Ahh the good ole reverse cycling. Hang in there buddy it will get better. It usually doesn't last too long. Both my daughters went thru it. It sucks but all will get better soon.
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Ahh the good ole reverse cycling. Hang in there buddy it will get better. It usually doesn't last too long. Both my daughters went thru it. It sucks but all will get better soon.
Tadashi70
Well-known member
This is my struggle at one meal a day with my 3 year old. This morning she orders up a bagel Sammie with egg and cheese. I make and give her milk. Three bits on one half and she refused to eat. I tell her to eat and she stands her ground. I stand mine and I lose.
She'll be hungry later and will eat. I hate the wasting of food, it's a bad habit to pick up. I still struggle with this activity but I'm getting better at letting it go, it's tough
My almost 2 and a half year old daughter does that, mostly at dinner. She eats a tiny bit, then says she's all done. Ten minutes later she's asking for cheerios because she's still hungry. We tell her too bad, should have eaten dinner, she'll have breakfast in the morning. Kids are so darn stubborn.
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- #954
You'll get it sorted out Ary. First one was harder for us. I'm sure you know all the tips already. Neither of ours were great sleepers the first year, though they didn't have the night/day mix-up. Just woke up a lot and went back to sleep.
Obviously he has to nap during the day, but try not to make it "sound" napping. We always had our kids take their day naps downstairs in their play yard instead of in their room. We'd go about our normal day; tv on, vacuuming, all other normal stuff to make sure there was noise to help them learn to sleep through that stuff. They would still get the sleep they needed, and sleep more soundly at night when it was dead quiet. Of course, at a real young age they still need to eat every couple hours.
arydolphin
GTHC!
That's the biggest misconception, you would think that I would know that stuff. But I don't work in primary care pediatrics, so I feel like I'm clueless. I think that he was just having gas last night. I had to hold him at one point for like 20 minutes because he was having hiccups.
That's the weird part, he's fine during the day even when we have him in the pack and play in our living room, with either TV or music on. We thought that would get him to realize it was daytime, but it hasn't happened yet. I guess he's still pretty young.
Heck, right now, there are guys on our front steps that are powerwashing the steps. The baby is sleeping through that! I wish he would do that at 3 AM.
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- #957
It won't take too long, though I know it sucks. Best advice I can give is to treat night like night. No talking, lights off, wrap him up tight, feed him and try to rock him to sleep. Won't work all the time, but the more you stick with it, the better it will get. Good luck buddy! First year is a real tough one at times. Real tough.
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- #958
Also, we had two babies that didn't like to burp and ended up pretty gassy. The doc told us to sit them on our laps (with their heads cupped in our left hand) and pat themthat way. Even rock them back and forth a little like one of those balancing egg toys. Only so much you can do though.
Our kids were gassy too. The leg pumps worked decently most of the time. Lay them on their back and pump those legs, sometimes both at the same time worked best, sometimes alternating pumps worked best.
A repeatable routine that starts at the same time each night is extremely helpful. It sets an expectation and helps transition them from play/eat/whatever time to sleep time.
Also helpful is the realization (which my parents had to remind me of at one point) that a crying kid is going to be okay and it is okay to let them go to sleep that way.
Our first parent teacher conferences of the year were last night. The one that we were expecting maybe not the best news about was pretty darn solid, did reasonably well on the first set of standardized testing, good progress report academically, etc. And the one that we might have expected better news about presented us with some challenges and opportunities for improvement.
Bullitt5339
New member
Yes Sir.... Now that 2 of mine are teenagers, I am super thankful that I had 3 boys. I see the living hell that some of my friend's teenage girls are and just breathe a sigh of relief.
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- #963
Now have two kids with jacked up front teeth. The boy had an accident in the tub at age two that was quite traumatizing on us all.
Today, the baby pulled up on her pack and play (it was folded up) and it fell and whacked her two new baby chompers. Blood everywhere, loose teeth, gum is a little cut up. Poor baby. Nothing we can do about it either, other than make sure they don't fall out and get swallowed. Have to hope they'll firm up and not die.
Today, the baby pulled up on her pack and play (it was folded up) and it fell and whacked her two new baby chompers. Blood everywhere, loose teeth, gum is a little cut up. Poor baby. Nothing we can do about it either, other than make sure they don't fall out and get swallowed. Have to hope they'll firm up and not die.
Agent Jay
Grandaddy Alumni
You and me both brother! I struggle too, usually I'll give her the "Oh you're done eating then?" I'll go to pull her plate away and she'll throw a fit, and act like she's ready to eat, takes a bite maybe...then back into the trench she goes, digging in for round two. The last time she did that, I DID take her food away and put in the fridge. The wife wasn't to thrilled, but I told her I wasn't playing this game anymore. The 3 year old ran to her room crying, because you know, I was "being mean to her." How do you rationalize with 3 year old? SMH Sooooo she finally came back and apologized once she realized she was either going to eat what she had, or nothing at all. I have to keep telling myself that my 3 year old will get better once she gets to be more around 5 and starts to "grow up" some. My 5 year old is still a kid, but knows when I mean what I'm saying...the 3 year old is not there, yet.
Agent Jay
Grandaddy Alumni
Sorry to hear that Hawk. That sucks and breaks you're heart all at the same time. I feel for ya!
Sorry to hear about that, hope she's okay. You may want to have them looked at by the dentist, Ryan. We had something similar happen to the daughter, took her to the dentist and were advised of potential ramifications that I don't currently remember to the permanent teeth.
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- #967
We called and spoke to one for awhile. Oddly enough, I have experience in this with the boy. How embarrassing lol.
Basically, they can't do anything with them at her age, because there really isn't much tooth there. With an older child, they can sort of splint them into place, but with her they can't. They'll either come out, or the area will heal and tighten them back up. We're taking her in on Monday to the Dr we spoke to. Really, our main worry is just that they don't fall out unexpectedly (and she inhales them) and that she's able to nurse/drink bottles (which she was able to do without any issues).
Our daughter's tooth was broken horizontally inside the gum and there was some concern about the root (?) or maybe the integrity of the canal for the adult tooth (?) if the baby tooth came out, which it thankfully never did. She was maybe 2. Anyway, hope it all works out for you guys.
T2GRN18
Active member
Freddie, we used to have that struggle too, then we found mini bagels, helps cut down the food waste, and the anxiety it puts in us parents.
mayday1775
New member
Sanzabar
Oh So Colt!
Proud Papa moment. Just got our "fall pictures" back and little man is a little over 3 months old. Here are a few that we got back.
Nebgolfer
Active member
Nice pics Sanzabar, very cute family.
Fall pictures are always fun, here's a couple from our last session!
