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"Jo" wrote in message ... I do tend more towards the AP method - I just have this gut feeling that you *should* pander to a baby's needs before they are old enough to reason with. Goodness, that would be by about age four then, no? JennP. |
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Jo,
I can't remember how old H was, he was definitely only little - 6mo at the most. But he did something similar one night - if he had the capacity, he would have been swinging from the light fittings. He was party boy for something like three or four hours... happy as a clam if someone was up and playing with him and screaming his head off the second he was put in his cot. The only thing I'd done differently was give him some plain label baby panadol and it had an artificial sweetener in it. I rang the maternal and child health hotline and she had never heard of it happening, but just to be on the safe side, I tossed the bottle of chemists own and now I just buy the real deal. It's never happened again. So, maybe just one of those weirdarse baby things to throw you off your stride, maybe Will doesn't like fake sugar! Jodi |
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Arte wrote:
Jo, I can't remember how old H was, he was definitely only little - 6mo at the most. But he did something similar one night - if he had the capacity, he would have been swinging from the light fittings. He was party boy for something like three or four hours... happy as a clam if someone was up and playing with him and screaming his head off the second he was put in his cot. The only thing I'd done differently was give him some plain label baby panadol and it had an artificial sweetener in it. I rang the maternal and child health hotline and she had never heard of it happening, but just to be on the safe side, I tossed the bottle of chemists own and now I just buy the real deal. It's never happened again. So, maybe just one of those weirdarse baby things to throw you off your stride, maybe Will doesn't like fake sugar! Jodi We ended up giving him some panadol (no artificial stuff in it) and he was asleep in 10 minutes on the breast. I am thinking he's a little sensitive baby - eczema and all. I'm currently trying a dairy-free diet for 10 days to see if that helps the sleeping or his skin (or both!!) and perhaps the manic ep was due to withdrawals??! Thanks Jo |
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Sometimes at night I'll put Shiny down on the bed and she'll just start
giggling for no apparent reason, and then *anything* will set her off for a while...and since she sets me off, well, much hilarity ensues. I wouldn't guess food...I'd just guess overtired or overstimulated or working on some developmental leap and it will be 100% different (not necessarily better or worse) tomorrow. Unless of course you just started an evening coffee habit... |
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Sue wrote:
"Jo" wrote in message I do tend more towards the AP method - I just have this gut feeling that you *should* pander to a baby's needs before they are old enough to reason with. Okay this is my goat with the AP school of thought. Your baby *needs* to sleep. You are meeting his *need* by helping him to get himself to sleep and before he gets too overstimulated. Crying is not a bad thing, sometimes it is okay for them to cry, not a distressed cry and hence the child feeling abandoned, but if the child cries to let off some steam and you let him do it, you are meeting his need. This thought of never letting a baby cry is crazy. That's what babies do to let you know they need you. If you meet his need to get himself organized to sleep, then you are meeting his need. rant off Yes, that makes sense too... I just think the level of crying is the deciding factor in all of this. If his crying is levelling off or calming down with me leaving, then fine, he can cry/whinge himself to sleep....but if it's worse when I leave - that's a sign that he won't sleep easily, and that he needs me. Or thinks he needs me - there is no difference with a little baby. I know it is unrealistic for him never to cry - it's his only communication that he's not happy, his only protest. They are programmed to cry to get something done about the situation they're in. It's just so damned hard to hear though! Jo |
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JennP wrote:
"Jo" wrote in message ... I do tend more towards the AP method - I just have this gut feeling that you *should* pander to a baby's needs before they are old enough to reason with. Goodness, that would be by about age four then, no? Well Luke is still beyond reason, lol. -- Nikki Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 EDD 4/06 |
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"Nikki" wrote in message news JennP wrote: "Jo" wrote in message ... I do tend more towards the AP method - I just have this gut feeling that you *should* pander to a baby's needs before they are old enough to reason with. Goodness, that would be by about age four then, no? Well Luke is still beyond reason, lol. Exactly! JennP. |
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"Jo" wrote in message ... Sue wrote: "Jo" wrote in message I do tend more towards the AP method - I just have this gut feeling that you *should* pander to a baby's needs before they are old enough to reason with. Okay this is my goat with the AP school of thought. Your baby *needs* to sleep. You are meeting his *need* by helping him to get himself to sleep and before he gets too overstimulated. Crying is not a bad thing, sometimes it is okay for them to cry, not a distressed cry and hence the child feeling abandoned, but if the child cries to let off some steam and you let him do it, you are meeting his need. This thought of never letting a baby cry is crazy. That's what babies do to let you know they need you. If you meet his need to get himself organized to sleep, then you are meeting his need. rant off Yes, that makes sense too... I just think the level of crying is the deciding factor in all of this. If his crying is levelling off or calming down with me leaving, then fine, he can cry/whinge himself to sleep....but if it's worse when I leave - that's a sign that he won't sleep easily, and that he needs me. Or thinks he needs me - there is no difference with a little baby. I know it is unrealistic for him never to cry - it's his only communication that he's not happy, his only protest. They are programmed to cry to get something done about the situation they're in. It's just so damned hard to hear though! Jo I know :^) DH would never understand why I got on edge the minute they cried!!! And whatever your gut feeling is telling you...you know what he's saying, and you can tell when it's an 'owie' cry or a 'I'm going to make mummy's life hell' cry |
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