what do we do that we shouldn't
Hi ladies
Just wondering if i'm the only one who does things the books say I shouldn't such as:
Rocking him to sleep
hummming him to sleep
feeding to sleep (hmmmm see a pattern emerging ???)
swaddling (two swaddle blankets as he keeps escaping !)
I know i'm a bad mummy and have made a rod for my own back, but the way i see it, he's a boy and there is only a limited number of cwtches i'm going to get off him !!!
Sarah
Just wondering if i'm the only one who does things the books say I shouldn't such as:
Rocking him to sleep
hummming him to sleep
feeding to sleep (hmmmm see a pattern emerging ???)
swaddling (two swaddle blankets as he keeps escaping !)
I know i'm a bad mummy and have made a rod for my own back, but the way i see it, he's a boy and there is only a limited number of cwtches i'm going to get off him !!!
Sarah
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I have used a bit of cc during the day now and it seems to be working with her. I dont really think anybody does things by the book though so really we are probably all bad mummies
I'm with you Rosapenny - if it didn't do them any harm I'd definitely like a magic sleep cure so babies could drop off with ease whenever they needed to!
I'm guilty of plonking Jak in front of Charlie and Lola or ITNG or Waybuloo, anything, just so I can have a wee, put the kettle on and make myself some toast for breakfast. I don't like him to be 'alone' so at least the TV talks to him - how awful is that? I swear it's not for long, and I sit and watch the rest of the programme with him when I've finished. It's a bit like letting the lady on the audiobook gently lull him to sleep at naptime, isn't it?! x x x
I'm with you Rosapenny - if it didn't do them any harm I'd definitely like a magic sleep cure so babies could drop off with ease whenever they needed to!
I'm guilty of plonking Jak in front of Charlie and Lola or ITNG or Waybuloo, anything, just so I can have a wee, put the kettle on and make myself some toast for breakfast. I don't like him to be 'alone' so at least the TV talks to him - how awful is that? I swear it's not for long, and I sit and watch the rest of the programme with him when I've finished. It's a bit like letting the lady on the audiobook gently lull him to sleep at naptime, isn't it?! x x x
Lillykit - do what works for you - its nothing that will harm your gorgeous little man - the rod you can sort out later x
ps hows the nightimes going x
every night is different for us, when OH is on nights Tyler seems to be more unsettled, last night he woke at 10, 1 and 5 and about the same the night before. Not sure why hubs not being here makes a difference but it does. He's off now until 17th May but he's going to spain next week so i expect he'll be a nightmare again. I get around 7 hours sleep, its just broken up which i think is worse.
Sarah
ok rant over, We are lucky that oliver sleeps 13 hours a night and wants to go to bed at 5.30pm, I simply place him in his cot after his story and he amuses himself before falling asleep. However nap times are a whole different ball game. Oliver will have 2 x 30 min naps MAX a day. He only has these by going out in the pram for a walk. This works for us as we have the dog to walk and both naps coinside with walkies. It was a nightmare when we had all that snow and i was literally pacing the house with the pram!
Please dont ever think your a bad mother, you can't be because you care. every parent is different and so is every babies needs.
xcx
He's also still in our room .... his nursery is on the floor below us (we're in the loft) and while he's still waking in the night I don't want to be running up and downstairs - lazy mummy!! And yes also guilty of bringing him to bed for cuddles if we wakes early and it's not getting up time .....
Em - I'm definitely guilty of putting INTG on for Freddie if I have to leave the room for a few minutes, even if he's happily playing I put it on so he's got some company (but then again I also leave the radio on for the cats if we're going out for a while!!)
Maybe we should just re-write the rule books with whatever makes our babies happy?!
xx
Really worried about when I go back to work and how she'll cope in a nursery 3 days a week, how will she sleep in a noisy nursery when she needs dark, quiet and Mummy!!
I know Im going to have to get her more independent soon but she's had so many troubles we're only just coming through the dark clouds and into the light x
Inka xxx