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Um The four month sleep regression is a very real thing for the vast majority of babies. So... hopefully you continue to stay lucky. Mine was sleeping 8pm-4am, nursed, conked back out until 7 or 8am until right around four months. He didn't start sleeping consistently through the night again until he was 2.5 years old, and woke up every two or three hours every night from 4 months until almost a year. May the odds be ever in your favor.
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Lord Wexia posted:Did we just get lucky? I read some thing that recommended babies sleep in the same room as parents until like 6 months and the thought of that just sounds miserable. yeah but it's not super uncommon to have a chill kid. we got lucky with ours, she was never colicky, only cried when something was wrong, always a good sleeper and eater, not picky, etc. a friend of ours whose infant boy we watch got lucky too, he's such a calm little happy guy parents with more difficult kids just naturally post more about how difficult their kids are than those of us who lucked out and got easy kids. just enjoy your fortune and hope that it continues to hold out  Thwomp posted:Am I crazy for freaking out just a little bit that my 3.5 year old got up on his own at some point early this morning and went downstairs by himself and kept himself occupied until after I got out of the shower? imo thats just parental overprotection kicking in. 3.5 years is old enough to be alone in the house with an adult present but without direct supervision so long as your house doesn't have any obvious hazards. i'd just be glad that he didn't wake you up or barge in on you in the shower demanding breakfast boner confessor fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Feb 20, 2018 |
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Feb 20, 2018 18:42
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May you miss the four month sleep regression. And the six month regression And the eight month regression Listen, it’s regressions all the way down
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Feb 20, 2018 19:56
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sheri posted:Um Oh no dear lord don't tell me this. I've been mostly uninformed about parenting so far and it has worked out great. Hopefully that continues!
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Feb 20, 2018 20:20
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Lord Wexia posted:
Some kids are always great at sleeping and I hope your little one continues to be an awesome sleeper, but that quote right there made me laugh so hard because the four month sleep regression is very very real.
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Feb 20, 2018 23:13
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We are at 6 months with no sleep regressions, and a baby who's had relatively the same sleep schedule for four months (one up to feed at night, moved from 3am to 5am in the last 1.5 months). She sleeps in our room and I can't fathom her in her own room 😭 love hearing her giggle in her sleep! I need some feeding suggestions! She's happily on to first solids, and has liked almost everything but still gets cranky if her mashed avocado or banana is too lumpy. Otherwise, the only food she hates is .... peanut butter. We've tried the puree with water, I tried mixing it with fruit puree, and mixing it with her cereal to no avail. Any suggestions?
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Feb 20, 2018 23:14
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We did infant lead weaning and that worked well for us.
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Feb 21, 2018 01:04
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Spadoink posted:Otherwise, the only food she hates is .... peanut butter. We've tried the puree with water, I tried mixing it with fruit puree, and mixing it with her cereal to no avail. Any suggestions? If you’re trying to give her peanut butter for allergy reasons, try Bamba. It’s basically a cheese doodle that’s peanut butter flavored instead of cheese flavored. It’s a common snack in Israel and thought to be the reason few Israelis have peanut allergies. You can find it on Amazon and Trader Joe’s makes one. My kid never liked the texture of peanut butter either.
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Feb 21, 2018 01:27
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Make peanut butter cookies?? 
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Feb 21, 2018 01:43
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54 40 or gently caress posted:May you miss the four month sleep regression. This. sheri posted:May the odds be ever in your favor. And this. My kid was a great sleeper until we hit that first sleep regression. I think she's finally turning the corner on the eight month one after a month of waking every sleep cycle. There was a whole string of nights where I breast fed her 5-6 times a night. She's now back to 2-3 feeds a night but the rest of the interruptions are now frequent nightmares. Yay?
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Feb 21, 2018 02:32
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Does anyone know if it's possible to buy a big bag of 2t socks? Every baby store sells a 3-pack of slightly different socks that are slowly going missing.
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Feb 21, 2018 06:15
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Tagichatn posted:Does anyone know if it's possible to buy a big bag of 2t socks? Every baby store sells a 3-pack of slightly different socks that are slowly going missing. They're down there in that pocket dimension behind their crib mattress along with all the pacifiers, clean diapers that still fit, and vomit-free onesies. Basically Treasure Planet.
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Feb 21, 2018 07:21
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Tagichatn posted:Does anyone know if it's possible to buy a big bag of 2t socks? Every baby store sells a 3-pack of slightly different socks that are slowly going missing. Costco? Also, anyone have advice on dealing with cold sores? It looks like our 2 year old has got one, and my wife and I don’t have experience of dealing with them.
