I have just started re-wrapping DS and not wanting to jinx myself lets just say I won't be discontinuing it. He will settle within 10-15mins with a hand on his chest and one on the mattress patting it with a finger. I am also getting him up earlier when he wakes 630-7 instead of putting him back to bed. Means I have an early-ish start but he has been back in bed about 9. Of course it will probably go pear shaped tomorrow but yesterday and today it was ok.
The second time I wrapped him for a day sleep he did cry but I was with him the whole time and touch wood he hasn't since. HE is not crying when he sees the cot anymore and I can put him in the cot wrapped without the dummy. I do put it in when he lies down but he doesn't fight being wrapped. He will also resettle with my help
Still a long way to go but I am hopeful but not wanting to get my hopes up too much.
Luey, do you want to hear our success story? I never thought our sleep issues would ever end with our DD.
Our DD co-slept with us from birth. She never liked the bassinette or the cot, just wanted Mummy all the time. This was draining on me when she was little, being a first time Mum and all, never knew what to expect and wondered if it was something I could control. She just never liked the cot.
From about 4.5months, she woke at night all the time and didn't sleep well through the day. Tried CC'ing, that was awful. Looking back now, I was sorry I put my DD through that crying. I was seriously sleep deprived and needed a solution!
I decided to just take DD to bed twice a day during her day sleeps or let her sleep on me in front of the tv. Worked well! Feared what it may do to her in the future and if she would ALWAYS depend on me but had no other solution and I wanted us both to be happy!
Then, just before she was 10 months old, we bought a toddler bed (as sleeping in bed with us was becoming difficult) and sold the cot on ebay (what a waste of money that was, never used and sold for diddly squat)!! Put her in the bed for day sleeps and night and she loved it!
She is still sleeping in it. Loves it, no problems at all. The transition has been excellent. So that's our success story, we thought she'd be sleeping with us until she was 6 years old or something!
I do remember our DD went through a similar stage at 8 months where she woke all the time, I put it down to developmental.
I hope it gets better for you soon. Sorry to ramble on, HTH because my DD never went in her cot.
My babies got a warm bath before going to sleep at night with mild massages. So in that way she'll get used to it. Anyway she'll feel more comfortable. With some music.
hmmmm sounds like it is a stage around 7 months. my bub was a excelent sleeper was self settling but the last 2 weeks she has been fighting her sleeps soooooooooooo bad.
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