Q: My baby was awake most of the day (slept only in little spurts here and there when I put him down and let him cry a little, although much less crying than he used to). Then this evening he started getting grumpy because he’d been awake so much and not sleeping or sleeping very lightly when he did. When he starts being fussy and crying about everything, even if I’m holding him, I put him to bed. He

From another mom: I also had debilitating morning (all day) sickness like I’d never experienced before with baby #7.  My dear mother had read about a B vitamin deficiency causing really bad morning sickness, so she ground wheat and made me some whole wheat muffins to eat whenever I got sick.  All of a sudden, I got much, much worse.  My stomach would really hurt and I would not feel better until all food h

Q: Hey, Kathy – a departure from our recent topic. My baby isn’t enjoying blanket time, and he spends about 50% of the time crying and sobbing and trying to crawl off.  Today was especially traumatic; I think he played about 8 minutes (out of 20) and spent the rest hysterical, sopping with tears and sobbing for me constantly. He didn’t respond if I tried to show him his toys or get him interested

Q: At our normal checkup for my baby, the nurses said to start my baby on solids.  The only thing is that they told me specifically was to start him on three vegetables. They told me not to start with fruit because then babies only prefer sweet things.  I don’t know about rice cereal. The nurses didn’t recommend it. I also thought about separating the vegetables in case of allergy. A:One thing is th