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Feb 21, 2018 08:10
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Alterian posted:We did infant lead weaning and that worked well for us. Lead is pretty bad for infants and kids in general 
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Feb 21, 2018 08:33
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Spadoink posted:We are at 6 months with no sleep regressions, and a baby who's had relatively the same sleep schedule for four months (one up to feed at night, moved from 3am to 5am in the last 1.5 months). She sleeps in our room and I can't fathom her in her own room 😭 love hearing her giggle in her sleep! My guy is in our room too and I can’t imagine it either. I love it when he snuggles up to me, it’s so cute Baby-led weaning worked well for us, he eats anything. That may change later but basically as long as it’s soft enough, and no longer or wider than your pinky finger. Hummus on baby mum mums is a big hit for us because it’s a good way to get a decent amount of nutrition via the hummus in an easy way, the mum mum
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Feb 21, 2018 15:22
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We have a eight month old, and she sleeps in our room. I can't really imagine having it any other way, if only for the convenience. When she wakes up crying, usually I barely have to wake up. I just flop to the side, fumble around for the pacifier, put it in, and we're both asleep again in seconds. Having to stand up and walk across the hall sounds hard. Not to mention that the kid has probably spent a good while getting herself worked up enough to wake you up from another room, and so is probably a lot more upset and takes longer to soothe. Also, listening to her breathing and fumbling around in her sleep is immensely calming and helps me fall asleep. 
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Feb 21, 2018 15:41
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In think the in-room and own-room sleeping situation just probably has a lot to do with what kind of sleeper you are. I am personally a heavy sleeper and it takes a little bit of doing to wake me up. I also love falling asleep to noise like podcasts, music, or whatever (probably a bad habit). My wife on the other hand needs complete darkness and silence apart from a white noise sound machine. In any conditions other than that she can barely go to sleep or stay asleep. For us, having our little dude in the room with us made it impossible for her to go to sleep, which in turn kept me up most of the time. I agree that it is a pain to go down the hall (or upstairs in our case) when he wakes up for a feeding, but at least we can sleep in-between.
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Feb 21, 2018 16:14
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Any tips for sleeping arrangements with number two on the way? We have a 2 and a bit year old who is a pretty good sleeper (sleeps in his own room, and always has), but we aren't sure how to add a baby in to the mix. We'd like them to share a room eventually (only two bedrooms upstairs), but are unsure how long to wait (if at all). Thanks!
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Feb 21, 2018 21:11
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We have another one on the way. We're going to have the new baby sleep in our room for the first year most likely and then they will share the bedroom with our other kid. We're going to play it by ear and see how it goes.
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Feb 21, 2018 21:39
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When we had #3 we moved 2 into 1’s room when she was about a year and a half. We wanted to do it before the baby was born because we didn’t want to associate her getting kicked out of the room with the baby. They loved it. We regularly go in in a morning to them in bed with each other.
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Feb 21, 2018 21:48
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Today I will try and go grocery shopping with the boys, alone. They're too big now to sit in the cart so they'll have to run free.
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Feb 22, 2018 10:36
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His Divine Shadow posted:Today I will try and go grocery shopping with the boys, alone. They're too big now to sit in the cart so they'll have to run free. I make mine keep one hand on the grocery cart at all times. It doesn't always work, but it keeps them close enough to manage.
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Feb 22, 2018 10:45
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We’ve started taking two trollies when we go shopping. I put the three in mine, and my wife is free to put shopping in hers.
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Feb 22, 2018 10:56
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Our grocery stores have the tiny carts for kids. It's perfect. They love it and feel like they're helping and since you can actually put stuff in it... They are!
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Feb 22, 2018 14:27
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BonoMan posted:Our grocery stores have the tiny carts for kids. It's perfect. They love it and feel like they're helping and since you can actually put stuff in it... They are! These are the bane of people with "high energy" children.
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Feb 22, 2018 14:54
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Alterian posted:These are the bane of people with "high energy" children. Yea. I’d feel sorry for everyone’s ankles if my 5 year old was the driver.
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Feb 22, 2018 15:34
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Oodles posted:Yea. I’d feel sorry for everyone’s ankles if my 5 year old was the driver. We let my 2 yr old do it once in Trader Joe's. It was OK till he clipped a dude's ankles right as we were leaving  Sorry random guy.
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Feb 22, 2018 16:17
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BonoMan posted:Our grocery stores have the tiny carts for kids. It's perfect. They love it and feel like they're helping and since you can actually put stuff in it... They are! I used one of those once and filled it with discount booze. My kid gleefully pushed it around store, and it was just heavy enough to prevent him from going too fast. 
