Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!amdahl!dwl10 From: dwl10@amdahl.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Putting small children to sleep Message-ID: <954@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 08:54:27 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.954 Posted: Wed Jan 16 08:54:27 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jan-85 02:13:17 EST References: <109@spp3.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Columbia MD Lines: 39 > [] > We have an 8 1/2 month old. Until about two weeks ago we were holding his > bottle and rocking him to sleep in our arms. We were told that it is a very > bad habit to get you child into and that he should be going to sleep in his > crib by himself. We were then given the advise of putting him in his crib > with the bottle propped to wean him from having to hold him. > What ever you do, DONT PUT HIM IN BED WITH A BOTTLE!!! There are many medical reasons for not doing this. One, is that the kid could choke. Formula can spill out of his mouth and get into his ears causing ear infections (as if kids don't get enough anyways). Also, it will make weaning him of the bottle that much harder. An 8 1/2 month old child should be on a schedule of sorts. he should go to bed at the same time every night, and take naps at about the same time every day. You should attempt to feed him at the same time every day. After a while, you child should be waking at about the same time every morning (ours was at 6:30 am!). When he isn't tired, but it is bed time, then put him to bed anyways. Give him a soft toy, or maybe read him a story or sing, but he should be in bed. It is extremely hard to just sit downstairs and listen to a kid screaming, but he should get the hang of it after a while. Best do it now, before he learns to climb out of the crib. Good luck! -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Lowrey "GORT...Klatu borada niktow" ...!{nsc,sun,hplabs,ihnp4}!amdahl!dwl10 [ The opinions expressedbe those of the author and not necessarily those of his most eminent employer. ]