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hey guys sorry i'm not on here much anymore just so busy with madison and her spoiled rotten self lol but i have a problem and would like some insight if possible. she will not sleep in her cradle, or crib and hasn't since we've been home from the hospital, she will scream for however long you leave her in there, is there ne thing that i can try or do. she will sometimes fall asleep in her bouncer seat, and her carseat she falls asleep in it everytime she's in it lol but she acts like she needs to be held at all times even when she is sleeping, what do i do? i try to lay her by herself at times and she cries if she is asleep she may sleep for a few mins then wakes up screaming... ne help on this??? lol
i understand your problem~!! I have a 4month old daughter that has ALWAYS been held even when sleeping she had to sleep on either my chest or daddys. AND co-sleeping at bed time. SOooo i created a monster she cries as soon as you put her in her crib to sleep, let alone just lay her down to sleep she wants to be held or she wakes up. Well I have decided that I need to fix this not only for myself but for her that way i can get things done when she naps. I started out laying her in her crib when she falls asleep for a nap, if she wakes up and cries we get up and play until she gets tired again we just keep on until she's tired enough to just sleep in her crib, it's been working GREAT and now after about a week of trying this she is taking nice naps in her crib :) we are STILL co-sleepin at night just because I'm EBF and i just am not "ready" to put her in crib at night............i know i'm a sucker but also my significant other works harvest so he will not be home, only to sleep, for the next 1.5months so It's nice to have her with me in bed........... good luck and hope it goes as well as it did for me~!
i am pretty much in the same position... Daniel sleeps great during the day in his swing or even falling asleep while eating and then being put into his port a crib/bassinet... but when it comes to night time... IF i can put him in his bassinet upstairs it is for maybe 1-2 hours TOPS... and then in order for him to go back to sleep and stay asleep he has to be in my bed... i dont mind so much but none of the other kids had to be in my bed at all... i would LOVE a full nights sleep... and i have been fighting a migraine and low grade fever for 3 days now and feel just horrible... does anyone know... am i suppose to toss the breastmilk i pump if i am running a fever???? i had nursed in the hospital for a day or so and then the nurses had me try to pump and it caused really bad edema in my nipples and areola's so i stopped trying to nurse... well i decided to try again, and so have been pumping to try to get my milk supply up... and he will rarely latch on, but at least he is getting the good stuff... lol... and to me that is really all that matters...lol
anyhow hopefully we will all start sleeping through the night soon... and our fussy babies will let us rest...lol
Daniel is just over 2 weeks old already...wow how time flies
anyhow hopefully we will all start sleeping through the night soon... and our fussy babies will let us rest...lol
Daniel is just over 2 weeks old already...wow how time flies
claire- right on, i just switched over to them for summer and Brielle is still loving being swaddled. I hope they work for Alister!
hkenny- thanks for that! the designs of the swaddling wraps are adorable! ive ordered 2!
Addy hates to be swaddled, she loved it the first week, then she was over it! She always kicks her one leg and foot loose, She wiggles out of any blanket I put on her! She is giving me a fit. She still sleeps 4 hours throughout the night, but sometimes it is chilly, I put her in thick sleepers thats the only thing I can think of doing.
kylesmom~ Addy is to the point thats the only way she will sleep,( on her belly) unless I hold her till she falls asleep, which I don't do. I have a video monitor & I try to watch her face. She only slept in a cradle 1 week in my room, then it was off to the nursery, she has adjusted well as far as self soothing to sleep, I just would like to see her sleep 5 or 6 hours. She is almost 2 months old, I figured she would be to that point by now, both of my boys slept 8 hour a night by 2 months. So IDK hopefully now that she is catching up in size she will be content longer.
kylesmom~ Addy is to the point thats the only way she will sleep,( on her belly) unless I hold her till she falls asleep, which I don't do. I have a video monitor & I try to watch her face. She only slept in a cradle 1 week in my room, then it was off to the nursery, she has adjusted well as far as self soothing to sleep, I just would like to see her sleep 5 or 6 hours. She is almost 2 months old, I figured she would be to that point by now, both of my boys slept 8 hour a night by 2 months. So IDK hopefully now that she is catching up in size she will be content longer.
claire and kylesmom- you could try these swaddling blankets, my sil swore by them last summer. aden & anais they are made of muslin cloth and are much thinner.
Claire i also had to stop swaddling b/c of the weather and we don't have our a/c on yet...
Last night i tried the boppy and it worked great!! Kyra slept 1 hour short of all night!! I had trouble sleeping though b/c we have just moved her out of our room and it was a lot harder than i thought it wa going to be. I am very hesitant to keep using the boppy b/c like Addy, Kyra wiggled and moved herself out of it and i am worried of her getting it in troubled position. Kyra loves to be on her tummy, but I am worried about letting her sleep like that. So maybe i am being over protective and over thinking everything, but i am going to keep on trying until we find something we are both happy with!
