So what "rules" do you break?

DoubleDiamond · August 2009

I don't use a monitor unless I am outside.

chounTX · August 2009

I know you shouldn't disturb a baby when they are sleeping - but sometimes DD is just too cute to not pick up and sometimes she wakes up....but then she gives me a big smile and goes back to sleep.

karskaren · August 2009

Between 3 kids - I have used my monitor maybe 3 times!

BearkatLou · August 2009

Web sleeps on his tummy, I don't let him sleep after 5 pm until bedtime, I use Selsun Blue on his head for cradle cap (per the dr), he sleeps with a blanket over him, etc. I break a lot of rules. But that's what works for our family. He's happy, we're happy - and that's all that matters.

WaitingForMyMiracle · August 2009

I put DS in the bouncer and put the bouncer on the coffee table, on the bed, on the dining table, on the couch, etc.

IselaCid · August 2009

I have my family of FOUR in one big bed...and we love it

WaitingForMyMiracle · August 2009

BearkatLou:
Web sleeps on his tummy, I don't let him sleep after 5 pm until bedtime, I use Selsun Blue on his head for cradle cap (per the dr), he sleeps with a blanket over him, etc. I break a lot of rules. But that's what works for our family. He's happy, we're happy - and that's all that matters.

Does this work and make him sleep longer at night? I'm genuinely curious.

Sniffer2.0 · August 2009

We've started keeping his seahorse in his crib. It helps him sleep better, and since he already sleeps on his face despite our every attempt at keeping him on his back, we know he can roll away from it.

renebean319 · August 2009

my baby sleeps on a pillow and there are blankets galore in her crib.

karskaren · August 2009

Oh - and I also put the bumbo on the counter! DS also sleeps with a blanket!

nova@spamcop.net · August 2009

I'll feed DS formula that's been sitting out for 2 hours, as long as it's been at air conditioned room temp.

blendedfammama · August 2009

There are several things in Nathan's crib, including a fleece blanket he sleeps with, we hardly ever use the monitor unless outside, we let him take naps whenever he wants, even if it's right before bed, we don't always burp him after he eats, he doesn't get his vitamins every day because he hates them.

carmenlarue · August 2009

I don't buy the formula spoils in one hour thing... sometimes it's an hour 15 minutes! Surprise

*gasps*

kaylenpar1 · August 2009

DD has always slept with a blanket of some sort. When I was on leave I would put her in her bouncer and put it on the bed so I could snooze. Other than that, we follow mostly everything. Since she still sleeps in the room with us we don't use the monitor that much.

Shellbelle22 · August 2009

I constantly combine pumped milk of different temps. I've even ::gasp:: put a formula bottle back in the fridge and reused it if she didn't finish it within the hour. I also let her sleep on the couch.

electricdoctor83 · August 2009

I lay DS on the couch and if he falls asleep there I leave him (once he starts to try to roll over I'll stop).

I bedshare with him (which not everyone thinks is a no-no) because that's one of the only ways he will sleep at night and lets face it, I'm exhausted. If he wanted to sleep in my face I'd let him. And I cover him with a blanket.

I took DS to the mall when he was 5 days old, I just left him covered in his carseat/stroller and didn't let anyone touch him or get in his face. (I was a b!tch about it to strangers).

I bath him every 2 days (I think my pedi said every 3-4 at his age).

I use lavender J&J bath cloths on him too.

I use baby powder sometimes.

I must be a horrible mom.

Soon2BMrsN · August 2009

I sometimes put DS in the bouncer and then put the bouncer on the kitchen table so he can see what I'm doing... I take the dog out for a 5 minute potty break while DS is napping without taking the monitor with me... DS doesn't like to be swaddled, but we still cover him with a lightweight blanket at night.

BearkatLou · August 2009

WaitingForMyMiracle:

BearkatLou:
Web sleeps on his tummy, I don't let him sleep after 5 pm until bedtime, I use Selsun Blue on his head for cradle cap (per the dr), he sleeps with a blanket over him, etc. I break a lot of rules. But that's what works for our family. He's happy, we're happy - and that's all that matters.

Does this work and make him sleep longer at night? I'm genuinely curious.

The no sleeping after 5 pm thing??? Yes. We also don't fight bedtime because of this. We even try to keep him up after 4 til bedtime. By the time we give him his bath, lotion massage, and a warm bottle, he's out! And he really enjoys it.

DoubleDiamond · August 2009

Shellbelle22:
I constantly combine pumped milk of different temps. I've even ::gasp:: put a formula bottle back in the fridge and reused it if she didn't finish it within the hour. I also let her sleep on the couch.

I'm with you all the way here...except for that couch business. But our couch sucks.

carmenlarue · August 2009

karskaren:
Oh - and I also put the bumbo on the counter! DS also sleeps with a blanket!

