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how to cope when your baby changes routine |
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by bleshu  (October 2006) (rank 78th) |
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My 6wk old baby was sleeping for atleast 8 hrs at night and was only awake for an hour in between feeds through the day. It was heavenly! I was bubbly again, getting things done, I was even exercising for an hour a day. Then the day he got
his 2month shots everything changed. He would only sleep for 4-5 hrs at night and he was sleeping half an hour on and off throughout the day. It was driving me insane! I felt like I was spending my whole day trying to get him to sleep.
This went on for about 2 weeks, I was battling with my beautiful 2month old all day everyday. One day when I was almost dropping to the floor with exhaustion I just gave in and let him sleep when he wanted to not when I thought he should according to his old routine. It was a miracle, instead of putting him down after an hour after a feed, I let him play on the floor until he started showing signs that he was tired. He slept for an hour! A whole hour!!! So after the next feed i did the same thing and he slept for 2 whole hrs! It went on like this until we are now finally back to 8hrs at night, a couple of hr naps in the morning and afternoon and on most days he does a 2-3hr at about lunch time. My house has gone back to being a daisy field instead of a battle field.
When your baby changes routine, try to step back and relinquish control to him/her. Once you realise that he is running the show, your life will be a lot less stressful. We are just along to watch.
My son has changed his routine now so many times I had lost count.. He is 16 months old now and he is finally in a routine I am hoping he will stick with... He goes in his cot at 1pm, he may or may not fall asleep right away but I don't take him out and there is no more crying and he will sleep for 2 almost 3 hours.. Then back in bed by 7.30-8pm and no crying again. I so hope he sticks with this....
