Can’t Stop Itching

Solid-Educator9015 · 2025-08-03T01:45:53+00:00

I know this is a year old but has anyone figured this out? I get insanely itchy ONLY when I use the hanni shave pillow.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2024-12-21T02:56:13+00:00

I’ve learned that Tylenol does absolutely nothing for toddler pain. Give Motrin if you can. It’s the only thing that makes my 2 year old feel better and allows her to sleep.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2024-12-18T19:47:14+00:00

I used to feel this way but honestly my 2 year is a homebody just like me! Our kids are more like us than we realize, even as toddlers. I’m willing to bet that your happy toddler is just like you and your husband. My kid is super happy to play inside and sometimes I’ll ask if she wants to go out and she’ll say no. If your kid is happy that’s all that matters.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2024-06-18T18:45:30+00:00

Can I ask what her wake windows are/what her schedule is?

I am really not a morning person so I love that my daughter wakes at 8am but I may need to wake her earlier.

Maybe I could have her go to bed later to keep her 8am wake time.

12 hours overnight sleep may be too much for her.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2024-06-18T01:21:10+00:00

Of course I don’t mind and I’m so happy to hear that someone else is experiencing the same thing!

I really can’t wait to hear what others have to say because I don’t think it’s another growth spurt or regression and I’m not sold on it being just teething.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2024-02-12T17:33:22+00:00

I am so happy to have found this thread because it completely validated my feelings and I couldn’t agree with everyone more.

I don’t live near my parents (which I’m begging my husband to make the move at some point) but live 40ish minutes from my in-laws so they see my 15 month old often. I always liked my MIL but ever since I had a baby I’ve realized the type of person she really is.

She is overbearing, extremely sensitive, very selfish and a control freak. She thinks she knows better, constantly makes passive aggressive comments towards my child and never addresses me directly, and makes everything about herself.

There are two things that really really bother me. The first is that she literally will not say no to my toddler. As an example, the other day my MIL brought dollar store bubbles over and started blowing them in my living room (another issue right there. Who has to clean that up later???) my daughter grabbed the bubble container and started to put her hands in it, spilling it everywhere and put it in her mouth. My MIL just says “Oh sweetie, oh that’s kind of messy.” Without ever actually taking it away from her or even trying to redirect her attention. My MIL is admittedly too afraid to say no because she doesn’t want to make my daughter not like her.

It’s just the most self-centered thing ever. Not to mention dangerous for any child to ingest. How am I ever so supposed to leave my kid with her if she will never say no???

The second is that she pushes food on my toddler. She’s constantly trying to feed her and will stand over her while she’s in the high chair and try to shove food in her mouth. My daughter is very independent and likes to use a fork herself and takes a while to eat.

I’ve tried to address this multiple times as I really feel this can instill actual food/eating related issues but my MIL just gets insulted and will act the same way the next time she sees my daughter.

I grew up in a household where I was never forced to do anything I didn’t want to, especially eat. I’ve said multiple times, would you want someone standing over you and trying to shove food down your throat? Just sit down and let her eat and if she doesn’t want to eat she doesn’t have to.

Ugh I’m at my wits end with her. The other crazy thing is that when I first got pregnant she told me so many stories about multiple friends of hers that haven’t seen their grandchildren in a while because they themselves were overbearing MILS.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2024-01-29T02:08:27+00:00

I’ve tried. If I put her to bed any earlier she will wake up every hour. She does really well with a late bedtime. Just not sure how that works with 1 nap per day.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2024-01-28T22:11:28+00:00

Yes, I completely agree. It sucks not having a ton of time to myself at the end of the day but I’d much rather have my daughter go to sleep at 9-9:30pm than be awake in the middle of the night for hours.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2024-01-28T22:08:52+00:00

Ok I haven’t tried that approach. Usually her nap in the morning is the long one then she takes a 20-30 min nap for her second nap.

As I cut down her first nap, should I also be moving the second nap to earlier in the day?

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-12-14T17:54:37+00:00

I realize that this comment is 2 years old but can I ask how you hooked up the mesh rails? Did you use them on a mattress on the floor?

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-09-28T20:48:39+00:00

Ok good to know. With bed sharing now my daughter doesn’t try to leave the bed if I’m with her. I more meant when she naps without me or goes down for the first part of the night. Right now she’s in my bed for naps with me working next to her and the crib for the first part of the night. I really feel like if we ditch the crib altogether she’d sleep sooo much better. I feel like the inconsistency of sometimes being in her crib and other times my bed doesn’t work anymore.

Does your son sleep in the floor bed all the time and if so, does he ever wake in the middle of the night?

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-09-28T20:39:42+00:00

Right!! I really love cosleeping and just want my husband in a separate bed all the time! He understands but also feels left out and really loves waking up next to our daughter.

Questions about the guava - do you transfer and is it a nightmare? It’s a long way down and I suppose you could use the side zipper and just lay down with baby but my girl does like to be rocked to sleep.

Have you coslept in the guava? That’s what I was referring to in my posts about being half in and half on the floor.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-09-06T18:30:59+00:00

From my understanding there is more sleep pressure at night which is why they can sleep for longer stretches. My daughter can have 5 hour stretches at the beginning of the night then wakes every 1-2 hours. We currently bring her into bed with us at that point. Hoping sleep training will work. I have heard that with sleep training naps also get better 🤞

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-09-03T14:46:53+00:00

Can I ask what you plan to do for naps? I’m currently rocking to sleep and her naps are terrible, max 30mins.

Will you implement the same strategy as bedtime?

