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How Much Should Babies Sleep

February 7, 2009 By Rebecca Lehman Leave a Comment
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I've noticed that the older my son gets, the more time he spends awake during the day.  We've been really fortunate with his sleeping patterns so far.  He sleeps soundly though the night, from about 10pm to 9am, waking up about every three hours to eat.  It's like clock work.  He normally sleeps most of the day too, but the pattern varies more.  Three hours here, an hour there.  If a car ride is involved he might sleep for four or five hours before waking up to eat.  Yesterday he spent most of the day awake, which prompted me to do some research on just how much sleep he should be getting, … [Read more...]

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How much should babies eat?

February 2, 2009 By Rebecca Lehman Leave a Comment

I've noticed, now that my son is three weeks old, his feeding habits have started to change.  He's hungry more often, and will eat more in one feeding.  For the most part I've been sticking to the basic guidelines he had in his first week.  Feeding at the breast for at least 20 minutes on each side, or eating 3-4 oz in a bottle feeding.  Where it used to be a challenge to get him to feed the entire forty minutes, or to finish that last oz in the bottle, now he will go an hour or more at the breast, and will still seem hungry after gulping down the entire 4 oz from a bottle.  This is becoming … [Read more...]

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The Great Diaper Experiment: And the winner is. . .

January 31, 2009 By Rebecca Lehman 4 Comments

Okay, so lets recap a bit.  We reviewed four different brand of diapers over the past 36 hours.  The test subject being my 2 1/2 week old son, whom I might add bore the extra diaper changes, close observation, itchy bum like a trooper!  He wore each brand for at least 2 diaper changes each and we observed how each did in it's absorbency, leakage, comfort level, fit, and cost.  Here are the brands we tested: White Cloud Huggies Luvs Pampers We preformed a liquid pour test to see how well and how quickly each brand absorbed moisture.  Be sure to check the video if you haven't seen … [Read more...]

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The Great Diaper Experiment: Pampers

January 31, 2009 By Rebecca Lehman 1 Comment
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First and foremost I have to warn you that I'm slightly partial to Pampers.  I have been from the beginning.  Not entirely sure why, but they seem to work best for me and my son.  So I will try to be as objective as possible when reviewing this brand!  Pampers is owned by Procter & Gamble, which manufactures a very wide range of products we use everyday, from toothpaste to dog food.  My first impression of Pampers was softness.  They used Pampers in the hospital when my son was born and they felt like cloth, inside and out.  This could be why I'm partial to them as well, since it was … [Read more...]

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The Great Diaper Experiment: Luvs

January 31, 2009 By Rebecca Lehman 1 Comment
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I've heard many moms rave about Luvs being comparable to the more expensive Huggies or Pampers diapers, so my initial expectations were high.  Perhaps I set myself up for failure by having my expectations high for this brand, but I must say I was slightly disappointed by my findings.  I gave it a fair chance though.  My son wore these through four diaper changes during the experiment. Absorbency - The pour test proved Luvs to be comparable to Pampers in it's quickness to pull wetness away from babies skin.  It was more absorbent in the front than the back, which makes sense when you think … [Read more...]

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