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screaming   Question Our daughter is almost a 1 1/2 yrs old and last night she woke up screaming She went to sleep at 8:30 then woke up screaming around 10:00 I went in and she was cool so she didn't have a fever COuld it been a bad headache or teething etc I picked her up and she stopped crying What could it be Her screaming sounded like she was being pinched or stabbed But she was fine DO i just let her scream
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Whrere would I find Question The toddler on line class
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Discipline Question My 14 month old when she gets mad at me will grab my face and sqeeze it and even pull my hair Sometimes she isn;'t even mad at me and does this then gets mad at me ( ) Like she has been mad at me and now has a chance to abuse me LOL I just tell her no over and over until she stops it Am I handling this like I should
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diapers Question Hi Laura I know that you are a very experienced mother and nurse and that's why I would like to have your advice My friends told me not to give diapers to my male baby as this will cause infertility (increase temperature around the testicles) I read many articles in the internet it seems that they had established certain evidences however those were written back to year of 2000 So I am not sure the difference of diapers in year 2000 and nowaday so can you give your advice shoudl we change to cloth diapers which types of cloth diapers is the best or am I just worry too much Thanks
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3/10/09
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time change Question W ehave to set our clocks forward 1 hour tonight Our daughter who is 1 1/2 yrs old she goes to bed by 8:00 pm With the time change she won't be going to bed until 9:00 pm How can I adjust her sleep so she can still got o bed at 8:00
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bottle Question Our daughter is almost 1 1/2 years old and we just recently took away her bottle cold turket When she did have her bottle i would rock her with her bottle and she would sometimes fall alseep and sometimes stay awake when i would put her in bed She would fall alseep on her own now she will cry for about 20 minutes when we put her in bed sometimes 30 min Is this normal This has been going on for about 5 days Thanks
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purple hands and feet Question I have a set of 20 month old boy/girl twins who both got sick this past week with some kind of stomach flu They have both been throwing up (which has now subsided) And now both have very loose stools What concerns me the most is that they have both experienced this strange blue ness of their hands and feet Especially my son (it seemed much worse and longer lasting with him) It happened shortly after he woke up in the morning His feet and hands were a scary shade of purple blue and were very cold to the touch I tried rubbing them to warm them up hoping that would help But it only turned them a bright pink then they went right back to purple About 45 minutes later they looked normal The other thing that happened that same day was this My son had been standing stationary for several minutes He must have had his knees locked or something because when I called him to come to me one of his legs was completely "dead" He walked to me with this strange limp as though his knee could not bend My husband and I guessed that his leg was simply asleep But this was right after his purple hands/feet incident so I was really scared This was on Sunday It happened again on Monday but hasn't occured again since then What was this all about Thank you for your time
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Underbite Question My 14 month old looks like she might have an underbite Or is it too early to tell
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My daughter's lumps in her neck.. Question Yep you were right the doctor felt them and said they are normal lymph nodes :) Thanks
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yeast diaper rash Question My 5 month old son has a terrible rash covering his entire bum and the area above his genitals He had been on antibiotics about a month and a half ago and after taking them he broke out with a bad rash in the folds of his skin just beside his genitals I was given Nystatin to treat it and it cleared up in a couple days About a week ago my sons bum seemed extra dry so I put some Aveeno on it but it just got worse Thinking it was the start of a diaper rash I started putting Penaten on it But it still got worse So I seen the health nurse and she said his yeast infection was back and to use the nystatin on it I have been using it for 5 days now with no improvement I have also been giving him as much bare bum time as I can but it's hard because then he starts scratching at it I am getting very distressed and wondering if there is anything else I can be trying the poor little guy is so uncomfortable Also can a yeast infection spread to other parts of his body because the rash seems to be spreading little red rash spots from the diaper area up his lower back Any help would be appreciated
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Okay one more question.. Question Thanks for your replies How come other children do not have any bumps there I had some mommys I know check their children about the same age and they say there is nothing in there
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Bumps, again ( I spelled it wrong the first time lol) Question Okay one of them is bigger than the others it moves around and stuff I don't like them and they make me worry They are in the middle of her neck on both sides I don't know if you got my other messages so I am posting this again Sorry if you see it a few times
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Bumbs Question Someone on another website said their baby had bumps in his neck I felt around on my baby's neck and there were some bumps in her neck they rolled around when I touched them Should I be worried
