It seems like everyone is having similiar issues - well we just got over our sleep issues, so hope there isn't anymore coming up.
Re: Naps - I bought the Contented Little Baby book at the Babies and Kids Market the other day. I tried the routine, but it only really lasted for 2 days. Still, she says they should only sleep for 3 hours during the day and we do that. Sometimes Angus sleeps for an hour at a time, or a 3 hour block. Also, she says the baby should be awake by 7:30am, so if he sleeps longer, I just deduct that from his nap time. I'm not super strict on it, but we follow it loosely and it seems to be working.
Re: Control Crying - Sometimes Angus goes through a stage where he cries every time we put him down, no matter how many times we rock him. So there have been a couple times where DH or myself have just had to leave the room. We listen on the monitor and if he cries longer than 5 minutes, we go back in. It's worked twice for me and he has fallen asleep within a minute and the other time DH went back into the room and just patted him on his side - he fell asleep within a minute then too.
Re: Leaving them in their cots. On the weekend I really wanted to stay in bed. Angus woke up and was chatting away in his bassinet. I left him there and within 15 minutes he went back to sleep and I got my sleep in - Yay!
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