up numerous times throughout the night putting it in his mouth as he it helps him to go back to sleep. Has anyone else had this experience and if you did what did you do to survive the first couple of nights without it?

Introducing solid foods for 5 months old

mamatha — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:25:16 GMT

Hello. My baby completed 5 months this 22nd and I'm all eager to introduce solid foods to him. I want some suggestion as to how to start abt it, which cereal to buy and what time of the day should I feed the baby?

could anyone help me

Playard no safety!

EvaShek — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:51:02 GMT

Does anyone think playard is not safety? My bb boy is 11 months old. I bought a playard last yr, first the bb only slept on the top layer, and I started let him play on the bottom layer since Dec. However, I thought the bottom is not very stable. Then later the side fabic/stitches was broken, damaged on Feb. At first, it was only 2 inches hole, and it is getting bigger everyday. He always put his fingers out, and now he almost can put his leg! And one day I saw him eating the fabic! Scared me!
I tried to go bk to Toyrus and get the return/refund, and they said the product was discountinued! And I called the manufactory, the also said I bought it over 6 months, they can do nothing! Could someone tell me what to do now? Of course, I don't use these thing anymore! But it is not worth to buy and not safety for bb!

Camomile Tea???

isaacmom — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:00:50 GMT

Has anyone ever heard of giving a baby camomile tea? What purpose would that serve?

Introducing solids

isaacmom — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:17:07 GMT

Hello. I am seeking some advice on introducing solids. I have a 5 month old who is now 16 lbs. He does about 35 ounces of breast milk a day and eats about every 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. At night he still awakes at least one time to eat, sometimes more times. At about 3 1/2 months I introduced rice cereal. My son liked it at first and ate it eagerly then all of a sudden he was not interested anymore. I switched to oatmeal and he still is not too interested in eating. He does not like the spoon it seems. Does anyone have this experience, baby liking solids then turning off them? If so, what did you do? Should I just keep trying with the solids? The days that he does eat the oatmeal, he sleeps A LOT longer at night time.

Yellow in spit-up??

Kath16 — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:35:29 GMT

My DS is 8 weeks old - today after he drank a bottle of formula he spit up - nothing unusual right? Except that while most of the spit up was the usual white, there were also spots of bright yellow in it...it happened again when he spit up a second time, although we didn't see anymore for the rest of the day, even though he did spit up more...we also feel he did spit up a little more than usual, but we are not really sure...some days he seems to spit up everything that goes in his mouth, and other days he won't spit up much at all...but bottom line, the yellow concerned us...does anybody know what it was???

Birthday Party Locations in the Durham Region

mummyno1 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:05:29 GMT

Good Evening Everyone:

I was hoping if you could give me a hand on solving a dilemma I have. My daughter is turning 1 this year and my son, 3. I need to find some venues to host my children's party and of course, be age appropriate.

Anyone have any ideas???

how to increase milk supply??

makenna — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:44:07 GMT

i' ve heard of the "supply & demand", but i'm wondering if anyone has any other suggestions that work for them. i've also read that Fenugreek, from the health food store helps increase milk, but your milk has a funny smell/taste? i'd like to strictly breastfeed, with no formula supplement, but just don't produce enough milk!

Cradle cap

wapash — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:21:53 GMT

Hi,

I have a few questions, Not sure where to turn too. My baby who is 6months , has a rash type on the tip of her head. I thought it was exzehma at first. It's flakey now, I thought only newborns got cradle cap , If not. How do I stop it from 'spreading', I dont want my baby to lose her headfull of hair. She's already got bits of hair coming off with the skin. None of my other kids had it, So this is all new to me. Anyone have any suggestions to getting rid of it, without my Myabug losing her hair?

Formula

isaacmom — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:07:41 GMT

Hello

I have a 3 month old son and have been breastfeeding. Actually, I pump and then feed him the milk in a bottle. He was born a premie (5.5 weeks early) and was a lazy eater and it was too difficult to breastfeed. Anyways, he hit a growth spurt a while back and was eating every hour. He would scream bloody murder until I gave in and gave him his bottle. I would like to try to supplement with some formula but it has been difficult. I have tried 2 different rypes of formula (Goodstart and Enfamil) and my son did not do well on either. His tummy would be really upset and he would cry LOTS. So, I am looking for some suggestions. What formulas have you used and find work best????

Please help, thanks.

Ear Infections and Constipation!

mummyno1 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:07:11 GMT

Hi all:

Need some advice concerning my 9 month old DD. She has become constipated since I started her on solids and I am not sure how I can help her. I have given her lots of fibre rich foods like green beans/peaches/pears/etc but its not working. She does not go for days (although i know she tries by hearing her push) then I end up giving her a suppository to help out.

As well, for the last 3 months we have gone through 5 (yup I said 5) ear infections. I went to the ENT today and he said tubes are her answer.

I have also gone to a ND (natural doctor) where she wanted me to take DD off of dairy and wheat to see if she had food allergies causing improper draining. Tried it and DD was miserable..

Anyone out there can offer some help/advice. I think I am losing it!

Preemie and cereal ... when to start?

