Posts by Jend1002

Yes! Thank you for all of the thoughts. Last night I remembered what many of you posted and stayed completely calm. DH does help a lot at night. Sometimes when it is especially bad, I think we both reach the breaking point but it...

Quote: Originally Posted by rzberrymom That's the age my DD's molars and incisors were coming in, the molars took months to come all the way in, and they were all agonizing for her. I didn't realize how much pain they...

DS has been a frequent waker/difficult to get to sleep baby from the start. It seems that lately, I have been getting extraordinarily angry in the middle of the night. I mutter mean things, I am not comforting and then I hate myself in...

Can I ask why you stopped swaddling? I think swaddling might help. Just as an aside, I stopped swaddling at around 2 months and really came to regret it! I think DS truly needed to be swaddled to be calm and I interpreted his...

Quote: Originally Posted by jnet24 Of course I just looked up the preschooler part and it actually advocates for installing a lock on your child's door to teach them not to come out of their rooms. It even says to take...

I am so sorry that you are faced with this situation. As PP suggested, perhaps a mainstream article will help. Here's one that I recently found because I started to think that my DH would consider spanking. I had to let him know that...

Like pp, I was thinking allergies too. You mentioned her eyes - we are trying to figure out what keeps DS from sleeping well and one practitioner suggested that dark circles in children can be a sign of a food intolerance or allergy. ...

I had the same thought - could it just be the air mattress? I can't sleep on one of those at all. The way it moves when I move is bothersome to me. Maybe DD wakes when she moves around?

It is exhausting to try to figure out what works and what doesn't, isn't it? I can't tell you how many times after a "good" night that I have tried to copy the exact meals, naps times, activities...only to have the worst night...

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyCatherine185 i thought about a sleep study/clinic but everyone on this board said that they will just tell me to do strict scheduling and forms of CIO. I am not willing to do CIO or any...