March 2013 babies

C did 45mins at his lunch sleep and no amount of settling could get him back to sleep again for more than a couple of mins and when I would leave the room he would wake straight away.

Gave him another feed and he was pretty fussy so perhaps not hungry - now we have the long stretch until 6pm although about 4.30 I might try give him 30mins if he is tired.

Pookie if you can get him to sleep without wrap or swaddle you are doing awesome. I dread having to wean C off the swaddle as while he always tries to get his hands out of his swaddle once he does sleep doesn't happen either through startle or not be able to keep his hand in his mouth - a bit difficult for him at the moment though as I have mittens on them as his hands have been freezing.

Shakeybaby, good luck with the CIO. I think I will give it a try if the baby whisperer technique fails. It must be heartbreaking listening to bubs cries though.

Well good and bad news for us today. AJ saw an orthopeadic specialist today and he doesn't have hip dysplasia like we thought. Bad news is that we had him weighed at plunket and had only put on 100g in a week meaning that he is still not getting enough from me. I had a feeling as he has been hard to settle and must have been because he was hungry. I've decided to follow my instincts and feed him more formula against advice of lactation consultant. I am happy breastfeeding him and topping him up, so am going to stop trying to get back to exclusive breast feeding. I'm feeling relieved now I've made the decision as I would much rather a have a happy baby than a hungry one. DP and I are going to celebrate with some wine tonight, my first glass in a whole year.

Keep up the good work ladies.

Wow! PM, 12 weeks!!! I can't believe how quickly time is going!!! It makes me quite sad in a way. I've loved this journey so much and sharing it with you awesome girls.

Lol. I feel so tentative about the CIO...like it's the right choice at the moment, but still, it's going to be hard. My SIL said that the sleep specialist said that the hardest part about doing CIO is making the choice to do it, but that once you make it, stick to it. It'll take 3-7 days to kick in apparently. Also, that if he's screaming and stops - even for a split moment - or stops when you go into the room, he's just having a tanty. If there really is something wrong, nothing will stop him crying.

Maybe we should have our own CIO support group. Lol.

LM's afternoon nap he cried a little but went to sleep and in the last 15 mins he went down without a peep...A coincidence, I think!

Tinx, that is really awesome you've made a decision. For me, when I decided to supplement LM on formula and on a routine, it felt really good and like a burden was taken off my shoulders because I was actually doing something. I also went against advice and feed the formula first because LM won't take the bottle if I BF first. He always wants breastmilk though

We did CIO with our first. The first day he screamed for 2 hrs. The next day he cried for 20mins. The 3rd day he grizzled for 2mins. It was the best thing we ever did. He is such a fantastic sleeper. At 27months he sleep from 1pm to 4pm everyday and then 8pm to 6.30am every night.

Our wee girl had a terrible day yesterday. Wouldn't sleep in her own bed at all and would only take 5minute naps on me and my husband all day from 6.30am. Come 8.30pm she finally went to sleep in her own bed and slept till 3.30am!! Wow what a shock to my boobs! I woke up soaking wet lol, not good.

We have her 6week imms this Friday. Hoping it goes well.

CIO stands for cry it out. There are a few different ways to do it and its completely personal choice. You can do it controlled where you go in after 5mins then 10 then 15 etc with verbal reassurance until they settle. You can purely just let them scream and cry it out on their own. We tried the verbal reassurance one but every time we went into our sons room it just wound him up so much more. Just leaving him alone worked better for us.

Tinx, you did everything you could to keep bf, well done on making the best choice now for your family! Don't feel guilty!

Pretty great night here, 10pm til 6am! First 8 hour stretch ever, pretty happy. Not sure what made the difference, we dod have the heater on in our room last night for the first time though so maybe that or jst a fluke. Can't complain anyway!

Everyone doing CIO, is it just when they won't settle? We have a few issues at nighttime, start bed routine at 8pm but she won't go down til 9:30 or 10... Might talk to plunket about it, I think she might sleep too much during the day ... We have the naps sorted but if I go out she is pretty much guaranteed to sleep through the whole time, so can easily have a 3 hour nap instead of the 2 hours I aim for... Then again I'm inclined to let her sleep cause I can get so much done. ha!

She's been awake since 7:15 but is just happily burbling away so I'm leaving her in bed to see if she'll doze off or let me know she wants up...

Hope you all have a good day and these babies behave!

Ok. Cry it out is not for me. I have done far far FAR more crying than my boy, despite calming him a few times, while having a distraction. I may be creating a rod for my back, but will try again in a week or two when I am stronger.

Well we had a pretty broken sleep last night had to dummy C from 1.45 until 3ish and then he had a feed at just before 4am so was a bit weary this morning when he woke at 7.45.

In saying that we have actually had (touch wood) a reasonably settled day today. Morning sleep during my walk for 40mins, 30mins at coffee group and a top up of 40mins when we got home. Went for another walk this afternoon just before 4pm and got another 40mins out of him so pretty happy with the day and he has been burbling, chatting and smiley except when he was hungry and a starting to get tired.

We have our next Osteo appointment tomorrow, should be the last, so hope that might be enough to get our boy back.

Wondering if he was having a growth spurt as girls at coffee group all commented on how big he has gotten and we only saw them a week ago. Also DH and I noticed that he has a little white (small) raised bit on his gum and wonder if he is teething or they are moving a bit - I mentioned to DH but not where it was and he saw it straight away when he looked at his gum so perhaps a little movement going on.

PM good on you for trying, I think I would be like you and prob cry more than C would but nice work for those in a head space to get through it and with a DH who will let you - DH would hate it more than me I think :)

Here is to another night of good sleeps for everyone.

Right. Trying it again as it know it will be good for little man in the long run, despite part of me thinking there must be other ways. This time I have an afternoon sleep behind me, and my partner home for support. My heart is beating so so fast, but I CAN DO THIS.

I need a good night tonight since last was horrendous so wont be doing it overnight, but for all day sleeps now on. We are committed, so here we go...

Tinx which Baby Whisperer technique are you using? I am using a bit of the side settling alongside the supervised settling.

It DID not work at the post bath sleep, but now topped up with a quick feed, cuddled, down sleepy but awake and only one peep that didn't even need settling. fingers crossed please ladies!

sending good vibes and settled and sleepy dreams to all the babes