By: autumns mommy

autumns mommy — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:25:17 +0000

my baby girl is 2 1/2 months and i was going crazy getting up with her at night..everyone told me to try the cereal in the bottle but she didnt care for it to much and it DIDNT help at all..i was just browsing the baby food while buying her formula one day and noticed that the suggested time for starting on stage one is if there a supported sitter and goes towards the spoon(she does both as well as can sit herself up and turn herself over)..although she just had a doc appt and she said to start her on then in a couple months i figured i would see how she reacted to applesauce and pears..she LOVES em..so i went and got her carrots and peaches..she loves those even more..i only give her a couple spoon fulls and then 2-3oz of formula and i only give it to her every other day..now she sleeps ALOT better,poops every day now(was only going every other to every 2 days)and is a much happier baby…

By: yeeharrr

yeeharrr — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:22:11 +0000

Oh BOO HOO. You have had a child for 12 weeks and you want to start feeding her solids because YOU dont get much sleep. You dont know what else to do? How about suck it up sister and get on with it.

By: ~Mandi~

~Mandi~ — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:07:47 +0000

At 2 months-I put a little cereal in my son’s bottle with his formule-you have to cut a little hole in the nipple so the baby gets it out-but it helped him to sleep through the night. I did the rice cereal. You may want to try that.

By: calla_li

calla_li — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:08:07 +0000

Start her off with baby oatmeal. It will fill her up and it might help her sleep. You will mix the oatmeal with your breast milk into a paste like consistency. After about a month or so introduce her to veggie. You want to start with veggies first because the fruit is sweet and the veggies aren’t. She might only want the fruit. Good luck! This worked with my daughter.

