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Re: 'Happiest baby on the block' tips*repost of original

From: Anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 5 Jul 2003 16:59:24 -0500 (CDT)

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I agree. What is Katya going to do when her child starts walking/running/ climbing? Strap her in a wheelchair so that she has no chance of hurting herself? Babies wake at might - end of story. They need to be fed often, as breast milk is easily digested. Lack of regular feeding can actually cause developmental delays - so don't be too quick to get your baby to sleep through the night, at least until they are weaned.

The use of duct tape in any capacity sounds like nazi-parenting to me. Let your kids grow and develop, which will inevitably include a few nicks and scrathes.

Just because it is written in a book, doesn't mean it is right. Dr Carp, to many experienced, good parents is also known as Dr. CRAP.

At Sat, 5 Jul 2003, Andrea wrote: >
>Duct tape *around* the arms IS NOT swaddling. It is also not an
>"industrious" idea!!This is NOT the way they do it in hospitals!! READ
>people. This not only sounds awful IT IS...
>
>>Dear Darcie,
>>
>>The baby is awake 7-9, 11-1, 4-10 on a good day; sometimes she skips the
>>1-4 nap altogether and then it's a little harder because she is too
>>tired not to be cranky and yet cannot sleep for some reason. On no-nap
>>days, 3-7 can be fussy time, and crying it out does not work - we tried
>>once for 80 min.
>>
>>However, we have to swaddle and TAPE her with duct tape around the upper
>>arms overnight. I know it sounds awful, but it works and makes for a
>>happy baby. At night, unwaddled and even loosely swaddled babies feel
>>terribly unsafe - their motion control is very poor and they hit
>>themselves in the face, scratch, and get scared because they don't
>>realize it's their own hands that are misbehaving. Dr. Karp explains
>>this and other baby phychology aspects very well. His book gave me and
>>my husband the confidence and the skills to handle our baby well with
>>zero previous baby experience.
>>

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