Could you all do an episode on babies and colds/flu etc? I'm on my third baby and still struggle with treating colds and flu effectively. My first child had RSV at 5 months old and scared us quite a bit and I'm always worried something like that may happen again. As we head into fall/winter it is on my mind.
For our own mental health, we ended up sleep training our baby. We also have moved to his crib at night and he sleeps 5+ hours. We closely watch him with our monitor and feed him as much as we can during the day. Has gained a lot of weight and our pediatrician is happy with his progress.
Tomorrow I return to work after 6 months of being home with my baby and I've been crying all night. This video is just what I needed. I hope everyone reading this has a great week!
Thank you so much for answering these questions. I’m 38 weeks now with my baby and these are all the questions I had prior to my little coming. Thanks doctors!
We started very gentle sleep training at 3 months, only because that's when our daughter started to self soothe, so I wanted to give her opportunities to practice those skills. No more than 3 or 5 minutes at that age. And it was hugely beneficial. She got so much practice in and put herself to sleep twice in a few weeks. I'm glad that I researched but also, most importantly payed attention to my individual baby and what she was showing me that she was capable of doing. The main thing was not rushing in every time she fussed or cried and give her a few minutes to try to figure it out herself. Your baby is going to cry or fuss learning any new skill but do you want short term crying or long term crying? That's basically your decision. My niece is almost 4 and still sleeps with her parents and has cried a lot due to waking up and not having their parents there. She had cried more, collectively than my sleep trained 7 month old has.
Thanks for this advice Jessica Kirk. I have a 6 week old and she falls asleep on me constantly and she wakes up in less than 5 minutes of putting her down in her crib. You have given me hope
I totally agree! We have met a lot of parents with young kids, the happy ones are the ones with sleep trained kids, they cry less, know how to regulate their emotions, get enough sleep and thrive !
I know you two have mentioned your dogs! Do you have any special tips for introducing baby to the dog? Did you train your dog on anything new before hand?
You know why everyone loves you guys? Because you guys are so honest🌹 You are so honest and really helpful. Thank you creating this channel and videos. I tell everyone about your channel 😊
My son is 3 weeks old and was born at 37 weeks. I have both a bassinet and a mosses basket that I have in my bed. He doesn't have any issues falling asleep on my chest, however anytime I try to put him down whether it be in the mosses basket or his bassinet he cries and gets extremely upset 😢 😞 so I usually have him sleep on me during the night. I'm trying to break this habit, but it's easier said than done. I co-slept with my daughter the day she came home from the hospital. She was a day late. So totally opposite of my son. This was also 17 years ago! So I feel like a brand new parent all over again. My son also recently got circumcised 4 days ago. So while family is saying I should put him in his bassinet/mosses basket and let him cry 😢 I feel in my heart he's not ready and it would be too hard on him emotionally right now. So my question is. When should I let him "cry it out" or self sooth until he falls asleep on his own and not on me? Also I'm currently not producing a lot of milk so he's been getting 90% formula and 10% breast milk. Im trying to pump to increase my milk but its hard when im holding him constantly. I pee holding him, clean holding him... you get the drift 😐 it's just really hard for me to see him get so upset. Oh also he isn't the best with breastfeeding. It doesnt help that my nipples are inverted too 😕 And now he literally does one or two sucks and he gives up and starts crying. I watched another video that said if babies are using medium flow bottle nipples they can get a bit lazy with the boob. They're so used to not having to work for the milk. Nipple shields are great but when he doesn't suck long enough to get anything out he gets upset. I hope all this made sense. It's kinda all over the place. Like my life is right now 🙃 😆 🤣 Praying you see this and can help me, because lord knows I need all the advice and support I can get 🙏 Thank you so much ♡♡♡
Thank you sooo much because this cleared up soooo much me being a first time parent. My mother was trying to get me to start sleep training our new born and I felt like that was a little aggressive because this is the stage where she’s trying to eat as much as possible and focus on gaining weight. I feel A LOT better reading other comments and listening to this as well. My daughter is 3 weeks now and she sleeps very well thru the night wakes up every 2-3hrs for feedings during the day time sometimes I would have to wake her up but other than that she’s a foodie like her parents 😂
@@ntmn8444 strictly breastfeeding I don’t trust formulas with all the recalls. My daughter is 6 months today and still going strong with breastfeeding very tiring but it’s worth it because you know your child is getting nothing but the best.
