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I tried a tummy massage twice yesterday, we did bicycling of her legs lots, and we had a long bath last night.
Even with this going on, I went ahead and started sleep training her two nights ago. She cried for 35 minutes the first night, with me going in at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 10 minutes. Last night she cried about 6 minutes, with me going in at 4 and 6 minutes. Naps are actually taking place in the crib now and things are much happier around here.
I'm doing the Ferber method, but with shorter time intervals to start. 5, 10, 15, 15 seemed way too long for me. Thanks again for your reply.
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Last Sunday was the last day she had a BM on her own. On Tuesday night she was fairly fussy, so we used a 1/2 a baby glycerin suppository to move things along. She had 4 huge BM's within 20 minutes. They were all very soft, definately not "pebbles" that are described with true constipation. The last BM I could see the prune bits from the pureed prunes I fed her Monday night and Tuesday morning.
She had her 6 month vaccines on Wednesday, and did fantastic. No extra fussing and didn't even cry when she got it. (My trooper!)
Friday afternoon we decided to do another suppository, and we got 2 average BM's in 5 minutes, again, relatively soft. Lots of prune bits again.
Today she's been super fussy so I did another suppository and I only got one small BM with a bit of mucous in it.
Each meal she gets about 2 tbsp of oatmeal or rice cereal (fluffs up to about 3 tbsp when prepared) with an equal amount of a veggie or fruit. Because of what's been going on, I've backed off on the cereal a bit, and am using apples, pears, prunes and apricots to try to speed things along. She eats like there's no tomorrow and usually gets mad when I show her the empty bowl.
She's relatively happy and is not dehydrated, so I will call our health unit on Monday if she still hasn't gone on her own. (We don't have pediatricans (sp?) in our small town.)
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My baby girl got her first tooth at 4 1/2 months and is now working on her 4th tooth 3 weeks later. I was talking to a co-worker who said her daughter got her first tooth at about 5 months, but her son didn't get any until 14 months. The doctors were talking about "cutting his gums" surgically but didn't have to thank goodness. She said that her daughter has braces and has lots of cavities, her son has fantastic teeth and never had a cavity. I thought it might have been an old wives tale, but I think there's merrit to it. Be happy, odds are her teeth will better the later they come in.
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The stewardess said I had to have her in the burping position for take off and landing. I wasn't allowed to nurse her at those times she said. I'm sure she would have changed her mind if my DD had been screaming lol.
I was pleasantly surprised how well it went. Don't sweat it.View Thread



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