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Baby sleep and carrying
So I have a couple of questions!
How much did/does your babe sleep at 4 wks old? Holland seems to sleep alot, maybe 18-20 hrs a day, sometimes the wake periods are at night, which is not ideal of course! But I wondered when she will be more awake and 'into' things as when she is a wake now she is usually grumbly or crying - obviously we make sure she is fed, burped and clean and then try talking or singing to her but with her possible hearing loss I'm not sure she hears us very well.
The other question is do you carry your baby around most of the day or are they content to sit in a swing chair or bouncy chair, Holland doesn't seem to settle on her own well so either dh or I end up carrying her around most of the day - again not ideal but I wonder if it's because she is still so young? As she gets older will she be more interested in her play mat or bouncy chair?
How much did/does your babe sleep at 4 wks old? Holland seems to sleep alot, maybe 18-20 hrs a day, sometimes the wake periods are at night, which is not ideal of course! But I wondered when she will be more awake and 'into' things as when she is a wake now she is usually grumbly or crying - obviously we make sure she is fed, burped and clean and then try talking or singing to her but with her possible hearing loss I'm not sure she hears us very well.
The other question is do you carry your baby around most of the day or are they content to sit in a swing chair or bouncy chair, Holland doesn't seem to settle on her own well so either dh or I end up carrying her around most of the day - again not ideal but I wonder if it's because she is still so young? As she gets older will she be more interested in her play mat or bouncy chair?
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My first son was not much of a sleeper but he wasn't interested in playmat etc til he was over 2 months at least. I mean he'd lie on it for a short spell but he wasn't interested in it.
My problem is Owen gets unsettled if he's not sleeping usually and the only way I can settle him is to feed him or carry him in the baby bjorn - only if I put him in straight after a feed, asleep or nearly asleep. He won't take a dummy and doesn't like the pushchair or car seat and similarly with possible hearig loss he doesn't respond to shhh-ing or singing. Occasionally swaying or patting or rubbing his back works but mainly it's just feeding. Today ive been trying to put him down more but it means ive been feeding him loads as he ends up getting all wound up. Not sure what I'm doing anymore! :roll:
All kids very, my dd only cried when hungry. She wouldn't even cry if she needed a bum change where as Thomas cries for hunger, nappy, cuddles, the works!
He will sit in his bouncy chair for a while and look around but won't sleep there or in his moses. He tends to fall asleep whilst BF then I try to put him down and all hell breaks lose so i have to go and get him and usually start feeding again! I can't remember DS1 being like this. I think he was napping on his own early on. He was mixed fed tho so not needing to be fed so frequently so think it helped.
He does sleep in the car and his sling if we are out but not so good in his pram. So yes we do seem to end up holding him whilst he sleeps most of the time!
They do get much better at self settling as they get older. I saw a definite improvement with ds1 after 6 weeks, he started crying less and staying happily awake for longer. He could lie on his play gym for longer and was interested in toys. After 2 months even more improvement.
Jacob is becoming more alert but he's a more sleepy baby than ds1. xx