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Ahhhh I GIVE UP
in Baby
Sorry for the rant but Ive bloody had it, Im totally fed up. Just when one think sorts itself out something else goes to hell. My ten week old has been sleeping through the night for the last couple of weeks which is great. However he is now turning into a nightmare during the day. He used to go down for his naps fine with no bother. Now hes nodding off at 11 when he used to last till 12 and wont sleep longer than an hour even though hes having the same nap time in the morning of about half an hour.
He has also started refusing to feed at his half six evening feed and gets realy stressed and cranky. He feeds fine during the day so I havnt a clue what Im doing wrong. The final straw has been the last two mornings when he is now fighting his nap at 9. Hes blatently tired but just wont settle unless I give his a dummy. I feel such a bloody failure because I now need to use his dummy to settle him to sleep most times. I dont get it he was able to settle himself fine up untill about a week ago. I thought at first he might be a bit off because of his jabs but that was over a week ago now and hes just getting more and more difficult during the day. Because his naps are getting screwed up hes turning into a cranky little bugger which is sapping any enjoyment out of being with him. I feel Im holding my breath all day waiting for him to blow up or not go down to sleep and wishing the day away unitll he goes down for the night. I also spend the day dreading his evening feed as its turned into such a bloody disaster again resulting in me having to give him his dummy to get him to sleep. What the hell has happened???
He has also started refusing to feed at his half six evening feed and gets realy stressed and cranky. He feeds fine during the day so I havnt a clue what Im doing wrong. The final straw has been the last two mornings when he is now fighting his nap at 9. Hes blatently tired but just wont settle unless I give his a dummy. I feel such a bloody failure because I now need to use his dummy to settle him to sleep most times. I dont get it he was able to settle himself fine up untill about a week ago. I thought at first he might be a bit off because of his jabs but that was over a week ago now and hes just getting more and more difficult during the day. Because his naps are getting screwed up hes turning into a cranky little bugger which is sapping any enjoyment out of being with him. I feel Im holding my breath all day waiting for him to blow up or not go down to sleep and wishing the day away unitll he goes down for the night. I also spend the day dreading his evening feed as its turned into such a bloody disaster again resulting in me having to give him his dummy to get him to sleep. What the hell has happened???
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Try ditching the routine for a day and going with what he wants - feeding on demand, and only putting him down for naps when he starts showing signs of being tired (yawning, dark circles, rubbing eyes, wriggling, whinging etc). Do this for a few days and you will find that before long a new routine will emerge!
And thirdly, there's nothing wrong with using a dummy to get your lo to sleep. A dummy is no different to a cuddle blanket or cuddly toy...it's a comforter...thats a good thing right? Also they help prevent cot death.
Your def not doing anything wrong at all, its just LO changing...again! I've learned with my LO that there is little point in trying to keep to a strict routine as he seems to be changing/growing so much! When i tried a "proper" routine, i went out of my mind coz we couldn't follow it - when Dylan was supposed to be asleep he was awake & vice versa & his feeds weren't as they shoud be - lol!!
However, there is a pattern which he tends to stick to and we do like him to be in bed between 7.30-8.30pm. But this pattern changes on a weekly basis (apart from bedtime)! By the way, Dylan is 9wks on Mon (& isn't sleeping through yet)!!
Sarahxx