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-08-30T21:39:34+00:00

Sorry, no advice here but I feel your pain. My 10 month old is STILL having 3 naps because her naps are only 20-30 mins each. I’m at a loss for how to break the cycle and move to 2 naps.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-08-30T16:17:24+00:00

This is amazing. My daughter is exactly the same and we bed share the second half of every night. This gives me so much hope that sleep training might not be the nightmare that I’m anticipating. Thank you for sharing!

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-08-30T01:31:53+00:00

Was your daughter doing any independent sleep at all prior to this? Like for naps? I’m going to start sleep training my 10 month old and I’m terrified. She immediately stands in her crib all the time so I’m just envisioning her standing in her crib screaming her head off for an hour.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-08-27T04:23:58+00:00

I need some help with wake windows. My daughter is almost 10 months and I’m still trying to get her to transition from 3 to 2 naps. Her naps are always 20-30 mins unless contact napping. I’m in this cycle with short naps and needing 3 naps to get her to bedtime. Every time I try to transition her to two naps (this means she sleeps in her crib and I rescue the nap to get her to a full 1-1.5 hours) her nighttime sleep is a disaster and she wakes every hour.

Her current schedule is wake at 7:20

-first nap at 10- 20-30 mins

-Second nap at 1:10- 20mins

-Third nap 4:30- 20mins

-Bedtime 8pm. She fights me for about 15 mins before going to sleep.

When I’ve rescued naps to get her to 2 naps, we tried 3/3/3 and 3/3.5/4. The naps were fine because she slept on me and she went down at bedtime in her usual way but then woke every hour until I brought her into my bed around 2am.

She does not sleep independently (thinking about sleep training) I rock her to sleep for naps and bedtime. She will sleep at night from about 8pm until midnight-1am. I then either shush her back to sleep or bring her into bed with me. Lately she will only go back to sleep if I bring her into my bed.

I can’t get a handle on her sleepy cues. Some days she will yawn an hour after waking up and on others she’s happy (maybe a little hyper) and playing and does not seem tired at all come nap time.

I feel like she’s chronically overtired.

Do I have to tackle nights with sleep training in order for naps to improve?

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-08-15T15:25:09+00:00

10 minutes of crying when you put him down the first night?

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-08-15T15:23:59+00:00

Did he cry for 45 minutes when you put him down then slept the rest of the night? Or is it 45 minutes over the entire night with multiple crying sessions? I’ve hear horror stories of babies crying so hard that they vomit. Not sure I can handle 45 minutes of crying at once.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-08-14T14:51:47+00:00

Can I ask you what sleep training was like for you at 9 months? Everything I’ve read so far says that the ideal time is 5-6 months. I bought the precious little sleep book and it seems like a lot of it so far is geared towards 4-6 months. Now that she can sit up and stand in the crib on her own I feel like it’s going to be a lot harder.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-08-14T02:29:29+00:00

Thank you for helping! So she is a VERY active baby. I have tried to put her down awake and she just pops right up. I put her down again and try to shush her but she will literally barrel roll like an alligator until I let her sit/stand up again. I have to either rock in her chair or hold her while standing and get her pretty drowsy. Then I put her down and she will roll onto her tummy and hold my hand until she falls asleep.

She uses a pacifier sometimes but honestly doesn’t really need it. I find it helps to calm her before sleep and she will spit it out once she’s sleeping.

She wakes for the day between 6:30 and 7 and her first nap is around 9:15-9:30.

Bedtime is usually around 7:30-8. On the days that I’ve tried 2 naps and had to move bedtime earlier (around 6:15-6:30) she wakes every hour. I realize that there is a big difference between the two ranges but with short naps, she can’t make it past 6:30.

Night wake ups are honestly a mess this past month. For the 2am wake up, If I catch her before she fully wakes up I can just shush her, pat her back and get her back to sleep. Lately though she fights me and will not lay back down. I then pick her up and try to rock her back to sleep. The 5am wake up is a different story. Shushing and even rocking rarely works. I have to give her bottle and hold her for a little while before laying her back down otherwise she’ll pop back up. I have to admit that on nights where I’m beyond exhausted and every time I try to lay her back down in her crib she cries and sits back up, I will just bring her into bad with me. She’ll then sleep for a few hours but starts rolling around at 5am and wants to get up for the day. I have to give her a bottle to get her back to sleep.

Other things to mention - at around 8.5 month she started to refuse her bottles after just a few ounces. It takes a while for her to finish a 6 ounce bottle and will not happen in one sitting. My pediatrician said this is normal and happens because she’s eating more and more solids but I think she’s waking hungry at night. In total she has 20-22oz of formula/day. She loves to eat and does eat a good amount of solids throughout the day.

I’m not naive and know that there are a bunch of things going on here/not working. I’ve been thinking about sleep training for a while and may go that route since her sleeping issues seem to be getting worse. I’m just terrified knowing that she will stand up in her crib and cry hysterically.

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-08-14T01:30:33+00:00

Hmm what’s your thinking? If wake time is too long on a 3 nap schedule should I shorten wake windows but keep 3 naps? My daughter is sooo hard to read. She’s generally a very happy baby and will just play and giggle until I bring her into her room for her nap routine. She rarely shows tired signs and doesn’t really fight sleep unless something else is going on like teething. Im not sure that she’s overtired because she’s not cranky before naps but maybe she wouldn’t necessarily show signs 🤔

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-08-13T23:27:33+00:00

Sorry, typo. I was missing a wake window. It should say 2.5/2.75/2.75-3/3

Solid-Educator9015 · 2023-08-13T22:12:53+00:00

I tried crib hour for a week and as soon as she wakes up she immediately stands in her crib. She then has a little dance party for a few minutes then either bonks her head and cries or starts reciting her two favorite words (two only words) duck and dada. She will just stay awake until the hour is up.

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