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| 435.1 | Ears? | HYSTER::DELISLE | | Fri Oct 19 1990 14:52 | 15 |
| Is this new for her? If it is, I would suspect there is something
wrong with her - ear infection. I know that the earliest symptoms in
my children when they are just ocming down with an ear infection is
sleeplessness at night. Tossing and turning, crying out at night. In
the morning they are fine, but within a few days, it has developed into
a full blown ear infection, and off the the doctor's we go.
If this is not the case, you may have inadvertantly opened up a
hornet's nest by going in and turning her back onto her tummy when she
flips over. This is similar to the pacifier situation, where a baby
loses her pacifier in the middle of the night and mom is continually up
in the middle of the night plugging it back in! You might try letting
her cry it out on her back ? %-(
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| 435.2 | Ear Infection | CSC32::DUBOIS | The early bird gets worms | Fri Oct 19 1990 16:08 | 10 |
| Ears is the first thing I thought of, too. Evan never seems bothered
by ear infections during the day, but at night he wakes up a lot (or
at least more often than if he doesn't have an infection).
BTW, I think any way that you can add to her comfort is fine, including
turning her over again. I feel more comfortable sacrificing some rest
for myself in order to take care of the needs of my baby. Some folks
don't agree, but I have no regrets.
Carol
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| 435.3 | | RDVAX::COLLIER | Bruce Collier | Mon Oct 22 1990 11:45 | 12 |
| .0 > she is now flipping over on her back (she is exclusively a
.0 > on-tummy sleeper) and cannot yet get herself back on her tummy. So
.0 > every time she cries in the night I feel I have to check her to flip
.0 > her back.
I agree with .1. She is exclusively an on-tummy sleeper because you
are training her that way. If you let her, she will learn to 1) sleep
on her back, 2) stop flipping in the first place, or 3) flip back. If
you keep managing this for her, it could go on forever.
- Bruce
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| 435.4 | | TLE::STOCKSPDS | Cheryl Stocks | Mon Oct 22 1990 19:12 | 22 |
| re .3:
> I agree with .1. She is exclusively an on-tummy sleeper because you
> are training her that way.
Bruce, usually I think you are right on target, but this time I disagree.
I have 2 "tummy-only" sleepers, and turning them back to their tummies at
this age was definitely the right thing to do. I think they would cry
indefinitely if left on their backs, and it took (at least) several weeks
before they were physically capable of turning back over by themselves.
Fortunately, we rarely had this problem at night, but I did a lot of turning
them over during the day, mostly while they were awake and playing, but also
sometimes during naps (usually while they were getting settled to fall asleep).
To .0:
You may be able to recognize a special frantic cry that means "I'm stuck on
my back - help!", and not have to get up to go check every time the baby cries
at night. Or maybe you can wedge the baby in place so that it's harder for
him/her to turn over? With luck, you will discover the cause of the night
waking (and cure it), or it will go away on its own very soon. Good luck!
cheryl
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| 435.5 | AN UPDATE | DONVAN::MUISE | | Tue Oct 23 1990 15:08 | 12 |
| Well, the next night I carefully rolled up 2 small crib comforters
and wedged them under the bumper pads, to minimize any space to
flip over. I'm happy to report that she only had her usual one
"wake up call" around 4-4:30 am. I checked her (out of habit), but
found her on her tummy, and let her fall back to sleep on her own
(which she did each night).
I don't know if this is the end of it, but this baby definitely did
not want to be on her back! Thanks for the input.
jacki
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| 435.6 | Baby Hammock | NRADM::TRIPPL | | Thu Oct 25 1990 17:54 | 15 |
| You wedged the blankets to keep her from flipping over. That's
exactly what I was thinking. But isn't there some gadget that fits
into the crib for a small baby. Not sure what it's called, but it
seems to me it attaches to the four corners, kind of like a hammock and
is supposed to be soothing to a newborn. It would seem that would keep
the baby from flipping over too. Perhaps you could improvise some kind
of hammock think from a blanket.
My cousin's wife had a similar problem and put her daughter down on a
baby quilt, with cotton lining. The baby seemed comforted by being
sort of "snuggled" into the extra padding.
Catch some ZZZZZZZ's!!!
Lyn
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| 435.7 | about 1 month | DELNI::SCORMIER | | Mon Oct 29 1990 15:44 | 7 |
| I used two crib pillows on either side of my son to keep him from
rolling. When he did manage to flip himself, he'd scream blue murder
until I rolled him back. It lasted about 1 month, until he figured out
that if he could roll back during the day, he could roll back at night!
I guess being a little groggy with sleep made him forget he had the
skills to right himself.
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