Comments on My Baby Sleep Guide: Signs a Wonder Week is about to Start

Thanks for letting us know Carolyn! I was going to...

2012-01-26T21:34:57.231-07:00

Thanks for letting us know Carolyn! I was going to mention that in a future post. I have never tried the app but it sounds ever better than I thought it would be!

Rachel

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but Wonder W...

2012-01-24T12:00:01.617-07:00

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but Wonder Weeks has an app for the iPhone...it's amazing! You put in your baby's due date and it tells you where your baby is developmentally, what each leap is, the signs and how to help them as they're going through it and how to help yourself deal with it :)

Thanks for visiting SLR, and thanks for your nice ...

2012-01-20T20:35:16.951-07:00

Thanks for visiting SLR, and thanks for your nice comments :)

Rachel

Yeah, that pic is a cutie ZooKeeper.

2012-01-20T20:34:37.884-07:00

Yeah, that pic is a cutie ZooKeeper.

What a great blog you have! Thanks so much for fol...

2012-01-20T17:08:27.609-07:00

What a great blog you have! Thanks so much for following and leaving your sweet comments! Many blessings to you!

That pic is adorable! Jumping over to say thanks ...

2012-01-20T15:22:38.428-07:00

That pic is adorable! Jumping over to say thanks for visiting Crafty Zoo with Monkeys!

Thanks for visiting we are angels. It is nice to k...

2012-01-20T14:54:04.018-07:00

Thanks for visiting we are angels. It is nice to know there may be a reason for the sudden changes in our baby, huh? I hoep the leap passes quickly for you!

Rachel

Sunflower, This is all tricky stuff to work with. ...

2012-01-20T14:53:10.730-07:00

Sunflower,
This is all tricky stuff to work with. I offer support when babies need it, but I try not to go over the line. So far I have been pretty good about figuring this out and haven't, for the most part, had any lasting issues. But I know some people have a hard time figuring out where to draw the line and they are left with a baby who no longer knows how to sleep by themselves everytime a disruption happens. Obviously things will be effected by the kind of baby you have too. It is hard to give exact guidlines for this. You will have to try to listen to your mommy instincts with all of this and only give the absolute necessary extra attention. I generally at least try to have baby fall asleep by themselves, even if I end up going in to comfort a lot. I try to keep things the same as usual as much as is possible. Sometimes I can tell that they no longer need comfort and just want attention so I will draw the line. With an illness I will give more attention than if they are in a wonder week or having a developmental change. They seem to need more at this time. Once again, it is tough and you will have to figure it out more as time goes by. I will think about this and see if I can get better guidelines!

"how do I distinguish between fussiness that happens during a Wonder Week and fussiness as tired cues and my lo happens to be extra tired one day and needs to be put down earlier than usual."

If you keep a regular routine you should have a good idea when baby usually gets tired so you'll know if they are probably ready for a nap or something else is going on. As time goes by you will get used to recognizing your child's tired signs compared to general fussy (don't feel good or i'm fussy for no reason) signs. Sometimes you just don't know. I don't know a single mom who can tell what is going on with a baby 100% of their life. You just do the best you can given the information you have.

Good luck!
Rachel

Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog this week and lea...

2012-01-20T13:29:46.722-07:00

Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog this week and leaving a comment! I am following you on fb as well.

Really interesting post, especially since my 5 month old is doing just about everything you outlined above (and she's usually an angel!) Thanks!

So what do I do after all of the sleep training I ...

2012-01-20T12:28:36.315-07:00

So what do I do after all of the sleep training I have done during a milestone of Wonder Week. When they start waking early from naps or waking more often at night and I don't want to go back to the same old props, but need to help my lo learn a milestone(standing or crawling in crib)or be supportive during these hard times.And how do I distinguish between fussiness that happens during a Wonder Week and fussiness as tired cues and my lo happens to be extra tired one day and needs to be put down earlier than usual.