[blparent] question of napping

Fri Mar 5 23:52:04 UTC 2010

I'm going to check these out as well.  Joshua is  thirteen months old, but I 
may still learn things i didn't think of before.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] question of napping


> Oh Dena, you just made my day!  I've been looking fr a good book on
> developmental stages and things like that.
> Leslie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Dena Wainwright
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 4:35 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] question of napping
>
> Some babies, just like some people, don't take well to schedules. Elise
> really didn't have a reliable feeding or napping schedule until she was 
> over
>
> a year old. She would have periods of a few weeks where she would seem to 
> be
>
> getting onto a schedule, but then it would totally change again. All you 
> can
>
> really do if you have a child like this is get really good at reading her
> cues, and responding to them as quickly as you can. Another thing that 
> might
>
> help when your daughter is fussy is wearing her. If you have a good 
> carrier
> that you like, that closeness can be very soothing to baby. Keep in mind,
> the carriers can get hot, so depending on external temps, you might want 
> to
> have her in as few clothes as possible while she's in it. I used to put
> Elise in a onesie or just her diaper if I was wearing her around the 
> house.
> Finally, some babies are colicky within the first few months of life. This
> goes way beyond fussiness, and is usually characterized by out and out
> screaming that lasts for hours at a time. Elise screamed from about 6 - 9
> every evening for the first 3.5 months of her life. It didn't matter what 
> we
>
> did - holding, wearing, feeding, changing, bathing, burping, rocking,
> swinging, swaddling, warming her up, cooling her down...nothing worked. 
> The
> only saving grace for us at those times was her swing or cosleeping, but a
> lot of the times, not even those things helped.
> If you do end up with a harder to soothe baby, I would recommend two books
> (both available through BARD and NLS):
> Raising the Fussy Baby and High Need Child,
> and
> The Happiest Baby on the Block
>
> Another really great book (also through Bard and NLS) that talks you 
> through
>
> the various areas of your child's development at every age is:
> Touchpoints - Birth to Aged 3
>
> It is by a pediatrician, and goes through sleeping, eating, cognitive,
> physical, and social milestones that are typical at the common Baby Well
> Checkup ages - 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, etc.
>
> Dena
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 12:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] question of napping
>
>
>>I had actually been told to wake the children up after about three ot fout
>>hours to feed them.  Now, I just let Joshua sleep and feed him when he
>>wakes up.  He doesn't nurse anymore, so that's not such a big deal.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] question of napping
>>
>>
>>> Did your pediatrician tell you to wake him when he was sleeping?  When
>>> Gab
>>> was a baby she'd sleep for several hours at a time and I asked her Dr if
>>> I
>>> should wake her up to feed.  He told me to let her sleep and she'd wake
>>> when
>>> hungry.  So that is what I'd do.  Even at 8 weeks she'd sleep for 5 or 6
>>> hours at a time and wake up starving. Of course, I could not wait to 
>>> feed
>>> her, my milk would start dripping so I had to pump a little.   V
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Jessica Lucken
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:30 PM
>>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] question of napping
>>>
>>> Owen is eight weeks and he also has a fussy time between 4:00-10, just
>>> depending on the day.  I tried putting him to bed at 7 tonight to see
>>> what
>>> happened.  Before I kept him up until like 9:00 trying to rock him and
>>> hold
>>> him etc but he'd fight sleep for hours.  He has been sleeping since 
>>> 7:-00
>>> and I'll wake him up for a feeding maybe around 10:00, wish me luck.  He
>>> doesn't have much of a nap schedule yet.  I think when babies are so
>>> little
>>> like this they don't really get into a nap schedule.  Just keep in mind
>>> that
>>> they get tired after being up 1-2 hours.  Watch for their cues like
>>> yawning,
>>> rubbing eyes etch and when you see that happen put them down or start
>>> rocking them to sleep, whatever works for you.  I think they'll get into
>>> a
>>> good reliable nap routine around 4 months.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:00 AM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] question of napping
>>>
>>> That's true.  I'd forgotten about the fussy during a certain part of the
>>> day
>>>
>>> part.  If that haens, remember, you don't have a bad baby.  Babies 
>>> aren't
>>> bad.  They don't have that ability.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:40 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] question of napping
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Most babies have a fussy period sometime during the day, mine were both
>>>> during the evening between 5 and 8.  It didn't matter what I did,
>>>> whether
>>>> they had a nap or not, or whether they'd eaten or how much they'd 
>>>> eaten,
>>>> between the ages of about a month and 3 months they were just fussy
>>>> during
>>>
>>>> that time.  As for getting your baby to nap, try to get the baby in to 
>>>> a
>>>> routine, ie lunch, story, and bed.  It may not work for the first week
>>>> or
>>>> more, but eventually she'll get the picture and feel comforted by it.
>>>>
>>>> hth
>>>>
>>>> Tammy
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Scott Lawlor" <sklawlor at mac.com>
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:08 PM
>>>> Subject: [blparent] question of napping
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>
>>>>> We've noticed a small pattern with Leah and I'm wondering if you guys
>>>>> have any thoughts on this.
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems that if she doesn't get her afternoon nap, she has a bit of a
>>>>> meltdown that night.  I thought this only happened when they were a 
>>>>> bit
>>>>> older and not at 5 weeks but if this is the case, do you have any tips
>>>>> on
>>>
>>>>> getting her to nap during the day?
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the time is coming up for us to start a bedtime routine, or at
>>>>> least I've read that this can begin around the 6 week mark or close to
>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>> We did take her out today on two walks and ran a couple of errands so
>>>>> maybe that was too much activity for her but she seemed to be happy in
>>>>> the stroller and the sling we got.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the info.
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott
>>>>>
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