Calling bs on my lc

ssstephanie214

We went to our ped the other day and the LC (who is a nurse practitioner) asked if the baby was sleeping through the night. I said no, she's still up about every three hours to eat. The LC said I shouldn't let her nap after 4pm and cluster feed closer to bedtime to get a longer stretch. She phrased it like an instruction rather than a recommendation.

We tried that for a few days and it didn't yield "results." I think my baby just isn't ready to sleep for longer yet.

Why do we bother looking for one right answer when it comes to babies?

W/e if my baby wants to nap at 7 pm I will let her. If she's hungry I'll feed her. Dealing with it ~O)

Dannielle87

ClrkKntismyAE said:

I just don't understand why people say to keep your babies from napping at certain times. DD has always slept worse, not better, if I don't let her nap when she is tired. It's just impossible to keep DS up. If he wants to sleep that's what he will do.

I agree. If my LO gets overtired it is VERY hard to get her to go down for a nap.

MrsAdventure

I imagine you having this conversation with you LO. "Listen Sweetheart, the LC says you need to sleep through the night because that's what's expected of a 10 week old in her opinion. She hath spoken, so it must be done!"

I love how everyone tells you there's no 'right' way to raise a baby, yet everyone still has an opinion on how to do it right. Lame! All you can do is try, if it doesn't work, than like you said, LO just isn't ready.

TXSparky

I tried those things with both my kids. It never worked for me either. Daylight during the day and bedtime routines were the only things that helped me at all. Otherwise my kids just worked out sleeping longer when they were ready. I was/am just along for the ride!

ETA: I had a LC tell me I had a wiggly baby when part of my nipple was missing and DS was throwing up blood (mine). I think LC are pretty hit and miss. Some know a lot and others seem like they are just guessing. I take it all with a grain of salt. My son had a tongue tie BTW.

joshua+rebecca11

The longer DS goes without sleep the grumpier he gets, when he's tired I'm all for him sleeping lol.
And @TXSparky - that is terrible LC to not check for a tongue tie...cracked nipples are no joke , I can't believe she gave you "wiggly baby" as the "problem".

DVGirl

If baby wants to nap I let him nap and thank my lucky stars! My child has a vendetta of some sort against sleep! Every nap is a huge win in this household.

I saw an LC for overactive let down. She said I should stop taking my prenatal vitamins ( along with dairy and citrus which I've heard before). She also told me to lay LO down on his side or tummy to sleep because 'breastfed babies don't die of SIDS'

abbyful

This is what I learned when DS went through a sleep regression from around 6 months old that lasted for over 2 months (and let me tell you, when you get used to STTN and all of a sudden it's like newborn nights again, it's even rougher).

Babies will STTN on their own terms. When DS regressed, I was desperate for sleep. I read several books on the subject, nothing worked to "make him sleep all night". (And I was a lot happier when I just accepted my fate of no sleep instead of feeling like he was "broken". Still utterly exhausted, but more at peace with it.)