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"Linda J. Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
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Great stories, Norma. None of my kids ever slept more than 2 hours at a
stretch. Neither do I - never did, even now (I'm 61). My gifted (and very
difficult, high-need, brilliant, ADD) daughter's magnet-school principal
warned us parents that "smart brain, smart mouth." I got told the opposite -
give her more solids because she's gaining (and growing in length) too fast.
I didn't buy that advice either. As an adult, she has my husbands' (6'3")
body shape - 5'8" and heavy-set, size 10 feet. 

 

Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC

6540 Cedarview Ct, Dayton OH 45459

ph 937-438-9458 / fax 937-438-3228

www.BFLRC.com 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Norma Ritter [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 8:04 PM
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Subject: FTT at 1 yr

 

Jacqui, I really think that your baby's behaviour and growth patterns are a
simple variation of what we call *normal*.
 - You have a baby who is happy, healthy, active, curious and on the small
side. No problems there!  
 - He doesn't sleep much, but nor do lot's of other babies. We don't hear
much abut them because their mothers are afraid of being thought
incompetent, as if it was THEIR fault that their babies didn't sleep for
however long the book or person in a white coat thought they ought to sleep.

Well, I was one of those mothers. Until he was 3 or 4 years old, my son
(first child) never slept more than 8 hours in ever 24, and never more than
2 hrs at a time. A wise LLL Leader told me that babies who do not sleep a
lot seem to grow up to be very smart, because they have more awake-time to
learn about their world. She was right. He has an IQ that is off the charts.
He weighed 32# at a year (eating mostly veggies ad fruit as well as nursing)
and the ped told me to slice his bread thinner. He is now 6'5".

Baby # 2 was the exact opposite. If I put her down for a moment she would
fall asleep. In fact, I called her ped because I was so concerned - this was
so different from what I thought of as *normal!* - and he laughed at me :(
This baby weighed 19# at a year and the same ped told me to feed her more
cake and candy.

Baby #3 was the quintessential Klingon baby. She was permanently attached to
my breast and/or person for six years. Like her brother, she slept only at
the breast and for very short periods of time. She was not able to handle
separation from me until shortly after her 6th birthday, when she announced
that she had decided to go to school (we were homeschooling)  and a week
later that she wanted to spend the night at a friend's house! Oh, and this
very shy and introverted litle girl grew up to become a theater major in
college:)

So, how did they turn out?
They are all grown up.
They all toilet-trained.
They all weaned.
None of them sleep though the night, because they now have babies of their
own :)

norma, celebrating life's infinite variety.

Norma Ritter. IBCLC, RLC
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