6 Weeks Old

On Wednesday, Garrett turned 6 weeks old.

 

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A co-worker of mine asked me the popular question, “how much sleep are you getting?”  I gave him a sleepy grunt.  He recommended a book called “On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant The Gift Of Nighttime Sleep.”  And touted that by following the instructions in this book from day one he was able to get his baby to sleep through the night at two months old.  Obviously I was interested so he lent me the book.  I began reading it and it seemed to have some answers about feeding and sleep.

Then in another really good book we got from the obstetrician called “Baby 411,” it rates different sleep techniques.  The Babywise method was rated an “F”.  It went on to say that the “American Academy of Pediatrics issued an alert regarding their concerns with this book.” 

Wow, we’ve got to be careful where we get our advice from.

Also Garrett hadn’t pooped in a day. Since almost every diaper we changed was dirty, we were concerned that he may be constipated.  We looked it up in “Baby 411,” and it said that at around 6 weeks a baby’s bowels slow down and they may only poop once every 24 hours and be prepared for “The Mother Load.”  Which we experience every day now.

A few people have also recommended that we try adding  a little rice cereal mixed in with his formula to help him sleep through the night.  We tried this and it didn’t have any effect on him.  We looked that up in the “Baby 411” too and it says that’s an old wives tale.  This book has been really helpful.