I very gently sleep trained my son when he was around 5 months. Up until 5 months naps were a struggle as he mainly contact napped on me. It took maybe 2 weeks to get him to nap in his crib. He is 7 months now and naps 1.5 hour in the morning and 2-2.5 hours in the afternoon then sleeps 11 hours straight at night. I followed Taking Cara Babies tips. But maybe I am just blessed with a good sleeper lol
My daughter is 7 months and has always struggled with sleeping throughout the night. We can’t seem to get our pediatrician to help us with answers for this. She keeps telling us to sleep train, but I don’t think that’s the issue. She falls asleep on her own between 7:30-8 pm, but she wakes up at 11 pm and is ready for the day by 4/4:30 am. What are the questions we should be asking our pediatrician?
I struggle with convincing myself that sleep training does no harm to babies, and there are a few reasons for that: 1. Numerous cases exist where studies that were widely promoted were later proven to be false. Remember how pediatricians used to recommend placing babies on their stomachs to sleep? Given the ongoing replication crisis, it's challenging to fully trust even "evidence-based information." 2. My heart cannot accept the idea that a little creature who spent almost a year in their mother's womb would be ready to sleep by themselves in a strange and unfamiliar environment. I understand the benefits it would bring to the family to have a good, uninterrupted night's sleep, but it is incredibly difficult for me to convince myself that it is for the best to leave my loved one to soothe themselves.
Hello - thank you so much for doing these UA-cam videos. I had my son three weeks ago and my husband and I are in major survival mode and are struggling because our son won't sleep in the bassinet/will only contact sleep, so we aren't getting sleep (because we don't want to sleep with him sleeping on us- surviving through the night with coffee 😬). Our son also spits up and screams a lot in relation to eating and being laid down - so our questions: 1. could his issue with the bassinet be that he has acid reflux? If that's the case should we talk with our pediatrician about which sensitive stomach formula we should switch to (I'm EBFing currently) 2. If it isn't a diet/reflux issue what Is going on? What should we do to convince him to at least sleep in the bassinet for an hour or two over night? Thank you so much!!!
My baby is nine months old, I just had her weighed the other day at a sick visit and she’s 24 pounds, that’s 6 pounds more than she supposed to be. They’re telling me to continue to feed on demand even though her growth chart looks like she’s obese. She is so used to eating when she wants to do that, especially during the night, if I go in by her and don’t feed her if she screams at me. And more often than not I have to let her cry herself to sleep during naps and bedtime because as long as I am with her the only thing that’ll keep her from crying as a boob in the mouth.
Any thoughts on night lights once baby starts sleeping in their own room? We have the Hatch and I'm wondering whether to keep the soft light on at night or go pitch black.
My baby was born at 3.6kg, and by his 2w check-up, he was already 3.9kg. Around 2.5w, he slept for 6 hours straight until we woke him up for feeding. I was terrified but also excited. He's 4w now and often sleeps for 4-5 hours. I don't know if this is something normal. I asked his pediatrician, and he's okay with this.
Thank goodness for your videos by how do you get your baby to sleep independently. My baby is six weeks old and she falls asleep on me and when I transition her to her crib, she wakes in less than 5minutes
I had the same issue. I was setting the baby down head to butt and that would startled her awake. I watched a video of how to lay a baby down after having them fall asleep on you. Butt to head, put your hand on their chest for 30 sec, if they open there eyes don’t make eye contact. Keep your hand their, add a “shush” for soothing. It worked wonders for me. Hope it helps you!!
Hello doctors! My daughter just turned 6 months and started flapping one arm a few weeks ago. She responds to her name, plays perfectly, already crawls, loves standing and is very playful with everyone around her. I have been trapped in the cycle of autism videos and flapping arms is a common sign of autism. Should I be concerned or is this just a normal baby thing? Can signs of autism even be seen this early on?
