DS is now just over 2months and up till now has had most of his sleeps in the sling. In the past fortnight, I've been trying to put him in his bassinet for his first sleep of the day. After wrapping, I'll lye him down and he'll self-settle generally (unless I've delayed it a bit, and then it jsut doesn't happen so in the sling he goes). The issue is, he'll only stay asleep in there or in his pram if we're shopping for 20-30mins and then, he's awake.
Any tips on getting him to lenghten out? I enjoy wearing him in a sling, but I find there's a few things in teh morning, that are much easier to do if he's sleeping in his cot, rather than on me.
Lachy did this too and i was told to go in just as they would wake up from that first sleep cycle and try and pat him back to sleep. Never worked for him though and he was a cat napper for quite a few months. It used to drive me up the wall but in the end i just gave into it and would put him back to bed every 45 minutes or so. Have you tried one of those motorised swings? Sounds like he might like the movement and that sends him to sleep and keeps him asleep (or more likely he just likes to be close to mummy). I have a swing here if you want to try it out.
I've been thinking about seeing if I could hire one of those swings, so might take you up on that offer! Otherwise, I think I'll keep going with the sling, as that patting after the first cycle never worked for Alyssa either and its too hard to keep a track of time when I'm dealing with Alyssa anyway! At least he'll settle nicely at night and sleeps well in the bassinett! Got 5 hours out of him in a stretch last night
woo hoo, go bailey!! Let me know when you want it, its just sitting here not being used. Lachy used to sleep pretty well in it, think it was the constant movement. You can also try putting him to bed with your t-shirt or something that smells like you so if he wakes he will feel comfortable thinking he is still with mummy.
I had the same issues with Robert. He would sleep for half hour then he would be up and didn't look at all interested in going back to sleep. I gave up trying to make him sleep in his cot during the day - he's decided on his own that the cot is strictly a night time thing. To get him "de-attached" from me for those day sleeps, I migrated from the sling or nursing him (while watching endless dvds!) to the vibrating bouncer (bought online at gumtree for $15 - worth a look). After getting him used to sleeping in the bouncer (it took a couple of weeks but gosh it felt like months ha-ha!!) at my feet - by this stage I was still watching the dvds - I moved to the pram. We've only been doing this for about a week now and so far, touch wood, it's working. I have been cheating though. I wait for him to start to wake from his first sleep cycle then, because he's in the pram, when he starts to rouse I take him for a walk. It gets me off the couch and both of us some fresh air. Plus, he then goes into his second sleep cycle and will sometimes sleep through into a third giving me time to do what I have to do. I also have the pram positioned near a sunny spot in the house. The bedrooms are too cold and he sleeps better with the filtered sunshine coming through the window. After he wakes from his morning sleep we have a play (I'm the worse singer but he loves it, strange child) then a feed, then he has a little play on his mat then I swaddle him up and put him back in the pram where he'll sleep for another 1.5 - 2.5 hours. Oh, did I mention that swaddling is the key with my bub. He loves being wrapped up tight and seems to associate that with sleep time.
But, you know what, whatever works for you is the right thing to do. I spent an entire day trying to get him to sleep in his cot because it was the right thing to do, so the "experts" say in their books and blogs. It ended up being a horrible day - he cried and I cried and I'm never going to do that again.
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