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Post by king26 on Feb 19, 2018 12:33:04 GMT -6
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Post by king26 on Feb 19, 2018 12:34:58 GMT -6
Is anyone else's baby starting to be leery of strangers? J cries around people a lot now and I hate it.
Also, do you have to drive far to go to relatives houses? I drove 2.5 hours each way yesterday and he did great until the last 20 miles then it was me letdown central.
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Post by jt2378 on Feb 19, 2018 13:02:02 GMT -6
king26, I have noticed M giving more side eye but not crying. That is really common right around this age. Just a phase usually like everything else! Our relatives are close by, stinks you have to drive so far ugh.
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Post by yellowcat on Feb 19, 2018 13:16:20 GMT -6
Is anyone else's baby starting to be leery of strangers? J cries around people a lot now and I hate it. Also, do you have to drive far to go to relatives houses? I drove 2.5 hours each way yesterday and he did great until the last 20 miles then it was me letdown central. My daughter did that with men and there are still a few she cries for. She will be 2 in May. My h has been sick and now J has a fever. I have lost count of how often we have been sick this winter. I am over it.
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Post by yellowcat on Feb 19, 2018 13:17:59 GMT -6
king26 all our family are 3 to 18 hours drive away. My daughter was always pretty good but J hates the car seat. Unless I am in the backseat he will cry for the first ten minutes then give up. I can't drive more than 2 hours with them by myself...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 13:24:55 GMT -6
king26, my MIL lives 90 mins away and I try to drive up around nap time. Luckily he seems to like car rides, but there has definitely been times he’s cried. A also is starting to react to strangers. He doesn’t see my MiL often, so he always cries and wants me to take him when she holds him. I really don’t want that to happen, so I’m hoping it’s a quick phase. But, she wouldn’t be a stranger to him if she put in more effort to see the baby. But that’s a whole other post. 😆
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 13:29:14 GMT -6
king26 all our family are 3 to 18 hours drive away. My daughter was always pretty good but J hates the car seat. Unless I am in the backseat he will cry for the first ten minutes then give up. I can't drive more than 2 hours with them by myself... We’ve also jumped in the back seat with him a few times. If I’m by myself and he’s crying, I’ll turn the music up. Lol it usually soothes him because there’s one specific band I listened too a lot while pregnant and played it for him with headphones on my stomach.
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Post by jt2378 on Feb 19, 2018 13:31:09 GMT -6
Sorry YH and J are sick yellowcat. Mine are finally healthy and I’m feeling a weird throat feeling so I’m ready to hulk smash someone if I’m getting something.
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Post by bsouls on Feb 19, 2018 13:50:45 GMT -6
I went and got the taxes done today. It cost me $160, but my numbers were still slightly off from what I got online at H&R Block. I talked to the accountant about changing my federal withholding, so I could do something else with the money. So, I came home and changed my withholding and then I’m putting an extra $100 on my mortgage payment.
We then went to the mall, so T could see Frozen characters.
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Post by bsouls on Feb 19, 2018 13:52:31 GMT -6
R cried when a friend came over yesterday and I handed her off. We hadn’t noticed until then since she really isn’t around strangers. king26 MIL is 30 minutes away, but we haven’t really driven to her. F that. She can come here, since we’ve got two kids now.
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Post by jt2378 on Feb 19, 2018 15:22:07 GMT -6
Is my kid the only one napping twice a day? The morning is typically a long nap and afternoon short, under an hour usually. Now she napped like 2.5 hrs this morning and is a bear and won’t nap now ugh.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 16:29:30 GMT -6
Is my kid the only one napping twice a day? The morning is typically a long nap and afternoon short, under an hour usually. Now she napped like 2.5 hrs this morning and is a bear and won’t nap now ugh. Mine jist takes cat naps every 2 hours or so and they are usually less than 45 mins each. It’s so annoying. The past 2 days he’s been taking 20 mins naps. 🙄 I need to nap train this kid but don’t really want to do CIO for the day time.
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Post by king26 on Feb 19, 2018 16:44:16 GMT -6
Is my kid the only one napping twice a day? The morning is typically a long nap and afternoon short, under an hour usually. Now she napped like 2.5 hrs this morning and is a bear and won’t nap now ugh. Mine jist takes cat naps every 2 hours or so and they are usually less than 45 mins each. It’s so annoying. The past 2 days he’s been taking 20 mins naps. 🙄 I need to nap train this kid but don’t really want to do CIO for the day time. We nap trained and j still takes 3 naps that are 30 to 45 minutes and then one that is usually 1 hour to 2 hours. We tried getting them all at an hour but no go. He goes down every 2 hours he has been up.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 17:11:26 GMT -6
Mine jist takes cat naps every 2 hours or so and they are usually less than 45 mins each. It’s so annoying. The past 2 days he’s been taking 20 mins naps. 🙄 I need to nap train this kid but don’t really want to do CIO for the day time. We nap trained and j still takes 3 naps that are 30 to 45 minutes and then one that is usually 1 hour to 2 hours. We tried getting them all at an hour but no go. He goes down every 2 hours he has been up. When should they be able to go longer between naps and take longer ones? It’s hard to plan a day with so many naps still.
