We decided to start Owen on some rice cereal. He is totally ready and totally enjoyed it. Tonight was his second night having it and had a little tummy ache a couple hours later. I think we did it to late. It totally needed time to settle in his little tummy. Does anyone have any suggestions on this whole starting food thing? Also I am having the hardest time getting him to sleep through the night and falling asleep by himself. Also with the nap's he will only take short naps. I am getting ready to go crazy. If I put him down around 7 or 8 he will sleep for an hour then wake up screaming. AHHH Please help.
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ok. so it is a complete JOKE that i am giving anyone advice.... but here goes:
1.tagg has his "meal" around 4.30pm. that seems to be a good time. i space it in between nursings and it works out pretty well. my doctor said that once they are established with one certain meal a day, then you can introduce another time when you feed them food. make sense?
2. tagg takes pretty short naps too. maybe three one hour naps per day. i think some babies just dont take long naps so you have to take what you can get.
3.the trick with having them fall asleep by themselves is to a)make sure he is fed b)changed and then c) just let them cry it out. i know it sounds harsh, but after a couple days of the routine, they figure it out. i mean, you can go in there to put the pacifier in, but dont talk to him and dont pick him up.
4. i guess the main thing i have learned is that babies are total creatures of habit. if you teach them that they dont get picked up or fed dueing the middle of the night then they stop waking up. you just have to stick to your guns.
hope this helps. let me know! :)
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