baby honeymoon is over

ok so i havent really got that much to moan about ... shes basically pretty good and sleeps really well, except for today.

i mean i had her out today at the botanical gardens for the playgroup end of term function and she spent the whole time in the meitai... asleep!

Bizzy i had kinda the same problem like you..is b/f or F/F?
How do u rock her? My 5 1/2 month girl, shes ok now but i used to have problems with her getting her to sleep...most of the times she wouldnt go to sleep till very late at night but now she goes down at 7 or 7.30pm ish...I also rock her up and down to sleep..OK this is just my way but i find she goes to sleep well with a bottle..Il keep an eye on her, normally it will just fall out her mouth beside her when shes drifted off and thats when il take it away from her...and if she happens to stir/awake for more whenever il give her, her bottle for abit until she falls back to sleep....Have u also tried singing to her? in a soft voice..Or even gently bring your finger or fingers over her eyes till she nods off...that can be soothing too.Sometimes my little girl likes it and sometimes she doesnt..she tries pushing my finger away...really depends on her i think...combine the rocking and sleeping together then put her down when shes fully asleep...Or even before before she goes to sleep, give her a bath...that may help too...Naomi, my little one, falls asleep after her bath most of time, we rock her and she nods off...

Hope thats of any help?

kabe shes five weeks old today... so i shouldnt expect too much really. oh and ferny fully breastfed here...i'm a bf freak and too lazy for bottles!

little monkey tonight had a feed went down for half an hour, awake crying changed her bum put her down and she went off for a little bit then woke while we were eating dinner so got her up and put her in the bouncinette then gave her a bath then wrapped her and put her back to bed only this time she didnt sleep but screamed till we got her up and when i rocked her she went to sleep but woke and screamed when i put her in her bed so did the same again... and this went on from about 7 till almost 8.30.



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Bizzy i started off fully b/f but when it came to the stage where Naomi had only put on 20grams that the PN pointed out we had to go onto Formula...soooo much easier....
Sounds like your having a rough nite there Bizzy...She'll come right over time...Believe me - they do...Its all just a waiting thing..

if she tries something different it may work...i never used to rock my little one, then one night i started giving it a go and hey presto! it worked! Doesnt hurt to try these things..

ahh mel my singing sucks, well according to the boys anyway...

compared to gabriel she is still a breeze. he used to scream almost constantly from 6-10pm every night for months...

i'm hoping its a phase cause otherwise how am i ever going to be able to go out at night again!!!

little monkey is lying in daddy's arms now... maybe i'll shove a tit in her mouth!!!

hahahah

My sister bought these silicon breasts a while ago...They feel yucky and horrible..But i had to laugh when i saw what she had bought...
Bizzy im not trying to tell u whats best here but perhaps u could half BF and half FF her...That way if and when u want to go out at night daddy can have some father and daughter time with her feeding her....When i was fully b/f Naomi think my partner got a tad jealous cos he couldnt feed her as i had all the goods lol..Then we started FF her it really took a load of me too....Cos FF isnt such a big hassle as B/F is when your out

Ferny wrote: hahahah Bizzy im not trying to tell u whats best here but perhaps u could half BF and half FF her...That way if and when u want to go out at night daddy can have some father and daughter time with her feeding her....When i was fully b/f Naomi think my partner got a tad jealous cos he couldnt feed her as i had all the goods lol..Then we started FF her it really took a load of me too....Cos FF isnt such a big hassle as B/F is when your out

Lol, ferny you are a BRAVE woman!!!

Our Deb is a BF queen! (and I'm not knocking it, I am hoping to feed Char at least as long as You fed Tony, Deb, you ROCK)

Ah Deb, hugs to you, I hated that phase. Phase, love, it is a phase......

Hugs to you and I'll make Rod have a large drink of the alcoholic kind for ya...

Baby Bizzy, you be good for your mummy and GO TO SLEEP CHILD!!

Hopefully it's just the dreaded 2 month growth spurt Deb.. Keziah used to do this too and we went for weeks and weeks with her not having a day time nap, and being really grizzly all the time.. but we came out the other side and that's the main thing! Keep persevering it's the only thing you can do really

and now Keziah sleeps over 2 hours at a time! So there is hope!