I have been in a similar boat. Stop watching the autism videos they are not helpful!! Almost every baby exhibits some “autism signs” at points in their development.
I have a question if you could help me out: I used to feed my 1st born those fruity/veggie pouches you buy at a grocery store as their first "solids" but I think a lot of parents go straight from breastfeeding or formula to real food "solids" made from scratch. Is this a better way to go?
Honestly it’s whatever you feel comfortable with. My friend started her baby on purée food. Others did homemade food and just mashed it up for better texture exploration 😆
Hi! I would also recommend the solid starts Instagram and/or their webpage as pouches really aren't necessary. Unless you want to. My 1yr old rarely ate the regular baby food and just ate whatever we were eating!
Thanks for the video! Did you ever struggle with the later naps of the day? My baby refuses and fights his naps at the end of the day (anything after 4pm). He usually ends up skipping the last nap cause he won’t go down. I think he would sleep on me if I let him, but we always have tried to put him in bassinet for sleep. He is almost 5 months old. Great sleeper otherwise. Have a great night routine and he always is laid down awake and falls asleep in about 5 min on his own every night. Morning naps he can sleep on his own, but evening nap there is no getting him to sleep. I don’t know what to do.
Why does the AAP recommend babies sleep in your room at least 6 months and preferably up to a year if SIDS almost always occurs between 2-4 months? The recommendation doesn’t seem very logical. Especially when you could be sleep training your baby and giving them better rest
Can you give me advice...I'm still breastfeeding my 13 month old...when my baby was 9 months her pediatrician told me not to breastfeed her at night anymore because it was bad for her teeth.. is it? I still continued... At her 12 month physical he asked me how long I was planning to breastfeed her? I told him I didn't know I had no rush to stop since I was a stay home mom...and that I breastfeed my oldest till 2...he basically told me I can stop now since by now my milk didn't have the vitamins or the amount of fat for her.. basically it was like giving her 1% milk... I'm confused first time a pediatrician is making me feel like breastfeeding is not good especially going past 1 year.. she's my 3rd baby
Ugh, I hate when peds say stuff like this. Prime example of a doctor not listening and not tailoring their recommendations to the patient/family in front of them. The kind of stuff your ped was saying assumes that you are in a rush to wean or that you want to wean by 12 months, which is obviously not the case for you. Breastfeeding past one year is NOT bad, and in fact, beneficial. Sure, it doesn't meet all of their nutritional needs anymore and they need solids in addition to nursing at that point, but that doesn't mean it doesn't provide nutrition at all or that breastmilk suddenly becomes not good or something. If you're in no rush to stop, then don't stop. Whether or not and how long you breastfeed is determined by you and your child and no one else.
I know this is an old comment, but the WHO recommends at least 1 year and up to 2 years and longer if possible. I hope you were/are still breastfeeding as long as you and baby want/ed.
Breast milk goes straight to the throat and misses passing over the teeth so it’s not going to contribute to tooth decay. Talk with a lactation specialist not a ped for lactation support
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Could you all do an episode on babies and colds/flu etc? I'm on my third baby and still struggle with treating colds and flu effectively. My first child had RSV at 5 months old and scared us quite a bit and I'm always worried something like that may happen again. As we head into fall/winter it is on my mind.
For our own mental health, we ended up sleep training our baby. We also have moved to his crib at night and he sleeps 5+ hours. We closely watch him with our monitor and feed him as much as we can during the day. Has gained a lot of weight and our pediatrician is happy with his progress.
Tomorrow I return to work after 6 months of being home with my baby and I've been crying all night. This video is just what I needed. I hope everyone reading this has a great week!
Thank you so much for answering these questions. I’m 38 weeks now with my baby and these are all the questions I had prior to my little coming. Thanks doctors!
We started very gentle sleep training at 3 months, only because that's when our daughter started to self soothe, so I wanted to give her opportunities to practice those skills. No more than 3 or 5 minutes at that age. And it was hugely beneficial. She got so much practice in and put herself to sleep twice in a few weeks.
