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My newest daughter is now 2 weeks old and has now decided that she is going to scream the place down, after giving us 2 weeks of bliss.

Problem is, my 1 year old daughter has decided that she`s not going to sleep as well.

Anyone got any good tried and tested tips for getting these ages of kids to sleep? :D

Dummies. Best inventions ever.
After Calpol (which you`ve probably already discovered).
And Anbesol for teething.

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Nope, not using dummies. Luke was as quiet as a mouse for 2 weeks, then he just grizzled. Still does, but he`s in a routine. 2am and 5.30 am. He`s being breastfed, so that`s probably helping.

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Routine is the thing we always found, keep night feeds as late as possible.



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Ditto, we have a 5 year old girl and 2 year old boy - when my son was a baby, we made sure that we`d settle him and then make sure we gave my daughter the same attention.

Ugh whatever you do don`t give them dummies. Foul things. They might shut them up but their teeth will be goofy plus you`ll have to wrench it from them when they`re toddlers.

Tried massage as part of the normal bathtime and bedtime routine?

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Dummies. Best inventions ever.

Yeh, if you are lazy!

Sorry, but dummies are just awful - they look dreadful stuck in a kids mouth, it`s disgusting when the child drops it on the floor and the parent just picks it up and shoves it back in the kiddies mouth.

If the baby is crying it is for a reason, using a dummy will just make the little one rely on it and this will only cause problems later (inc the goofy teeth)


why take life so seriously..its not like you are going to make it out alive

And there`s nothing more pikey than a 8-year old (normally with pierced ears) sucking on a dummy, cos it`s easier for the parents NOT to try to placate their child like a parent should

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It`s intresting reading the views on dummy`s, these were my views also before the birth of my son, what changed my mind? one word Colic.

And when I say Colic i mean severe Colic, it was not unusal for us to be up all night, with maybe both of us (my wife and I) getting maybe 1 to 2 hours sleep per night.

after speaking to the midwives/ doctors and consulting t`internet, we brought some dummies, they did help. before when soothing William, although the crying stopped he was wide awake, with the dummy in place he actully slept!!!! and it meant we could sleep untill his next feed.

this along with a number of other recomendations we followed from the midwife/health visitor etc....... helped us make it through until the colic started to subside at about 3 months.

now he is as good as gold, he go`s to bed(in his own room) at 6.30 to 7 pm after his bath, and normaly my alarm and stumbling about getting ready for work wakes him at about 6:30 am.

as as the others have said routine is the key. bath, bottle, bed the mantra me and my wife chant!

he still has his dummy, but only when it`s time for bed or a nap, I am still not keen on it but we are trying to cut it out.

I do hope bassman that your young `un dosn`t have Colic, check the following links for more details.

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/babycolic.htm

http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/infant_colic.html

I saw that some recomended Anbesol, it is exelent, but it does contain alcohol, for teething the calpol gel is very good. We were also blessed with William teething at 4 months as well!

As they grew older, we weaned them off dummies during the day & said as they were a big boy\girl reinforced the fact they didnt need them at bed time.

This was helped by going on holiday, forgeting to take it & making do without. 8)
This wasn`t helped by going on holiday, forgeting to take it & mum in law buying a replacement in one instance. >:(

All three of ours threw them in the bin.



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