tips to make ds's sleep oatterns easier to manage

[little_O]

You poor thing.

Did the professional go through the sleeping cues with you? I found these to be the most important thing. Does he yawn? Rub eyes? Get more irritable? Times never worked for dd1 for me. It was all about cues.

With the pram, could you try rocking him so he doesn't see you? Dd1 used to go to sleep if I faced her the other way and put a relaxing music dvd on while I rocked lol. Or go for a walk outside with the pram, get a bit of sun on his face so he has to close his eyes?

Also you you wrap him? My girls won't go down during the day and stay asleep unless they're wrapped. Only other thing is, can you repeat your process you do at night time during the day so he is getting your cues for sleep?

Xxxx

[sail_away]

Yes he gets swaddled, although we will need to transition him soon as he's starting to roll, which im not looking forward to

he always faces away from me in the pram, & I make sure the hood is down etc so he cant see me or look around but it still doesnt make a difference.

I can go for short walks but I couldnt walk for an hour & a half in this heat every day & he always wakes up as soon as I open the garage door once we get home

the professional went through cues but by the time I see him yawning he is already overtired.

at night I feed, bath him, read a story then spend forever trying to get him down, but for some reason once he is down at night he stays asleep. The room is dark during the day too so I dont understand it. I cant bath him 6 times a day, but ive tried reading a story before every sleep, doesnt seem to make much difference

[Em_325]

with the 1.5 hr awake time are you trying to settle before the 1.5 hours is up or putting him down at the 1.5 hour mark? I was also not the best with cues so I did the 1.5 hour awake time as well and I found that I needed to start settling DS before the 1.5 hour mark as if I waited till it had been 1.5 hours he was already over tired and then it would be a huge fight to get him to sleep. Some other things that saved my sanity were a baby hammock and a cradle swing. DS spent a lot of time sleeping in the swing as the constant movement kept him asleep between sleep cycles. Do you use a baby carrier? That could help as well as you could pop him in it and get on with your day (with the hope the movement will put him to sleep) I also introduced a comforter as a sleep cue (a soft piece of material with an elephants head) I wore it down my top for a few days to get my smell and I only gave it to him at sleep time. My DS is 11 months old now and he loves cuddling up to it at sleep time. He is in the cot now and it never leaves it so he knows it's associated with sleep time.

[sail_away]

Ive tried both - settling before 1.5 hours is up & settling at 1.5 hours. It doesnt make a difference

he wont sleep in a carrier & I cant wear one for long periods anyway (even an ergonomic one) due to a sporting injury

I dont have a swing but he's almost outgrown his rocker & I have no idea what ill do then. He does sleep in it sometimes when I give up but i hate it cause I dont feel comfortable leaving him asleep in it unsupervised so I just have to sit & watch him the entire sleep. So im trying not to do that.

[AlligatorsMum]

I have no idea, but wondering if it's something else to do with feeding etc? Have u checked him for silent reflux at all? Or perhaps he is over fed if ur toppin him up before sleeps and is uncomfortable in the belly?

I seriously have no idea - just something I thought when reading ur post?

[Marley&Me]

Could be wind. My dd had really bad wind and would scream every time I put her down. It would literally take hours to get her to sleep and I was losing my mind. I started using infacol and spending lots of time burping after feeds (up to 30 minutes sometimes) But I found as she got a little older it subsided.