hey ladies! Sorry I haven't been around much! I'm going to do a horrible "me" post, sorry!!
OH, but welcome Jennie! Always nice to have a few others join hehe
I'm having a bit of a moral dilema.... The last few weeks Jackson has become a HORRIBLE sleeper... HORRIBLE. Just waking up randomly for no reason (that I can see) and slowly and slowly it's gotten worse and worse until Monday night O.O; I couldnt and didn't get him to sleep until 3.30am. Everytime he'd drift off and I'd put him down he'd wake up with all his arms and legs flapping around and get upset. I ended up having to call my Mum over because otherwise I was goind to throttle him
Tuesday night he spent half the night sleeping on me in a reclining chair, until about 1.30am where I put him to sleep in his cot on his belly.... where he slept soundly until 9pm.
So, Wednesday night I put him down at 7pm, on his belly and he slept right thru until 5.30. So, I'm in this horrible situation where I want sleep, and I know he seems comfy on his belly but do I want to risk the SIDS issue
And then I feel horrible being as that I lost a baby 18 months ago and now I"m intentionally putting jackson at risk just so we can both get some sleep -.-;
Boo.
On a more positive note... Jacksons really starting to move now. He can half flip himself from back to side now hehe. And is completely fascinated with his feet and blowing raspberries... so cute!
Teagz - my son would only sleep on his tummy from only a few weeks old!! i swear that the first few nights I must have slept with one eye open on him. Caroline will sleep during the day on her tummy but for some reason (so far) she will sleep on her back at night. I'm sure this will change anytime now. anyways, it's something to think about - how's his neck strength? when Caroline wakes up from sleeping on her tummy she lifts her head up and calls out to me (as such) so maybe he'll be okay?
He has good neck strength. He can push his whole chest right up off the floor/mattress with his arms too... and I spose he's able to roll to his back if he needs to.
He was the same, took his naps during the day on his belly and slept at night on his back. it didn't bother me so much then because during the day I can keep a close eye on him. These last few nights I've been up every couple of hours checking on him too!
We just get this SIDS Stuffed drummed right in, I hear it echo whenever I put him down for a sleep!
Teagz you poor thing, i had a brother die from SIDS and i have no idea how my mum coped i was a paranoid freak with Ava, especially as she was born the same month as Marty and the month he died i was watching her like a hawk.
I must say that i personally learnt that Ava slept how she was comfortable, once she could roll there was no stopping which way she slept, does he sleep on his side? i know they say not to do that too but i have found sometimes if Z is on her side i can slip something behind her and she sleeps like that all night without a drama.... i'm not in the habit of putting things in her cot and believe me the SIDS msg is well known and received here but sometimes you do need to do what you need to do...
Z is biting down on things, she thinks it's hilarious to bite my nipple or suck JUST the end of it while looking at me smiling.
Well we have moved, were in the new house and Z seems to be sleeping better in the cot at night, she has slept through from 7 to 6:30 a couple of times, last night was til 5, back down then not up til 9ish.
She is VERY clingy during the day though and every time i eat she is on my knee, sometimes i think she is ready for solids, she watches us eat, tries to get our forks etc, opens her mouth... she was chewing on one of A's plastic spoons yesterday. Am torn though, A started at 5mths then gave up til 8mths, i don't want to rush it but Z is a bigger girl, very hungry feeding every 2-3hrs and growing so much faster.. why can't kids have a damn instruction manual... lol
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my DS who is now 10 was the same he would only settle on his tummy, sounds like you have had some rough nights 
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