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He is a big boy, 9 kg, though not fat and has always been hungry.
Thanks
I am having problems with getting my daughter to nap in the day. She is 17weeks on Friday. She will sleep well at night going down around 8/9 and we wont hear anything from her till around 3 for a 4oz feed, then she wakes about 4/5 just for a dummy but will sometimes cry for around 5mins before going off to sleep again, then sleeps through till around 7. She used to sleep through but has not for a week or so now I am not sure why, I am like the walking dead at the moment
I have tried controlled crying but she just gets hysterical which wakes her up even more, I know she is tired as she rubs her eyes and yawns non stop. Sometimes she has to have about 2oz then she will fall asleep on the bottle, which I know is such a bad habit.
I hope you can give me some advice, thanks very much.
Amy x
sorry for a long story
carrie faith
I am thinking of taking my little boy (4 months) swimming this Thursday. As I don't drive it is bus and buggy! But I was thinking - is it ok, that we walk outside after the swim, because it is rather could outside right now (around 0C)?
When I was a kid and went to swimming pool in winter, my mom always wrapped me up real tight afterwards and so on .....
he has 3 meals a day and snacks, dont know how to get him to sleep through coz surly he can now at 7 months?
he goes to bed around 8ish and his waking up time is 6ish any ideas?
I don't think it's a good idea Lea Pea to rush a child into eating llumpy food. All babies differ and they do it at their own pace. My great nephew for instance, didn't eat lumpy food happily until he was over 1 year old. So frankly, I'd go easy on the lumps. It's much more important that your baby has a nourishing pureed diet and when you do move on to lumps make them soft as in porridge.
In other words, it's best not to cut down on daytime naps, because they make a baby feel tranquil and contented. But also, oddly enough, it helps them both to go to sleep and to sleep through the night without waking. How you behave when she wakes is important, she has to learn that nightime is for sleeping, not playing so I would suggest you try the rapid return technique whereby you go into her room to show you are there but you don't speak or lift her, simply pat her once or twice and leave the room. This technique requires real perserverance. When I tried it with one of my granddaughters I returned more than 30 times on the first night. But by the fourth night she had learned to sleep through.
I have a soon to be 1 year old son. Is this the right age to start to look at getting him to feed himself using cutlery?
He currently has a mixture of finger foods, puree type of food and cut up food that he eats either with his fingers or we spoon feed him.
The problem is if he has too much on his high chair tray he starts to throw bits off.
He also has always since the start of the weaning process always wanted to do part of it himself so has had bits of finger food from the start but I am unsure how to make the transition to him having food from bowls plates and using spoons and forks, as he likes using his fingers playing with the food and is a bit fussy about what he will eat. He like his vegetables like peas broccoli and tender meat or chicken fingers but if he is tired he only will take puree or soup or similar. Any hints suggestions and how to help him move to eating more normally would be great
Thanks Jillycat
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I have a 6 month old boy who hates sleeping on his back. It takes ages to settle him in his cot at night have you got any tips on how to settle him without cuddles/milk as I dont want to get him into bad habits. He has a dummy but ideally I want to wean him off of that too. Any advice for either would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou,
Elaine