At that age DS would not sleep when tired, only when absolutely, completely shattered beyond belief. So he dropped a sleep and I just learned to wait till he literally could not hold his head up any more, then would take him for a walk.
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At that age DS would not sleep when tired, only when absolutely, completely shattered beyond belief. So he dropped a sleep and I just learned to wait till he literally could not hold his head up any more, then would take him for a walk.
Thanks Marcellus, I'm thinking the same about DD. It seems that she has to be sooooooo buggered to go over at the moment. I'm trying to roll with her punches but she's a handful and I'm feeling quite burnt out at the moment. We got out for a huge walk this morning though, which was good for me - and of course good for her. I've realised too that I haven't been looking after myself as well as I could which is probably contributing to being so frayed around the edges and vice versa.
Today is a brand new day
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MammaSue, Nurofen is quite harsh on their little tummy's. I know it is meant to be better than panadol for teething (due to its anti inflamatory properties, but it is best if you can alternate it with panandol.
This may well be why she is a bit windy and constipated. will she eat pureed fruit with yogurt? try pears if she will eat them. This may help her go to the toilet. Panadol and nurofen always back me up.
Also, have you tried putting her to sleep at the first sign of her being tired, ie before she get overtired?
My DS is a nightmare when he is over tired.....
I have only given her nurofen this morning, I try not to usually but she just seemed so upset and she hates panadol, spits it out when we give it to her LOL.
Also, I do try getting her to sleep at the very first sign of her being tired.... hence the 2.5 hour drama last night trying to get her over, she was fighting it to the end. She also doesn't give us much in the way of tired signs so it's hard.
We're doing BLS so haven't gone down the puree route at all, she won't take anything from a spoon from me. I'll give her some pear slices when she wakes from her nap, see how that works.
Thanks xx
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You can put anything on a muffin or toast if you did want to give pear or apple. Then bub can still feed themself and my little one will suck the fruit or vegies off the bread.
I was gonna ask about Wonder Weeks. Hoping we hadn't hit another one!
Thanks guys.
I've learned 3 things today.
1. It's hot. And that is really bothering DD. She's a really sweaty baby and gets cranky in the heat - she may be Aussie born but she definitely has our Scottish blood. I turned the air con on and she fell asleep within minutes.
WHich leads me to my next discovery:
2. We need to lose the swaddle. She's been fighting *something* the past few days - and it's the past few days that it's also been hot - so tonight I took her wrap off and gave it to her to hold and she settled almost immediately.
3. She's a very fidgety baby, that I have known for a long time. I think I'm just going to have to live with the fact that she needs to do a fair bit of rolling around as her way of settling down. It's hard to watch her do though, as I feel that she is wound really tightly, but tonight she rolled onto her tummy, gave a wee giggle then rolled back, had some more boobie, rolled away again and fell asleep.
Result. Lets just see if those things are actually what's been going on though.
Thanks again to all for your input xxxxxx
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We having another crazy night here. Still not in bed.
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