He probably isn't getting enough from the breast to eat. Supplement with formula to eliminate that or deal with a crabby kid. Just realize they develop habits even early on so if you wait a long time and they get used to being up every couple of hours you're in for a long road.
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We ended up supplementing formula due to my wife not producing enough. At one point she came close to his intake but it didn't last long. As for the screaming, if it's not hunger you can try this stuff after 2 weeks of age. It worked like a champ for my little dude.Pediatrician Recommended Gripe Water | MommysBliss
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Harvard Pilgrim (Mass.) covered a 3 month rental on a hospital grade pump and after that we can trade it in for a home model also fully covered. The hospital grade pump goes for $2000.
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Baby did the same thing with sleeping. Cosleeping, crib, bassinet, whatever. Did not work. Only place he would sleep is on me. At some point realized hey, when he sleeps on me, he's always sleeping on his belly. Put him on belly in crib, 3 hour nap. He's been sleeping on his belly for the last year, hates it on his back. We got a Levana Snuza (breathing monitor) because, obviously, your child will instantaneously combust if sleeping on belly. Yeah, that lasted for a few weeks until it started giving false alarms every few minutes.
Swing may also work. Carseat usually did (not in the car, me swinging the carseat, getting buff. Driving pissed him off more.)
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Awesome, might try it. Its funny my wife's grandmother said she raised all her kids by making them sleep on their stomachs because that's how they told her to do it to avoid issues
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They used to think SIDS was caused by kids choking on their own spit up when sleeping on their backs so they recommended that all kids sleep on their stomachs. Then the instances of SIDS went up when they were having kids sleep on their stomachs so now they recommend all kids sleep on their backs.
There is a doctor in Seattle making some promising strides in cracking what causes SIDS so hopefully we can stop guessing.One Seattle Children??Ts doctor thinks hes close to stopping SIDS | The Seattle Times
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Right, we probably all slept on our stomachs. I don't want to downplay SIDS because it's tragic, but dad getting in a crash on the way to work because he never sleeps is also tragic - and probably more likely. Ask yourself if he sleeps on his stomach when he sleeps on you. Most likely he does, because I can't imagine how he'd sleep on his back on you. Talk about uncomfortable. We probably unknowingly trained our kids to sleep on their stomachs just trying to get them to SLEEP AT ALL.
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Yeah, it is tough to not be paranoid about it. Supposedly with the sleeping on their back thing once they can roll over on their own how they sleep isn't much of a concern. My daughter did fine on her back in a rock-n-play but as soon as she was on her own in the crib she was always instantly on her stomach. My wife didn't like that but I convinced her if baby is happy she should be too.
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And how could you stop it once she can roll over? Put stuff in the crib to make her not able to roll? That will also result in instant combustion.
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That actually started happening. People bought gimmicky things to keep the kid from rolling over and they had way more problems with kids suffocating on that stuff than dying of SIDS
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Not sure what you mean by this, my son sleeps on his back on top of me all the time.
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Love the Most Interesting Baby in the World pose he's got going there.Got a jumper for little Tuco.
He hasn't quite decided what to think of it. I hope he likes it so he can stop skipping leg day.
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We had something similar to this for all of our kids, and every single one of them loved it. It was their happy place.
Amazon.com : Cosco Calypso Gentle Motion Baby Swing : Baby
It's worth the money.
Amazon.com : Cosco Calypso Gentle Motion Baby Swing : Baby
It's worth the money.
Yeah no, most people I know, have no problem with this thing:Amazon.com : Fisher-Price Snugabunny Cradle N Swing (With Smart Swing Technology) : Baby
That cosco swing is more than those fucking mommoroos
That cosco swing is more than those fucking mommoroos