Last night i tried the boppy and it worked great!! Kyra slept 1 hour short of all night!! I had trouble sleeping though b/c we have just moved her out of our room and it was a lot harder than i thought it wa going to be. I am very hesitant to keep using the boppy b/c like Addy, Kyra wiggled and moved herself out of it and i am worried of her getting it in troubled position. Kyra loves to be on her tummy, but I am worried about letting her sleep like that. So maybe i am being over protective and over thinking everything, but i am going to keep on trying until we find something we are both happy with!
hkenny: alister also loves to be swaddled but atm the weather has changed so much and we finally have a summer over here atm, its too hot and stuffy to swaddle him, ive started using the sleep positioner and think hes kind of getting used to it! well were only on day1 so who knows! hes a fussy boy!
Hey Ladies,
well I found that Brielle at night only did not want to sleep in her craddle, then I swaddled her with a big swaddling blanket and havent had any trouble since, I swaddle every night before bed and she sleeps between 4-6 hrs. Once she wakes up and gets fed and changed i do it again and usually she sleeps for another 3. She loves being cuddled so I think the swaddling has her fooled :).
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well I found that Brielle at night only did not want to sleep in her craddle, then I swaddled her with a big swaddling blanket and havent had any trouble since, I swaddle every night before bed and she sleeps between 4-6 hrs. Once she wakes up and gets fed and changed i do it again and usually she sleeps for another 3. She loves being cuddled so I think the swaddling has her fooled :).
I LOVE these swaddledesigns . com
Well knock on wood, Addy loves to sleep in her crib, but she has never had it any other way, I have noticed lately though that she wakes more often when lying on her back (she kinda spazes and her arms and hands start flying around) So I put her on her belly where she can hold her blanket and she is just peachy!
I was worried about the boppy thing b/c Addy figits in her sleep and she wiggles down in it, so I was afraid to try that. But during the day that is her favorite place to sit, she also loves to be propped on her belly with it. She absolutly hates her swing, which is weird b/c my boys lived in theirs when thry were little! Goes to show all babies are different!
Good luck to all of you,remember in the words of Hootie.... It won't be like this for long!! LOL
I was worried about the boppy thing b/c Addy figits in her sleep and she wiggles down in it, so I was afraid to try that. But during the day that is her favorite place to sit, she also loves to be propped on her belly with it. She absolutly hates her swing, which is weird b/c my boys lived in theirs when thry were little! Goes to show all babies are different!
Good luck to all of you,remember in the words of Hootie.... It won't be like this for long!! LOL
Had this problem with ds. He didnt sleep through the night consistently until over 18 months. Now I did a lot of research for dd because I did not want to go through that again. I ended up buying the Amby bed and I love it!!! DD takes long naps in it and sleeps 6-8 hours at night since she came home from hospital. It is priceless. I would have paid anything to sleep last time around. Also, dd really likes the miracle blanket.
Tarrah: im in the same position as you Alister hates his on bed, he will just cry and cry till i pick him up, rock him back to sleep then put him back down in this crib and he'l wake up and cry again its crazy! and i put him in our bed in the end because i dont know what else to do! and he falls asleep straight away! he also loves his carseat/pram bouncey chair, im defiantly going to try the boppy though!
thanks you guys. i have a boppy i can get ther to sleep on during the day but for some reason at night she will not. andi have a wedge she doesn't use bc i can never keep her in the crib or cradle, although like krushing said for some reason my dad and step mother got her to sleep in the cradle for about 3 hrs b4 waking up and idk how but i can't lol i might try the crying herself to sleep, i know that is gonna be hard bc she starts screaming after a while but it may work. thanks you guys for all the input.
We are also having a problem with Kyra sleeping on her own, but it is just at night when i want to sleep!! During the day she sleeps well pretty much all the time. I have gotten to the point that we just let her cry herself to sleep. It is so hard, but I just really can't sit and hold her all night...Last night she cried for over 30 minutes before falling asleep. We also have a sleep positioner like Cyrena was talking about. She seems to like it most the time, but she ends up scooting herself down to where her shoulders are between the wedges where her bottom is supposed to be. I haven't tried the boppy in her bed, but i guess anything is worth a try!!
Brody really hasn't had trouble going to sleep, but the times he has I've found that he likes to be propped up on a pillow on his stomach. I think maybe it helps stretch his belly out and makes him more comfortable. Also, I have a small pad thing with the side vents that you can adjust to hold them on either side so they don't roll onto their stomach or back. It also is a wedge so that his head is elevated a little. Since we've brought him home I've let him sleep on that either on his side or back. I believe the elevation helps his food go down and also just makes him more comfortable. There are also big wedges you can buy to place in their beds that are the width of the mattresses. I got one of those for when he starts sleeping in his big bed.
Reece will sleep but I've noticed he sleeps more in his boppy rather than just laying in his bed. We place his boppy pillow in the bed and just sit him in it. With it snuggling up around him, he thinks he's being held. That's just what I think. However, my mom can get him to sleep in the bassinet on his side. Funny what grandparents can do versus us first time parents.
I turn on Asa's mobile so that he can hear the music, and I also have a CD of worship music that he likes... you might try some music for her... something really soft... the worship CD I have is modern worship songs, but the music is supposed to be appealing to baby's ears... it has very soft light instruments playing and a lady singing that is very soft and gentle... Asa doesn't like being alone either, but he's learning... his suckie (pacifier) is great help also!!
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