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diarrea Question My baby is 8 months and he have almost 2 weeks with diarrea My question is what a baby can eat if cereal formula or Gerber diarrea cames back
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sleep problem and walking Question Laura My son is 14 months and 1 week old and he is still crawling only he started to crawl 4 months ago and I can see that now he can stand on his own without help but he always refuses to walk but just crawl He has the walker with him for 2 motnhs already would you please give me some advice And in 4 months ago as my mother was seriouly sick i and my son stayed with my mom in her home for 2 months as space is limited I slept with him and so 2 months ago when we were back to our home til now he has to sleep with us whether day or night what should I do now I have tried to let him cry just like now he almost cries for an hour long and cannot stop and and I comfort him for every 15 mins but no use he is still crying in his crib and refuses to lay down and all of the time I give up and sleep with him again can you teach me how I can let him sleep alone day or night Thirthly he likes milk so much he drinks 21 oz milk and 2 cup of oatmeal or rice cereal(with vegetables) per day do you think that he gets waht he needs daily he refuses to eat meats so no meats no congee no rice at all I had tried so many times to feed him the no 3 gerber food but he does not eat any Any suggestion And I think my son may be allergy to egg in the past few months I tried to feed him yolk scrambled egg all were extremely well done I forced him to eat a little but after 2 hours roughly each time he vomited all the milk out from his stomach what should I do We will see his doctor again by the end of March so I appreciate your advice first Please hlep thanks
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Information in book works like a charm! Question Hi Laura So your book finally got shipped to me and I've read it and been implementing the ideas for sleep with Caden It has been working great so far Thank you for your help both in these emails and the book We put him in his crib last night for the first time and he slept like normal He is 7 weeks old corrected (preemie) and he sleeps from 8:30 until around 2:30 He gets up to nurse at 2:30 and goes back down until around 7:30 He gets about 10 hours of sleep every night Yeah Mommy is sleeping much better as a result
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newborne matitis Question Please answer to me because I am an anxiety mom When my girl was 2 weeks her grandmother squeeze her breast and the left breast become swollen and redness The doctor did an incision without drainage she has only a little scar alongside the brown area Now she is OK but I am wondering for the future This situation can affect problems in the future breast development Have new borne mastitis any relation with cancer breast Please help me to be calm Thank you previously
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Waiting for book to arrive!!! Question Okay I ordered your moms on call book last night and can't wait for it to get here I have been reading Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Baby and love it So far you and that author have many of the same strategies Everything you have helped me with so far has helped so I figured I can read one more book While I am waiting for the book to ship I am wondering about the whole bedtime still You said dinner at 6 no matter what then bedtime routine at 8:30 and last feeding at 9 That sounds very workable but I am wondering if from 6 9:30ish is too long of a period of wakefulness for him before going to sleep for the night Will he just adjust to it
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Quality of Sleep Question Thank you I was treating him like a 12 week old and reading up information on 3 month olds It helps to remember to go back to his due date and back track a little I was keeping him up for 2 hour stretches which was too long he was overtired I believe Another question that has come up Today to give you an example he napped from 4:00 6:45pm When he got up I changed him and fed him Then we played and did some tummy time He started getting fussy and was yawning so I started his Bed Time Routine at 7:40 then tried to nurse him at 8:00 He wasn't hungry so I just rocked him a little and put him down while he was stil sleepy He was out by 8:30 Sooo my worry now is that he didn't get a good feeding at bedtime so he will most likely be up a little earlier to eat Is there a better way I can do this Should he be getting a "full" feeding at bedtime so that he sleeps for as long as possible for that initial stretch of time By the way he usually sleeps about 5 hours Now I'm afraid he'll be up earlier b/c he'll be so hungry
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Switching to Formula Question I am now in the process of weaning Caden to formula since I'll be going back to work in a few weeks In the past I've nursed him about 6 times a day Now that he is sleeping better at night sometimes we only have time for 5 feedings Since he was a preemie I'm a little nuts about making sure he is getting enough to eat (he's still such a tiny guy) Once he is on strictly formula how many times a day should I be feeding him He's 12 weeks (5 weeks corrected)
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Quality of Sleep Question I noticed you mentioned that he should eat for 30 min and "then be up for 30 45 min at the most" Are you referring to bedtime and nightly feedings or also during the daytime feedings During the day I feed him right when he wakes up so then he typically stays up for 2 hpurs or sdo afterwards Should I be timing feedings differently
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Quality of Sleep Question I wanted to add this on to my last post Caden will seem so sleepy but then when he is laid down in his bassinet his eyes suddenly are wide open Sooooo frustrating Also he seems to want to sleep in his swing but then when I move him to his bed he's up a little while later I'm sure he still needs to sleep more though