I'm glad that I researched but also, most importantly payed attention to my individual baby and what she was showing me that she was capable of doing. The main thing was not rushing in every time she fussed or cried and give her a few minutes to try to figure it out herself.
Your baby is going to cry or fuss learning any new skill but do you want short term crying or long term crying? That's basically your decision. My niece is almost 4 and still sleeps with her parents and has cried a lot due to waking up and not having their parents there. She had cried more, collectively than my sleep trained 7 month old has.
Thanks for this advice Jessica Kirk. I have a 6 week old and she falls asleep on me constantly and she wakes up in less than 5 minutes of putting her down in her crib. You have given me hope
I totally agree! We have met a lot of parents with young kids, the happy ones are the ones with sleep trained kids, they cry less, know how to regulate their emotions, get enough sleep and thrive !
Thank you for picking these questions! They address right where I'm at with baby and was the reassurance I needed!
So what do we do 2-4 months? Possible to sort of sleep train? Sleep prep?
I know sleep training can stir up alot of emotions and opinions from people 😅 y’all are brave to tackle it, but I appreciate it!
We started at 2 months and she’s been crib trained since then. Sleeps about 8-12 hours. Gave me a huge peace of mind
My was also trained by 2.5 months
But at 4.5 month old sleep regression phase 😢. Still on going .
Now i am clueless and super exhausted
I know you two have mentioned your dogs! Do you have any special tips for introducing baby to the dog? Did you train your dog on anything new before hand?
You two look SO happy in this video! Thank you for the helpful tips on sleeping…
Thank you so much for answering my question, great info!!
You know why everyone loves you guys? Because you guys are so honest🌹 You are so honest and really helpful. Thank you creating this channel and videos. I tell everyone about your channel 😊
My son is 3 weeks old and was born at 37 weeks. I have both a bassinet and a mosses basket that I have in my bed. He doesn't have any issues falling asleep on my chest, however anytime I try to put him down whether it be in the mosses basket or his bassinet he cries and gets extremely upset 😢 😞 so I usually have him sleep on me during the night. I'm trying to break this habit, but it's easier said than done. I co-slept with my daughter the day she came home from the hospital. She was a day late. So totally opposite of my son. This was also 17 years ago! So I feel like a brand new parent all over again. My son also recently got circumcised 4 days ago. So while family is saying I should put him in his bassinet/mosses basket and let him cry 😢 I feel in my heart he's not ready and it would be too hard on him emotionally right now. So my question is. When should I let him "cry it out" or self sooth until he falls asleep on his own and not on me? Also I'm currently not producing a lot of milk so he's been getting 90% formula and 10% breast milk. Im trying to pump to increase my milk but its hard when im holding him constantly. I pee holding him, clean holding him... you get the drift 😐 it's just really hard for me to see him get so upset. Oh also he isn't the best with breastfeeding. It doesnt help that my nipples are inverted too 😕 And now he literally does one or two sucks and he gives up and starts crying. I watched another video that said if babies are using medium flow bottle nipples they can get a bit lazy with the boob. They're so used to not having to work for the milk. Nipple shields are great but when he doesn't suck long enough to get anything out he gets upset.
I hope all this made sense. It's kinda all over the place. Like my life is right now 🙃 😆 🤣
Praying you see this and can help me, because lord knows I need all the advice and support I can get 🙏 Thank you so much ♡♡♡
Thank you sooo much because this cleared up soooo much me being a first time parent. My mother was trying to get me to start sleep training our new born and I felt like that was a little aggressive because this is the stage where she’s trying to eat as much as possible and focus on gaining weight. I feel A LOT better reading other comments and listening to this as well. My daughter is 3 weeks now and she sleeps very well thru the night wakes up every 2-3hrs for feedings during the day time sometimes I would have to wake her up but other than that she’s a foodie like her parents 😂
omg, sleeps through the night at 3 weeks old? I did not think it is possible!
Were you breastfeeding at the time or were you formula feeding?
@@ntmn8444 strictly breastfeeding I don’t trust formulas with all the recalls. My daughter is 6 months today and still going strong with breastfeeding very tiring but it’s worth it because you know your child is getting nothing but the best.
