[blparent] question of napping

Elizabeth Cooks elizabethcooks at comcast.net
Sat Mar 6 17:35:18 UTC 2010 

That is wonderful stuff.  i use it myself for relaxation.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dena Wainwright" <dena at envogueaccess.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] question of napping


> we did chamomile tea.
> Dena
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 9:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] question of napping
>
>
>> How about warm water in a bottle.  I've heard that soothes alittle 
>> anyway.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dena Wainwright" <dena at envogueaccess.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 3:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] question of napping
>>
>>
>>> that's a dairy intolerance, not colic. with colic, there is *nothing* 
>>> you can do. we were on modified formula (where the proteins have been 
>>> modified so the baby's body won't recognize that they're cow's 
>>> proteins), I modified my diet for the breastmilk we gave her, we tried 
>>> chiropractic adjustments (which our pediatrician recommended, because 
>>> they are said to help some kids with colic), we tried over-the-counter 
>>> remedies for gas, herbal supplements, a prescription for Reflux, etc., 
>>> etc. believe me, if there had been *anything* under the sun I could have 
>>> done to make my baby not scream for several hours a day, I would have 
>>> done it. it's great that no dairy was a workable solution in your case, 
>>> but I want to be clear with people whose babies are truly colicky that 
>>> there's nothing they're doing wrong. when you're in the middle of it, 
>>> it's really easy to think that you must be the worst parent in the 
>>> world, and if you could only find that magic thing to make your baby 
>>> happy, everything would be fine. unfortunately, though there are things 
>>> you can do to reduce some of the discomfort, if it's really colic, 
>>> there's nothing you can do to make it go away but wait.
>>> Dena
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 2:49 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] question of napping
>>>
>>>
>>>> The only time Gab was callicky was when I was drinking cow milk.  I 
>>>> found
>>>> that when I changed to rice milk, those extreme fussy periods 
>>>> disappeared.
>>>> V
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Dena Wainwright
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 3:35 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>
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> 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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