By: mystic_e

mystic_e — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:10:16 +0000

Feeding solids will in no way make your baby sleep longer at night. Even though babies eat when they wake at night it is not hunger that wakes them.
My first woke at LEAST every two hours until he was 2 years old. My second slept through the night from birth to 4 months, now he is up 2-5 time per night.http://askdrsears.com/html/7/T070200.asp
An important fact for you to remember is that your baby’s sleep habits are more a reflection of your baby’s temperament rather than your style of nighttime parenting. And keep in mind that other parents usually exaggerate how long their baby sleeps, as if this were a badge of good parenting, which it isn’t. It’s not your fault baby wakes up. http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids…
Will giving formula or solids at night help baby to sleep better?
The idea that solids will help your baby sleep is an old wives’ tale that has been disproven by medical studies. Feeding your baby solids or formula in an attempt to make baby sleep longer is not a good idea for several reasons:
There’s no evidence that it will help. Some babies will sleep worse, due to reactions to the formula or solids (tummy ache, etc. are not uncommon), particularly if baby is younger than around 6 months. Two studies have indicated that adding solids to the diet does not cause babies to sleep longer. These studies found no difference in the sleep patterns of babies who received solids before bedtime when compared to babies who were not given solids. Here are the two studies:
Macknin ML, Medendorp SV, Maier MC. Infant sleep and bedtime cereal. Am J Dis Child. 1989 Sep;143(9):1066-8.
Keane V, et al. Do solids help baby sleep through the night? Am J Dis Child 1988; 142: 404-05.
Formula requires a baby’s digestive system to work overtime as baby tries to digest something not specific to the human body. Formula is harder to digest than human milk; thus formula-fed babies tend to go longer between feedings. While this may seem like a benefit, it’s probably not something we want for our babies’ bodies unless there are no other alternatives. There are also risks to formula use (see What should I know about infant formula?). It certainly has a place in infant feeding but probably shouldn’t be used whenever mom’s milk – either directly from the source or expressed – is available.
Early introduction of solids (before six months) carries its own set of risks.
Recent research suggests that longer stretches of deep sleep are associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and babies who sleep longer/deeper may be more vulnerable to SIDS (see in particular the research of James McKenna, PhD). Some scientists are saying that it appears that long sleep stretches are not “natural” for human infants and that sleep interruptions in the early months may provide a protective factor against SIDS. More research is needed on this subject, but parents might want to think twice about significantly manipulating baby’s natural sleep pattern in the early months.http://kellymom.com/parenting/sleep/slee…
Sadler S. Sleep: what is normal at six months?
Prof Care Mother Child 1994 Aug-Sep;4(6):166-7.
In this study, part of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ALSPAC), researchers surveyed the parents of 640 babies. Some of the results:
* Only 16% slept through the night at six months old — 84% were not sleeping through the night at 6 months
* 17% woke more than once per night, ranging from twice to eight times
* 5% woke once every night
* 9% woke most nights
* 50% woke occasionally
* 16% of six-month-olds had no regular sleeping pattern
Armstrong KL, Quinn RA & Dadds MR. The sleep patterns of normal children.
Medical Journal of Australia 1994 Aug 1;161(3):202-6.
The above study is the definitive work on sleeping habits of (Australian) children to 38 months. The researchers surveyed 3269 parents, with a 96.5% response rate, over a one week period. The parents had to report on their child’s sleeping habits over the past 24 hours, plus answer a few questions related to their perceptions of their child’s sleep behavior.
What did they find?
* There is a wide range of normal childhood sleep behavior.
* Circadian rhythm is not well established until four months of age.
* Daytime sleep becomes less regular with increasing age, the most marked reduction in length occurs around 3 months of age. However, a surprising 11% under 3 months of age don’t have a daytime sleep every day.
* Frequent night waking that disturbs parents is common from 4-12 months (12.7% disturb their parents 3 or more times every night).
* Night time settling requires more parental input from 18 months.
* Nearly a third of parents have a significant problem with their child’s sleep behavior.
* Sleeping through the night: 71.4% did this on at least one occasion by 3 months of age, but many of these relapse into more frequent waking in the 4 to 12 month period. It is not until after 24 months that regular night waking (requiring attention) becomes much less common.
Although this study did not address breastfeeding, it is relevant because a lack of understanding of “normal” sleep patterns can lead to supplementing, early solids, belief there is not enough milk, etc. The authors claim it also leads to misdiagnosis of gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) and overuse of sedative medication. A worrying 31% of 25-38 month-old children were disciplined (mostly smacking) to get them to settle. 27% of parents let their children cry, 11% at less than one month.
Scher A. A longitudinal study of night waking in the first year.
Child Care Health Dev 1991 Sep-Oct;17(5):295-302.
Abstract: A longitudinal study of the development of sleep patterns addressed the issue of continuity and change in night waking in the course of the first year. Mothers of 118 infants, who took part in a follow-up study of normal babies, completed a sleep questionnaire at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. Regular night waking was a common characteristic throughout the first year:
Baby’s age
% babies waking at night
3 months
46%
6 months
39%
9 months
58%
12 months
55%
The number of awakenings per night was a function of age. Following a decline in the number of interruptions from 3 to 6 months, an increase in night waking at age 9 months was recorded. Although the methodology does not lend itself to an objective validation of the changes in sleep-wake states, nor is it suitable for causal explanations, it is, nevertheless, important to note this profile. The increase in night waking towards the end of the first year coincides with significant socio-emotional advances which characterize this developmental stage.
Elias MF, Nicolson NA, Bora C, Johnston J. Sleep/wake patterns of breast-fed infants in the first 2 years of life. Pediatrics. 1986 Mar;77(3):322-9.
Abstract: Published norms for infant sleep/wake patterns during the first 2 years of life include an increase in length of maximum sleep bout from four to five to eight to ten hours by 4 months but little decrease in total sleep in 24 hours from 13 to 15 hours. Thirty-two breast-fed infants were followed for 2 years and data collected on 24-hour patterns of nursing and sleep. Infants who were breast-fed into the second year did not develop sleep/wake patterns in conformance with the norms. Instead of having long unbroken night sleep, they continued to sleep in short bouts with frequent wakings. Their total sleep in 24 hours was less than that of weaned infants. This pattern was most pronounced in infants who both nursed and shared a bed with the mother, common practices in many nonwestern cultures. The sleep/wake development accepted as the physiologic norm may be attributable to the early weaning and separated sleeping practiced in western culture. As prolonged breast-feeding becomes more popular in our society, the norms of sleep/wake patterns in infancy will have to be revised.http://www.kathydettwyler.org/detsleepth…
The same is true of sleeping. Human children are designed to be sleeping with their parents. The sense of touch is the most important sense to primates, along with sight. Young primates are carried on their mother’s body and sleep with her for years after birth, often until well after weaning. The expected pattern is for mother and child to sleep together, and for child to be able to nurse whenever they want during the night. Normal, healthy, breastfed and co-sleeping children do not sleep “through the night” (say 7-9 hours at a stretch) until they are 3-4 years old, and no longer need night nursing. I repeat — this is NORMAL and HEALTHY. Dr. James McKenna’s research on co-sleeping clearly shows the dangers of solitary sleeping in young infants, who slip into abnormal patterns of very deep sleep from which it is very difficult for them to rouse themselves when they experience an episode of apnea (stop breathing). When co-sleeping, the mother is monitoring the baby’s sleep and breathing patterns, even though she herself is asleep. When the baby has an episode of apnea, she rouses the baby by her movements and touch. This is thought to be the primary mechanism by which co-sleeping protects children from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. In other words, many cases of SIDS in solitary sleeping children are thought to be due to them having learned to sleep for long stretches at a time at a very early age, so they find themselves in these deep troughs of sleep, then they may experience an episode of apnea, and no one is there to notice or rouse them from it, so they just never start breathing again. Co-sleeping also allows a mother to monitor the baby’s temperature during the night, to be there if t

By: go caps! (:

go caps! (: — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:27:41 +0000

no not yet, i remember that when my brother was a baby my mom started solids with him when he was like 6 months old

By: xchasing

xchasing — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:57:42 +0000

NO, babies arent supposed to have that food til like 8 months!

By: LP's Mommy

LP's Mommy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:41:34 +0000

Feed her more breastmilk during the day. Soilds shouldnt be fed till 6 months or later.

By: donna_mb

donna_mb — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:05:07 +0000

hi ive never breastfed but if your thinking of putting her on formula id give her formula milk at night and a bit of rusk which should help fill her tum then she should sleep through. my lad was on solids at 6 wks and he always slept through the nite. good luck

By: ◄☻RN☻►

◄☻RN☻► — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:57:03 +0000

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