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Eating and sleeping advice for 8 month olds?!

AztwinsAztwins
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My twin boys were STTN starting at 4 months (6p-5a). They are now 8 mo and over  the last month, they have been waking 1-2 times per night-at first it was likely because they were sick with RSV and coughing, but now I am not sure what's going on. I keep waiting for a growth spurt or tooth to pop up, but am wondering if I need to do some sleep training again? Any similar situations?

I also wanted to ask about feeding; when should I start with sippy cups, dairy (yogurt, cheeses), chunky textures and letting them try to fed themselves. How about more allergenic stuff like berries? Do I need to keep doing the 4 day intro to all foods?

Sorry for the multiple questions-I find that when I go for their well child exams, not many of my questions are answered :) 

 

 

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Re: Eating and sleeping advice for 8 month olds?!

  • AztwinsAztwins
    yes, thanks!
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  • mars724mars724 member
    imagesing4mysavior:

    it could always be teeth or a growth spurt or developmental leap. it could also be that their sleep needs are decreasing (maybe less naps?)

    we started offering sippies at about 9 months but our kids didn't really get it until like 11 or 12 i think? we just offered a bit of water for them to practice.

    you can let them try to feed themselves at anytime. 

    "they" say wait a few days to intro between foods, but.....after a while...we quit doing that. i'm not sure when...maybe someone else will have a more scientific answer...but...we just waited if we tried something more "risky" like PB, or eggs, strawberries that kind of stuff.

    HTH some!

     

     

    this. lol. mine feed themselves pretty much everything except liquidy stuff. i've given shredded cheese, yogurts, cottage cheese. they pretty much eat everything except those "no no" foods for under a year.

    i'm working on the sippy cup thing now. they're okay with it, not great.  

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  • dganczdgancz member

    Mine are younger than yours , so we still wait three days when introducing a new fruit or vegie.But will probably stop that soon and only wait while introducing something that is a high allergen.

    From what I remember with my older child, we did berries closer to one, because of it being an allergen.Yogurt was around 8-9 months old.We did let her start eating puffs and stuff around 8 months, just to let her practice her pincher.

    We plan on sleep training the babies, they do not STTN as of yet and we will hopefully do so in the next week or so.

     

    Our babies are 6.5 months old. 

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  • erinrunserinruns member

    Have you introduced any meats?  Around that age we did chicken & rice, and chicken/sweet potato/apple.  They loved both, and protein at dinner seemed to help them sleep better.  We started yogurt around 8 months, they had it every day for lunch.  I also gave them finger foods at every meal so they could get some practice in.

     

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