Is Watching Television Dangerous For Infants?

I am trying to limit the amount of TV I am showing to Baby #1 because of what I learned from a close friend of mine who also has a little baby. She tries hard not to show her baby any TV because she says it causes the brain to switch attention too quickly just the the images on the TV screen do. Therefore, a child would find everyday stuff boring. I've been online reading the research that has been done on infants watching TV and developing ADD later in life. Although the results are inconclusive, why put my baby at risk?

It's hard. I have to admit, I LOVE watching TV and much of my day is spent sitting in front of it with my baby. We also have placed our baby in the Bumbo chair in front of the TV and she watches it! She loves 3 commercials and a few shows on Tree House. My hubby and I have agreed that we should start to wean her off it because we would hate to have her ADD. What scared me about this is the fact that I know a friend who has a son who is severely ADD and she told me all he did as an infant and child was watch TV. His language development was also delayed.

Scary stuff...I hope my baby isn't going to develop ADD...I hope making this change will reverse some of the damage already done.

Blogging With Baby Next To Me

I never thought this would be possible. Baby #1 is sitting next to me (on her Bumbo) watching me Blog. Her poos seem to be getting better, but last night she pooped out of her diaper and was still fast asleep! I felt horrible waking her up, but when I saw just how dirty she was, I had to put her in a bath. She didn't complain and went back to sleep as soon as I finished bathing her.

Bananas, appple sauce and prunes are now not in her diet this week and she seems to be happier. I will have to monitor the situation and perhaps omit these items from her diet.

Thurs. is a big day. Baby #1 and I are going to go swimming for the first time. I shall be back to blog this momentous occasion after we return from our day at the "spa"

Just Keeping It Short

Baby #1 had a great day today...It's hard to believe that it's been so long since she's had a good day. Two poos and all her naps. Although her naps are short (an hour tops) she did go down for them today.

It's almost 8pm now and I think she's ready for bed. I hope she sleeps well tonight.

No Napping!

Well, she's not that grumpy after feeding anymore...I figured it had to be the change in her formula. Seeing as how she is not 7+ mo. old, I thought I should change to stage 2 of the formula she's used to drinking. Ever since this change, I've noticed that she is just not well after feedings. I changed back to her original birth to 12 mo. formula and things are back to normal.

But, what's strange with Baby #1 lately is she has stopped napping. It reminds me of when she was a newborn and never took naps. Well, that's back again. She's not grumpy unless I try to place her in the crib. Screams and refuses to sleep. So how is she at night? The same, in fact her bedtime has changed to 9pm and not 6:30pm. She is awake by 8am in the morning.

How can a small baby go without sleep for so long? I dunno...

My Little Grumpy

Baby #1 has been extremely grumpy the past few days...She's having trouble eating, pooing, sleeping and just being her happy self. She used to be a happy go lucky kid and this teething thing has gotten to the both of us :( She's miserable and I can't imagine what she's going through, but it's been tough on me too.

She doesn't enjoy eating lately. Sometimes her mouth hurts so much she screams when the spoon touches her gums. I try to give her cold fruit puree and cool apple juice to soothe her sore gums.

She screams when she has to go poo. Kinda like she did when she was constipated, but the poo isn't that hard. She also has been having these explosive diarrhea type poos. They leak out of her diaper onto her onesie! This leakage has happened three times now. Good thing is, she is so comfortable and happy after wards.

She's napping now and even that has changed. She likes to bury her face in the bumper pads and this is stressing out daddy. I tried to remove the bumper pads and we know where that lead to. I tried to sleep her in the middle of the crib away from the edges and she manages to push herself to the corner. Two things that I have started. One, lie her width wise so she can't grab too much of the fabric and use a crochet blanket to cover her. So far, so good. I mean she's not burying her face now.

In terms of pain relief, I have tried teethers, cool vegetable to chew on, Sofie and Tempera. Tempera is the last resort and I have had to resort to it at least once a day. It seems like the end of the day is better

I hope her teeth come out soon so she stops drooling and returns to her happy self.