Diaper Swappers

laurajean · 10-28-2008, 01:39 PM

My DD had started sleeping through the night until we introduced cereal! Now she wakes up once during the night, like last month! Why?? I've heard so many stories of babies not sleeping through the night until they were started on solids... why is DD backwards?

Anyone else with this experience?

Lunalunita · 10-28-2008, 03:59 PM

First of all~ Solids leading to STTN is a myth! There is no scientific correlation!

Secondly~ There is some scientific evidence that solids, especially before a baby is physiologically ready(before six months, can lead to disruptive sleep patterns because of intestinal upset.

Thirdly~ Rice cereal...eh. Not needed!

laurajean · 10-28-2008, 04:44 PM

now i feel like a bad mom!

We tried avocado and pumpkin first, but she did not like them, and she seems to love the cereal. should we stop?

j_m_adams · 11-04-2008, 03:26 PM

I don't think the cereal has anything to do w/ her sleeping, my dd is ebf and was sttn at 4 months, but now wakes up at least 4 times a night, my other kids were bf and all had cereal at different ages (4-6 months) and all had different sleep patterns. I have read a lot of posts on here saying, no carbs, rice is bad, and its only empty calories, but IMO unless you have an underweight or FTT baby, its fine to give them some cereal.

catalina · 11-11-2008, 09:54 PM

my daughter is exclusively bf and she used to sleep through the night and now wakes up 2-3 times to eat, or with gas.... maybe its my diet affecting her, maybe its just sleeping patterns that change.

10-28-2008, 01:39 PM	#1
laurajean Registered Users Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 804 Ratings: 41 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Not sleeping through the night anymore! My DD had started sleeping through the night until we introduced cereal! Now she wakes up once during the night, like last month! Why?? I've heard so many stories of babies not sleeping through the night until they were started on solids... why is DD backwards? Anyone else with this experience? __________________ Laura, wife to Ben and mama to two beautiful girls: Abigail (4) and Coraline (1) We are an unschooling, home birthing, breast feeding, cosleeping, cloth diapering, baby wearing, non vaxing, Weston A Price-diet family, trying to love people the way Jesus did.

10-28-2008, 03:59 PM	#2
Lunalunita Registered Users Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Bay Area! :) Posts: 59 My Mood:	Re: Not sleeping through the night anymore! First of all~ Solids leading to STTN is a myth! There is no scientific correlation! Secondly~ There is some scientific evidence that solids, especially before a baby is physiologically ready(before six months, can lead to disruptive sleep patterns because of intestinal upset. Thirdly~ Rice cereal...eh. Not needed!

10-28-2008, 04:44 PM	#3
laurajean Registered Users Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 804 Ratings: 41 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Not sleeping through the night anymore! now i feel like a bad mom! We tried avocado and pumpkin first, but she did not like them, and she seems to love the cereal. should we stop? __________________ Laura, wife to Ben and mama to two beautiful girls: Abigail (4) and Coraline (1) We are an unschooling, home birthing, breast feeding, cosleeping, cloth diapering, baby wearing, non vaxing, Weston A Price-diet family, trying to love people the way Jesus did.

11-04-2008, 03:26 PM	#4
j_m_adams Registered Users Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Olympic Peninsula Posts: 130 Ratings: 13 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Not sleeping through the night anymore! I don't think the cereal has anything to do w/ her sleeping, my dd is ebf and was sttn at 4 months, but now wakes up at least 4 times a night, my other kids were bf and all had cereal at different ages (4-6 months) and all had different sleep patterns. I have read a lot of posts on here saying, no carbs, rice is bad, and its only empty calories, but IMO unless you have an underweight or FTT baby, its fine to give them some cereal. __________________ Mom to (one in college) Nikkole 20, (one in highschool) Aaron 16, (one in kindegarten) Carter 6, and (one in Cloth) Brooklyn 1 year! Wife to (one huntin, fishin fool) Carl

11-11-2008, 09:54 PM	#5
catalina Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 209 My Mood:	Re: Not sleeping through the night anymore! my daughter is exclusively bf and she used to sleep through the night and now wakes up 2-3 times to eat, or with gas.... maybe its my diet affecting her, maybe its just sleeping patterns that change. __________________ Stay at home mom to my beautiful Bela, loving the mommy world! Loving living green and cloth diapers!!