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Post by jt2378 on Feb 19, 2018 17:50:07 GMT -6
We nap trained and j still takes 3 naps that are 30 to 45 minutes and then one that is usually 1 hour to 2 hours. We tried getting them all at an hour but no go. He goes down every 2 hours he has been up. When should they be able to go longer between naps and take longer ones? It’s hard to plan a day with so many naps still. I thought I read that they can begin to transition to around 2 solid naps at this age but lol M has never followed the rules and didn’t nap from like 3-5 ish months. I’m happy with 2 but just wish the afternoon one wasn’t usually a catnap.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 17:54:56 GMT -6
When should they be able to go longer between naps and take longer ones? It’s hard to plan a day with so many naps still. I thought I read that they can begin to transition to around 2 solid naps at this age but lol M has never followed the rules and didn’t nap from like 3-5 ish months. I’m happy with 2 but just wish the afternoon one wasn’t usually a catnap. Well I still can’t get A to nap without being on me, or being in the car. Lol I don’t even know how to begin setting any type of nap routine really. I guess I just thought it would organically fall into a rhythm?
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Post by jt2378 on Feb 19, 2018 18:12:28 GMT -6
I thought I read that they can begin to transition to around 2 solid naps at this age but lol M has never followed the rules and didn’t nap from like 3-5 ish months. I’m happy with 2 but just wish the afternoon one wasn’t usually a catnap. Well I still can’t get A to nap without being on me, or being in the car. Lol I don’t even know how to begin setting any type of nap routine really. I guess I just thought it would organically fall into a rhythm? Surprisingly that is kind of how it’s happened here. Once she actually would nap in the crib, it’s mostly fallen into place. I don’t do a real routine, no sleep sack, singing, etc. I only put on the white noise and give the bunny lovey and put her ocean aquarium on which is attached to the crib.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 18:17:01 GMT -6
Well I still can’t get A to nap without being on me, or being in the car. Lol I don’t even know how to begin setting any type of nap routine really. I guess I just thought it would organically fall into a rhythm? Surprisingly that is kind of how it’s happened here. Once she actually would nap in the crib, it’s mostly fallen into place. I don’t do a real routine, no sleep sack, singing, etc. I only put on the white noise and give the bunny lovey and put her ocean aquarium on which is attached to the crib. I’m going to have to do the same thing eventually. Did you let her CIO following the check in times?
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Post by yellowcat on Feb 19, 2018 18:22:51 GMT -6
I have no idea what J napa are it all depends on how he sleeps at night.
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Post by jt2378 on Feb 19, 2018 18:24:39 GMT -6
Surprisingly that is kind of how it’s happened here. Once she actually would nap in the crib, it’s mostly fallen into place. I don’t do a real routine, no sleep sack, singing, etc. I only put on the white noise and give the bunny lovey and put her ocean aquarium on which is attached to the crib. I’m going to have to do the same thing eventually. Did you let her CIO following the check in times? Well not quite. I kept trying once a day for like a month just to get her to actually nap in the damn crib. Then one day I took a shower and let her cry. I feel like that sounds mean but after ten mins she stopped and fell asleep. That was kind of how it was for a few days, crying like 5-15 mins and then she got used to it and hardly cried now. For some reason the crying wasn’t as intense for me in the day and it never went longer than like 15 mins.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 18:39:14 GMT -6
I’m going to have to do the same thing eventually. Did you let her CIO following the check in times? Well not quite. I kept trying once a day for like a month just to get her to actually nap in the damn crib. Then one day I took a shower and let her cry. I feel like that sounds mean but after ten mins she stopped and fell asleep. That was kind of how it was for a few days, crying like 5-15 mins and then she got used to it and hardly cried now. For some reason the crying wasn’t as intense for me in the day and it never went longer than like 15 mins. I honestly don’t mind the crying, so the night CIO wasn’t too bad for us. Granted, the longest he cried was 40 mins the first night and it wasn’t full on screaming or anything. The only difference is he is actually really tired at night, and for naps he fights it a lot more.
