leebee - pretty much. But as I said before, I can't cuddle DS to sleep every time. If he will settle with the dummy it makes things a bit easier for me.
I have 2 other kids to think about. He usually doesn't really like the dummy when sleepimg, & will sometimes settle without it. He doesn't go to sleep with it in very often. He migh go to sleep with it occasionally at night, but doesn't use it for the rest of the night.
I think I'm going to get out of this convo. I'm having a hard time with DS atm, & I've tried & am still trying everything. Everytime he is due for a sleep its hell. I go with whatever works at the time. I might leave him to grizzle, I might walk out when he won't stop screaming - I usualy get as far as the door & have to go back.
I personally though would not be able to rock a rocker non stop. I even think pushing a pram is easier. Babies are hard work. If you have to walk from one end of the house to the other for an hour, do it. God knows I've done a fair few hours of it myself. But when you are dead on your feet, sometimes you just can't do it like that anymore.
Sure the swings & hammocks sound great, but I personally can't afford a swing & living in the crap town I live in, I got no chance of finding a hammock.
Nearly everytime DS goes down, he falls asleep a different way.
Bjrose, I didn't mean to offend - I was just honestly a bit perplexed about it. Oliver won't take a dummy but the dummy is whats always discussed when people talk about self settling and no-one ever seems to talk about what to do without one. I feed to sleep at the moment because its working best for us but thats not going to work forever and I'm not sure where to go next.
I know leebee. Sorry. I'm just having a really hard time atm.
My DD2 had colic & I was told to use a dummy to help her relieve the pain. She refused to take it & for about 6 weeks I only got 4 hours sleep a night. By 10 weeks it was about 6 hours. All I could really do was sit with her over my shoulder & cry while she cried til she finally went to sleep.
She would start crying at about 7 pm & within the first hour or 2 would be screaming. She would scream til 3am. Then DD1 would be awake at 7am.
She still can't get to sleep til after about 10pm. If she has a day sleep. If she doesn't she'll fall asleep too early.
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