Teepee2 - am thinking of you sweety!! Sending you hugs and will be praying that MILD is just that, nothing too serious. Weird he didn't phone or send a note - one should never mess with a mummy's emotions that's for sure!! :hugs:
Nellnell - I feel like we have just come out of a sleep issue faze (said in low whisper so DD#2 doesn't hear and subsequently throw new spanner in current 'working' works!! Followed closely by knocking on anything wooden nearby.....) However, I think it was more of a growth spurt because after a week of only ever sleeping approx 40-50mins, she has suddenly dropped into sleeping 1&1/2-2hours I was trying to think of everything - milk production/quality, wind, too hot/cold, wet/dirty nappy etc. etc. It was driving me nuts. So much so that there were times that I had checked EVERYTHING twice over and when I had ticked everything off and she was still crying, I'd have to shut the door and turn up the TV or music. I would comfort her with a snuggle and whisper in her ear and then put her down again..............and I noticed that she would settle if I picked her up and then cry as soon as she realised that she was being put down again. Babies are so not silly are they?! Just today, happy as larry during feed and play time. But when I went into her room with her, I hadn't even laid her down to wrap her and she started to complain!! So funny and cheeky!!
Our new challenge is the killer-poo she has been doing between 3&4am in the morning........once changed, the chances of back to sleep without a feed are very slim but I really don't want to re-introduce this feed.......I did feed once but let her cry another time..........too-ing and fro-ing on this one.......
Having another little person, it is just not practical for me to carry around DD#2 just so she will sleep, so for me, letting her cry and then going in after 5-10mins for a quick snuggle, kiss & whisper then straight back to bed works. Oh DD#1 got it so good when there was no one else wanting my attention!!
DD#2 still has her afternoon complain that it seems no matter what I do, I have to accept fussiness until the next feed .....speaking of which...
Crying time varies so I really play it nap to nap as to what action I take coupled with what type of cry she is doing........................endless adventures as a mummy hey??
We did the same with DD#1, putting her to bed awake and in the beginning with a lot of tears, from both mummy & baby sometimes!! But she was sleeping 8-9hours overnight by 8weeks and would and still does sleep anywhere and goes to bed between 7&7.30pm with no fights and then up between 7.30&8am with a nap in the afternoon (the cute munchkin even waits in her bed for us to get her up, so cute to walk in and see her sitting up with these big gorgeous eyes and with her teddy in her lap )
Do you use a wrap for sleep time? I just noticed that our little munckins are only a week apart - do you think your little one could be going through a growth spurt as well??
) However, I think it was more of a growth spurt because after a week of only ever sleeping approx 40-50mins, she has suddenly dropped into sleeping 1&1/2-2hours
I was trying to think of everything - milk production/quality, wind, too hot/cold, wet/dirty nappy etc. etc. It was driving me nuts. So much so that there were times that I had checked EVERYTHING twice over and when I had ticked everything off and she was still crying, I'd have to shut the door and turn up the TV or music. I would comfort her with a snuggle and whisper in her ear and then put her down again..............and I noticed that she would settle if I picked her up and then cry as soon as she realised that she was being put down again. Babies are so not silly are they?!
Just today, happy as larry during feed and play time. But when I went into her room with her, I hadn't even laid her down to wrap her and she started to complain!! So funny and cheeky!!
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