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October 7, 2005, 9:52 pm PDT
Where Should Your Child Sleep?
Quote From: cnf3735Our baby came a month early...I was a nervous wreck. The first few weeks were awful. We were trying to get the hang of breast feeding and the whole lack of sleep issue having to get up every 2 hours, having to pump because he had not latched on, and all the emotions....I just felt better having him close by. As he got older and started sleeping longer than 2 hours at night I started putting him in his crib during the day to nap...then I started putting him the crib at night after nursing him....when he would wake up in the middle of night I would just get him and put him the bed with us...then he started sleeping later and later in his own crib (by 3 months). He is a wonderful and happy baby. I think it was good for him and I both to do it this way. I got so much crap from people "Your making a mistake...you should not do that you will never get him out of your bed"...."He needs to be on a schedule"...I was not working for 12 weeks so I just let him set his own schedule. The only consistent thing is bath time.
He is such a good baby....my mother keeps telling my second one is going to be a little hellian.
Chancesa re your little one will adjust just fine. I didn't really have a routine either and really I still don't. I am a stay at home mom and my children never stepped foot ina daycare center but my daughter is now 4 1/2 and in preschool, she adjusted just fine and dandy and has no problem withthe school routine. My second child is 2 1/2 and she is just as sweet as can be, not much different then my first, a little bit more stubborn but hot a hellian. it is possible to have two good babies, I think as longa s you are a god loving mother and meeting the needs of your children, they will be fun little kiddos. I think sometimes also, the personalities of the paretns can rub off on the little ones, my hubby and I both are sort of laid back and don't stress over every little thing and maybe that is why my littel ones are so easy going. any way, Just be you and don't worry about what others think, we are all different and we are not going to please every one, I have been given some interesting advice my self, not that I always followed them but we are all certainly different.
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