Horrendous bedtime. We have been trying to get LO to sleep for 2 hrs now, DH had to take over because I was getting really frustrated and LO could sense it. What do you think I should be doing when I am holding him in the rocking chair after his bottle and he starts to push away from me and fight being held? I am pretty sure that I read somewhere on here that normally, you would put a baby who was doing this into his/her crib, but is that the case when you know there is discomfort? His teeth were really bothering him tonight and he was fussy during his last feed and when it was over he launched into screeching and only stops intermittenly for 30 seconds or so. I medicated (again.....) and it didn't seem to help much. When he was pushing against me and fighting me, I put him down in his crib, thinking he might be trying to tell me that he wanted to be left alone, but that made him cry harder and he scrambled to pull himself up to get back to me, so I picked him up and didn't try putting him back in.
OK, we have been doing solids at 5:30 pm, last bottle at 7:45 pm, bed at 8:00 pm.
I find it hard to judge if he's getting the right amount of solids. He does eat very well (IMO). For breakfast, he typically has oatmeal and some sort of fruit (banana, strawberry, blueberry, peaches etc). His lunch is usually pasta with veggies and meat........he eats lasagne, chicken casserole, sheppards pie, etc. Supper is usually parts of whatever we are eating, but is usually only fruits and veggies (ex: sweet potatoes and some apple sauce). He will usually have a snack in the afternoon, which will be a teething biscuit and yogurt. Then you know, he also has a bottle in the morning, usually only drinks about 6 oz because he's had a feed at night.....has a 4 oz bottle at am nap, 4 oz sippy cup of formula at lunch, 4 oz bottle at pm nap, 8 oz bottle at bedtime.