This is hilarious!

DiRi · August 2009

renebean319:
my baby sleeps on a pillow and there are blankets galore in her crib.

What kind of pillow? I am convinced my DS would sleep better with a pillow of some type under his head.

renebean319 · August 2009

DiRi:

renebean319:
my baby sleeps on a pillow and there are blankets galore in her crib.

What kind of pillow? I am convinced my DS would sleep better with a pillow of some type under his head.

its just a regular ol pillow we've had forever.

its not even fluffy anymore. its as flat as a pancake.

we do it bc she's always congested and it helps her sleep better.

DTNZ4Ever · August 2009

DS is in the Bumbo on the counter and on the table, he rolls in his sleep and sleeps on his tummy, I have regular bumpers in his crib, I have always woken a sleeping baby just to stick to a schedule.

lona.hunn@gmail.com · August 2009

sleeps on tummy

have regular bumpers. can't stand the look of the breathable..

use baby powder.

took him off of his preemie formula 1 month early. couldn't afford it anymore.

ashleyvc1 · August 2009

I prop her bottle.

She has no type of routine yet

She has blankets in her crib

She was out of the house at 3 days old.

I am sure there are plenty more.

SportyChic24 · August 2009

We have been using a blanket in the pnp/crib since birth

Jackswife123 · August 2009

DS sleeps on his tummy (I can't help it, he rolls)

I put a blanket on him for naps during the day.

I've fed him while he is in his carseat and we are driving.?

Lolita0626 · August 2009

Our LO sleeps with a blanket every night and sleeps in bed with us sometimes. I also let him nap whenever he wants to.

LMBESQ · August 2009

DD has been a tummy sleeper since she was 2 weeks old.

She sleeps with several lovey blankets in her crib.

We use regular bumpers.

ladymeg · August 2009

haha, I think I'm guilty of most of these offenses. Especially the sleeping on tummy, blankets over him, yada yada yada.. Whatever works!

tmp-493670500007520 · August 2009

pretty much all of the SIDS rules.

bumpers, sleep positioners, blankets...

though starting tonight...just the bumper....

Caroline&Stephen · August 2009

Bumpers, baby powder, bouncer on the coffee table, blankets in the crib, etc!

IncubusChic619 · August 2009

DD slept on my chest every night for the first month and a half.

She sleeps with a little silky blanket every night.

I fed her in the carseat for the first time yesterday. We were on the highway with no way to pull over.

And I bath her every night. There is no way her chunky rolls would stay clean if I bath her every 3 days haha. Thats just crazy.

jolis_petits_bijoux · August 2009

His crib is some kind of danger zone! He sleeps on his tummy, with a blanket, and I use a regular bumper! (The horror)

AND, I often consider his sleeping time as tummy time!

saj&jaj · August 2009

I put the bouncer on an elevated surface, I use a bumper, I let him nap when he wants to, and he has slept in his crib in his room since day 1 (the horror!)

Mary0913 · August 2009

BearkatLou:
WaitingForMyMiracle:

BearkatLou:
Web sleeps on his tummy, I don't let him sleep after 5 pm until bedtime, I use Selsun Blue on his head for cradle cap (per the dr), he sleeps with a blanket over him, etc. I break a lot of rules. But that's what works for our family. He's happy, we're happy - and that's all that matters.

Does this work and make him sleep longer at night? I'm genuinely curious.

The no sleeping after 5 pm thing??? Yes. We also don't fight bedtime because of this. We even try to keep him up after 4 til bedtime. By the time we give him his bath, lotion massage, and a warm bottle, he's out! And he really enjoys it.

This is our routine too. We found that once we started keeping Em up after 6 and doing the bath routine, she was a super sleeper and we didn't have a b!tch of a time getting her to bed.

Mary0913 · August 2009

I didn't buckle DD into her swing until just recently

I put her bumbo on the kitchen counter while I get dinner ready

She slept in her crib since day 1

I'll tuck a blanket tightly over her in her swing and have it just high enough to hold her bink in because I'm too lazy to keep sticking it back in her mouth

I'll leave her in her swing (safely buckled now) and go upstairs to put away laundry

brlindy · August 2009

Just about all of them.....

christina627 · August 2009

We use blankets and LO loves to pull them on and off his head.

Sometimes we use powder.

He sleeps whenever and wherever he wants.

We take him out a lot (we don't let strangers touch him or come near him though...we don't even let family touch him too much.)

katiekate1974 · August 2009

It's crazy, I didn't even realize some of these were "rules". Like the letting them nap when they want thing or taking them out. Guess I just live on the edge.

Tummy sleeping scares the bejesums out of me, so that's one rule I don't break. I figure the rest are mere suggestions. Much like most rules I encounter....

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