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opinions please on settling newborn for bed.
I would really like your opinions on settling my 8 day baby.
My baby Skye doesn't settle easy after being feed and winded and although she looks asleep, she will wake up after 5 mins of being put in her moses basket. For the last couple of nights, I have put her tummy down on my knee to try and get her off to sleep before going in moses basket - and she has stayed asleep.
Do you believe that you should try and settle baby so that she is asleep before she goes in the moses basket or you think I am making a rod for my own back and she will always expect me to try and get her off to sleep before being put to bed?
Or do you think, like my mw today said, don't try and get her to sleep beforehand, and let her fall asleep on her own?
Thanks
Susan
My baby Skye doesn't settle easy after being feed and winded and although she looks asleep, she will wake up after 5 mins of being put in her moses basket. For the last couple of nights, I have put her tummy down on my knee to try and get her off to sleep before going in moses basket - and she has stayed asleep.
Do you believe that you should try and settle baby so that she is asleep before she goes in the moses basket or you think I am making a rod for my own back and she will always expect me to try and get her off to sleep before being put to bed?
Or do you think, like my mw today said, don't try and get her to sleep beforehand, and let her fall asleep on her own?
Thanks
Susan
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Don't think i'll be much help but didn't want to read and run, when she wakes is she crying/upset? Could she have wind? Did the mw have any suggestions for you? My son was a very windy baby and i couldn't put him down for ages after a feed because he would just be so uncomfortable and he used to bring up quite a bit of milk with each burp too.
I went down the route of settling him to sleep on me and then putting him down asleep but, like you said, made a rod for my own back as i was still doing it 18 months later, eventually got him out of the habit but it wasn't easy.
My personal opinion right now would be, just do what is best for you at the moment, you've just had a baby, you don't need the extra stress of having an upset baby and you need to be grabbing as much sleep, yourself, as you can.
it's totally up to you though and i'm sure others on here will disagree with me anyway!!
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Great post - i dont suppose i can really help as Bethany is only 12 days old but i personally dont think at the mo you need to worry about making a rod for your own back as Skye is so young. I tend to put Bethany straight in her moses basket but it really depends how tired she is as to whether she drops off on her own or stays unsettled. Ive learned to leave her when shes moany (she never cries, just makes lots of noise!) but if shes particularly unsettled then i just cuddle her til she drops off then put her down.
I really think at the mo just do what is right for you - she'll soon settle into her own routine and until then just do what you can so all 3 of you get some rest.
Anna & Bethany xx
there is too much pressure to do the whole put baby to bed awake thing and anyway i lurve watching them fall asleep
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My lo was always quite good at settling himself, but i do remember someone saying to me about getting them ready for bed- with their blanket or sleeping bag (depending on what u are using), giving them a cuddle, feed, winding her etc- then try and put her down. often its just the cold moses basket that wakes them. hope this helps.
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really sorry for rambling on xxxxxx