For my first question..
My daughter is 15months and ever since she started teething at 6months, she has been wanting to sleep next to me and my husband. At first i was okay with it because she slept next to us, frist in her bassent and then crib until she was 9 months when we moved to a 2bdrm home. Now that she is in her own room she doesnt like it one bit, and i know thats because she slept next to us for so long. I usually rock her to sleep(well not as much now) or lay her on the couch while she watches the goodnite show(kids show) when she goes to sleep i can easily move her to her crib safely, but a couple hours later she is up and doesnt want to go back in her crib. So she ends up in the middle of me and my husband. I dont know about you, but i love my space i need my space when i sleep its bad enough that i have my husband constantly pushing me closer to the edge, and now i have my daughter doing the same...what are some things that i can do to get her to sleep in her own room! Plz i need my space back!...lol oh and how can i get her to sleep longer in the morning she is up at 6 or 7 every morning when she use to get up at 9 or 10...
2nd Question..
I have been trying to ween her off the bottle, and since she is teething its been difficult because she takes comfort into the bottle after i put meds on her gums. I started out by giving her a bottle twice a day, nap time and bed time. I have tried giving her a sippy cup which she does like and has tooken a few time for naps and sometimes bed, but she always goes back to the bottle. I try giving a sippy cup most of the time but if she doesnt get a bottle she will cry until i give it to her and i will wait 30min or more to give her a bottle. How can i get her off the bottle? And when can i stop giving her milk or water when she goes to bed and or nap. I'd like to stop giving her milk or water altogether before bed.
My last Qustion..
I need to get her new shoes. She only has her boots and i believe they have gotten small on her. I know boots tend to fit differently. Her boots are a size 5 so i figrued she was a 6 so i bought 2 pairs of shoes for her and they were big. Yesterday i bought another pair of shoes since the other 2 were big. I got a size 5 they seem to fit well, but looks like they wont last long. what size should i get? i'v tried looking for a 51/2, but not a lot of infant shoes come in that size even if i went to shoe carnival or kids footlocker. So the question is what size should i get?
Thanks moms!
My daughter is offically off bottles!!!!! =D She didnt act the way i though she would. Its been a few weeks and e hasnt cried for one she will take a sippy at all times now and the nibby nipple bottles were prefect for this! i got her feet sized for shoes turns out shes a 5 1/2! she is now sleepying in her bed wiithout waking up for me to get her. but shestill gets up arly but its more like 7 or 8 now. the tv before bed is still up in the air i let her watch he goodnite show now be for her bath and after her dinner or sometimes before. so far so good! Thanks to the moms who gave me their advice!!!
My response is about the shoes. Take her with you to buy her shoes. Different brands fit different so to properly fit her in the right shoe you need her feet. I realize that shopping with a 15 month old is not real fun but that is the only way to fit her in the right shoes. She only gets one pair of feet so don't mess them up with improperly fitted shoes.
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Okay first of all my husband and I were in the same situation. Our oldest daughter Selena got so spoiled rocking her to sleep ever since she was little. So here was this big ol' 15 month old baby being rocked to sleep every night.Not to mention we also had a newborn in the house. Finally I just had to harden my heart. She got put in her crib every night at 8:00 and she cried herself to sleep. Sure I wanted to run to her but I didn't give in. Well eventually even though I thought it would last forever, it didn't. I would notice slow but steady progress where she would not cry as long and would fall asleep quicker. I know it is hard but I am one of those moms who believe in tough love. You have to protect your sanity and peace of mind from your child because she probably won't remember crying herself to sleep believe me. Also as far as the bottle goes, my kids went off the bottle, the pacifier at the age of one. You do not want to be making a trip to the dentist to have your daughter's teeth capped because they are all rotten. I have seen it way too much and it is sad because it is not the child's fault. Also after I brush my girls' teeth at night they only get water because you don't want them going to sleep with sugar on their teeth. I am very diligent about my girls teeth because I want them to have nice teeth. Also if you can't find a half size, I would suggest going a size up because she will grow into that size before you know it. I think my girls skipped some shoe sizes all together.
I hope that this helps you out. Stay strong because she will get used to it. My two did.
I had the same problem with my daughter and her bottle. She was about 21 months old when we finally got some good advice from our doctor that really worked (surprisingly). He told us to cut the nipple of one of her bottles and show her that it's broken and doesn't work then have HER throw it in the garbage and say goodbye to it. Worked like a charm. She spent about a week asking for milk, but never her bottle. We just kept giving her water in her sippy to take to bed with her and after about a week or two she didn't even notice there was no more milk. We give her a sippy of milk with every meal and the rest of the time she gets water or watered down juice. I still can't believe it worked. I kept a few bottles in the cabinet for about a month but she never asked for them again so into the garbage they went. Try it, you might be pleasantly surprised too. If she does ask for it just remind her that it broke and she threw it away and that she only has her sippy now. Stay strong.
