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(reply to kathienewell)

Sounds like my situation, too! My older son has eczema (it never was so severe that it woke him up, but if left untreated, the itchiness could potentially wake him up). My 9 month old had acid reflux from birth until 6 months of age; he was weaned off Prilosec at age 8 months, and this is when we saw a lot of improvement! The GERD is awful, as you have to hold the baby upright for so long after eating...parents really don't get a break. We are now sleep training the baby, since he was falling asleep in our arms after feeding (nothing we could do to prevent, since he had to be upright for 20 minutes after each feeding, and newborns eat every 2 hours!!). He was only able to fall asleep with someone holding him, which makes sense--that was all he knew. This is why "crying it out" did not help; it was not HIS fault that he was sleeping this way and he was not being manipulative. He just needed a different behavior, and we had to teach him.

Babies can get on schedules. When I was breastfeeding, the lactation consultant was so nice and reassuring (another GREAT resource for your daughter-in-law...talk to a Lactation Consultant or two or three!), and said that eventually the goal is to have babies eat three meals a day, with two snacks. The goal is two naps a day, while sleeping through the night (which, humorously, is defined by 5 hours uninterrupted sleep...I define it by more like 7-10 hours of sleep!).

Let me know if they need any specific resources, as if you give us their zip code, I can look up mom's clubs, lactation consultants or other resources if she is too tired (understandably) to search online.

January 16, 2011 - 6:58am

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