Topic : The Best Baby Advice I Got

My wonderful daughter had a bad case of colic until about 6 weeks of age.  The best thing that worked for her was a warm bath right before bed time.  Also, getting her set up on a routine / schedule that I never wavered from saved my sanity and helped her be less restless.

We finally brought it up to the dr. because I was just about to have a nervous breakdown.  Being a first time mom i didn't think to talk to the dr about our crying daughter.  The dr was able to make her feel better in 24 hours.  Just like that, the colic was gone!  I wish I hadn't waited - I almost feel like I was kinda cheated out of those first weeks. 

Good luck to you and your daughter!!

I'm also a single mum with a 2yo and as soon as he could move he was into everything and climbing! I've found most effective is to give short direct instructions in a firm but kind voice. for example most commonly used in my house is " don't touch the bin". My son loves opening the rubbish bin because its where things go, he's curious.

 I've used sign from 9mos so I use the 'all gone' sign he knows. But it's a daily occurrence. He knows the boundary but tests it regularly and my response is always consisant and firm.

with other things he used to test, he has since moved away from, like climbing the bookshelf to reach my special books. Each time he would get the books and know they mere my special ones, he would cheekily pretend to read them quickly before I got to him. I would take the book, say it was mummy's special things and don't touch, hand him one of his books and say lets read this. I only have to do that maybe once a month now.

Keep her away from certain things until she has developed impulse control. Right now in her mind she has two functions sight - action. She see's it and touches it to find out what it does, tastes like, moves, she's exploring and discovering her surroundings. As her brain develops it will recognise things easier and won't need to interact so heavily with them. As she develops impulse control she will be able to stop herself and listen to your 'no'.

Right now, she can hear the word but can't stop herself. Around 3-5yo is when they begin self control and not acting on every impulse.

So keep her away or supervised around the dog, tell her the stove is 'hot, hot' and guide her away from it and ask her not to touch the tv and hand her a toy with buttons to push.

Spanking can be avoided if you remain firm, calm, consistant and mostly PATIENT.

Toddlers are the masters of pushing your patience, but eventually your guard can be slowly lowered, just not as soon as we all would like.

Two things mothers golden rule,

Never wake a sleepng baby and

if they are somewhere safe but really making a mess "just don't look" Toddlers need space to explore things and play with abandon, we can't put strict rules on them on 'how' to play. You can always clean up but they won't always be little and imaginative. Then teach them the way to tidy after such fun play, it's a skill they need to learn also.

Wow, I wish I would have known that. My baby had colic for almost 3 months. But she cried from 10pm to almost 3am. It does get better but it will take awhile.

I agree with the other person- let the sleeping sleep! They look so adorable that you want to scoop them and hold them. I did that quite a bit and I am paying for it with an extremely spoiled baby.

 I have a 3 year old and a 11 month old... for the past few weeks my 11 month old has being waking up every 3 hours screaming . reading your quote i'm thinking now she may have colic. my son didnt have any of the problems i am now having with my daughter. lack of sleep is driving me insane.....