reAllytee
21-01-2006, 16:17
Ok well here is me begging for advice LOL !
Im usually trying to tell others to try & stay calm etc yet here am i turning into a wreck !
Ok here goes.
A few weeks ago bubs had a bad virus so this meant he was really thrown out of whack with his sleeping & the likes. So no he wont sleep at all during the day & we have trouble of a nite.
Normally ive never had a problem following his lead for his new routine or at least getting him back into something he is happy with.
We used to follow this but of course some days it varied :
7am - wake & bottle
8am - brekky
10am - nap
12pm - lunch & water
2pm - bottle
3pm - nap
5pm - dinner
7pm - bath & bottle
7.30-8pm - bed
As i said above this was roughly as some day he wakes earlier etc.
I know he is sensing things arent all well so to speak cause daddy is home & cant play with him much etc but at the same time he wont sleep through the day at all no matter how tired he is !
He is currently playing in his cot kicking the walls & banging his head :rolleyes:
He then gets cranky cause he is soooo tired. He can hardly keep his eyes open & his fists are permanently clenched so im not mis-reading signals !
He wont co-sleep as he thinks this is a game & tries to launch himself off the bed.
Ive tried rocking him & he screams ! Normally he loves being rocked & held by me now i seem to be the worst person ! He will even slap me if he gets that cranky ! :(
He often seems to settle for my partner more than me but the only problem with that is he is restricted to what he can do ( he cant pick him up etc ) plus when the time comes that he says needs to go to hospital what will i do then ?!?!?!?!?
Today though we are both at a loss as he just wont sleep yet is so cranky & tired
especially as this has been on going for the last week or so !
I have even tried cutting his naps down so that he only has the one as i thought well maybe he is getting older now he doesnt want 2 naps but gees the last 2 days this has gone nowhere even if he is falling asleep after having his bottle & i put him into his cot & stay in the room. It all makes no difference what i try !!!!
Im really at a loss as to what we are doing wrong :(
Any thoughts would be great.
Thanx. :)
Im usually trying to tell others to try & stay calm etc yet here am i turning into a wreck !
Ok here goes.
A few weeks ago bubs had a bad virus so this meant he was really thrown out of whack with his sleeping & the likes. So no he wont sleep at all during the day & we have trouble of a nite.
Normally ive never had a problem following his lead for his new routine or at least getting him back into something he is happy with.
We used to follow this but of course some days it varied :
7am - wake & bottle
8am - brekky
10am - nap
12pm - lunch & water
2pm - bottle
3pm - nap
5pm - dinner
7pm - bath & bottle
7.30-8pm - bed
As i said above this was roughly as some day he wakes earlier etc.
I know he is sensing things arent all well so to speak cause daddy is home & cant play with him much etc but at the same time he wont sleep through the day at all no matter how tired he is !
He is currently playing in his cot kicking the walls & banging his head :rolleyes:
He then gets cranky cause he is soooo tired. He can hardly keep his eyes open & his fists are permanently clenched so im not mis-reading signals !
He wont co-sleep as he thinks this is a game & tries to launch himself off the bed.
Ive tried rocking him & he screams ! Normally he loves being rocked & held by me now i seem to be the worst person ! He will even slap me if he gets that cranky ! :(
He often seems to settle for my partner more than me but the only problem with that is he is restricted to what he can do ( he cant pick him up etc ) plus when the time comes that he says needs to go to hospital what will i do then ?!?!?!?!?
Today though we are both at a loss as he just wont sleep yet is so cranky & tired
especially as this has been on going for the last week or so !
I have even tried cutting his naps down so that he only has the one as i thought well maybe he is getting older now he doesnt want 2 naps but gees the last 2 days this has gone nowhere even if he is falling asleep after having his bottle & i put him into his cot & stay in the room. It all makes no difference what i try !!!!
Im really at a loss as to what we are doing wrong :(
Any thoughts would be great.
Thanx. :)