Why wont he sleeeeeepppp?????

[Arcadia]

Urgh! It sounds all very familiar!!! I found it would get worse when dd was dropping one of her sleeps and consolidating them into fewer but for longer. I remember carrying dd all day most days with no difference. She would have 5-7 short catnaps and be super clingy and tired. For us 6 months was better, and she was having 3 clear naps, one of them for 2 hours.

Teaching self settling did help for us...but it's a mission and not necessarily pleasant, and i still have doubts about it tbh

[DANNIIM]

DH ended up foiling DS2's bedroom window and i think that helped him. It was always a huge shock with DS2 i went from having DS1 who was a baby that slept all night from a few months as well as having two x two hours sleeps during the day i now know he was the dream baby sleeper but DS2 certainly showed me what babies are like when they don't sleep.

[meow]

I should be an old pro. My older son was a shocking sleeper too But I didn't have anything else to worry about so I just went with it. I taught him to self settle at 9 months and it took heaps of work with up & down in the cot to try and avoid crying. I was trying the same technique but I don't think this baby is ready at 5 months.

I get what you mean Mad... with this guy though he would go down in 15mins but then wake up 15mins later. Keeping him up longer and using the ergo to settle to sleep (then moving to the cot) helped as I didn't feel chained to the bedroom. Had a better day thankfully

[onthefly]

good!

[DANNIIM]

I used to also lay down with DS2 and i would get a good hour or two out of him, then when he was into the deeper sleep i would slowly pry the boobie out of the mouth... probably a bad thing to do but you know you do what you have to. I guess it helped that DS1 is that bit older but does your older son still have a day time sleep?

[meow]

My older son has a day sleep about half of the time. On those days with the house quiet can usually get the little one to have a good feed and settle well. He likes the quiet *sigh*

[meow]

Omg I have no idea, I'm in the same situation. At least I could actually keep DD1 asleep in the sling, not DD2!! Lucky if I get 40mins.

It's nuts huh? The sling was my savior with my first baby but second one is less thrilled. He lasts 20mins tops in the sling.

I'm trying stuffed toys at the moment - do you think she might start sensing my desperation?

This made me laugh! I've been the same... "here's a cuddly blanket, or look, how about this musical pull toy, anything!" I've been thinking I'll get him a sleep toy lovey... you know, like the ones Tizzie Hall sells on her website

[Eenee]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has a baby that doesn't sleep, yesterday she was awake for 7hrs straight!