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Quality of Sleep Question Hello I followed your suggestions and put Caden on a schedule for eating/sleeping plus added in White Noise for him while he sleeps and it appears to be working okay so far Just a reminder Caden is a 12 week old preemie (born 8 weeks early) Problem is he has trouble sleeping every few nights or so (by that I mean the quality of sleep) He doesn't cry too much but wakes up every hour grunting/wiggling around After a little while he will let out a cry I know it's not time for him to eat so I can't figure out what is up He sleeps in a bassinet at the foot of our bed so I'll turn around put his pacifier back in his mouth and pat his side a little and then he'll go back down Problem is he will be up again in about an hour sometimes less I just feel like the while noise really helped him the first week but now is not doing much for him Do you have any ideas for what I can do to make sure he stays asleep Here's a typical "good" night/day for us Tell me what you think please 8:00pm Bed Time Routine 8:30 eat 9:00 sleep (lately it's been taking longer to get him down more like 9:30 or 10:00) 2:00 eat 3:00 back to sleep 7:00 7:30 up for day/eat between 9:00 10:00 nap (around 2 hours) 12:00 eat 2:00 nap (around 2 hours) 4:00 eat 5:30 6:30ish (naps in swing usually have to wake him up b/c he would sleep longer but I'm afraid it will goof up his bedtime) 6:30 eat 8:00 Bed time routine all over again Look forward to hearing from you
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Decrease in Milk Supply Still Question Hi Laura I wanted to let you know how things ended up going I heard back from the lactation consultant on Tuesday and she suggested I stop pumping completely and just nursed on demand I did that the past couple of days and now my supply seems to be back up again I just fed him a bottle (breast milk previously pumped) and then pumped and was able to get 3 1/2 ounces which is around what I think he takes each feeding Only problem now is I went to the pediatrician yesterday and found out he weights 7lbs 13 ounces which is a 1 lb 4 ounce weight gain from last month It's not bad but I'm concerned he's not gaining enough It's so hard with preemies b/c there are no set guidelines to follow Thanks again for your help
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Decrease in Milk Supply Still Question I am thinking about signing up for the course you suggested Only problem is that CAden is already 11 weeks old I'm wondering if much of the material will be stuff I already know
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Decrease in Milk Supply Still Question Yeah I am starting to wonder if it is from a weak suck since he was a preemie What can I do about this I'm thinking of just sucking it up and supplementing with formula since he takes a bottle fine It's just so hard to be giving up on breastfeeding but it is really stressing me out too much I think I am still waiting for a call back from the lactation specialist Thank you for your quick responses by the way it has helped me to keep trying
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Decrease in Milk Supply Still Question Now that I think of it something that did change for me when my milk supply started dwindling was I had clogged ducts now 3 times in the last 2 3 weeks It seems like that could have done something to my supply right But I would think it would be back up by now
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Decrease in Milk Supply Still Question I am going to call the lactation specialist we saw when Caden was in the NICU tomorrow I am getting really worried now Today he had a lot of trouble with feeding (and we've never experienced this before) I nursed him at 6:00 and he seemed hungry still an hour later so I nursed him at 7 then at 8 and at 9 Finally I just warmed up a bottle (previously pumped when I didn't have troubled pumping) He took 2 1/2 more ounces fine and then went to sleep So now it appears he is not gettting enough by breast I even drank the Mother's milk tea today along with the "more milk" supplements I am getting desperate here b/c I know the next step is to supplement with formula which I don't want to do if at all possible Help Any other suggestions for me I'm so baffled b/c this just started happening and I can't figure out how to turn it back around and why in the world it's happening in the first place
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Chickenpox and Hep A vaccines Question Hi Laura My son is 1 year old and had the chickenpox and Hep A shots at the same time but on different legs It was 2 weeks ago since then I notice rashes on both legs around the shots area He scratches on the areas and so I think it is very itchy Is that normal Do I need to concern Since his hands scratch the area will this infect his face or other part of the body as he always touches his body or face even put into his mouth with his hands At the same time he also has some rashes on his face I am not sure it is the baby rashes or the rashes caused by the vaccines He was born in Dec 2007 last year 2008 Jan he started to have baby rashes on his face during winter and the baby rashes disappeared after winter Pls advise Thanks
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Decrease in Milk Supply Still Question It's been a couple of weeks now and my supply seems to still be way down It started decreasing right before Christmas so you had said it could be caused by stress I have been pumping 2 3 times extra a day and taking More Milk supplements My baby was a preemie so he takes about 3 1/2 ounces every 4 hours (he's 11 weeks old) and I'm afraid he may not be getting enough I pump so that I can have an extra supply but each time I do I only get about 1 2 ounces total It takes me just about a whole day to pump 2 3 times to get just one bottle's worth to freeze I'm getting more worried like I said b/c it has been a while like this What else can I do
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Laura Hunter, LPN , Parenting Specialist, is a mother of five, a pediatric nurse, an entrepreneur and the most sought-after infant care consultant in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Laura has over 15 years experie
nce in nursing. It is her desire to educate, enjoy and have happy, content babies and confident parents. 
