thread: HOW do you do comforted sleeping when you have more than 1 child?

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  1. #1
    Matryoshka Guest

    Nup, he will just be madly looking and turning around in my arms, i cannot stress how mobile/active he is. He is impossible to hold any time because he just doesn't stay still!

    At least in the bedroom he gets the idea its sleep time as its dark and theres no stimuli.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Sunny Qld
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    Hmmm.. what about in the Ergo with the hood blocking out everything? That works for Miss M...

  3. #3
    Matryoshka Guest

    I can't carry him anymore because of my neck injury

    This is so frustrating. I envy people who's babies just go to sleep when they put them down.

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Dec 2006
    Out of my mind. Back in five minutes...
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    I know he is a bit older, but he sounds so similar to my DS (he is 9mo). And one things that I do for him, when he is really being difficult, is to wrap him. Yep. Nice and firmly in a muslin wrap, angel style. And lie him down. It helps take his mind off crawling and walking for a minute and he can then switch off to sleep...
    Not sure if that will help you at all...

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Jan 2009
    hiding under my desk!
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    i just take as long as my dd needs and explain to ds when i get back out there that she was taking a while longer then normal and thanks for playing/reading quietly. i have to do this for every sleep as i have no one here to help at any sleep time.

    i guess make sure its a long movie you have put on....
    but also i pop in and out some days to check and she is getting used to going to sleep with out me there even though i might come back in (iykwim)

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Jun 2007
    Dandenong Ranges, Melbourne.
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    will he fall asleep in a swing for day sleeps?

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Jul 2005
    Sydney
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    We wrapped my DD for all sleeps until she was a bit older than your DS2. It used to be her cue to sleep. Have you tried playing a certain soft music to him? You may find you can leave him alone once he gets the cues from that as well.