I cannot believe he did this

I would occassionally put a cold rag on my son's feet to wake him up. He didn't cry or anything. There were times when I felt bad, but I had to keep him awake as much as possible during the day until he had his days and nights straight. SOunds cruel, doesn't it?

I wouldn't do the frozen dinner thing, mostly because I don't keep them in the house. I just let them sleep. I never had a problem with either of my kids getting their days and nights mixed up.

Wow. I would never think about doing that to a child. I never did get my daughter to stay awake. She slept when she wanted to and stayed awake when she wanted to. I never could get her days and nights straight.

It is unbelievable! How can such a medical professional do it to his own baby? I think it is ot right. We can make baby awake all day but not on that way. There are still a lot of good ways. Not just putting cold thing on their back. That is torture!

Oh, I think I would give parents a great deal of leniency when it comes to keeping the kid away and resetting their sleep/wake cycle to coincide with that of normal life. I don't want any poor kid being tortured, but you do really have to be kind of insistent and persistent or the kid will just doze off again instantly.

Hmmmm, that is a new one to me. I know that I would not have done that at all. When my kids would try to fall asleep I would simply sit them up or stand them up and talk or play with them. I can not imagine putting a frozen dinner on their back as I would not like this I would not do it to them.

I have never done that. I think that putting something cold on someone is a little harsh. I do hwoever think gently shaking a child should be enough to wake them.

That is nuts! i would never do that to my baby! what a shock to her little body that must have been. . I like it when my baby sleeps no matter waht time it is, if she's sleeping then obviously she needs the rest. . i dont wake her up on purpose. That's just me though.

Lol! i never heard of that before. Frozen dinner. You wouldnt think that a doctor would be eating junk like that anyway. I know whenever somebody put someting cold or frozen against my skin i get a little pis-ed off. I wonder how that baby felt.

hi,ersmommy1!!~ It's a difficult thing to make the kid awake at day time.When,it's difficult to keep the baby awake,my sister's method is let her baby sleep for five or ten minutes and then wake the baby up.I don't know whether this is right or not, but it is useful to my little niece. Happy mylotting!~

That is weird. I wouldn't do that. I usually to keep my son up would gradually change positions. If he was in my left arm and was starting to fall asleep i would move him to my right arm. It helped to get his days and nights back on schedule.

What I know about raising kids is not to bother them when they're asleep or resting.Infants as young as them need a lot of sleep for their growth and development. What I did for my 2 kids is just tolerance. When they feel sleepy, then I let them rest, when they feel like playing so I let them play. In fact, for me it's quite enjoyable to witness how my little angels messin up my place...hehe. It's no big deal if their days and night mixed up, anyway these little angels will soon grow and learn things accordingly. As of this time, I will just enjoy every moment with them.

Hmmm... if your kids (babies??) are falling asleep, maybe they need to sleep! Young babies need LOTS of sleep. All babies need lots of sleep. I have never tried to keep my child from sleeping (I have 3 boys). To me it sounds crazy. And when they do sleep, I get a little peace. What I do is keep them on a normal routine with the rest of the family. They eat when (or just before or after) we eat. They get a bath and story before bedtime. And when they do wake at night the lights stay off. I nursed my little ones and put them back in their crib (if I was already awake) or we fell asleep in my bed. Again, little to no talking and no lights. By 6 months, they are mostly sleeping through the night. During the day, my babies napped when they needed to (in the living areas where everyone is going about their day, if the sleep they sleep, if they woke, the woke.) I have found that listening to "experts" about common sense, routine things, will get you in trouble. Many "experts" have no practical experience (i.e. no kids) or their families are totally dysfunctional (i.e. in need of some SERIOUS therapy). If my babies don't have a rash or fever, I stay away from the doctors!!

That sounds quite a strange thing to do to a baby. We had two little ones at the same time,one 14 months older than the other and I would just sleep in the day if they both slept because at night it was a bit of a relay from one child to the other. Luckily the smaller child did eventually sleep through the night which meant the other was not woken and also slept through.

Are you serious a frozen Dinner? Lord that is not something I would even think of doing. Usually I would just let them sleep when needed because If needed I would be able to nap also with my little sister,nieces and nephews. But If I was told to keep them awake by their parents then I would play peek a boo and talk to them and play other games and play with them with their toys..a frozen dinner I would never of thought of doing and wouldn't do.

Well I haven’t done anything so weird with my baby though he did give me long stretches of sleepless nights. I would just go on rocking him on my lap, even hubby would take over, but for the first six months I think, our baby never slept at night and wouldn’t wake up much during the day. However, there was this relative of ours who was so irritable with her baby daughter and her waking habits that she would often mix drops of brandy with her milk! Just imagine…we would all say that she was getting the baby drunk which might have health repercussions later but she would just shrug it off. But to be sure, there was no adverse effect that we heard of.

Ouch! I couldn't imagine doing that to anyone, especially an infant. That seems like a drastic thing to do, not to mention cruel. If my kids pediatrician told me this, I'd be looking for another doctor, but that's just me. My husband and I got a different doctor after the one we had started talking about her personal life. It made us feel odd and uncomfortable, so we switched doctors.

But, I think this is cruel to an infant. I never do this to any of my two kids, no matter haw many time they wake me up.

Wow that´s rather cruel, can you imagine how cold that is!!

This might come out across as ugly - but once one of the founding fathers of pscyhology (forgot who, I remember this being briefly mentioned in a lecture) had suggested that children should be left to sleep on a bed of hard wood to make them develop character. After the whole class looked shocked, the prof proceeded in explaining that children back than where REALLY grown up and brought up to be tough. Some people I guess, are still part of this school of thought. Though ming you, applying frozen dinner on her back might bring the child to be chronically afraid of stuff because she is afraid of something as horrid as a frozen dinner. Or she could toughen up to it and get stronger. :)