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Re: How to handle increasing A times.
« Reply #165 on: June 17, 2008, 13:29:48 pm »
Hi Sherry  :)

Just wanted to chime in on a few things.....solids: why do you think you made a mistake by waiting until 6 months to start them? The recommended age for starting is exactly that, 6 months. Starting before that is unnecessary, and can cause problems as babys digestive system is oftwn too immature. So you did the right thing!!!

The monitor.....has the baby unit got a sensitivity control on it? If you turn that down, you can get it to a level where it will only pick his cries up, not the rest of it.

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Re: How to handle increasing A times.
« Reply #166 on: June 17, 2008, 21:58:06 pm »
Hi Angela - I don't think it has a sensitivity thing - but I'll check.

I think I did the wrong thing because he showed ALL of the ready signs and at the time he was breast feeding - but when I went to the bottle I saw that he was taking in 50 oz a day - no wonder we struggled to get to a 4 hour EASY. He was sleeping through the night - and it stopped as soon as he hit is 4 month growth spurt. But oh well. It doesn't much matter now :)

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Re: How to handle increasing A times.
« Reply #167 on: June 18, 2008, 07:59:43 am »
STTN will stop during a growth spurt, thats normal. During a GS is certainly NOT the right time to start solids, more milk is what they need at that time. He will of course taken more than he needed from a bottle because its so much easier than a breast to extract milk from. So you definately did the RIGHT thing, dont beat yourself up sweetheart  :-*
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Re: How to handle increasing A times.
« Reply #168 on: June 22, 2008, 14:13:00 pm »
HI Guys,
Lyle did great on our vacation. Well - nights still weren't great - but he napped like a champ the first two days - I guess from being so tired :) The beach wore him out. So the last day we were there we were back to interrupted naps but this time I KNEW he was not OT. I knew I must have put him down too early and sure enough he woke up at the 40 min mark. So that got me thinking that a lot of these times that I thought I must have put him down too late - when in fact he was actually UT. But I've been trying to increase and sometimes he was OT - waking at 30/35 minutes or really really cranky :(

So we got home late at night and I let him sleep with me because his crib was packed in the car and I was way too tired to bother getting it out. I knew he got a good nights sleep so the next morning I decided that I was just going to watch him and see how long he could stay up before protesting. At 3 hours he was going strong. He jumped from taking a good nap at 2h20m to 3 hours!!! I shouldn't be too surprised because all those mornings that he woke up at 6 I made him stay up until 9. But he wasn't napping well with that. Then on vacation he was going down at 2 hours and napping for 2 hours  :o  :o

He sure does like to keep me on my toes. Yesterday I knew to put him down at three because he rested his head on my forearm. Today he gave no sign what-so-ever that he was ready to go down at 3 hours. But I didn't feel like pushing my luck. OH I forgot to mention yesterday and today he went down like a charm for both naps. Barely a peep out of him and I did not have to go into resettle at all before he fell asleep.

So cross your fingers for us that Lyle has finally made it to the other side of a big transition.  :o YEY LYLE :o
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Re: How to handle increasing A times.
« Reply #169 on: June 22, 2008, 21:47:05 pm »
great news Sherry - hope the beach was fun!!
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Re: How to handle increasing A times.
« Reply #170 on: June 25, 2008, 17:47:05 pm »
Oh Sherry, so glad to hear Lyle is figuring it out.  The LOs sure like to keep us guessing.  Seems like they change every day. 

Sounds like it was a good vacation. :)
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Re: How to handle increasing A times.
« Reply #171 on: June 25, 2008, 18:30:49 pm »
I think the vacation helped him get well rested so that he was able to make the jump. I think he was just constantly in a cycle of UT and OT.
How are you doing??
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Re: How to handle increasing A times.
« Reply #172 on: June 26, 2008, 17:41:21 pm »
Sophie's doing well.  She's sleeping well, but sometimes resists naps and bedtime.  Seems like she just wants to stay up and play all the time.  I'm trying to remind DH not to overstimulate her or let her get used to being played with all the time.

I find her naps are all over the place now.  She used to be so consistent with 2 hrs naps, but now sometimes she's only sleeping 1hr in the afternoon and then stays up for 3-4hrs before bed.  It's weird how their A time just jumps every so often.  At first I was concerned she'd be OT but the long A time hasn't really seemed to negatively affect her night sleep.  She's even occasionally sleeping in until almost 7am on the odd day.  :) :) :)  I also find her cues are not reliable anymore.  I just have to go by the clock and put her to bed around 7-7:30pm at the latest. 

Food is fun now.  She's a big girl and she loves to eat.  It's a riot watching her try new foods.  I'm missing a lot with being back to work, but DH takes pictures and little videos for me.

Gosh, our LOs are growing up fast! 
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Re: How to handle increasing A times.
« Reply #173 on: June 26, 2008, 18:34:15 pm »
 I love that picture of Sophie.
A lot of moms on the 6-12 month board are starting to experiment with cutting the nap in the morning to get the long nap in the afternoon. Maybe Sophie is ready for that?
I'm so happy she is sleeping well for you at night now. I'm sure that is a big relief with being back to work.
They sure are growing up so fast.
YEY for things going well right now. :)
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