HELP ME! 10 week old won't sleep....

[Jellyfish]

I also find the car a good way to get DD to sleep when she is really unsettled during the day. I usually try rocking/singing but if after a few hours things aren't working I jump in the car because once she gets overtired, it becomes near impossible to get her to sleep. The movement, white noise and music sends her to sleep pretty quickly but I know some babies simply hate the car.

I also found the brisk walking more effective then slow, gentle rocking. I remember I was rocking slowly with DD for what seemed like hours and then I thought maybe she was cold so walked with her quickly to the bedroom to get her sleeping bag but by the time I got there she had fallen asleep!!

[Heaven]

How was last night Dee?
Not so good here but I'm hoping yours was better!!
I thought the bad time was at 12 weeks. Hmm.....maybe we are getting it early at 10wks. Lets hope it's not bad again in another couple of weeks!! OMG.

[LaDeeDa]

Hey Sara....
Last night wasn't as bad - only one crying episode but about 4 feeds....

He slept from 7am - 9.30am though so that was a nice block of sleep for me.

I hope things get better for you too..... I didn't realise it's mean't to get worse at 12 weeks - here's hoping we're just getting it early

[Arcadia]

Uh, oh! Its the dreaded 10 week "I don't wanna sleep" thing!

Seriously someone should write something on this because ALL the women in my mothers group experienced this. It must be developmental, because DD did EXACTLY the same thing!

I am happy to say it does seem to pass, but you may find yourself with a very smart bub all of a sudden who only wants to settle on the boob (or in the sling or the car etc). If you're interested in teaching self settling, now would be the time, because they learn so quickly at this age.

Good luck with it. Its SO tiring hey????

[LaDeeDa]

but you may find yourself with a very smart bub all of a sudden who only wants to settle on the boob (or in the sling or the car etc).

LOL too late!!! Booby monster in this house - that only started a week or so ago but no booby no sleep!!!

[Arcadia]

Hehehehe...yeah I think that's what happens at 10 weeks - they suddenly learn sleep associations. Oh well, if you're happy to feed to sleep then keep doing what you're doing. For me, the waking increased to hourly overnight for a couple of nights in a row and I just couldn't take it. So from about 12 weeks I started teaching self settling. It has changed our lives dramatically.

Try not to stress about sleep too much. Bub will get through this phase and sleep better (eventually) regardless of whether you change or not, but if you want to change its nice to know babies are VERY adaptable with a little persistance!

[Shanti]

Hehehehe...yeah I think that's what happens at 10 weeks - they suddenly learn sleep associations. Oh well, if you're happy to feed to sleep then keep doing what you're doing. For me, the waking increased to hourly overnight for a couple of nights in a row and I just couldn't take it. So from about 12 weeks I started teaching self settling. It has changed our lives dramatically.

Try not to stress about sleep too much. Bub will get through this phase and sleep better (eventually) regardless of whether you change or not, but if you want to change its nice to know babies are VERY adaptable with a little persistance!

Anna - where did you get your info re: self settling? I am trying to teach DD to self settle and have been for a few weeks now but some days it doesn't seem to work I remember you helped Ella bear recently.... in her thread.... i need to go find it!!!!!
Sometimes DD self settles, depends on her mood

La Dee Da - ikwym.... my DD is exactly the same... I'm lucky if I get DD to sleep longer than 20mins per sleep during the day like today she only slept in 20min intervals, 3 sleeps. Arrrggh! I wonder how she survives cos i barely am!!!!