tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2020523209903869002.post4291259245649038793..comments2024-02-26T06:10:59.482-05:00Comments on Thriftanista in the City: Little Miss Visits PediatricianThriftanista in the Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08948308753068325315noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2020523209903869002.post-75670248379618857222010-12-21T23:16:01.977-05:002010-12-21T23:16:01.977-05:00Cereal doesn't help. Your doctor is right. We ...Cereal doesn't help. Your doctor is right. We waited until 7 months to start our daughter on anything at all, and she slept just like a baby should, you know? They're wired to wake up and eat because they have tiny bellies that need refilled often. You're doing your thing, mama, just keep at it. Followed you over from someone's wordless wednesday link up. Have a great ChristmasJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04474928571871603804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2020523209903869002.post-60156292567086178822010-12-21T23:10:15.445-05:002010-12-21T23:10:15.445-05:00I started supplementing with formula around 4 mont...I started supplementing with formula around 4 months (because I went to work). Then, we did sleep training just after 5 months. And it was THE BEST decision we ever made. The Pup was so much happier when he learned to sleep through the night, and put himself to sleep--it was like he stopped being cranky during the day. I read Weisbluth's 'Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child,' and it helped me formulate a real plan (which ended up being what he called 'rapid extinction.') I started when I knew he was waking up because he was bored, not because he was hungry (like, I'd go in there to feed him, and he'd eat for 2-3 minutes and go back to sleep. Yuck!) SO MUCH EASIER NOW.<br><br>Seriously, it's going to get better. We turned a major corner at 4 months that just got better and better until 5 months--when he started sleeping completely through the night. These days (at 10 months), he does to bed at 6:30/7, wakes up at 6/6:30 to eat, then sleeps another hour or so. It's amazing.<br><br>GOOD LUCK! Trust your mommy gut.BiblioMOMiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09813528466555683300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2020523209903869002.post-57532549570094457072010-12-21T17:29:38.469-05:002010-12-21T17:29:38.469-05:00Will do. She's doing some good napping today I...Will do. She's doing some good napping today I hope that doesn't mean she'll sleep less tonight.Mama VioletAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08948308753068325315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2020523209903869002.post-20621845016154302122010-12-21T12:45:25.199-05:002010-12-21T12:45:25.199-05:00I breastfeed and supplement with formula. The form...I breastfeed and supplement with formula. The formula she uses is enfamil a.r it has a rice starch made right in it. Saying that to say being a thicker formula even when given at night she would wake up after 4hours...but when I breastfeed her at night and we cosleep she slept almost 7hrs on one bedtime feeding...I think it varies by baby....my 3 older kids were ff period and I started cereal with them at 5months...only one of them seemed to sleep longer. Almost 6hrs but never longer. The other two woke up like clockwork every 3hrs. Keep us posted on what works.SingleMamaAdventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911436480175549129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2020523209903869002.post-4556459151148312602010-12-21T11:56:22.661-05:002010-12-21T11:56:22.661-05:00Hm...it's been a while, but if the doc was rig...Hm...it's been a while, but if the doc was right about sleeping, might she also be right about the cereal too?Ellen Stewart (aka Ellie/El/e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17892924619560880572noreply@blogger.com