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Feb 22, 2018 17:32
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Alterian posted:These are the bane of people with "high energy" children. They started tipping them over for fun today. But otherwise it went easier than expected.
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Feb 22, 2018 19:09
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His Divine Shadow posted:They started tipping them over for fun today. But otherwise it went easier than expected. Too bad you're all the way over in Finland. I think our kids would get along.
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Feb 22, 2018 19:14
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VorpalBunny posted:I used one of those once and filled it with discount booze. My kid gleefully pushed it around store, and it was just heavy enough to prevent him from going too fast. Great idea, but I suspect that this might set folks up for a very judgmental shopping experience.
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Feb 22, 2018 19:54
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Barry Bluejeans posted:Great idea, but I suspect that this might set folks up for a very judgmental shopping experience. That's half the fun. also, last night was the first night "alone" with my 3yr old son, with the soon-to-be-ex at her new apartment. Was pretty heartbreaking. Don't know how much was related to mom (and dresser) not being there and how much was just him getting progressively more like this as time passes but he wanted me to stand outside his door and not go anywhere for a long time, and just burst out crying if he thought I moved away at all (even if I was still standing there). Ended up finally falling asleep more than an hour after he should have been asleep. He's gonna have a lot of adjusting to do. Anyone have any advice?
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Feb 22, 2018 22:25
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GlyphGryph posted:Anyone have any advice? Love him. Be there for him. Comfort him. But don't replace actual love with buying him things.
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Feb 22, 2018 23:25
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It might help to get a professional involved. They would be the best to ask for advice. His pediatrician is where I would start.
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Feb 22, 2018 23:39
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GlyphGryph posted:That's half the fun. It's gonna be a huge and scary change for him. Mom and Dad together have (presumably) been there every single day of his life until now, and then suddenly Mom has gone and he probably doesn't really understand why. Just be patient and be there for him, be willing to indulge stuff like what happened last night for a while, and he'll adjust.
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Feb 23, 2018 01:17
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Alterian posted:It might help to get a professional involved. They would be the best to ask for advice. His pediatrician is where I would start. When my parents divorced, I went to counseling for a couple of months. I don’t know if it helped, but it certainly didn’t hurt. I recommend doing that with your son (now that I remember that)
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Feb 23, 2018 03:53
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GlyphGryph posted:That's half the fun. My dad cheated on my mom for the second time leading to their divorce. The first time happened when I was your kids age (I have no memory of it) and the second time when I was around 13. Therapy definitely helped to sort through my feelings about it. My dad moved far away and wanted us to live with him. I chose to stay with my mom and my brother moved with my dad. With my brother Living with my dad, it was clear my dad dumped a lot of the hard work and responsibility in regard to parenting on my mom because once my dad and stepmom had him suddenly they were overwhelmed. These days, my brother blames my stepmom for the problems he had up there, and can't seem to hold my dad accountable. Anyway, sorry for the TLDR. The reason I brought it up is because I told myself I'd never want to pull the same poo poo to my own kids in that situation. Swallow your pride, evaluate your guilt, and always try to put your kid first without coming off as a martyr. They might not like it now, but they'll come around eventually. My mom took the high road in the divorce and not only is she far happier years later but I have a much better relationship with her.
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Feb 23, 2018 05:52
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I used to be so judgy about people being late. I did not understand how hard it is to be on time when you have kids. I tried to be an hour early to work today so I could catch up on work. I'm now on the bus and going to be a couple of mins late. I want to go back in time and apologize to all the parents I was silently judging in my head. I am sorry. I did not know.
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Feb 23, 2018 22:22
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Leng posted:I used to be so judgy about people being late. "Kid, will you please put your clothes on? I still need to get a shower and we're running late." *my 5 year old son, marching around in the nude, jumping off various bits of furniture* "Dad, why do hot things make cold things hot, and cold things make hot things cold?" "I'll tell you about it in the car dude, look your clothes are there, I've really gotta get in the shower now or -" "Dad, if I had an icecube and took it to a volcano what would happen?" "It'd melt, now no more questions until we're dressed and in the car." *kid is still completely nude, now in a huff* "I'm just asking questions Dad." *I get fed up and go to grab him and get his clothes on, he sees the opportunity for a game and runs off giggling*  This is my every day.
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Oh man speaking of all of that. At 3 and a half we're now firmly beginning the "why?" phase. Before you have kids you always think "oh that's gonna be amazing I'M GOING TO TEACH THEM SO MANY THINGS!" In reality it's, uh, not that. At least not right now.
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