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Also is it required to change diaper at night time, also if putting the infant to sleep on their side will make their head the shape of a cone?

2007-01-10 13:55:59 · 21 answers · asked by anom 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting Newborn & Baby

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It sure does if you spike the milk with rum. I'd go 50/50 for a good night's sleep.

I sleep on my side a lot and my head is not cone-shaped.

2007-01-10 13:58:35 · answer #1 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 0 5

By milk i am assuming you mean breast milk or formula. Feeding more at night may not be the answer - if your baby eats too much he/she will spit up or vomit as the tummy will be too full - this could also cause pain. Give him/her as much as he/she would normaly have or until he/she has had enough - with my baby she starts to pull away from the bottle and then won't take it back in her mouth. Also, do not put cereal in the bottle - this can cause choking and can lead to death!!!! at any rate the american acadamy of pediatricians recommeds that you wait till the baby is six month until introducing solids.

Re the diaper - is it reqiuired to change it a night time. This depends on whether it needs changed. Usual my baby has a new diaper after her last feed for the night. If your baby wakes during the night then you want to check the diaper and if wet or dirty change it - leaving it wet/dirty can lead to diaper rash and discomfort for your baby.

Tjhe current recommendation for sleeping if on the back to reduce the risk of SIDS. it is recommended that the position of the head is altered to prevent the head from becoming flat.

2007-01-10 22:24:06 · answer #2 · answered by scotty2canuck 2 · 0 0

A 2 1/2 mo old has a small stomach and can not eat much. They usually spit up if you feed them more. I would change diaper at night so they don't wake up with a wet diaper. NO sleeping on side will not cause cone head. My son did however get a bald spot from laying on his back so much to sleep but hair grew in shortly.

2007-01-10 22:06:14 · answer #3 · answered by Samantha 3 · 1 0

A full belly definitely helps them sleep better.

Make sure a fresh diaper is put on before you expect the baby to go to sleep for the night. If a soiled one is keeping them awake obviously it needs to be changed.

I am pretty sure them sleeping in their side won't make their head change shape. Their bed/mattress/chair or whatever should be soft enough.
However I knew someone who would wrap their baby and lay them on a rug on the tiled floor (which was a too hard surface I think) in front of the TV and that poor little kids head went flat on one side. He is 2 now and still has an odd shaped head.

2007-01-10 22:09:30 · answer #4 · answered by Kylie 6 · 1 0

Feeding more may make baby sleep longer because he's not hungry, but at his age he's still going to wake up and want to eat. He should be changed at least once because infants go a lot and don't like sleeping in a wet or dirty diaper (that would also wake him up), and the best for baby to sleep is on his back, they say that's the best way to prevent SIDS, and so he doesn't roll over and possible suffocatation.

2007-01-10 22:00:33 · answer #5 · answered by Nicole K 3 · 0 0

Feeding milk at night to a baby is not a good idea (unless he/she brushes teeth before going to sleep). Milk in the mouth can rot teeth and also sets up a nasty habit of needing the bottle TO go to sleep.

I changed my kids diapers before they went to bed and unless they had an accident during the night didn't change them again until morning. (If you do have to change the diaper in the night do not turn on the light and do not start interacting with your baby. Just put them right back to bed!)

There are a lot of opinions about what sleeping position is the safest and best. Personally, my kids slept on their bellies with no problem. I'm going to let you figure out what is best for your baby.

Get a good night's sleep!

2007-01-10 22:02:54 · answer #6 · answered by Sciencemom 4 · 0 1

Never heard of any of that. I have a 4 year old and never went through that. My wife is a nurse and she says NO!!!! Now the diaper thing...Depends!!!!!! Are tehy going alot. You dont want the child siiting in their own wast longer than they must. Its not good for their skin...can cause skin irration and then you have another problem. Also how much does he/or she go throught the night. Its just all in our own judgement. There are also rumors about what side they should sleep on. The biggest concern with this is SIDS. Even though you hear this alot, much of it is rumor. There has been NO PROVEN way to tell which way a child should sleep. Its all suggestions on an educated guess

2007-01-10 22:00:54 · answer #7 · answered by tiptoe30110 1 · 0 0

You should read a book called on Becoming Baby Wise, by Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam...good stuff, helps babies sleep longer by establishing good feeding and wake cycles during the day... with my kids, trying to feed them too much milk to get extra in only gave them gas and made them spit up. I use huggies and my kids never had wetness against their skin, so I only changed them when the were messy. As for the whole SIDS, sleeping on side and plagio (flat heads due to back sleeping) epidemic. I say whatever works for you. All three of my kids slept on bellies from at least a week on... helps them not be as gassy and feel more secure, and honestly I don't see any compelling evidence that back sleeping is that much more safe, all my babies had nice little round heads (they also had strong enough necks to flip them back and forth during the night, that was my criteria) so I say it's up to you.

2007-01-10 22:33:59 · answer #8 · answered by busymomma 1 · 0 0

Yes to the feeding, yes to the diaper change, both will help him/her sleep through the night, and the infant should still be sleeping on it's back, not it's side or stomach.

2007-01-10 22:01:39 · answer #9 · answered by Kiss My Shaz 7 · 1 0

Yes it is required to change the diaper unless you want the baby to get diaper rash, it doesn't take long for formula to go through their tiny systems, hence, they pee alot. Also, you should put your baby to sleep on their back and yes the way they sleep can mis-shape their head but only because their skull is not completely hard until around the age of 1 when all their soft spots harden.

2007-01-10 22:00:23 · answer #10 · answered by jule9104 3 · 0 0

1) yes, a little extra milk at night will help you get a longer stretch of sleep out of the baby. We found that babies naturally seem to want this at night anyhow, that the ones who were on a good four hour schedule during the day would really really want their evening bottle after only 2 or 3 hours--we would let them have it and then put them to bed and get 6 or more hours out of them.

2) I don't change diapers at middle-of-the-night feedings unless I'm sure it's poopy (you can usually tell just by smell). Sometimes when we were having trouble with soak-throughs my hubby would change a baby at about midnight before he came to bed--the baby wouldn't even wake up.

3. It's good to rotate how your baby sleeps each night and nap so they don't get a flat spot. We would have them sleep flat on their back one time, then propped wtih a sleep positioner slanted to the right the next time, then propped to the left the next time, and so on. None of our babies got flat spots.

2007-01-10 22:14:50 · answer #11 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 0 0

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