Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Advice...

I would love, love, LOVE any and all advice pertaining to the following...
So I leave in 1 month for 4 days with my precious best college girlfriends.  I literally am beside myself with excitement.  However I have a few items that MUST be taken care of before I can fly away completely without care.  And thus the needed advice.
1.  How do you get a 7 month old to take a bottle?  He literally just plays with it.  He chews and maybe sucks once or twice.  I usually can get him to take 1/2 an ounce.  BIG, big deal.  I need him to be able to eat while I am gone.
2.  How do you get the forementioned 7 month old to sleep through the night?  I am pumping enough milk to have a night feed but would SO love it to be eliminated before I go.  I know he does not need the calories.  He will not take a paci so there is not a little way I can soothe him.  He has had 6 ear infections since he was 3 months old so I have been told by my pedi not to let him cry it out.  I put him down awake for naps and most bedtimes.  We have a consistent bedtime rountine.  He knows how to put himself to sleep.  He takes 2, 1.5-2 hour naps.  He goes down about 6:30-7 pm and usually wakes anywhere from 10:30-12.  If he wakes on the early end, he usually wakes again around 4-5am.  The first waking is usually a 5 alarm cry.  The second I can usually leave him.  I have no idea how to help him nor do I know what is waking him.  Would love any help!

2 comments:

Liz said...

Not that I have a TON of advice, but I'm emailing you!!

Laura said...

I saw you called today and I tried to call you back...I will be thinking because Luke went through this too..

One thing to keep in mind: he will not starve. When Max was so sick and was throwing up so much, I was so worried about calories, etc and my ped said to remember that they will not starve...and I always try to remember that. They aren't robots, some days they will eat more than others....

I usually had more luck if I let someone else feed the baby if I was still nursing because if they knew the other was an option, they would refuse.

Call me and in the meantime, I will be thinking...