Is anyone else having issues getting their little bub to sleep during the day? I have been watching for the tired signs and putting her to bed nice and snuggled in her blanket, but she just cries and refuses to sleep. Then she is tired for the rest of the day and has 15 min cat naps instead of a decent 1 hr sleep! Any suggestions, other than me carrying her around all day, so she will sleep! (I must admit though, she sleeps from 8 till 4/5 at night...so no complaints there)
Hi everyone, I keep up with reading and glad to see everyone and their bubs are doing well, just don't often post in here that's all - love to read how everyone's going though!
Seems like several of us are having day sleeping probs - us too. DD sleeps for maybe 45mins to 1hr, unless I'm really quick to get in there and settle her back off before she's fully awake. And I mean I have to be quick! We have our bedtime routine down pat and have gotten a few 5 and 6 hr stretches overnight, just waking to BF, but I can handle that now I'm getting used to a little less sleep. I've been reading the no cry sleep solution and am now trying to be consistent with a nap routine too, and getting onto it quickly when I see the tired signs. In the book she talks about the bubs having brief awakenings and they need to learn to settle themselves back off to sleep. Quite often when they have a brief awakening we go and grab them out/up because we figure they are awake, whereas we should either leave them to quietly self settle or rock/pat them back off. The more we do this the more they will sleep better (and learn to do it themselves). I realised that's what I'd been doing - grabbing her out when she opened her eyes and made a noise, but she wasn't even properly awake. I realise it it only one theory in many hundreds out there, but it's very slowly working for us so if it helps any of you lovely ladies that's good.
I will admit I am envious of everyone who is getting a full nights sleep from their bubs but as our day naps sort out, our night sleeps are getting longer so I can't complain - I'll be in here hooting and hollering with joy if we get a longer nights sleep that's for sure!
Does anyone else's bubs have neonatal rash? We have a rampant case here, it's calming down a little but for a few days there her face was really red and inflamed and just looked, well, awful! We only use no-soap in the bath, and I've been putting sorbelene on her earlobes which are getting dry (health nurse recommended it?) but I just wish it would go away! I think it's meant to be around 8 weeks.....? Not long now I guess.
Oh and little miss managed to turn herself over whilst on her tummy the other day, I think it was just by chance she happened to push with her arm quite forcefully and flip right over - lay there blinking with a 'omg what just happened' look on her face, as did I, and now she is very closely watched/sat right next to if laying on the couch!
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