I just watched a movie called "The Happiest Baby on the Block". There's a book by the same name, but I didn't want to take the time to read the book. I was hoping it would have advice to help with Cory's naps, but it was geared towards younger kids. According to the author, Dr. Harvey Karp, babies are age 0-8 months and toddlers are 8 months-5 years. So I have two toddlers!
But I was interested in Dr. Karp's methods for calming babies, so I'll record them here for future reference. Key ideas include:
The fourth trimester - first three months of a baby's life. Their brain is still so immature they behave more like a fetus than a baby, so they need to be treated more like a fetus, especially when calming them. It's OK to recreate elements of the womb - they won't be spoiled.
Calming strategies include the 5 "S's": swaddle (snuggly), shush (as loudly as they are crying. White noise or radio static work), side (put them on their side or stomach, if you get the right angle they automatically calm down), swinging (more like a fast jiggling, especially their head), sucking (if pacifier, don't use until nursing is fully established. When they're sucking, bump it with your finger so they think it's falling out. They'll suck harder and learn faster)
The movie was only 38 minutes, definitely worth watching for me. It didn't teach me much about sleep, but there were a few tips and I really liked the 5 S's.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Menu for a 10 month old boy
I can't remember what Jason was eating at this age. Cory has a lot of teeth and he has never been very enthused about baby food, so it's possible he's eating whole foods a lot earlier than Jason was.
Breakfast:
Yogurt and rice cereal
cheerios or baby cereal puffs
Water
Lunch and Dinner: a combination of some the following -
Fruit - canned pears/peaches (in fruit juice, not sugar water), diced
banana, diced
applesauce
baby food fruit
Veggies - cooked carrots, diced
cooked sweet potato, diced
baby food veggies
protein - baby meat sticks, diced
cheese, small cubes
baby food meat or meals
grain - ritz crackers
cheerios
rice
bread, broken in tiny pieces
bottle of water
Sometimes we'll give him other stuff, like little bits of whatever we're eating, but that's usually what he eats. I also nurse him about 4 times a day - waking up, before morning nap, before afternoon nap, before bed - and he snacks on cheerios or crackers during car trips and stuff.
Breakfast:
Yogurt and rice cereal
cheerios or baby cereal puffs
Water
Lunch and Dinner: a combination of some the following -
Fruit - canned pears/peaches (in fruit juice, not sugar water), diced
banana, diced
applesauce
baby food fruit
Veggies - cooked carrots, diced
cooked sweet potato, diced
baby food veggies
protein - baby meat sticks, diced
cheese, small cubes
baby food meat or meals
grain - ritz crackers
cheerios
rice
bread, broken in tiny pieces
bottle of water
Sometimes we'll give him other stuff, like little bits of whatever we're eating, but that's usually what he eats. I also nurse him about 4 times a day - waking up, before morning nap, before afternoon nap, before bed - and he snacks on cheerios or crackers during car trips and stuff.
Childraising info.
I feel like I forget things pretty easily, including parenting skills that I've learned. When Cory was born, I was surprised to find out that I couldn't remember a lot of the things that worked for me two years before, when Jason was a baby. I know there were "Aha!" moments with Jason, when I figured out how to feed, clothe, or entertain him more efficiently and effectively - but for the most part, I couldn't remember them. That's not to say that being a mom wasn't easier the second time round (it was) or that I would expect everything that worked with Jason to work with Cory (it wouldn't).
However, to avoid reinventing the wheel when child #3 comes along (if we're lucky enough to have him/her someday) and to provide a better standard of comparison, I've decided to write down some of the things I'm learning along the way. Hopefully they will provide enlightenment or at least entertainment when I have another child at the right age for the information to apply to them.
However, to avoid reinventing the wheel when child #3 comes along (if we're lucky enough to have him/her someday) and to provide a better standard of comparison, I've decided to write down some of the things I'm learning along the way. Hopefully they will provide enlightenment or at least entertainment when I have another child at the right age for the information to apply to them.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Regarding the name of my blog
You may ask, "What do shoes and ships and sealing wax have to do with anything?" I'll tell you: Absolutely nothing! It's a pretty random title, because this is a pretty random blog. I plan on writing about whatever I'm thinking about, whether it's my struggles as a parent, fun vacations I've taken, or even a particularly good slice of pizza I ate - when I was five. So if you find any general theme to my ramblings, know that I probably didn't put it there.
And, for all you fellow "Alice in Wonderland" fans, here's a part of the wonderfully random poem I borrowed the phrase from (The Walrus and the Carpenter, by Lewis Carroll):
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
And, for all you fellow "Alice in Wonderland" fans, here's a part of the wonderfully random poem I borrowed the phrase from (The Walrus and the Carpenter, by Lewis Carroll):
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
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