PiscesMom — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:16:59 GMT

Sophia is almost 6 months old now. But she was 5 weeks early. She has been on breastmilk exclusively almost since birth (they gave her formula her first few days in the hospital).

I'm wondering if I should try to start giving her a little rice cereal at 6 months, or if I should wait an extra 5 weeks since she was premature?

Has anyone had this question before? What did your dr. say?

I'm just curious - it doesn't matter to me either way, but I have to admit I'm excited to try the cereal with her, just to see her reaction!

Typical Feeding Schedule for 7 month Old?

azias_mommy — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:44:37 GMT

Hi my daughter just turned 7 months and I was wondering if you could post your typical day feeding schedule for comparison.

Right now she has 4-5 bottles that are 6-7oz each (total 24+ oz per day)
and about 2oz of juice or water (usually water).

Breakfast: 3 tbsp oatmeal (mixed w/ water/formula) and 3/4-1jar fruit

Snacks: Baby Cookie or small handful cheerios (or both)
Sometimes diced cooked veggie or soft fruit (about 1 tbsp)

Dinner: 3 tbsp Rice Cereal (mixed w/ water/formula)
2/3-3/4 jar mixed veggies (usually 1-2 kinds)
1/4-1/3 jar meat

I was going to add lunch but she keeps dipping down in her formula so I think I will wait a bit longer.....
I am a first time Mommy so I am never sure!

Dressing a baby

rdtm — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:12:42 GMT

I find I am constantly nagging (for lack of a better term) at my husband about our daughter about taking her into cool weather without dressing her properly. He thinks nothing of taking our 6 month old daughter outside in her snuggly on a cool, windy, rainy day with nothing more than a touque and her cotton sleeper. He says she is getting the warmth from his chest and that I should stop trying to over dress her. One day I came into the basement and he had Kalli in nothing but a diaper and he was in shorts and a hoody. Our basement is considerably cool and I got mad and told him to put a blanket on her as I myself felt chilly and he said she "is too hot". I get so frustrated and feel like I have to watch over her to make sure she is adequately looked after.

Can anyone give me proper insight as to whether I am overreacting. What happens if you under dress a child for cold conditions? Can they get sick?

I know babies hands get cold when they sleep but during the day should their hands be cold? My husband likes to keep the house at about 18 or 19 degrees and I think it is too chilly for her.

Thanks for any input you can help with.

Sterilizing baby bottle

EllyPW — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:20:40 GMT

Hi ! I can't remember but it's probably common sense also but how much months do you need to sterilize baby bottles, if i remember correctly, I think i sterilized with my first until she was about 8 months or a year but continued the nipple and cap a bit longer. It's been 11 years so i need a refresher.

Thanks in advance for your input.

6 month old can't seem to soothe back to sleep at night

renee_dick — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:02:11 GMT

Hi, I'm new here, and have found a lot of information on this site to be very helpful, and to make me feel like I'm not alone! I have a 6 1/2 month old son named Jensen. He's such a joy, always happy and quite happy to be playing in his exersaucer or on the floor with his toys while I do my housework, or cook.

He goes to bed like a dream at around 7:30 at night. We may have to check on him once or twice before he'll fall asleep. I dream feed him at around 10 before I go to bed, then he doesn't feed again until between 4 and 5:30 in the morning. My problem though is that when he comes out of a deep sleep cycle, if his soother has fallen out of his mouth, or he's rolled to his tummy (and when he's sleeping, hasn't figured out how to get himself back over), he cries for me to fix it. To give him his soother, and/or put him on his back. It has been getting progressively worse, where he'll wake me up 6 or 7 times a night to put his soother in his mouth. He lets me sleep until at least 8 a.m. and I feel fairly rested for the day, but I need help figuring out how to get him to soothe himself back to sleep when I'm still half a sleep! Can anyone offer any suggestions?

baby poop disastors!

honeybee24 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:54:59 GMT

Our 3 1/2 month old seems to always get poop up her back. It's a nightmare to try and remove the stains. We switched her to a larger diaper size, I soak her clothes in cold water and then spray on spray and wash and then wash the clothes.....some of them still have yellow stains! EK!!! Any suggestions on products or tricks you've tried!

going crazy

mommabear#1 — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:04:00 GMT

I noticed now that winter is here, i am feeling cooped up being inside. I just want to go outside for fresh air or a walk. I sort of feel out of the loop as well being home everyday a person looses touch with the outside world. I was really looking forward to being home everyday with my baby but it could be a lond winter.

Cranky baby,especially at night!

Lora1977 — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:37:18 GMT

Hello!

Does anybody know how long it is,until a baby quits crying almost every night??

The dr says it is normal,and that "they"don't know what causes infants to cry alot especially at night!

I would like some info!

USER: Lora 1977

My daughter:Kylee

born January 18/06

Help! I'm at my wit's end!!

Kath16 — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:14:06 GMT

My 5 week old seem to have a major aversion to sleeping...it seems all he wants to do is eat...and eat, and eat, and he seems to never be satisfied. I actually started supplementing the breast feeding with formula, because he would empty my breasts and still want more...sometimes he feeds for so long, feeds just run into each other...and he won't nap!!

