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Posted by Aimee on November 08, 2002 at 19:49:58:
I don't know where to start.. I just want to know I am not the only one out there. Any suggestions would be wonderful. I'm a first time mom and have really no one to offer good advice. My son is 3 months old. He's been the perfect baby. I had him sleeping thru the night at 7 weeks. He went to bed at 6:30, I would wake him at 9 to eat again and he would go straight to sleep until 5:00 when I would wake him up to eat again. Basically he's been on a 4 hour feeding schedule and I would skip the 1am feeding and wake him the for 5am. He definetly would be sleeping longer if I didn't wake him. Anyways, he hasn't been taking regular naps and I realize that he gets real cranky now. He use to fall asleep on his own and now he just keeps himself up... starts screaming after a while. So I have decided to give him routine naps. I'm in the process of doing it. I'm not sure it's helping though. He isn't any less cranky after 4 or so. I have to hold him constantly. Any attenpt to put him down and he screams. Whereas in the morning hours he loves to play by himself. I don't know what to do. Are the naps a good idea? Do you think he goes to bed to early at 7:00 pm is when I put him to sleep tonite? Does anyone have suggestions on how to entertain him without having to hold him for 4 hours... my complete evening? I don't like to let him cry. He really gets worked up when he does and he doesnt know how to get himself down. What are other people's stories of their babies this age??? He really is a wonderful baby until it gets to about 4 in the afternoon.
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