NaNa - I was told by a tresillian nurse that "gee your son is intense" when she was out helping me try to get him to sleep during the day... He kicked and thrashed about for her when she tried to wrap him, and chucked a tanty when she put him in the cot (at 3 months old). So, in order to get us to where we are now, one of the things I did for my DS was to recognise that I needed to train him that he needs to have sleeps in the day, I didnt care how I managed to get him to sleep, I just tried to be consistent with timing. I would feed, rock, sing, etc to get him to sleep. Once we had a sleep time established, and he grew to expect it, I then worked on ways to get him to sleep without the need for the rocking, feeding etc. But there are days when I need to wrap him up tightly and rock and pat, but those are getting less and less...
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