Ann -evie gets her arms of her wrap everytime without fail and it frustrates me no end. i would keep getting her out of her cot and rewrapping her but before i'd even picked her back up she had her arms out again. so yesterday i decided just to leave her, she pulls her dummy out too and plays with it but after about 1/2 hour or so she gets bored and just goes to sleep on her own. less stress for me and for her.
I also think you need to remember that sometimes babies do have quiet days and dont each as much - or if you are bf'ing it doesnt feel like much but they might have slurped a lot down. just listen to your instincts and try not to overanalyse everything then you might get back to feeling good about how much Ella is taking and such
I was talking to DH about the whole contolled crying thing and how i just cant do it . anyways, DH said that a baby's cry doesnt make you feel good - it makes u feel frustrated and like you need to do something - isnt that what a cry is supposed to do?
I agreed wholeheartedly -so why would i just leave her screaming in the cot for pre-determined amounts of time. i think that it doesnt matter if she chats away for 1/2 an hour or does those little cries that turn into smiles when you walk back in the room, i just want my baby to go to sleep happy, the thought of her crying herself to sleep makes me feel like a bad mother.
thats my 2cents...anyone have change for a tenner?
Last edited by taralee; May 5th, 2007 at 06:19 PM.
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