Wednesday, January 14, 2009

This post sucks

What's the point of having a baby that sleeps through the night if he doesn't sleep through the night?

I don't know what is wrong with him.

Maybe its because his quilt needs to be washed so he didn't get to sleep with it the past 2 nights? See previous post and the bullet referring to the Puke Bath I was subjected to. Maybe he doesn't like being swaddled anymore so he has to learn not to flail his arms while sleeping and wake himself up.

Maybe he's teething? He has been gnawing on his hands and wrists for a couple of weeks, but not drooling.

Getting a cold? His nose sounds very snuffly. He coughs a little bit, but most of the time I think he just likes to make the noise but there are a few 'real' coughs in there.

Come to think of it, his naps haven't been that great for the past few days either.

As for other Squirt news , he currently uses a bink. Though it seems that the only time he really uses it is when he lays down for a nap or for the night and when he gets really upset and needs to be soothed. I have seen him suck on 2 fingers but his coordination still isn't that great to have formed it as a habit. Also, when he is in the swing, he doesn't use the bink to fall asleep and sometimes when I lay him on the floor to play he dozes off with nothing in his mouth.

My reason for introducing the bink in the first place is because I currently have a 7 1/2 year old who still sucks her thumb.

So, at what point do you start weaning from a bink? I was thinking at 6 months. But is that too soon and will it cause him to find a substitute soother such as his fingers or thumb?

1 comment:

Lynn said...

My two cents if you'd like to hear it.. Both Alanna and Brandon didn't like binkies but Christian did. He kept it until he was about 11 months. Once he was introduced to a sippy cup we let go of the binky.. Since there was nothing else in the house with the nipple on it like the binky he just faded off with it.. It took a couple weeks, with giving it to him only when he napped then it was only when he slept at night to not at all.. It worked for us but he wasn't totally dependant and with the introduction to his "cowey" shortly after his first birthday he had something to carry around.. :) Not sure if that helped! Sorry your having a rough week.. Hope it's going better for you.. :)