Re: First Night in Band - continued

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:

Well I just got done replying to your first post, so scratch that

reply.

Sorry she woke up & couldn't get back to sleep . Some babies take

longer to adjust to their bands, esp. sleeping in them. Hopefully

she'll get used to it soon. It's not unheard of - give her some more

time.

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> It's now 11:50 p.m. and is finally asleep. This is the same

> child who goes to bed at 6 p.m. and slumbers all the way through

> until 7 a.m.

>

> I felt so bad for her tonight. She was doing really good and then

at

> 9 p.m. she woke up and was restless until just about 11:30 p.m.

She

> never started to really cry just made a lot of little moans and

> sucked her thumb and kicked her legs a lot. I was ready with a

> bottle but I was afraid if I actually picked her up out of bed and

> fed her it would completely wake her up and make it even harder for

> her to get herself back to sleep.

>

> Have any of you had these kinds of problems when first using the

> bands? I felt so bad knowing that she was so tired but just

couldn't

> get to sleep.

>

>

> & (5 month, banded 8/26/02)

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Debbie,

Thanks for asking about . Looks like tonight is going really

well. crashed again at 5 p.m. and she's been asleep since.

I'm not sure what was the problem last night. I have noticed that

she is getting a little bit better at trying to roll over and maybe

that was affecting her sleep. She maybe wanted to play some more in

bed. I don't know though.

It seems that overall she's really taken to the band a lot better

than I had anticipated. Today was kind of funny because I give her

naked tummy time on my bed before her bath (she lays on the corner of

my bed and watches Baby Mozart) anyhow, when I took off her band to

clean it she just started giggling and smiling at me like... " whew,

that felt good!! " I think it helped that I cut her hair off where

the band lays, she's still sweaty but not as much matted hair.

I'll put a pic of her new hairdo in the photo section

& (banded 8/26/02)

> > It's now 11:50 p.m. and is finally asleep. This is the

same

> > child who goes to bed at 6 p.m. and slumbers all the way through

> > until 7 a.m.

> >

> > I felt so bad for her tonight. She was doing really good and

then

> at

> > 9 p.m. she woke up and was restless until just about 11:30 p.m.

> She

> > never started to really cry just made a lot of little moans and

> > sucked her thumb and kicked her legs a lot. I was ready with a

> > bottle but I was afraid if I actually picked her up out of bed

and

> > fed her it would completely wake her up and make it even harder

for

> > her to get herself back to sleep.

> >

> > Have any of you had these kinds of problems when first using the

> > bands? I felt so bad knowing that she was so tired but just

> couldn't

> > get to sleep.

> >

> >

> > & (5 month, banded 8/26/02)

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Good !

I hope she slept well last night. Hopefully she didn't sleep well

the night before for some other non-band reason - who knows huh??

LOL.

Those Baby Mozart videos are so cool! Abby still loves her Baby

Einstein video.

I just checked out her pictures, she is so cute. That's a STARband

she's in right?

Good luck, here's to a good night's sleep!

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> > > It's now 11:50 p.m. and is finally asleep. This is the

> same

> > > child who goes to bed at 6 p.m. and slumbers all the way

through

> > > until 7 a.m.

> > >

> > > I felt so bad for her tonight. She was doing really good and

> then

> > at

> > > 9 p.m. she woke up and was restless until just about 11:30

p.m.

> > She

> > > never started to really cry just made a lot of little moans and

> > > sucked her thumb and kicked her legs a lot. I was ready with a

> > > bottle but I was afraid if I actually picked her up out of bed

> and

> > > fed her it would completely wake her up and make it even harder

> for

> > > her to get herself back to sleep.

> > >

> > > Have any of you had these kinds of problems when first using

the

> > > bands? I felt so bad knowing that she was so tired but just

> > couldn't

> > > get to sleep.

> > >

> > >

> > > & (5 month, banded 8/26/02)

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Debbie,

Yes, she is in a STARband. We're on our third night now and things

are looking good so far (I hope I didn't just jinx myself).

Right now I'm just worried about her overheating. It's soooo hot

here tonight. I have the A/C on full blast but of course 's

room is the hottest room in the house.

Anyhow, thanks for the continued encouragement. It seems to be

getting a little easier for Ems everyday.

I have a question though. Do you think that the bands maybe help out

with physical development in any way? I ask because before I put the

band on she seemed nowhere near being able to roll, just kinda

flailed her legs with no direction. Since she's been wearing the

band her movements are much more deliberate and if I put her on her

side she rolls over with ease. Including being able to reposition

her arms (something she could never do when I would roll her over

myself) I was wondering if because her head was so off kilter maybe

the band is balancing her out? I don't know maybe that's a silly

theory but it seems like such a coincidence.

& (banded 8/26/02)

> > > > It's now 11:50 p.m. and is finally asleep. This is the

> > same

> > > > child who goes to bed at 6 p.m. and slumbers all the way

> through

> > > > until 7 a.m.

> > > >

> > > > I felt so bad for her tonight. She was doing really good and

> > then

> > > at

> > > > 9 p.m. she woke up and was restless until just about 11:30

> p.m.

> > > She

> > > > never started to really cry just made a lot of little moans

and

> > > > sucked her thumb and kicked her legs a lot. I was ready with

a

> > > > bottle but I was afraid if I actually picked her up out of

bed

> > and

> > > > fed her it would completely wake her up and make it even

harder

> > for

> > > > her to get herself back to sleep.

> > > >

> > > > Have any of you had these kinds of problems when first using

> the

> > > > bands? I felt so bad knowing that she was so tired but just

> > > couldn't

> > > > get to sleep.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > & (5 month, banded 8/26/02)

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In a message dated 9/1/2002 10:10:10 PM Central Daylight Time, jenferh@... writes:

Yes, she is in a STARband. We're on our third night now and things

are looking good so far (I hope I didn't just jinx myself).

Right now I'm just worried about her overheating. It's soooo hot

here tonight. I have the A/C on full blast but of course 's

room is the hottest room in the house.

put a fan in her room - we did that.

beck