A couple of questions...?

Sage is 4 months today and I have a few questions--

1.  She has started on rice cereal.  When can I switch her on other cereals, like barely or oatmeal??

2.  We have an angel care monitor, it's the motion sensitive one that is placed under the crib mattress to detect breathing.  Well the last 2 nights it has gone off, not because my child is not breathing, because she somehow maneuvered herself allll the way to the one side of the crib.  When I get in there she is sleeping soundly on her belly with her butt up in the air and hands crossed under her head.  How do I keep her in the middle (she sleeps with a positioner but obviously that's not stopping her) or is it futile at this point??

3.  I have been going to the gym 3-4 times a night.  I leave Sage with daddy and she literally cries the entireeee time I'm gone.  As soon as I get home she is quite again.  It seems she always cries with daddy.  Russ is getting upset, he thinks the baby doesn't like him or something.  Anyones LO do the same thing?  She's fine with him when I'm here, but if he's with her alone she freaks.  Any ideas??

Thanks ladies!!

The best thing to do is ask you Pediatrician when you can start different cereals, they all have different recommendations on when to introduce different foods.

with the positioner, I am surprised she used it this long. mine were done with them (mostly because they were too big) at around 3 months. At about the time they start rolling there was no holding them back. Just make sure there is nothing in the crib like blankets or pillows that can cause as suffocation hazard (I know common sense)and let her roll. I know I cannot sleep in just one position all night long, maybe the same goes for the LO's?

I would always have my husband watch the baby while I would take a nap or shower, to let them get used to me not being immediately there! after a while they would get use to me not being there much at all and things got better. My first was my screamer! I think a lot of dads go through the feelings that the baby does not like them.

Good luck

1. i skip cereal- no nutritional value

2. futile

3. she misses you.. and since your her mail care giver and with her all day she expects you there.. as previous said start slow... bathroom, shower, slowly give her longer times alone when you are unable to comfort her... she will eventually "come around"

no advice to give but gosh is she ever delicious! Yellow suits her very well.. LOVE the bib :D

1.   That decision is up to you.   You will get a ton of different answers.   I didn't start any of my kids of cereals/food until they were 6 months old.   I started with rice, moved on to oatmeal when I was sure they were not allergic to the rice.   For that reason, I would NOT skip the cereals as you want to make sure she doesn't have allergies to it.   Most other foods are going to have rice derivatives or some sort of grain derivatives in them.  Better you eliminate that as an allergy choice now rather than later.  

2.  Give up

3.  Start giving them more alone time.  That's about the only thing I can suggest.   My kids never had issues with my husband.   In the beginning they were skiddish around the grandparents (they don't live close and don't see them on a regular basis) but that went away with age.  

http://www.parents.com/baby/feeding/solid-foods/feeding-your -baby/?sssdmh=dm17.443057&esrc=nwaspo&email=1969301979

This link will bring you to what I have been using as a guide for feeding Anberlin. Cereal is a great source of iron. I forget if sage is being bf but the older they get the more iron a bf baby needs so that is where the cereal comes in. If she is being formula fed she is getting enough iron and you don't need to do cereal because if she doesn't need the iron in the cereal it's pretty pointless. Personally I like the cereal though because I mix it into her baby food to thicken it up and it fills her up a bit more.

As for sleeping in the middle of the crib, those days are gone! Lol! There is nothing you can do about it now. :-)

As for the daddy problems, Anberlin was like that with babysitters until she was about 3 months old. She finally just grew out of it. Good luck!!

-Ashlie

I used rice cereal then went to oatmeal. Hayvann has moved around since she was about 8 weeks old and I could not keep her in the positioner. Hayvann cried tons with her dad at first. He felt she hated him. Mostly because his confidence in himself was not good. He needed to know he could help her and the only way that happened was giving them a lot of alone time. He learned her cries and what she wanted and then now she loves him more lol. He comes home from work and go****s like I dont exist! It gets better!

Well here is my 2 cents:

1: Bella started rice/oatmeal at 6 months. She still gets it everyday. We started with rice b/c it gets smoother. Then we went to oatmeal, she liked it better ecspecially with baby fruits. 

2: I have the angel monitor/ motion sensor too. At about Sage's age I turned the motion part off. We were going in EVERY NIGHT freaking out. She was on her belly and at the very top or bottom of her crib. So as hard as it was for us we turned it off. Keeping her in one place is not going to work. 

3:Bella is the same way. I have started doing what Julie said and giving her Bella time. I have turned her room into a kids play room and i set her down and let her play and play for an hour or so. Of course I check on her every couple of mins. Then when daddy gets home i let her have daddy/bella time. I am home with her all day everyday so when i walk away or leave her she freaks out!!! So just maybe also find a mommy and me class and get her around other people besides you too!! 

She is adorable :)
Jessica

What a cutie!! 

I was told to give each cereal a week to see if there were any allergies, same with food. We haven't started it yet but I asked.

Dr told me to take out the positioner as soon as Amelia started moving around at night

I went back to work this week so Amelia is alone with hubby in the mornings, yesterday she screamed bloody murder for 3 hours, today was better. DH thought the same thing too that she doesn't like him. I keep telling him that the more nervous he is she can sense it and it makes her nervous.  He has always given her at least one bottle a day and took her while I was in the shower, getting dressed etc. Things will work out just stick with it!

GOod luck

She is so precious! I just wanted to add that Jakob started cereal when he turned 4 mos. but he was having a teaspoon of it in his milk to help with his reflux for about a month before that. So when we added cereal we started with oatmeal, after a week we added a teaspoon of bananas. So basically, a week to see if he is allergic to any of the new items should be good. (the cereal in the milk also helped him sleep a little better at night -- I didn't believe all the relatives telling me that but it was true)(I FORGOT TO ADD that his doctor said the cereal wasn't really for the nutrition as much as to get him use to using a spoon to feed with...)



Jakob outgrew his positioner about 3 mos. and since he has never slept in his room I haven't used the monitor yet (he has a co-sleeper attached to our bed for now)



My husband has always shared his care. I notice he favors me, but only cries for me when he is sleepy or hurting. I suggest the same as others letting daddy do some of the dressing/feeding other things while he is there with you in a different room or area to get used to the idea of being alone with daddy. Now when he sees daddy he kicks and squeals and daddy thinks he's king of the hill!!!