Seeking Help with day sleeps

[nagromeyk]

so 40mins from when he first goes down I should be going in to comfort him so he doesnt fully wake again?

[~Trish~]

Maybe just clock watch a couple of his naps and work it out from there. My DS2 would wake up exactly 40 minutes (how did he always wake on the dot?) after I put him down. I would look at the time when I put him down and then a few minutes before the 40 minutes was up I would creep into his room and stand close by. As soon as he went from being completely still to slightly stirring I would start patting him rhythmically on his tummy. This seemed to help him make it to the next cycle. I won't lie and say it worked every time, but the hard work did pay off!

I hope it works for you too if you decide to give it a go

[thepixie]

Sash if he sleeps well at night ask yourself what is the difference between night and day sleeps.... can you make the day sleeps as much like the night as possible - maybe light in his room is waking him after one sleep cycle? just a thought and hope you work it out soon....

[~Trish~]

Both my boys are great night sleepers, day sleeps seem to fall into a different category with them!

[nagromeyk]

ask yourself what is the difference between night and day sleeps....

Pixie - dont worry hun I have asked myself that question about 12 million times today LOL
I basically spent most of the afternoon beside his cot apart from when I fed him

I knew he was tired as his eyes were sooo puffy and he kept clenching his fists and rubbing his eyes. Funny thing is I put him in his Fisher Price Swing about an hour ago and he is dead sleep... grrrrr

Trish - I might give your suggestion a go tonight. I just cant work out why I dont need to go to him in the night. I pretty much walk out of the room about 10 minutes after I put him down and go to bed myself and he will sleep through till 2am!!

[Rumpleteaser]

Sasha: I know what you are going through, I was just about to post something similar.

I was just wondering how long day time sleeps should last. Jonah is quite happy to slepp all day long if he is in his sling or being pushed around in his pram. But I find I can only put him down for 30-45 mins before he wakes. I'm relenting and just carry him around with me all day in the sling, he is quite happy then. He generally sleeps well at night going 3-5 hrs between feeds. Though the last couple of nights he has been harder to resettle and have been having him co-sleep from about 4am.

[nagromeyk]

Charlotte - I'm not a big fan on co-sleeping and cant really do it anyway as my dog sleeps with us in our room... spoilt she is!

Now I'm confused though - I just read somewhere that babies when they wake during the night dont necessarily need a feed. I am thinking Kye cant go more than 3 hours during the day without a feed how would he survive going more than the 5 hours during the night

I guess that is another thing to trial tonight whether he is waking up out of hunger or just cause he hasnt got to "the zone" hehe

ETA: Hmmm just tried something - while he was in the swing he stirred - looked like he was waking up so I quickly got up and started the swing again and he re-settled..... hmmmmm interesting

[Rumpleteaser]

Jonah was feeding every 3 hours untill last Thursday, then he went 5 hours between feeds. Since then he will generally go 4 hours from when I put him down about 9pm, then 3 hours after that. I think that is because he does not feed as well at the 1 am feed because he and I are both sleepy.