For the bottle weaning, I agree that the Nuby sippy cups worked well. They have a silicone spout, so feels like a bottle, but shaped like a sippy. It was a nice transition for us. Also, our daughter used a straw by about 10-11 months.
For shoes, I agree that she should be fitted at a place like Stride Rite or a department store. I always order my daughter's shoes at www.shoebuy.com. They are usually a lot cheaper than the stores, have an additional percentage off and carry many varieties and sizes. Shipping is free both ways, so I often order two sizes and send back the one I don't want.
Can't answer all your questions, but I hope on the sleep / cuddling / emotional needs, you'll keep in mind that all babies are different. And that most babies' sleep patterns change frequently as they grow into toddlerhood. We don't get to choose what our little bundle of cuteness brings along with them in terms of their emotional needs, we just sign on for mommying to the very best of our ability for however long it takes.
Our Western expectations that we will live in houses with separate rooms for the little ones is a fairly recent development in human history, and is actually considered strange by some other cultures where babies are kept close to their moms or other caregivers more or less constantly.
You'll probably only get "your space" back when your daughter's emotional and physical hunger for closeness has been satisfied. You can force the issue, but there's too much modern research that shows kids who have to give up that nurturing before they are ready suffer for it with health and mental issues to a much greater degree than children whose needs are indulged.
Your daughter will crave separation and independence when she's ready for it. Once that time arrives, you'll be amazed at how quickly these early years have passed. Until then, I hope you'll learn how to cherish the closeness she wants to have with you.
she will outgrow the sleeping in bed with you thing. mine was about 5. keep her up just a little later. to make her sleep later not all kids need 8 hrs.
get nubby soft spouts for her bottle buy them at babies r us. put them in the bottle but it will have a tippy nipple made weaning mine a breeze. one day. as for the shoes she might need wide. boots fit wider than shoes. I have an ebay store I sell toddler shoes I will work with you if they dont fit. if you want that info. get ahold of me and I will give you my store info. yes anything in a half is a nightmare to find most stay with the even number and go up one size at time they last longer.
so i have the same answer for your 1st 2 questions...just let her cry it out. the 1st few nights will suck, maybe once she starts to cry wait 5 minutes, go in and sushhhh her, lay her down and rub her back reassuring her you are right there. next time wait 10 minutes, then 15 then 20 and so on. soon she will get used to you not coming in. and you will have freedom of sleep!!!
same with the bottle, i have 2 suggestions. 1st-just give her the 1 at night and each night lessn the amount. until you can just stop. you probably think she wants/needs it more then she does. 2nd-quit cold turkey, just stop giving her the bottle. we did this with our 15th month old and she was fine.
for the shoes, just go to your local mall and go to a kids shoe store and have them measure her feet. they will tell you what she needs. that is what there are there for.
good luck!
i would have to agree with below tv is a bad idea i know believe me i let me daughter do it when she was young and now at 4 im fighting to take tv away at bedtime because she will be starting school.as for the bottle i would just take it away and not give it,i just took my daughter away at one.the shoes im not sure have them measured like stated below..hope this helps
I don't know about the first two questions because i still bf my daughter and she sleeps with us, but we are happy with this situation.
About the shoes, i would get he fitted at a children's shoe store, they will tell you exactly the size she is in, as well as the width.
I have been buying stride rite for my daughter, but I go to the outlet to get them for a lot cheaper. (after getting her fitted at the mall...lol)
It seems though, that I always but a whole size bigger than she grew out of, even if they seem a little big, if they can walk good then i think that it's ok.
hope this helps at all...
good luck with everything
Hey kmart has 5.5 toddler shoes
As far as the shoes u have to get her fitted because her feet might be too wide. That is alot of the problem with baby feet. About your daughter sleeping with you, I made this mistake with my first son and it took me till he was 2 and pregnant with my 2nd son to get him out of our bed. It took us awhile but we did it....we did it the wrong way but we did it. We put a tv in his room...yes very bad mistake,, now my boys are 10 and 8 and can't go to sleep without the tv but they go to sleep. About the bottles have your daughter thru her bottles away. Tell her the bottle feiry or something needs them or come up with some and get rid of them and then when she ask for 1 you can say remember we got rid of them....Good Luck
First of all getting her started with sleeping with you was a bad habit. Get her in a routine, give her only water in a cup, tell her no more bottles, if she doesn't want to drink out of her cup, well then she must not be thirsty, next brush her teeth, and read her a story. Tell her goodnight and I love you and then leave her room. Let her cry, go in and reasure her that you are there, but do not take her out. She will get use to the routine, it might take a while, but do not give in to her. You are the mom and she is the child, remember that. Good luck
