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Getting stressed now!!!
in Baby
Hi Girls,
I need a bit of advice/support.
I know its not much of a drama but its starting to get me stressed grrr!! Amber just will not give in to sleep in the day she fights it so much. I can see she is tired (rubbing eyes, yawning and red eyes, and wingy too) so I put her down. She cries then starts cooing and cries again so I pick her up and put her down and repeat. She screams the place down and just fights it with all her might!
I have just let her cry it out and it was horrible she got really upset and coughed lots and eventually dropped off. The problem is that my mum rocks her to sleep a lot as well as her daddy and she has got so used to it..
Am I doing the right thing here by letting her cry?? NO ONE is ever rocking her to sleep again ( I know I shouldn't have let them do it in the first place but she went off to sleep so quick with no crying and it just seemed the easier option.......how im paying for it now!)
She used to be a good sleeper in the day, luckily she is very good at night, goes down well and settles herself well (with dummy) and just wakes for one feed now and goes off well after that too.
Have any of you got any words of wisdom or going through the same thing?
Love Amy n Amber (18 weeks) xxx
I need a bit of advice/support.
I know its not much of a drama but its starting to get me stressed grrr!! Amber just will not give in to sleep in the day she fights it so much. I can see she is tired (rubbing eyes, yawning and red eyes, and wingy too) so I put her down. She cries then starts cooing and cries again so I pick her up and put her down and repeat. She screams the place down and just fights it with all her might!
I have just let her cry it out and it was horrible she got really upset and coughed lots and eventually dropped off. The problem is that my mum rocks her to sleep a lot as well as her daddy and she has got so used to it..
Am I doing the right thing here by letting her cry?? NO ONE is ever rocking her to sleep again ( I know I shouldn't have let them do it in the first place but she went off to sleep so quick with no crying and it just seemed the easier option.......how im paying for it now!)
She used to be a good sleeper in the day, luckily she is very good at night, goes down well and settles herself well (with dummy) and just wakes for one feed now and goes off well after that too.
Have any of you got any words of wisdom or going through the same thing?
Love Amy n Amber (18 weeks) xxx
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If you're consistent you should quickly see a change at her young age, she should adjust to it hopefully over a week or so. keep it up honey XX
Having probs with my LO at the mo with daytime naps as well but he is a little older (30 weeks) and may only have a single 10 min nap in the day. Guess its a case of too much to see and do and not enough time in the day.
I have been known to let him cry when really tired (only go to him when he screams for more than 10 min with out settling. Theory being when he is exhausted he will just drop.
Nanny and OH are nightmares for undermining sleep routines for my LO as well.
Beck
Keep going with it, its worth it, but be consistant and strong and i would have a word with your oh and mil to say that you do not want all your hard work undone by them rocking lo to sleep
goodluck