Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Concentration Face
Ladies and Gentleman, allow me to introduce you to Camden's "Concentration Face". I don't know if you realized how serious a jumperoo can be, but apparently it requires a good deal of hard work and concentration. It's a tough job being a baby!
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So cute! And so serious! :) Haha, I tried putting Lexi in ours the other day but she is still WAY too short for it. Her head barely clears the table! I love watching their faces when they are concentrating REALLY hard. It's hard work being a baby.
Cute concentration face!
What a great face!
Hi. I have a question about the post you made a few weeks/months (?) ago. You said you are reading "healthy sleep habits, happy child," right?
Ok, so here is my question - on page 39 (2003 edition) Dr. W says that holding child in an arm chair, baby swings, etc it is a poor quality sleep and does not do "your" child any good. Do you agree with it? I am soon to be a mother (36 weeks pregnant) and was wondering what you think about it? Since you have more experience :)
Hope you don't mind me asking and sharing your "tricks".
Your baby is adorable and thank you for sharing your experiences with all of us!
Siiilllygirl- Yes, I did read "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child"-- more than once actually. I really, really like the first section of that book (newborn to 4 months). He has some great advice, specifically about not keeping a newborn awake for more than 2 hours at a time. That's something I never would've known had I not read that book. I do also agree that motionless sleep is better quality sleep. Having said that, I used to rock Camden to sleep all of the time! And he slept in his swing quite often during the first month of his life. I don't think it does any harm when they're a few weeks old, but I would avoid turning it into a habit that you're just going to have to break down the road. Biggest tip I can give you (that I wish someone had told me!): put your baby down when he/she is drowsy, but not asleep, and let him/her soothe himself/herself to sleep. Being able to self-soothe is such an important tool and the earlier they learn it, the better! I always nursed Camden to sleep in the early days and never even gave him the chance to learn how to self-soothe, which came back to bite me in the butt later!
As much as I liked Dr. W's section on 0-4 month old babies, I didn't like the next several chapters where he advocates crying it out for up to an hour at naptime and then doesn't put a cap on the length of nighttime crying. Not for me!
Good luck to you!!
Thank you so much! What a great advice! Will definitely do that :)
I love your blog. And thank you for answering my questions. If you don't mind, I might ask you more in the future!
Siiilllygirl (Valeria)
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