oh this thread has given me hope!
my little girl hollie (approaching 10 weeks) is adorable, but is quite a high maintenance baby, not a good sleeper during the day and leaving the house is very stressful, i put it down to boredom. she doesnt want to lay in her pram where she cant see much, or sit in her car seat where she can't see mum etc. i have invested in some toys which seem to make a difference as she has something to stare at and talk too.
MCHN thinks she is going to be a little extrovert. she is already desperate to sit up, and has been since about 7 weeks, she can even lift her head when u pull her up by her arms which apparently most dont do until 3 or even 4 and a half months. i am praying that once she is more mobile, she will be happier investigating things (and keeping me on my toes). im also thinking she will hopefully tire out more and maybe enjoy her naps more. fingers crossed.
at the moment i have decided not to go out (besides locally) unless i have someone with me, hollie is generally fine as long as i am carrying her, which doesn't allow me to do much when we are out so defeats the purpose!
i never knew it would be this challenging and am told that after 3 months things get easier.... is this true? i hope so.
Emma, My little boy has gotten a bit better since he has gotten older and been able to interact with me more. Now I can put him on his back on the floor and he is happy to lay there while I talk to him, I can even leave the room for a couple of mins without him getting upset. I worked out that I was keeping him awake too long between sleeps, he was born 4 weeks early so is really equivilent to a 2 month old rather than a 3 month old, poor little fella must have been so overtired. He can only stay happy and awake for 45mins to 1 hr.
Curtis was holding his head up very early as well and seemed happier sitting instead of laying but now things seem to have changed. A couple of weeks ago he hated being in his pram and hated being in the car seat but now it all seems ok, toys helped!. We took him shopping for the first time in ages yesterday and I was very nervous about it but he was quite good.I think once you learn what they want it gets easier to take them out, if you dont know why they are crying when you are out in public its horrible!!
Curtis is a cat napper during the day and even though he is tired he still protest about being put in his cot but at night he is an angel. I figured that he KNOWS how to put himself to sleep so I decided to let him grizzle for a few mins and it worked, he falls alseep and sometimes goes to sleep without a squeek.
Im sure it will get easier for you, once they are able to see further and be interested in things for longer they aren't quite so whingy. I have learnt to be ready for a change in routine at any moment, its hard because I am such an organised person. Sometimes I think I had him sorted then he goes and throws MY routine out the window. Remember your the boss!
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