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Well, I've been there and I remember those days! LOL!

The first thing is the baby wrap is VERY important. You have to wrap the baby tightly so it feels more secure. A bassinet battery operated swing is good to have, helps them relax. When our daughter was little she had colic bad and we used the gas drops alot for her. Also when our daughter was about a month and a 1/2 old we started adding the baby cereal to her milk, gives it a little body so it gets them full and they stay full longer---sleeps through the night! You have to put a little larger slit in the bottle nipples but it works wonders--if you breast feed just pump your milk and use that with the cereal, our daughter preferred the oatmeal--Yes I know they say go with rice first but it really doesn't matter. They seem to like the flavor of the oatmeal better. And a pacifier really isn't as bad as people make it out to be, at least it's not a thumb--thumbs don't bend for gums and teeth like a pacifier does.

You need the book "What to expect the first year" and you have to get this CD I have--my daughter loves it and so does my nephews. If I had your addy I'd mail ya a copy! It's wonderful--very soothing. Don't know if you can find it wherever you're at because we got it in this little dinky local baby shoppe.

Hope this helped you....and please remember that ALL babies are different so what works for one may not work for the other but I know alot of moms can tell you the cereal trick. And when it comes to teething (not too far off) use teething tablets (you can get them at walmart or maybe a drug store) because the orajel doesn't work and makes them mad and the tylenol only goes so far.

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No matter how desperate you are for sleep, talk to your pediatrician before giving a 6 week old infant cereal. They strongly recommend waiting until the baby is at least 4 months old.

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I am sorry you don't agree with this, but when I did it I made sure to talk to my daughter's medical team (which consisted of 6 doctors -- due to her bladder reflux problems, and no that had nothing to do with her food intake it's just something that some kids have as babies and they outgrow) and ALL of them said it was fine and most said they did it with their children. You act as if I'd put my daughter at risk simply for some sleep. Most mother's I know did that with their babies and all of them were just fine. My daughter is a perfectly healthy 3 year old and well advanced for her age too.

**I want to add also that now I think about it more she was about 2-2 1/2 months old when we did the cereal because I was in and out of the hospital at the time, due to infections (bad time), also I didn't mean to imply that it should be done right now, but in the future it's a possibility.



Mainly I would suggest taking turns with your husband that way you both can get sleep, use ear plugs if you have thin walls. One be in another room with the baby and the other in the bed asleep. Then vise versa. It saves you in the long run, I wouldn't suggest sleeping with the baby for very long periods of time (like when they are older) it's a hard habit to break and it's really not good for the old marriage either, my brother and his wife are dealing with that issue and a 4 year old--lol!

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