Lovely to meet you also Seppy and wow, that sleep school sounds like they know their stuff!!! I do actually feed her every time she wakes at night, yeah!! So thats not really the best thing to do? So, at her 2am-ish feed, i feed her then, and then perhaps i shouldne be feeding her when she wakes up after that? Till maybe 6ish? So maybe when she wakes at 4 ish, i should just resettle her? Do you just resettle Emilia by giving her her dummy and patting her back to sleep without taking her out of her bed? Wow so glad to hear this!! So eventually, did Emilia stop waking as much during the night once she learnt to resettle herself? As for during the day, yeah, exactly the same thing, i get her to sleep in my arms, put her to bed and then WAAAH! What do ou do to stimulate her during the playtimes? I sing, play with her toys, read, let her have tummy time / play mat time, walk around outside or if we are out somewhere then it takes care of itself, but i often wonder if theres anything else i could be doing to stimulate her as much as possible! How long did it take for her to start sleeping longer than the 30ish mins? And did you have to resettle her if she woke after 30 mins or did she just start sleeping longer? The routine of wrapping, shh and telling her its time for sleep sounds good, i guess it triggers her to realise its sleep time! Very interesting stuff! As for the dreamfeed thing, i was basically just putting her to bed at 9.30ish, but i reckon ill start putting her to bed more like 8, then doing the dreamfeed at 10:30 /11ish and see how that goes.. What time do you put Emilia to bed? Thats awesome that she lasts till 6! And yeah i know what you mean about feeling desperate, it can be a struggle trying to sort this sleep thing out!! Edit to add - yeah Violet only knows how to sleep wrapped also... i might have to look at getting a Woombie or something!
CK, awww go alex! i reckon violet would weigh about the same by now - i will try weigh her when i go out shopping thursday! I know what you mean about the arms getting a work out! Thanks for the mention of the Woombie, i might have to get one of those!!
Oh lolpigs, im sorry to hear lillys reflux is playing up again... you poor thing, how stressful.. i hope its just a once off! BTW i like seeing the TTC in June in your sig, how EXCITING to see that written there!!! Eeee!
and wow, that sleep school sounds like they know their stuff!!! I do actually feed her every time she wakes at night, yeah!! So thats not really the best thing to do? So, at her 2am-ish feed, i feed her then, and then perhaps i shouldne be feeding her when she wakes up after that? Till maybe 6ish? So maybe when she wakes at 4 ish, i should just resettle her? Do you just resettle Emilia by giving her her dummy and patting her back to sleep without taking her out of her bed? Wow so glad to hear this!! So eventually, did Emilia stop waking as much during the night once she learnt to resettle herself? As for during the day, yeah, exactly the same thing, i get her to sleep in my arms, put her to bed and then WAAAH! What do ou do to stimulate her during the playtimes? I sing, play with her toys, read, let her have tummy time / play mat time, walk around outside or if we are out somewhere then it takes care of itself, but i often wonder if theres anything else i could be doing to stimulate her as much as possible! How long did it take for her to start sleeping longer than the 30ish mins? And did you have to resettle her if she woke after 30 mins or did she just start sleeping longer? The routine of wrapping, shh and telling her its time for sleep sounds good, i guess it triggers her to realise its sleep time! Very interesting stuff! As for the dreamfeed thing, i was basically just putting her to bed at 9.30ish, but i reckon ill start putting her to bed more like 8, then doing the dreamfeed at 10:30 /11ish and see how that goes.. What time do you put Emilia to bed? Thats awesome that she lasts till 6! And yeah i know what you mean about feeling desperate, it can be a struggle trying to sort this sleep thing out!! Edit to add - yeah Violet only knows how to sleep wrapped also... i might have to look at getting a Woombie or something!
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