Re:Need advice (non-plagio)

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Hello everybody,

Sometimes I feel as if the only time I post anymore is when I have a problem with one of my twins!

I'll try to be brief...we're having naptime issues. Tommy, my DOC grad (hooray!) STILL screams and tantrums every time I put him down for a nap, without his bottle. This has been going on for over a month now. He's 14 months old, and I don't have this issue with his twin, who just plays in his crib until he conks out. Tommy screams bloody murder every single time, refuses a pacifier (never liked them) and occasionally cracks his head against the side of his crib during his tantrums, which doesn't help, obviously. Could this be a preemie issue? They were 5 weeks early, and Tommy spent his first 10 days in a level III NICU. It just seems to me that after over a month of this he should be able to go to sleep without all this pathos. I would have asked his pediatrician about this, but she's out sick.

This is very distressing for me...I had a nervous breakdown a couple of weeks ago and Tommy's upset is...well, upsetting me.

And I have been consistent with the no-bottle during naptime policy, so it's not that.

Has anyone had experience with this?

Jill Ramos, Las Vegas, NV

P.S. As for the breakdown, I am on a couple of different meds now and am doing fine with them...I'm just worried about Tommy. (So much for being brief!)

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Jill,

I'm glad to hear the meds are working for you. My daughter is 14

months and also screams and fights when I put her down for a nap.

Sometimes, she gets herself so worked up that I give in and get her.

I guess I've identified her different cries - if she screams and

screams I figure she isn't going to stop so we skip the nap. Other

times, she screams but changes to a wimper after 5-10 minutes. Then,

she does fall asleep. She never really had any set nap times. A lot

of the time, we would let her fall asleep on us and then put her in

the crib (I know this is bad). We can tell she's tired, but she

fights it. I guess they don't want to miss anything. I don't know

if this helps, but you're not alone with this problem.

Toni (Mom to Cassidy, DOCbanded 1/25/02)

Illinois

> Hello everybody,

> Sometimes I feel as if the only time I post anymore is when I have

a problem

> with one of my twins!

> I'll try to be brief...we're having naptime issues. Tommy, my DOC

grad

> (hooray!) STILL screams and tantrums every time I put him down for

a nap,

> without his bottle. This has been going on for over a month now.

He's 14

> months old, and I don't have this issue with his twin, who just

plays in his

> crib until he conks out. Tommy screams bloody murder every single

time,

> refuses a pacifier (never liked them) and occasionally cracks his

head

> against the side of his crib during his tantrums, which doesn't

help,

> obviously. Could this be a preemie issue? They were 5 weeks

early, and

> Tommy spent his first 10 days in a level III NICU. It just seems

to me that

> after over a month of this he should be able to go to sleep without

all this

> pathos. I would have asked his pediatrician about this, but she's

out sick.

> This is very distressing for me...I had a nervous breakdown a

couple of weeks

> ago and Tommy's upset is...well, upsetting me.

> And I have been consistent with the no-bottle during naptime

policy, so it's

> not that.

> Has anyone had experience with this?

>

> Jill Ramos, Las Vegas, NV

> P.S. As for the breakdown, I am on a couple of different meds now

and am

> doing fine with them...I'm just worried about Tommy. (So much for

being

> brief!)