What Other Advice Can I Give Her?
A very close friends DS is 2mths old and is having issues sleeping.
Basically he is quite hard to get to sleep, she can normally get him to take a morning nap which might be for an hour or so but then from say 11am to 11pm it's like fighting against the tide.
She can rock him, pat him, feed him he might fall asleep but 5min later he's awake.
She's tried a carrier to walk around etc but he gets too hot and she has to take him out.
She's tried walks but he lasts all of about 10min, he can sometimes sleep in the car but the minute she stops (for traffic lights etc) he's awake again.
She doesn't mind the no sleeping, he's generally happy but when he gets overtired he gets grizzly and just wants to constantly be held, then he wants to feed but he's so damn tired he falls asleep and the cycle repeats itself.
She did take him to a sleep school and they suggested the patting method, worked ok at the sleep school but not at all at home (typical baby right :wall:)
So my suggestions were:
1. Carrier (tried)
2. Feed to sleep - tried and doesn't really want to get into that habbit
3. Walks (tried)
4. Car (tried)
5. Seeing if she can drag out his morning sleep a bit later - didn't work
I've told her to basically go with the flow, do what works for her and don't feel pressured to MAKE him sleep, if feeding to sleep works then do it aas you wont 'ruin him' by doing it.
So is there anything else you girls can suggest, she worked damn hard to establish BFIng and it seems to be going ok, every now and then she has formula on hand if he's fed HEAPS and she feels she doesn't have enough.
I told her back then to just go with the flow and she's now a lot more confident with that and i'm so proud of her for persevering
Last night we went for dinner we got there about 6ish, he had been awake since 4pm, he had 3 catnaps (like 5min) and then didn't fall asleep until 11pm, she said this has been his 'routine' for the last 3 weeks.
I took him as much as i could last night, let her eat tea without him (like most kids this is his clingy time), walked with him around the lounge so she could relax and watch a bit of telly, he was WIDE AWAKE.. wired as.
Shes cut out caffeine, tries not to stimulate him too much, wraps him, cuddles him you name it.
I don't know what i'm asking ladies, i suggested most of the things i know to try, he's burped well, doesn't seem in pain.
I just know it's starting to get to her (being tired i mean), she knows every child is different but is there anything else you would suggest.
She's even tried dark room, white noise.. you name it.