Yesterday for example..he woke up at 8:30 and didn't go back to sleep until about 7:30 p.m...he fell asleep a couple of times during the day, but then jolted awake...he does this all the time!

He does suffer from gas problems and we have tried everything to help him in that regard as well, but to no avail.

I'm going crazy! I"m exhausted, frustrated...etc. I know it's not his fault, but I feel like it is, and that makes me feel horrible.

I'm venting here...because I just don't know what to do anymore. I've tried the shush pat method...sitting and rocking..we walk him around the house...we take him for car rides (he does sleep in the car, but yesterday even that didn't work)...right now, he is in his bassinet, and I have the radio on a fuzzy channel...he is quiet, but who knows how long it will last. I'm worried about getting him into bad habits, but at this point, we are trying everything we can...

Live Chatting

dawng — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:16:38 GMT

I am curious whether or not their is any live chatting on this site? Or whether anyone has yahoo, and would like to do a live chat the odd time to share tips and advice?

please feel free to contact me at dawngordon35@yahoo.ca if this is an interest to you...

I live in Brampton, Ontario, and would also like the idea of meeting other mothers, possibly for coffee,

I have a newborn baby, two months old next week, and I am already beginning the Ontario Early Centres, would like to hear your experiences with these centres as well?

They are so wonderful, I took her to baby time this past Tuesday and hope to go again on Saturday, they also have Mother Goose, where you learn the rhymes and songs, they have french immersion, and language explosion, which they teach you how to tell a story dramatically and as creative as possible...

let me know if this type of chatting would be an interest to you

lead paint worries? pc writer wants to talk to you!

kirav — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:38:36 GMT

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If you're interested in talking to me, feel free to drop me a line at: kira@vermond.ca or at 1-877-826-9883 and we’ll set up a time to talk.

Thanks!

dry skin

BabyLola — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:31:48 GMT

My baby girl of 8 months, has very dry skin ONLY on her cheeks. It all started on Halloween night. SHe was minnie mouse and we drew black wiskers on her face with halloween paint and I washed it off with Huggies baby wash. THe next day her cheeks were a little rosey but I didn't pay much attention because I thought it was from the gentle scrubbing. Well ever since then, she's had dry rough patches on her cheeks. No where else. her entire body is baby soft accept those cheeks. I was very worried it was eczema. so I called the capital health nurse and she said it may have been a reaction to the wash, and I should not use any type of lotion because it sounds like her skin is just overly sensitive. So fine I left it alone. well its been 3 months later and she still has very dry patches on both cheeks. I've used Johnson and Johnson Baby Lotion, Teeny Faces by Gerber, even just plain old vaseline, and nothing helps.

Can anyone give me any suggestions what I should do or use. Thanks.

How old was your baby when they could sit-up alone?

emljay — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:19:59 GMT

Hi there!! Just wondering about this milestone as well! My nearly 6 month old is soooo close! lol

When did your baby start sleeping through the night?

emljay — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:15:56 GMT

Hi there!! Just wondering when my nearly 6 month old son is going to sleep through the night!! I'm curious as to what other people have expierienced.

sleeping

mevans — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:23:20 GMT

I'm new on here but I really need some advice. I have a 6.5 month old who still isn't sleeping thru the night. We have a night time routine..naked time, bath, eat bedtime. 9 times out of 10 he falls asleep while nursing. But by the time midnight rolls around he's up. I try not to pick him up but he just gets more and more upset. He gets so upset that he starts coughing and choking so I pick him up and sometimes I will nurse and sometimes not...doesn't seem to matter though because he's up again in a couple of hours. The same goes for nap time. If he doesn't fall asleep nursing then he just won't go down. WHAT DO I DO???

Around seven month old baby girl she cries when dress-up.

pinkey — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:45:32 GMT

hi!am pinkey

my baby girl always cries and scream when she is dress-up.she likes to bath and lightly massage but after all when is about to dress -up she cries and scream.I think it has also got a solution so,i like to have a advice on this.Hope you all mom help me.

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Bottle feeding difficulty in 4 month old

christak — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:47:14 GMT

Our second baby girl has been having increasing difficulty during feeding time. We have switched from breast feeding to bottle due to difficulties with a thrush infection (which is still persisting) and I believe some of the issues arise from that. However, she has had periods of time where the infection has been cleared up and still presented with major feeding issues. Basically, she starts sucking on the bottle and takes a couple good gulps but then all of a sudden pulls her head to the side (sort of buries is it my arm) and begins crying uncontrollably. She then refuse to retake the bottle and consequently, ends up only drinking 1 - 2 ounces at a feeding. At this point she is still gaining weight and therefore our doctors have basically been dismissing our concerns and telling us she'll grow out of it. I have experimented with different feeding positions, different bottles/nipples and even different brands of formula with very little change to our problem. Has anyone ever had this type of problem or have a different thought on what we could try? I've done much research on colic, etc. and don't feel that our baby fits into that category. Her main issues seem to arise from feeding time and as a result she is hungry and very cranky before during and after every feeding.