My daughter is only 6 weeks old but the past day or 2 she has been drooling like she is going to start teething. My mom said that my sister and my brother got their first teeth at 2 months and I was 3 months old when I got mine. My husband was 2 months. I thought babies didn't start teething until around 6 months? Are there other reasons why she could be drooling? Another question... I know mamas who have never swaddled their babies and they did fine but mine seems to NEED to be swaddled in order to sleep. When do they out grow this? All the books I have say that babies only need to be swaddled the first few weeks. Question 3... Cosleeping seems to be pretty popular with most mamas on this forum. I always said that I would never let my kids sleep with me b/c I would like to keep my bed mine but she sleeps sooo much better and for longer periods of time if she is sleeping with me. I don't mind her being in bed with me now since she is so young but I don't want her to get attatched to it or make it a habit. When should I call it quits? Question 4... This is a breastfeeding question. One of my breasts seems to produce more milk than the other. I nurse her on both sides as equally as possible. In the evening I'll start her out on the left side and I don't hear her swallowing. She will be content for about 5-10 mins just sucking but then she starts crying so I switch her to the other side and she swallows like crazy. Then the next time she needs to eat I start her out on the left side again and the same thing happens. I am trying to give that breast that extra stimulation but it doesn't seem to be helping the milk supply. Why is there such a difference in my breasts? Is this a problem?
She's probably teething. Moire started drooling and teething at about her age, and didn't get a tooth until she was 6 months old. Each baby is different. Some teeth forever and never see teeth before 6 months, some teeth early and get their teeth early. Just listen to your baby, momma! This is another situation where you are better suited to listen to your baby than an "expert" that isn't seeing your baby. Moire needed to be swaddled for 3-4 months. Another baby on this forum needed to be swaddled for at least 6 months. Each baby is different. Question 3... Right now, your hormones are at work. When you and baby sleep together, you sleep lighter and wake more easily to her sounds. She is also responding to you in her sleep. It's like a dance, a sleepy dance where both of you are benefitting. Don't let anyone pressure you into doing something that doesn't feel right. And don't pressure yourself into getting baby out of your bed just because you don't want it to become a habit. If you think about it, you enjoy sleeping with your husband, correct? You feel lonely and vulnerable if you're sleeping alone (after that initial stretching out to hog the bed bliss). A baby that has spent 9 months completely surrounded by a loving protection isn't going to get over that easily. And as you parent her into a self-confident pre-schooler that KNOWS that you will respond to her if she needs you, she'll be ready and willing to sleep in her own bed. That being said, co-sleeping isn't just a family bed setup. It can be a cradle or crib side-carred next to your bed, or just in the same room. Co-sleeping is about responding quickly to your baby's sleep cues.
Continue to breastfeed first on the side that you are producing less on. It will catch up. My son only liked my left breast, so from 5 months on, he rarely used the other one or he would scream if I'd try. He was nourished just fine from one for a year. My daughter seems to favor my right side, so I usually start on my left while she is hungry enough not to care. Hope some of these replies help.
Question 1 - she could be teething already. But also at this age, she is not cappable of actually swollowing her own spit just yet. That usually comes around 6 months. Question 2 - my daughter was a swaddleholic. I did it until she was about 7 months old or so. She had to be so tight that she couldn't move. Don't worry, it's not going to last forever (I was having nightmares of swaddling a 7 year old)...one day Leane just didn't want to be swaddled and that was the end of it. Now she'll kick both me and my hubby outta bed. Question 3 - The cosleeping is an awesome thing. You probably already know this, but it helps her to feel so much more secure, and can smell and hear the same things that she did when she was in your belly. Try to let her self wean. With us, I still cosleep with leane most of the time, but we are starting to let her sleep in her crib more now that we just moved to a new apartment where she has her own room for the first time ever. She has been sleeping in the same room as us, if not with us, since she was born. She's a little over 16 months now, BTW. She's doing well...I rock her to sleep, cuddle with her for a while, and then I put her in her crib. Most of the time, she'll wake up around 12 or 2 am, and then I'll bring her into bed with us. The other night she slept till 6am. I'm not pressuring her to sleep by herself. The last thing I want to do is make her feel like sleep is a bad thing, or that we don't care about her at night time. Question 4 - I'm not too sure what to say about this. I have heard that most women do produce different amounts on different sides. But as for increasing the supply or your daughter not swollowing, I don't know what to tell ya. I actually had the exact same problem, and just kept getting wicked infections. I never knew what to do about it...and still don't obviously, lol
i wouldnt worry about the teething thing, some babys are born with teeth through already as both my older sisters were. its not that uncommon so teething at 6weeks wont be that uncommon either.
i wonder if she has a bad latch on that side? maybe try a different hold? football hold on that side maybe?
Alexis started teething about that age. She's getting crankier and droolier as the days go by. After we left the hospital, Alexis refused to be swaddled. She wanted to be cozy and wrapped in her blankies, but if her arms were where she couldn't move them, she'd throw a fit. I think she gets that from me....I hate not being able to move my arms. And, don't raise your baby by the book, just use it for reference. Every baby is different and needs different things at different times. I co-sleep, and only recently has it started to worry me, Alexis is in her grabby stage and she pulls the covers over her face and I'm afraid she'll smother, so I just put one of her thin blankets on her and part of the heavier one I sleep with. She snoozes all night. She's up to about 6=8 straight hours of sleep, so I don't complain. My step mother said when her son was about two, she started letting him fall asleep in her bed then moving him to his own crib where he would wake up in the morning. She said after about two weeks of that routine, he was able to fall asleep in his own bed and sleep just as well as when he slept with her. I'm going to start that when Alexis is about a year old. Mine were like that, and I have no clue why. I too nursed on the smaller side more....or at least tried, and nothing worked. So, I can't help you there.
EVERY womyn has one breast which makes more milk than the other. People are not "even." It's normal. The smaller breast will not and cannot "catch up" with the other one. that's why you have TWO! Don't worry about it. In my practice, I have seen mamas who make as much as 90% of their babies milk on one side and 10% on the other. As long as the baby is growing, keep nursing. Womyn can even nurse one breasted (although that is reserved for very unusual situations) Just let her have whatever breast she wants, for as LONG as she wants. She'll spend much more time on the side which makes more milk. No problem. Every baby in the history of the world who breastfed did so. Nothing to worry about. NOTHING to "fix." Keep co-sleeping. It's better for the baby and better for you. It is NOT a "habit" it is what babies are supposed to do. Enjoy it. She'll go on to her own bed, when she is ready. ALL my kids coslept (I've had as many as 3 kids in the bed) and ALL my kids decided when they wanted to sleep on their own. I still lie down with my 7 year old for a while at night (although the other night she was mad at me, because I wouldn't let her have cake before bed, so Daddy lay down with her) but, she sleeps on her own. The Lie Down at night just gives us some time to catch up, for me to tell her a story (we have a ongoing story about a litter of Golden Retriver-Black Labs pups and their mama and daddy, which has been going on for about two months) and to just cuddle. I LOVE it.
Michaels the same way. if he can't move his arms he gets really upset. i don't swaddle him very often. only when he keeps crying and the regular things don't work. my ped. keeps telling me theres no right or wrong way. it's basically trial and error. my advice is to roll with the punches.
