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Sleep, Glorious Sleep!

Yes, my girls are wonderful!  They are sleeping through the night!!!  I've almost have them sleeping without their dreamfeed.  They go down at night between 6:30-7 and I feed them 2-3 ounces at 10 and they sleep until 6-6:30.  I'm hoping this week to totally drop their dreamfeed but not too quickly as they are just getting over a cold.  All said, it's so nice to have sleeping babies at night!

FACTS:  The Twins are 13.5 pounds born at 33.5 gestation, now 4.5 months old.  They have been sleeping through for about 5 weeks.  We still use the Miracles Blankets and white noise machine!

Fuss Busters

Do you have the crankies in your house?

1. Soothe with a pacifer.  If a burp is hidden the pacifier will calm encough to release the burp.

2. Is it time for him to sleep?  Fussing a tell tale sign that he is ready to sleep.

3.Fussing but ready to sleep?  Turn on the white noise machine to calm him.  The white noise machine mimics the shushing sound heard in the womb.

4. Swaddled.  Swaddling calms the baby by taking the stress of the limbs that he is not able to control.

5. Holding tightly and give a steady pat on his bottom will calm him.

6. Walk away from the stimulation.  When babies are over stimulated they cry out in stress.

7. If fussing is a regular part of your day talk with your pediatrician.  Daily fussing can be discomfort from reflux.

Baby Cries at 2 A.M.? No Need to Get Up

By EILENE ZIMMERMAN

Published: July 13, 2008

SLOGGING through endless nights with a newborn baby has long been a parenting rite of passage. But for some dual-income parents, the arrival of the night nanny is making those 2 a.m. interruptions a thing of the past.

Demand for overnight nannies — also known as newborn specialists — has been growing, especially in the last five years and largely in major metropolitan areas, said Wendy Sachs, the co-president of the International Nanny Association and the founder of the Philadelphia Nanny Network. “People have moved away from the places they grew up, and they don’t have family down the street to help them out,” she said.

The trend reflects changing attitudes about child care. Parents no longer see outside child care “as bad for kids or neglectful on their part — child care is seen as a necessity, not a luxury,” said Christine Carter, a sociologist who directs the Greater Good Science Center, an interdisciplinary research center at the University of California, Berkeley. “If it is good during the day, why wouldn’t it also be helpful at night?”.....http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/jobs/13starts.html?_r=2&oref=slogin

They really do!

Four month olds need their sleep!  Just in the past few weeks I have done several consultations for four months olds.  They were sleeping on and off during the day and needed to make the change to an older baby schedule.  With a few changes of moving to a four hour schedule and setting a pattern of naps they are doing great!  The yesterday's twins are now sleeping through the night finally!! 

If you have a four month old let me know if you need assistance!  I'm enjoying the smiles!

Which formula?

There is always a battle going on about which formula is best.  You can spend many hours looking at what other parents experience, talk to your Pediatrician, try every one in the isle but what is really best?  I recommend trying Nestle Good Start Supreme!  I have had so many babies comfortable with Good Start that I think it's a winner.  Yes, there are others that work for some babies but if you have a umcomfortable baby and think the formula is to blame as your Pediatrician about Good Start and read up!  The Good Start Difference