I very gently sleep trained my son when he was around 5 months. Up until 5 months naps were a struggle as he mainly contact napped on me. It took maybe 2 weeks to get him to nap in his crib. He is 7 months now and naps 1.5 hour in the morning and 2-2.5 hours in the afternoon then sleeps 11 hours straight at night. I followed Taking Cara Babies tips. But maybe I am just blessed with a good sleeper lol
wut tips did you use
My daughter is 7 months and has always struggled with sleeping throughout the night. We can’t seem to get our pediatrician to help us with answers for this. She keeps telling us to sleep train, but I don’t think that’s the issue. She falls asleep on her own between 7:30-8 pm, but she wakes up at 11 pm and is ready for the day by 4/4:30 am. What are the questions we should be asking our pediatrician?
I struggle with convincing myself that sleep training does no harm to babies, and there are a few reasons for that:
1. Numerous cases exist where studies that were widely promoted were later proven to be false.
Remember how pediatricians used to recommend placing babies on their stomachs to sleep?
Given the ongoing replication crisis, it's challenging to fully trust even "evidence-based information."
2. My heart cannot accept the idea that a little creature who spent almost a year in their mother's womb would be ready to sleep by themselves in a strange and unfamiliar environment.
I understand the benefits it would bring to the family to have a good, uninterrupted night's sleep, but it is incredibly difficult for me to convince myself that it is for the best to leave my loved one to soothe themselves.
Very helpful video. Thank you so much 🙏
Hello - thank you so much for doing these UA-cam videos. I had my son three weeks ago and my husband and I are in major survival mode and are struggling because our son won't sleep in the bassinet/will only contact sleep, so we aren't getting sleep (because we don't want to sleep with him sleeping on us- surviving through the night with coffee 😬). Our son also spits up and screams a lot in relation to eating and being laid down - so our questions:
1. could his issue with the bassinet be that he has acid reflux? If that's the case should we talk with our pediatrician about which sensitive stomach formula we should switch to (I'm EBFing currently)
2. If it isn't a diet/reflux issue what Is going on? What should we do to convince him to at least sleep in the bassinet for an hour or two over night?
Thank you so much!!!
Super informative. Thank you!
Hope your baby is doing well
My baby is nine months old, I just had her weighed the other day at a sick visit and she’s 24 pounds, that’s 6 pounds more than she supposed to be. They’re telling me to continue to feed on demand even though her growth chart looks like she’s obese. She is so used to eating when she wants to do that, especially during the night, if I go in by her and don’t feed her if she screams at me. And more often than not I have to let her cry herself to sleep during naps and bedtime because as long as I am with her the only thing that’ll keep her from crying as a boob in the mouth.
Can you do a Q&A on mom? I was wondering if the mini pill causes mothers to have their periods very early on even if they are breastfeeding. Thanks!
Also curious about this please!
Any thoughts on night lights once baby starts sleeping in their own room? We have the Hatch and I'm wondering whether to keep the soft light on at night or go pitch black.
My baby was born at 3.6kg, and by his 2w check-up, he was already 3.9kg. Around 2.5w, he slept for 6 hours straight until we woke him up for feeding. I was terrified but also excited. He's 4w now and often sleeps for 4-5 hours. I don't know if this is something normal. I asked his pediatrician, and he's okay with this.
Love your videos!!!!
Thank goodness for your videos by how do you get your baby to sleep independently. My baby is six weeks old and she falls asleep on me and when I transition her to her crib, she wakes in less than 5minutes
I had the same issue. I was setting the baby down head to butt and that would startled her awake. I watched a video of how to lay a baby down after having them fall asleep on you. Butt to head, put your hand on their chest for 30 sec, if they open there eyes don’t make eye contact. Keep your hand their, add a “shush” for soothing. It worked wonders for me. Hope it helps you!!
Hello doctors! My daughter just turned 6 months and started flapping one arm a few weeks ago. She responds to her name, plays perfectly, already crawls, loves standing and is very playful with everyone around her. I have been trapped in the cycle of autism videos and flapping arms is a common sign of autism. Should I be concerned or is this just a normal baby thing? Can signs of autism even be seen this early on?
