Settling during the day

[jaspen]

wish I could help enigma - do you still wrap her - I've gone back to doing that with Samuel and it made a huge difference. I know you said singing doesn't work but another thing that works for Samuel sometimes is his mobile going round - he gets transfixed and then doses off (one round is not always long enough though). Also he has just taken his dummy back and that helps. have you tried a swing (if its the rocking action putting her to sleep)???

as you put her down can you maintain the pressure on her so she feels you still there??? I sometimes find this works with Samuel if he's opening his eyes as he is going down. Keeping a hand firmly on his chest (and he is wrapped) as though the pressure is still there.

I also have the fisher price aquarium which worked well for my niece and first DS - not as big a hit with Samuel although on the odd occassion he wakes too early again it will hypnotise him until he doses off (the benefit of this over the mobile is it's more transportable if they get addicted so to speak, has adjustable volume and most importantly goes for longer so I don't have to go in there every few minutes to rewind the mobile).

Samuel is similar to Aneta - he goes down fine at night but is not so keen in the day.

With any of the methods involving external influences I try not to do it all the time so they don't get used to it on a permanent basis - but that's just me.

Anyway you may have already tried any or all of these things but just thought I'd list out some.