Crying it out

thanks MM, talking about food my baby takes his milk (about 7 ounces) at 11.00 am and his lunch time is at 12.15-12.30 where now he refuses his food.....is the time gap too short? what is yr lunch time and how much before that does he have milk?
 
Just wanted to say thanks to all of you who gave me advice on trying to sort out my daughter's daytime naps. I have had to give up unfortunately as it was having a very obvious impact on her moods and she was getting an upset stomach. I know as I stopped for a week and saw her settle into her bubbly, albeit tired and grumpy by the end of the day, self with regular bowel movements. When I started again, she got an upset stomach again and became clingy and scared of even the slightest noise. So,I've decided, even though she does need more sleep, it's something I can try again when she's maybe a little older or hopefully, wishful thinking maybe(?), she'll grow into longer naps. I did try giving her a soak before nap time but it didn't work. I'll try that again later on though as I can see the sense in it and do believe it will work. Thank you all for helping me though as I really was starting to fall apart and felt better with your support.
 
Putput, do what feels right for your baby - that is the right thing to do. If the 2nd nap is causing her so much stress, i think you made a good decision to just let her be. xx

Mushi,
830am milk 160ml (5oz)/solids breakfast 50ml fruit + 20ml rice cereal
12pm lunch/milk 75-120ml (4oz), 100ml veggies/chicken or salmon + 10ml rice cereal
4pm milk 160ml
530pm dinner 50-100ml (3oz) veggies/chicken or salmon + 20ml rice and 90ml milk
630pm 90-160ml (5oz) milk

He doesn't always finish his milk and solids. I try to keep the meal time pretty consistent with milk and solids following immediately after each other - no break between. I also mix the rice cereal with milk.

7oz of milk seems like a lot to me, if my son drank that much milk, i don't think he would be able to eat the solids. If you still want him to drink 7oz at 11am then I would feed lunch at 1pm. You can try out a day where you wait to feed him solids and see what time he starts to show signs of being hungry. See how that goes!
 
hello everyone, am reviving this site as i am having sleep probs again with my now 1 year old....i had a very regular schedule since the past 6 months as far as sleep and milk feeds were concerened.....now it seems my baby enterring the toddler stage is becoming too smart too soon.....he knows exactly when i am starting to pick him up for a nap and struggles to even get inside the room....bedtime used to be a regular drink milk and sleep by himself routine which has now changed to no milk at all and struggles while putting him in his cot....his constant wails post that makes me really upset..i had started scehduling evenings out with my hubby which has also gone for a toss thanks to these tantrums......he has also stopped his 3.00pm milk......is all this normal for this phase..i am ok about the milk but what do i do to make him sleep?> should i start making him sleep by 8.00pm instead of 7.00pm? he normally wakes up 5.30 am !! these days....earlier it used to eb a nice 7.00pm to 6.30 am routine......pls. HELP!!
 
he could be ready to drop a nap? are you still putting him down for an am and pm nap? perhaps he doesn't need one or both naps anymore (some babies drop both naps after a year) and that is what is interfering with his night sleep? also consider that summer is upon us and with it earlier light (and chirping birds etc) in the mornings. perhaps this is what is causing him to wake up earlier in the am?

by a year, most books say to drop the afternoon 3pm milk - they only need 2 milk feeds a day (300-350ml) at this age.
 
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