Danny Has No Idea What He Is Talking About
The doctor told me two weeks ago to put Genevieve on a 4 hour eating schedule. He said that she was ready, given her current weight. When I asked him what to do when she gets hungry before the 4 hour mark, he said to do whatever I can to get her to wait. Yep, should have known that this would be fun.
Danny has implied that the feeding schedule is going well. This is sometimes true. She will finish the bottle in 20 minutes or less and then fall peacefully asleep for an hour or so. Awww.
Then, there are the other times. The times when she's hungry an hour before her scheduled feeding time, and I get to figure out how to keep her from screaming in the mean time and at what point I will be giving up. If it's over an hour until the feeding frenzy begins, I usually try giving her gripe water. At the hour mark, I try the pacifier. Genevieve likes this as it gives her the opportunity to work on her spitting skills. Right now she can launch the pacifier just past her feet, but we are hoping that she can get it over the side of the crib by summer. Once the pacifier stops working, it is on to walking and bouncing her. This can work almost as long as your back can take it. Then, it is on to putting her on her stomach and rolling her back and forth. The constant change in perspective seems to overload her system and thus stops the crying momentarily. When this stops working it is time to throw in the towel.
I tried getting her to wait longer once, but then when she did start eating we got stuck in a vicious cycle of crying-so-hard-she-don't-know the bottle-is-in-her-mouth/guzzling the milk as quickly as possible/choking/taking away the bottle to try and calm her down in fear that if her head turns any redder from screaming then she will explode, and repeat. It took her 10 minutes to drink one ounce this way. Of course I felt horrible and so we now stop after the rolling phase of waiting.
In better news, she is sleeping after her 10PM feeding until at least 4AM unless there is a severe diaper situation. It's progress in the right direction!
Danny has implied that the feeding schedule is going well. This is sometimes true. She will finish the bottle in 20 minutes or less and then fall peacefully asleep for an hour or so. Awww.
Then, there are the other times. The times when she's hungry an hour before her scheduled feeding time, and I get to figure out how to keep her from screaming in the mean time and at what point I will be giving up. If it's over an hour until the feeding frenzy begins, I usually try giving her gripe water. At the hour mark, I try the pacifier. Genevieve likes this as it gives her the opportunity to work on her spitting skills. Right now she can launch the pacifier just past her feet, but we are hoping that she can get it over the side of the crib by summer. Once the pacifier stops working, it is on to walking and bouncing her. This can work almost as long as your back can take it. Then, it is on to putting her on her stomach and rolling her back and forth. The constant change in perspective seems to overload her system and thus stops the crying momentarily. When this stops working it is time to throw in the towel.
I tried getting her to wait longer once, but then when she did start eating we got stuck in a vicious cycle of crying-so-hard-she-don't-know the bottle-is-in-her-mouth/guzzling the milk as quickly as possible/choking/taking away the bottle to try and calm her down in fear that if her head turns any redder from screaming then she will explode, and repeat. It took her 10 minutes to drink one ounce this way. Of course I felt horrible and so we now stop after the rolling phase of waiting.
In better news, she is sleeping after her 10PM feeding until at least 4AM unless there is a severe diaper situation. It's progress in the right direction!
posted by Carrie @ 7:15 PM
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