It gets better. IT DOES!!!! We all have been there, believe me. It is horrible to be sleep deprived. There is a reason why they use it as a torture technique! I truly truly is torture BUT it does get better I promise. I don't know if you breastfeed but my little girl kept on waking up until 19 months old when I offered her a bottle (which she had refused to take until then even if it contained expressed bm). That day the bottle was full of formula (I thought that maybe my milk wasn't enough anymore because by 10 months old most babies sleep a bit longer than 2 hours at a time). Not only she took it but she started sleepng 10 hours straight shortly after that

When you get to the point where you are that tired, all I can tell you is that the most important is for you to get sleep no matter what the method. If it means supplementing a hungry breastfed baby with formula, do it and do not feel guilty. If it means sleeping with baby in your bed do it (so long as it is safe) and do not feel guilty. If that means hiring reliable help do it and do not feel guilty!

Because a well rested parent is a happier parent and a happy parent means a happy baby.

Whatever works so you guys get sleep is what you should do.

It may still be hard and it may take a little longer for you to figure out what works but you will eventually and all this sleep deprived blur will be a memory.

It goes by very quickly, it's just hard to see when you are in it.

I hope this help a least a little.

Great subject. I agree with safety above any other issues. A child should never ever go alone into a public bathroom. That is completely unsafe Maybe they should develop more family bathrooms..

As for questions of anatomy, children are naturally curious. In my opinion, the healthiest way to respond is by answering the truth in an age appropriate manner. It can also be judicious to add a bit of safety awareness tips such as: no one is to ever touch you in those private areas, unless they are your mommy or daddy cleaning you, and you are not to touch anyone in those areas either EVER (well at least not until the child is a grown-up and consent to doing so). These things can be explained simply, and clearly so long as they are told in an age appropriate manner.

We also had the problem even with our baby being very young as to where my husband would change her (no baby changing station in men's restrooms....)

Not every parent does thing the same and not every pediatrician thinks or recommends the same. I think there are basics in terms of health and such but judging others on how they parent when it is obvious they love and care for their children is excessive and a bit ignorant too...

What a pediatrician will tell you here is very different than what a pediatrician will tell you n Europe. We are just back from Europe and babies as young as 6 months old there eat fish, yogurts and other things that wold not be recommended here.

Tooth decay comes when a child is allowed to suckle on the bottle for ages because the milk (which contains sugar) lingers in the mouth... It is a different story if te child drinks and is done with it...

Anyway, only my two cents... Remember that there isn't only one way to do things and that other parents may good parents too, even if they do not do it your way.

Could anyone recommend a good pediatrician in the Rockville area? I am very disappointed with mine and would like to change. IF you could please tell me what you like about him/her....

Thanks in advance.

Thanks I found out some info in the previous threads... I am now officially worried....

Hi,

My child is starting preschool with the Goddard School in King Farm in a little while. I am wondering if other parents send their kids there and what their feedback would be?

We have hesitated a lot between there and a Montessori.

Thanks.