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2kids2cats
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Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
I just started giving DD cereal before her last bottle. Just 2 teaspoons. She still woke up at 5am on the dot to eat again.
Also, is it just me or do babies wake up the same time no matter when they go to bed? I find that if she is alseep by 8:30 she wakes up at 5 and if she's asleep by 10:30, she still wakes up at 5.
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05mommy09
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
Myth-
At least in our case
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| Posted 3/4/07 10:27 AM |
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MomofMandB
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
Everything you're saying has been my experience with both kids. Cereal never helped either one sleep longer, and I found that sometimes if they stayed up later, they actually woke up EARLIER!
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2kids2cats
My babies
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
Okay thanks. My SIL has been giving her DS cereal since 2 weeks old and he sleeps from 5:30 to 5:30-6am! I would miss her waaaaaaaaaaayyyy too much if she slept that long but DH said, I thought they are supposed to sleep longer!
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| Posted 3/4/07 10:30 AM |
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Cheryl
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
Posted by Princessmaris
Myth-
At least in our case
Yep. same with us.
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| Posted 3/4/07 10:33 AM |
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WoodIAm
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
Posted by Princessmaris
Myth-
At least in our case
Same here 
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| Posted 3/4/07 10:34 AM |
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2kids2cats
My babies
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
Why do all of our parents always insist we need to start that sooner than the ped says???
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| Posted 3/4/07 10:36 AM |
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nferrandi
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
I just started giving Luca cereal and it hasn't made him sleep any longer. In fact, I think it's making him a little constipated, so it's actually making him sleep worse because he's uncomfortable.
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| Posted 3/4/07 10:45 AM |
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LuvMy2Girls
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
Posted by Kitkat
Why do all of our parents always insist we need to start that sooner than the ped says???
I didn't start cereal til 6 months, and DD slept like a champ without it.
our parents push on us what we do, recommendations have changed and they do what their moms told them to do.
 i just yes all of them to death
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FeliciaDP
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
It's been a myth for us as well!
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missrock
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
I dont know, but for the last two days of giving my 4 1/2 week old cereal she has slept 7 hours then 8 1/2 hours straight.
I could be the combination of swaddling and white noise also. So who knows
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Stefanie
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
I gave Jared cereal at one month and he slept through the night every night.
Message edited 3/4/2007 11:44:34 AM.
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| Posted 3/4/07 11:44 AM |
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ddunne2
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
myth....
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| Posted 3/4/07 11:54 AM |
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monkeybride
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
Definitely a myth. Made zero difference for us, not that we started it to try to get her to sleep longer.
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| Posted 3/4/07 12:18 PM |
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Marcie
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
We started Ali on cereal at 2 months and she has been sleeping through the night since
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| Posted 3/4/07 12:47 PM |
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2kids2cats
My babies
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
See she has been sleeping through the night before, but everyone made it seem like she'd sleep longer than she did currently.
Is the idea to give more food and less formula? My doctor recommended starting now, 3 1/2 months since she's big eater. I guess what I'm getting at is, isn't it giving her more food total than she was getting before cereal?
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| Posted 3/4/07 1:22 PM |
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
Posted by Stefanie
I gave Jared cereal at one month and he slept through the night every night.
Same for Ryan. Each child is different though, it works for some, and doesn't for others.
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| Posted 3/4/07 1:59 PM |
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BaroqueMama
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
I think it's a myth. Ava slept through the night since 7 weeks without the aide of cereal, but I've also noticed that if she has cereal for dinner now, she wakes up in the middle of the night hungry. I think it can have the opposite effect, actually.
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| Posted 3/4/07 2:05 PM |
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ChilisWife
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
we put cereal in the bottle at 10 weeks and our son immediately started sleeping 6-7 hours stretches...it may have been a coincidence though
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RobeyMuse
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Re: Is it a myth that they sleep longer with cereal?
MYTH
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