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Hi all!
I go back to work PT in 2 weeks and I can't get my 2 month old to take a bottle. She will take it for others on occasion but not me. I dont know what to do.... I need to get her use to the bottle before she goes to the sitter.
Also is it too soon for me to try to get her on schedule? If so whats a good age? Right now she eats and sleeps when she wants. I feel like she sleeps alot during the day but I cant get her to stay awake.
What is a good bedtime? Right now its about 9:30-10pm.
One more thing she Hates belly time. I even get down there and play with her but she doesnt want anything to do with it and I'm afraid it will take a long time for her to learn to roll over. Help!! |
| Posted by MICAIAH on 06/25/2007 05:08 PM
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Don't stress too much about a schedule. The best thing to do there is to keep track of when she eats and sleeps and try to make a schedule based on that. Within a week or so you should see patterns starting to emerge. If she seems to eat every 3 hours, try to anticipate that and be ready to feed her. But she is still very young so don't worry if she doesn't seem to keep a schedule.
If you anticipate when she will be hungry then you can try giving her a bottle when she is hungry, but not starving. She will have more patience for trying something new that way. If she takes it from other people, then don't worry, she will probably take it from the sitter.
Try to establish day and night for her. Keep lights low, voices low and activity to a minimum during night feedings. She is still very young and should be sleeping a lot during the day.
Tummy time is important. She probably doesn't like it because she can't move much or see much around her. Try doing it for just 5 minutes a few times throughout the day, rather than a long time at once. She will grow to like it more when she can hold her head up and reach for toys. Don't worry about her rolling over, she'll get there. All babies develop at different rates, so don't worry about when she "should" be doing things. As long as you see her making progress, she's doing fine. |
| posted by Marcia on 06/25/2007 05:19 PM
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I cant help with the bottle problem because I could not breast feed, But tummy time she may fuss at first , but just try a few min. and gradually get longer.
I was the same way about stressing over what she should do and when.but all kids develop and grow at there own time. |
| posted by Natasha on 06/25/2007 05:57 PM
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The bottle issue will resolve itself. If she will take it from others at times then she will probably take it from your sitter.
Also, on the tummy time...my daughter would have nothing to do with it and I tried it all the time. I did get on the floor with her and everything but she still hated it. She finally decided it was not that bad and started to roll over soon after. She will roll over when she is ready and you should not worry too much about that. |
| posted by Heidi on 06/25/2007 07:34 PM
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| I would say don't worry too much about belly time, if she is down for even a minute or two she will get better as she gets older, my son was the same way and it all worked out. I don't think it is too early to get a schedule, work with her natural schedule and tweek it a little here and there to work for you. If she is sleeping a lot try to wake her when you need her to eat so she gets used to being on your schedule. Have you tried undressing her to wake her? I never had that problem, quite the opposite for us. So, I am not much help there. I just paid attention to when Tyler seemed to be getting tired for naps and bedtime and them kept with that schedulle very consistently and he was on a schedlue quickly. I think the key is making sure you are home at least for a couple of weeks at bedtime and naptime to get them used to it. I am guessing your little one will quickly take the bottle quickly from the sitter even though not from you. Good luck! |
| posted by susan on 06/25/2007 09:35 PM
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| I also agree with the scedule thing, I am a big fan of the schedule. My daughter even if she is not tired I still put her to beat her bed time. I dont rock her all the way to sleep to sleep.At about 9 months her doctor recomended letting her learn to get her self to sleep aand she does great. Of course we still have to cuddle and love. |
| posted by Natasha on 06/25/2007 10:42 PM
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Hi,
I have a four month old son, Solomon, who was born 5 weeks premature. I had to supplement my breastfeeding with formula to give him a headstart so he was luckily used to the bottle when I did work part-time.
Solomon also would sleep alot during the day. He would also fall asleep alot when I would brestfeed him. I followed some tips to keep him awake such as disrobing him down to his diaper and if worse came to worse to get him to keep eating I would rub a wet cloth or cold object on his forehead. This would wake him up quickly so he would latch on again. I also think most of all our doctor told us and I had read in books that babies do start to stay awake longer during the day and need less sleep. When this started happening with Solomon, I had to start figuring out the hard way when I needed to take naps with him because there was less chances during the day to catch a snooze. If he slept longer than 3 hours between feedings I began to wake him up to eat.
Ah yes, and tummy time. I hated it. Solomon would scream to get off his stomach and I first defied doctor's orders of ten minutes a day. However, at four months my doctor recommended Early Intervention services because of his prematurity. A Physical Therapist evaluated him and said everything was up to par except his physical growth and positioning on his stomach which he was about a half-month behind. She gave us some tips like first laying him down on his side for a bit then slowly pushing him onto his tummy. She also said to dangle his toys in front and above his head to distract him while he was doing tummy time. Also, put him back on his side or pick him up while he is still whimpering and not in full crying mode. This will help get him to not associate an end to tummy time by crying all of the time.
I hope this helps.
Take care and good luck. |
| posted by JoAnn on 06/26/2007 02:21 AM
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Thanks all! I will def. try the tummy time tips.
As far as the bottle I got her to take it from me twice yest. A mom at my gym's childcare said to try placing my hand on the side of her face so she still gets the skin to skin feeling and it has worked great!! |
| posted by MICAIAH on 06/26/2007 02:21 PM
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| I found that my son will not take the bottle for me if I'm wearing a tank top or v neck! If I am I throw receiving blanket over my chest and then he takes it! weird but it works! |
| posted by Melanie on 06/26/2007 02:27 PM
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| with the tummy time issue, have you tried laying on your back (either on your bed or on the floor) and letting her lay on you tummy to tummy? That is my 10 wk old daughters favorite way to play. She can see me, but she's also doing great head lifting exercises. She's getting better with laying on her tummy on the floor, she hated it the first few times i tried it too! |
| posted by Amanda on 06/27/2007 03:34 PM
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As a new mom all I heard was schedule, schedule, schedule. When my daughter was your daughter's age I felt like a bad mom because she was on NO schedule at all! To be honest, she didn't start a regular schedule until she was around 7 or 8 months. I focused more on a routine, instead of a schedule, and it seemed to at least give me a framework to go off of. She would, every 3 hours or so, follow a "eat, play, sleep" routine. This came from "Babywise", which I think is an excellent book for IDEAS, not to follow word for word. This way, she never associated eating with sleeping, because it's what she would do when she first woke up. Maybe this will help? My little girl goes to bed around 7:30 but I think when she was 2 months old she was going to bed around 9. Just watch her for when she is tired and try putting her to bed. I know it's hard, I remember it so well!!!
I would just keep doing tummy time for a few minutes every few hours. She'll learn to like it--you can use your Boppy too, that is helpful. Good luck!! |
| posted by Briana on 06/27/2007 05:45 PM
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