she wont sleep
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Topic: she wont sleep
Posted By: MILF
Subject: she wont sleep
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 10:57am
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in her bed that is... jordis has had such a lovely time being held all christmas that she now wont self settle or even go to sleep and stay asleep in her bassinet!! i can only get the one stretch out of her at night in it, other than that she just moans the whole time unless i hold her - she conks out then.
how can i retrain her??? (and i know i am being unrealistic, she is 5 weeks old and who wouldnt want to sleep somewhere warm and comforting as opposed to a boring old bed....) but i would love to get back to sleep after the 5 am feed, instead of having to turn her leap tad on every 6 minutes until it is time to get up! ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe -  my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 11:10am
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we had the same problem with Caitlin.
Try wrapping a worn t-shirt of yours around a warm wheat bag and put that up against her (when she's in her bed) so she thinks she's still being held. Worked for us - good luck! Btw - I love her name, very pretty  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 11:52am
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You could rock her until dozy and then keep patting/stroking her until she properly goes to sleep? ------------- |
Posted By: kezplanet
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 1:23pm
Great suggestion, I was along the same lines with putting a pillow case that you have used under her and using a hot water bottle to warm her bed before she goes in. Good luck, its a time for much needed sleep!! ------------- Kerryn, Mum to Ashlyn(29/3/04), Anastasia(1/11/05) & Abigail (24/02/09) |
Toni_akl wrote:Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 6:43pm
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Me too, having the same sleep prob at 5am, Alize wanting to sleep on my chest. Im definitely trying the wheatbag t-shirt trick tonight ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 9:41pm
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I don't have trouble during nite its in the afternoon i get nothing done as Rhyley wakes up 5 min later if in his bassinette - tried sleeping him in his bouncer instead - same wakes up.
------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: kezplanet
Date Posted: 31 December 2006 at 12:45am
Not that this will be much help getting babies back into their own beds but on the nights that "I just couldn't do it anymore" I tucked Anastasia into the crook of my arm and a pillow between Karl & myself and did "the bad thing" and there we slept, and quite soundly too! AnnC I used to use that as an excuse for not getting as much done and having 40 winks on the couch myself with baby!! oooh thats naughty but it was great!!------------- Kerryn, Mum to Ashlyn(29/3/04), Anastasia(1/11/05) & Abigail (24/02/09) |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 31 December 2006 at 10:13am
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Nothing naughty about that Kez! I still do that if she's having a grumpy afternoon and won't have a nap - lay on the bed with her and have a snooze Great for special bonding too!
Caitlin sleeps through the night now (they all do eventually I promise!) but if she's unsettled when she first goes to bed, we still resort to the t-shirt & wheat bag method ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 31 December 2006 at 12:00pm
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we have just put the wheat bag in a t shirt in the bassinet, it didnt seem to work until i sat and stroked her head until she went to sleep... fingers crossed it keeps her asleep! ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 02 January 2007 at 12:23pm
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I put Rhyley in his bassinette the other afternoon at 4pm sat with him not making eye contact etc... till he fell asleep till 4.40pm he woke up at 5.30pm so I got a little bit done - more than I would if he was awake. Will try it again today although I know I won't have as much patiences as he woke earler last night and then only slept for another few hours afterwards so I am tired - and grumpy as I asked DH to get out of bed and look after Rhyley for an hour so I could get that extra sleep - go told give him 5 mins - well 10 mins later I had enough and got up, this is the first time I have ever asked him to get out of bed and help....and to top things off I am still in my PJ's waiting for him to offer to take Rhyley so I can have a shower - hasn't happened - why do us women always have to ask???? ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 8:30am
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Good luck ladies - keep at it, they say it takes three days to become a new routine and one day to break it, so give the wheat bag thing a try for a couple of days.
I remember how tiring a newborn can be - especially when it doesn't register with DH that you NEED to get dressed! Even if it is the only thing you do "for you" that day. My DH is still the same even after almost 6 months  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 9:25am
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yes newborns are very tiring......so DH keeps saying! yeah cos it's hard to snore right through a crying session!!
anyway..charli went through a stage where she would only sleep on me or in bed with me....think it lasted a week and then i got tough on her. hopefully things will settle down soon! 
------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 1:06pm
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you wouldn't believe it not 5 mins after i typed about DH not offering tohave Rhyley so i could have a shower he came over and said the exact thing - esp??? ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 2:57pm
LMAO Jack's Mum - Does you DH know mine?  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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