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My wife is fed up with staying at home with our 9 month old son so she wants to take him and live with her parents for April and May.
I will stay here working.
We also separated for 1 month back in November for me to work and them to be with her parents.
Is this going to cause any sort of abandonment issues with the child?
The mother will always be there with him as primary care giver... but its ok if the Father is absent for a month or two every now and then correct?
i mean we gotta work and stuff. this ok?View Thread



But, point of the story was, she had a fracture and didn't show any of those signs, pain was the only one she showed.View Thread














Just my opinion, but BF'ing in the middle of the night could be the reason he keeps waking up. His "schedule" is to wake up and get comforted by you. I would feed him his night time BF, put him down, and let him cry a little the first time. If his cries last longer than 5 minutes, pat/rub his back and shush him and if that doesn't work the first few times, then rock him back to sleep without BF. He might wake up again and again for about a week, but after that (if you stick with it) he should be resting better through the night.View Thread



7am - 7oz bottle
10:30am - 3.5oz food pouch & 5oz bottle
2:30pm - 3.5oz food pouch & 5oz bottle
5:30pm - solid food (usually around 4-5 oz worth) & water
7:30pm - 7oz bottle
We are starting to transition him into more solid foods and slowly getting away from the bottle. For instance, in the morning we started doing eggs and blueberries with a 4oz bottle (in a sippy cup). It seems like my guy is always going through a growth spurt and wanting to eat more and more so I play with amounts, but keep a lookout for how hard his tummy is getting so as not to overfeed him.
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Vaginal birth
Doctor(But very open to midwife practices)
Went into labor on my own
No Pitocin
Membrane ruptured on there own
No pain relief( I wanted an all natural birth and that's what I got- even with a 9lb,9oz baby!)
We had our own room(Rural hospital with all private rooms and very accommodating)
I labored at home for 3 hours
Labored at the hospital for 5 hours
Pushed for 2 1/2 hours
My water broke at 7am and my son was born at 4:15pm the same day
Things went the way I wanted until after my son was born. During delivery, my cervix was torn and my doctor wasn't able to stop the bleeding so I had to be rushed down to the OR to have many stitches put in place in order to stop the bleeding. So during that whole ordeal I was placed under anesthesia and on a high dose pain med. But I was very thankful for the quick actions of my doctor and the nurses!View Thread














reassurance that you are there is important not only for temporarily filling her needs, but also in the long run will help her to become more independent by knowing that if she needs you, you will be there.
the cry it out method is outdated and although it may work for a short period of time, will only cause her non-sleep issues to resurface if any changes in her normal habits occur.
get her on a schedule of bath, reading then bedtime so that she begins to know what to expect at night because at this point it is the only way to "tell" her it's time for sleep. of course she will always have an alteration in her sleep schedule if she is sick or having a growth spurt etc.View Thread






















another note: no diarhea and his urin is normal.View Thread














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