Try and Try

HI 

 i have 2 kids my first is a 13yr old daughter  and now have a new 3month old son.    every babbies r diffrnt in patterns but ive been blessed  both  sleep  very good my son sleeps fr 10pm at night sleep all the way  till moring wakes up fr 6 ,7 , or 8 am . during the day hes awake.

my advice is day time go shopping or walking around shops to keep her  amuse by the atmosphere just so she gets used to day time let her  nap here and there during day DONT WAKE HER  it will only make her upset ,at night  start  in  a routine of bathing her  say 7.oopm every night  with a nice massage it  will help her relax after that feed her   she will get sleeply and sleep  if sleep for few hours good then she will wake up about 11 for feed from then on let her  sleep and wake up on her  own in time ,even if  she wakes up a bit  early  its ok they will sleep longer at night but dont wake them up for feed other wise they will get used to it best let her  sleep and wake up her  selfs . also they will get to know the difference  of day, night . and also sometimes babies  wakes up in middle of night either to get comtable or bad dreams  tap her to sleep or even singing is good

try my adivce  it will work and she will sleep longer during night ,and BATH HER  AT THE SAME TIME EVERY  NIGHT

think about it we even  don't like to be woken up every so hours

TIP's

play with her during day as much so less sleep day more sleep night

 and if she falls asleep on bottle put her in her bed if wake up tap her bottom  to sleep

its ok to rock her to sleep  i do  when u put her down hold her in ur arms while putting her in bed and slowly release ur arms if wake pat her til sleep she will evently get use to it

DONT WORRY IN TIME SHE WILL GET USE TO SLEEPING LONGER  ITS STESSFUL  BUT U 'LL  GET THERE

ps let me know if my adive was any good

regards pinkks

Hi there

My son was an aweful "alone" sleeper for the first 4 months of his life. I remember sitting for hours with him, just holding him so he would get some decent sleep.

You could try waking her when she has finished her bottle. When they fall asleep in your arms and then wake up in the big empty space that is a cot, they get frightened. I would also try wrapping her up tightly so her arms cant escape. My sisters boy used to escape and hit his hands on the side of the cot, that would wake him up. Maybe you could also try putting something in the cot that smells like you. A shirt or pillow case. Something that she will recognise when she wakes up. Does she use a dummy? that could help her to resettle herself without you.

When my son was that old, he was still sleeping most of the day. Probably for about 2 - 2 1/2 hours at a time and he was awake for about 45 mins - 1 hour for feed, change and play time.

I hope this help and she gets some sleep soon.

Cass xxxx

well Jade was an awful sleeper when she arrived home, i had some really rough nights.I tried the swing too, no luck. It will be hard to teach her to sleep on her own, so good luck, i hope you get some good advice and have someone to help, dont be scared to ask someone you know to even come over to watch bub while you sleep. I didnt and i think I didnt cope to well. I got upset from lack of sleep and wished i had someone to help me. I aslo used to rock jade by bouncing on a fit ball, it wasnt fun after a awhile, then i tried control crying when Jade was about 6 mths. which helped alot. Oh and jade only has slept 2 or 3 half hour naps through the day.!

nicky

i'm nto sure how long you're rocking her for, but you might have to do it a little bit longer before putting her down, babies have light sleep and deep sleep, so when you're putting her down it  might be during ehr light sleep which is very easy for them to wake up from. my bub seems to fall asleep at his before bedtime bottle (he's nearly 8 months), and most babies do tend to fall asleep while feeding. i read on someone elses comment that it could possibly be a good idea to wake them up after the bottles finished becasue they associate the bottle with bed, so when they actually get to bed they are in unfamiliar territory.

with sleeping, my bub used to have to get swaddled for ever sleep. then one day he feel asleep while playing and he wasn't swaddled, so we tried a nap without being swaddles (just looked for his tire signs, rocked him to sleep) he slept, not for as long though, but we kept him swaddled at night times, then around 5 months or so he rolled over fully swaddle, so we put him to bed without being swaddled from that night on and he seemed to take to it fine. she is only 7 weeks, so it's goign to take time to get her to get herself off to sleep on her own. my bub still needs to sleep with a dummy, and wakes up in the middle of the night and makes noise because he can't fid it. he's slowly gettign better though and i'm getting some more sleep which is good. she should be sleeping at leasy 16 hours a day, some babies like more some like less. the aim is to get her to have her awake time durign the day so that she will sleep through at night.

the main point is that all babies are different, is she's growing, developing on time, getting enough sleep then she's ok, babie will sleep when they want to gfor however long they want to, i woudln't stress too much. i'm a young first time mum too so i can understand why you're worried.