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divamommy
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krystal
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has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
i have heard 2 different peds recommend this to friends. What do you think?
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Posted 7/19/09 4:42 PM  |
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KateDevine
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
No. And it makes no difference at all.
Are these older peds? B/c that is a fairly old school idea.
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| Posted 7/19/09 5:00 PM |
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CaseyGirl
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
My SIL gave her twin boys cereal before bed time at like 6 wks of age..I thought that was too young but not my business...she and my MIL "decided" to do it without asking the ped 
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| Posted 7/19/09 5:05 PM |
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jprimrose
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
Posted by KateDevine
No. And it makes no difference at all.
Are these older peds? B/c that is a fairly old school idea.
ITA
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| Posted 7/19/09 5:11 PM |
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SweetTooth
I'm a tired mommy!
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Lauren
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
Posted by jprimrose
Posted by KateDevine
No. And it makes no difference at all.
Are these older peds? B/c that is a fairly old school idea.
ITA
me too.
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| Posted 7/19/09 7:29 PM |
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dawnygirl25
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
sugar water?? Ive never even heard of that one...
I know a few moms that trried the cereal thing...doesnt work.
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| Posted 7/19/09 7:45 PM |
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MrsGmomof3
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
Posted by dawnygirl25
sugar water?? Ive never even heard of that one...
I know a few moms that trried the cereal thing...doesnt work.
ITA
Your baby will sleep when he/she is ready. Nothing you do will make them sleep longer.
Hang in there... it gets better!
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| Posted 7/19/09 7:48 PM |
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Mkr09
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
I've heard of giving cereal, but for Kaydyn she didn't sleep any better once she was on cereal.
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| Posted 7/19/09 7:49 PM |
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Alli06
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
I know alot of older people will tell you to give them cereal to help them sleep, but Pediatricians don't recommend it. My Ped told me no cereal until 4 months of age.
Some baby's always sleep great and others never do. I just started giving DS cereal and I really don't see a difference in his sleeping. At 8 weeks, he was up every 3 hours during the night and at 4 months he was able to make it 8 or more hours a night before cereal.
I would never give sugar water. It is empty calories and at 8 weeks baby's need all the the nutrients from BM or Formula.
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| Posted 7/19/09 8:42 PM |
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
How would sugar water help? Seems like it would keep baby up longer.
At 8 weeks, DS woke up when he was hungry. I would think putting DC to bed with a full tummy would work best.
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| Posted 7/19/09 8:57 PM |
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Lillykat
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
I would definitely not give sugar water - there is no benefit to doing that if your child is healthy. I have heard of using cereal in the milk - but in doing research (for a different reason - reflux) I found that it is not supposed to make any difference.
Also the current thought is that starting cereal before 4 months increases your child's risk for diabetes and food allergies later in life.
Unfortunately sleeping the night at his age is very helpful - most babies DON"T sleep thru the night yet at that age. Actually some people believe that formula fed babies sleep longer than BF ones do too - not sure if that is true or not. As frustrating as it is it WILL get better in time.
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| Posted 7/20/09 8:27 AM |
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headoverheels
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
sugar water is empty calories and should not be given to a newborn. most pediatricians recommend no water at all until 6 months of age.
as for cereal in bottles, that is used for reflux, and as PPS have mentioned, does not help with getting a baby to sleep through the night.
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| Posted 7/20/09 8:51 AM |
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CrankyPants
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Re: has anyone given sugar water or rice cereal to their baby to their baby to help them sleep at 8 weeks of age?
Sugar water is a recommendation I've only heard from older generations (the people that recommend brandy for teething babies)-I wouldn't try it.
As for cereal, I didn't do cereal until DD was almost 6 months. I don't know if it would help them sleep through the night but I'm pretty sure 8 weeks is too early anyway.
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