Help please.... Sleeping Problems
Hi ladies,
Can anyone PLEASE help me?!? My little girl is 3 weeks old tomorrow and since yesterday is not settling in her Moses basket during the day. Up until yesterday she slept during the day and night in her basket with little problem (maybe once or twice a day it'd take a while to settle her but she would settle eventually). But yesterday she didn't settle at all, all day. She'd fall asleep in our arms but she'd wake shortly after we put her in her basket. Eventually she settled at 4pm and she went back into her normal routine of sleeping and waking for a feed every 2/3 hours which was fine.... Until this morning and it's happening again and she just won't settle again. It's now 6:45 and she's snatched 30 mins here and there but wakes herself up in her basket.
Please can someone help?!? My Mum thinks we should give her a dummy. is this the answer?!? I'm breastfeeding and I thought that you should wait til at least 4 weeks to give her anything that might confuse her!!!
Xxxx
Can anyone PLEASE help me?!? My little girl is 3 weeks old tomorrow and since yesterday is not settling in her Moses basket during the day. Up until yesterday she slept during the day and night in her basket with little problem (maybe once or twice a day it'd take a while to settle her but she would settle eventually). But yesterday she didn't settle at all, all day. She'd fall asleep in our arms but she'd wake shortly after we put her in her basket. Eventually she settled at 4pm and she went back into her normal routine of sleeping and waking for a feed every 2/3 hours which was fine.... Until this morning and it's happening again and she just won't settle again. It's now 6:45 and she's snatched 30 mins here and there but wakes herself up in her basket.
Please can someone help?!? My Mum thinks we should give her a dummy. is this the answer?!? I'm breastfeeding and I thought that you should wait til at least 4 weeks to give her anything that might confuse her!!!
Xxxx
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We had this with our DS. He would wake everytime we put him down. It turns out out little one started hated sleeping on his back. He's quite a windy baby so i think it just irritated him. We ended up having to sleep him on his side (even though this isn't recommended). At 18 weeks he still sleeps on his side now, and tends to wake if he rolls on his back.
I went through 6 weeks of trying to figure out why he had stopped sleeping in his basket, but it was something as simple as that.
Good Luck
xx
Forgot to mention about BF and dummies - I BF and my LO has never had a dummy. We've tried it everynow and again but he doesn't seem to like it. As long as BF is established I don't think it would be a problem, otherwise they recommend waiting 6 weeks.
Good luck! xx
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As for BF and dummies - I gave LO a dummy at 3 days old whilst BF and he was fine - we used a TT Closer to Nature one and also use the MAM ones now too.
I think it is unfortunatley a case of trial and error - LO now sleeps in his chair during the day- which is a fisher price newborn to toddler rocker so it lies almost flat but has his upper body alightly raised.
The good news is that it doesn't last! So keep persevering and I hope you figure out what the issue is!
xxx
We also rolled a towel up and wedged it along one side to allow our son to sleep on his side.
Hope she settles again for you soon.
xxx