I have been in a similar boat. Stop watching the autism videos they are not helpful!! Almost every baby exhibits some “autism signs” at points in their development.
@@QueerlyMama I agree! Glad to know I'm not the only one. Thank you!❤️
Oh, thank you for the information on feeding and solid transition tips..
Ill start sleep training as soon as theyre born.
I have a question if you could help me out: I used to feed my 1st born those fruity/veggie pouches you buy at a grocery store as their first "solids" but I think a lot of parents go straight from breastfeeding or formula to real food "solids" made from scratch. Is this a better way to go?
Honestly it’s whatever you feel comfortable with. My friend started her baby on purée food. Others did homemade food and just mashed it up for better texture exploration 😆
Hi! I would also recommend the solid starts Instagram and/or their webpage as pouches really aren't necessary. Unless you want to. My 1yr old rarely ate the regular baby food and just ate whatever we were eating!
Thanks for the video! Did you ever struggle with the later naps of the day? My baby refuses and fights his naps at the end of the day (anything after 4pm). He usually ends up skipping the last nap cause he won’t go down. I think he would sleep on me if I let him, but we always have tried to put him in bassinet for sleep. He is almost 5 months old. Great sleeper otherwise. Have a great night routine and he always is laid down awake and falls asleep in about 5 min on his own every night. Morning naps he can sleep on his own, but evening nap there is no getting him to sleep. I don’t know what to do.
Your wake window between morning and afternoon nap may be too long if he isn't wanting to nap the afternoon nap.
Why does the AAP recommend babies sleep in your room at least 6 months and preferably up to a year if SIDS almost always occurs between 2-4 months? The recommendation doesn’t seem very logical. Especially when you could be sleep training your baby and giving them better rest
Sids can happen up to a year
My baby is 15 months old. How much longer do I need to give whole milk?
Can you maybe talk about naps with sleep training? And when kiddos are old enough to drop to 1 nap a day? Sorry, I know more sleep questions.
Depends on the baby but around 15-18m, when you see one of the two naps is shorter and shorter
Cheers to toddlers and feeding them 😃😎 so so true…
Can you give me advice...I'm still breastfeeding my 13 month old...when my baby was 9 months her pediatrician told me not to breastfeed her at night anymore because it was bad for her teeth.. is it? I still continued...
At her 12 month physical he asked me how long I was planning to breastfeed her? I told him I didn't know I had no rush to stop since I was a stay home mom...and that I breastfeed my oldest till 2...he basically told me I can stop now since by now my milk didn't have the vitamins or the amount of fat for her.. basically it was like giving her 1% milk...
I'm confused first time a pediatrician is making me feel like breastfeeding is not good especially going past 1 year.. she's my 3rd baby
Ugh, I hate when peds say stuff like this. Prime example of a doctor not listening and not tailoring their recommendations to the patient/family in front of them. The kind of stuff your ped was saying assumes that you are in a rush to wean or that you want to wean by 12 months, which is obviously not the case for you. Breastfeeding past one year is NOT bad, and in fact, beneficial. Sure, it doesn't meet all of their nutritional needs anymore and they need solids in addition to nursing at that point, but that doesn't mean it doesn't provide nutrition at all or that breastmilk suddenly becomes not good or something. If you're in no rush to stop, then don't stop. Whether or not and how long you breastfeed is determined by you and your child and no one else.
I know this is an old comment, but the WHO recommends at least 1 year and up to 2 years and longer if possible. I hope you were/are still breastfeeding as long as you and baby want/ed.
I breastfed my daughter for 3 years. Her teeth are perfect as well as her immune system. Take care ❤️
Breast milk goes straight to the throat and misses passing over the teeth so it’s not going to contribute to tooth decay. Talk with a lactation specialist not a ped for lactation support
Could you talk about the updated covid booster please
Absolutely outstanding! This is top-notch content. I read something similar, and it was mind-blowing. "Better Sleep Better Life" by William Brook
Your videos are too long