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Post by jt2378 on Feb 19, 2018 18:50:23 GMT -6
Well not quite. I kept trying once a day for like a month just to get her to actually nap in the damn crib. Then one day I took a shower and let her cry. I feel like that sounds mean but after ten mins she stopped and fell asleep. That was kind of how it was for a few days, crying like 5-15 mins and then she got used to it and hardly cried now. For some reason the crying wasn’t as intense for me in the day and it never went longer than like 15 mins. I honestly don’t mind the crying, so the night CIO wasn’t too bad for us. Granted, the longest he cried was 40 mins the first night and it wasn’t full on screaming or anything. The only difference is he is actually really tired at night, and for naps he fights it a lot more. Ah gotcha. I misunderstood when you said you didn’t want to do CIO for daytime. Well maybe just try one nap a day in the crib, typically morning might work better and then hopefully he will catch on.
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Post by king26 on Feb 19, 2018 18:51:37 GMT -6
Well not quite. I kept trying once a day for like a month just to get her to actually nap in the damn crib. Then one day I took a shower and let her cry. I feel like that sounds mean but after ten mins she stopped and fell asleep. That was kind of how it was for a few days, crying like 5-15 mins and then she got used to it and hardly cried now. For some reason the crying wasn’t as intense for me in the day and it never went longer than like 15 mins. I honestly don’t mind the crying, so the night CIO wasn’t too bad for us. Granted, the longest he cried was 40 mins the first night and it wasn’t full on screaming or anything. The only difference is he is actually really tired at night, and for naps he fights it a lot more. I've read a lot on naps and they should be down to 3 naps around 6 months. Each nap s hould last between 45 minutes to 1 and a half hours . Awake time at 6 months is between 1 hour 45 minutes and 2 and a half hours. We do have a nap routine. It lasts between 5 and 10 minutes depending on how tired he is. We did the check in times for cio. Now if he cries more than 5 minutes we do a check in then he is usually asleep within 10 tops for most naps.
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Post by bsouls on Feb 19, 2018 18:59:23 GMT -6
R was down to three naps, but the last two days she’s been taking four short naps (most close to an hour, but she was doing two one hour naps and a two hour nap).
I’m pretty sure that T kept three naps until she was at least one year, but I don’t feel like digging out her baby book to see if I documented.
We’ve been giving Tylenol a lot the past few days. R is making different vocalizations. I think she’s teething and learning new shit, so she’s fussier.
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Post by yellowcat on Feb 19, 2018 19:04:02 GMT -6
R was down to three naps, but the last two days she’s been taking four short naps (most close to an hour, but she was doing two one hour naps and a two hour nap). I’m pretty sure that T kept three naps until she was at least one year, but I don’t feel like digging out her baby book to see if I documented. We’ve been giving Tylenol a lot the past few days. R is making different vocalizations. I think she’s teething and learning new shit, so she’s fussier. O heard that too. My daughter transitioned herself down to two by a year and for a few months there were no naps. Once J came we had her take one in the afternoon for our sanity. It was hard to get it started again once she stopped.
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Post by thinkchocolate05 on Feb 19, 2018 19:05:41 GMT -6
Baby h still seems good with strangers except my BIL who can be loud and obnoxious with kids. He was all smiles at his Drs appt until he got his shots 😭😭😭 DS1 had stranger anxiety at this age, though, and still does at 3, lol. It would always upset me bc everyone would be commenting on how happy our nephew of similar age was and how reserved ds1 was in contrast. I hated it. But now baby h is all smiley and my SIL's second son is just like my first!! It's crazy how different kids are!!
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Post by jt2378 on Feb 19, 2018 19:10:30 GMT -6
Gahhh so clearly M is not napping enough. I’m not sure how to change that at this point 🤷🏻♀️
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Post by yellowcat on Feb 19, 2018 19:15:32 GMT -6
I wouldn't stress about i t. My daughter was down to two 30 min naps at 9 months then no naps between 12 and 13. It really just depends. Now she takes 1 that can last from 30 mins to 2 hours at 20 months.
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Post by king26 on Feb 19, 2018 19:45:34 GMT -6
Gahhh so clearly M is not napping enough. I’m not sure how to change that at this point 🤷🏻♀️ I'd say that since she went from no naps to 2 you are good. J takes either 3 or 4 right now but they aren't ling and everything you read is a guideline. I've also read that babies this age need between 13 and 15 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period. J gets around 12. When he was a newborn he had about 14 hours per day when the average was 15 to 18 hours so he's always been on the low end of sleep.
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Post by jt2378 on Feb 19, 2018 19:48:45 GMT -6
Gahhh so clearly M is not napping enough. I’m not sure how to change that at this point 🤷🏻♀️ I'd say that since she went from no naps to 2 you are good. J takes either 3 or 4 right now but they aren't ling and everything you read is a guideline. I've also read that babies this age need between 13 and 15 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period. J gets around 12. When he was a newborn he had about 14 hours per day when the average was 15 to 18 hours so he's always been on the low end of sleep. Thanks, yeah I’d say she is in that zone so it’s all good. Like you said 2 is better than 0 😂
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