sleeping...
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Topic: sleeping...
Posted By: DJ
Subject: sleeping...
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 10:16am
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Ok so its a new week, which comes with another resolution to get some decent daytime sleeping patterns established... So this morning I fed Anyssa at 6.50, and put her into her bed at 8.40 when she started showing tired signs - she was happy at this point. I shh patted her for a bit, then left her - she was quiet and looking around the darkened room. She was still awake and a bit grizzly after 20mins or so, so I went back in for more shhh patting, and she dozed off for a minute or two a couple of times. Then she started to get all smiley (and sooo cute) and active again, so I left the room again. This goes on, but she is still awake at 9.50(3 hours after her last feed), and her grizzling has picked up a notch or 3 . I decided to do more shh patting and she dozes off for another couple of minutes . Awake again, and crying properly now. So do I give in and feed her or continue trying to get her to sleep? If I feed her she will fall asleep on the boob, which is what I'm trying to stop doing... any pointers? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 10:33am
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Well my first thought was that 2hrs is too long for a 2 month old to be awake for. Daniel was only awake for an hour to an hour and 1/2 then. She may be overtired and therefore having probs getting herself off to sleep.
I'd feed her and put her back down then maybe next time shes up try and put her down earlier? And if she looks like shes gonna fall asleep on the boob have a cool face cloth nearby and keep her awake |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 10:46am
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I have been doing exactly what Stacey has said. Up for one hour max which includes feed then play, then back to bed! She goes off to sleep fine if she is not overtired, if she is overtired it can take me forever to get her to sleep or sometimes she will not even go to sleep!
I have now realised that the first signal that she is getting tired is a hand rubbing the face, that is the cue to me that its back to bed! Maybe watch out for a cue of eye rubbing or a yawn perhaps, before A gets too tired?? Just a thought, I am still learning too! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 11:05am
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Thanks for that! The books all tell you what to do, but not what to do when it all fails... I'll be better about getting her down sooner. Seriously, if she goes to sleep in her own bed during the day even once this week I'll be happy! She sleeps thru the night, and has fallen asleep on her own before, so she is able to self settle - it just seems she resists sleep like crazy in the day (which drives me crazy!). ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 11:17am
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hey DJ, Luke is exactly the same! I thought I at least had the morning sleep sorted, as the last 4 days he has slept between 2 & 3 hours from around 830-9am. But this morning he went down fine and then woke an hour later... now he is asleep in carseat, as we popped to dairy - I am leaving him there to see if he sleeps for a while...
I would be keen to hear ideas as well, I have be trying to hour up then back to bed as well, but sometimes he won't settle into bed and so he ends up being awake for a few hours anyway... ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids 
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: NikkiB
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 11:20am
DJ, I also put Rex down within the hour (have done since he was about 6 weeks old) and it works a treat 
I thought that now he is over 3 months old, he would be able to stay up longer than an hour, but no...he is still showing tired signs within the hour and off to bed he goes. I'm finding that by keeping this hour turn-around in place, if he does get overtired (for example, if I go out and he is unable to sleep), he still is able to go to sleep quickly and easily in his cot. All the best
Oh, I also put the radio on in his room (at a low volume), which I think helps him. ------------- A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys: RB 3/10/2008 JB 29/12/2009 |
Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 11:34am
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Nikki - how long does Rex sleep for at a time? ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 11:35am
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Yeah definately no longer than an hour for them to be up at that age. Spencer could settle well but then wouldn't sleep more than 45 mins, I would then try to get him back to sleep unsuccessfully end up feeding him and then he would fall to sleep and my whole day would be ruined by 9am, very disheartening.
For those waking after an hour plunket got me to hover around his bassinet for the whole of his sleep and as soon as he started stirring to shsh and pat him back to sleep (i had tried giving him 10mins to self settle, swaddling white noise etc etc) so that he hadn't really woken up. Is hard work being by them for all their sleep but after about a week maybe 2 he could settle himself back to sleep and now he sleeps brilliantly (well most of the time he is a baby after all). I highly recommend plunket family centre, if nothing else it gives you a bit of a break for the day and some fresh ideas to try, plus you will meet other women with similar problems or worse. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 12:54pm
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Yes i'm finding my day is often ruined by 9am and it is totally disheartening! I do find even if I get her into bed within the hour she can stay awake for ages looking around the room and talking to herself. Eventually she gets grizzly, and works her way up to a proper cry. Plunket say to let her "cry down" - but she cries up!!!! Has anyone else had much success with music etc? I've tried the radio on static and on national programme, but it didn't seem to help much... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 3:43pm
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white noise definitely helps get Ella to sleep when she is having difficulty; I have also used it to get her back to sleep when she wakes up after 45mins. I got given a CD with white noise on it, but you can download white noise for free- I think in the money saving thread there is a link to a mp3 file on white noise. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
DJ wrote:Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 10:10pm
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Now I have to ask....what is White noise? I have seen it mentioned a few times in these forums and I feel like very ignorant for not knowing... ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |