how to?

[truelove2]

my 15 week old has never been a good sleeper in the day. i done a sleep clinic thing to get him to sleep longer. the lady there told me how to get him off to sleep.. but she wants him to sleep for 2 hours.. but he will only sleep for 20 to 30 mins.. so how do i get him to resettle?

i stress easy so i am finding it a bit hard with him..

any advice will be taken.. :crying:

[poshBecks]

HI!! My little girl is 4 1/2 months and she has only just started to have decent day sleeps. She was the same. Just having cat naps durring the day. A little frustrating isn't it. Dont stress. He will sort himself out soon. I found once she had her 4 month growth spurt she settled into a better sleep routine. Hopefully your little tiger will soon aswell. :fingerscrossed:

Hang in there, you are doing a great job. Every baby is different!! :hugs:

[truelove2]

i hope he gets it soon.. it is to much on me..:banghead:

[poshBecks]

I know how hard it is for you. But it really will sort itself out soon enough. Does he sleep through the night for you?

[truelove2]

yes he does sleep through the night.. every night.. it is just days..

[melfunction]

My 10mth old has just found his daytime routine in the past month. He still wakes during the night. Give me sleep during the night any day.

[truelove2]

yes i know that feeling well. i am glade that he sleeps at night.. but this nurse wants him to sleep for at least 2 hours in the day and feed every 4 hours..

so i just don't know how to get him back off to sleep if he has slept for only a short time..

[ozzysmum]

don't know if it's any help but ozzy used to do this too so i started sleeping him in his rocker for his day sleeps and be right near him so as soon as he stirred i could rock it gently and he would settle kind of before he woke up totally. by the time he outgrew the rocker he was ok at sleeping for longer periods during the day. he still doesn't sleep through at night though, so i don't know if i should be giving advice on bubs sleeping! it will get better for you though - hang in there :hugs:

[CJJHRA]

When Alannah was little, for her day sleeps I would put her in her cradle and have her close to me, where ever i was, and she seemed to sleep better like that, up until about 6 months old she done that.

[truelove2]

it is hard with him as he is so big that he doesn't fit in a cradle or a bassinet.. he was out of both by the time he was 6 weeks..
the rocker is no good has he tries to sit up and he falls out of it.. so i am going to keep him in the cot.. i have just learned to deal with the little sleep..

ty all

[SnoozesWithCats]

I've had two catnappers now and I went to the sleep clinic with dd1 and got the same advice about resettling. It never really worked ... at least, it would take so long to resettle her using the "approved techniques" that by the time we got to the end of the day our routine was completely out of whack, because we'd spent a total of two extra "resettling hours" in there. And it was a complete pain in the butt for all of us

My philosophy now would be... work on getting them to settle themselves, rather than rocking or whatever, and once that's under control don't bother about the "resettling", it's more trouble than it's worth if they don't take to it. Especially if your bub is waking up happy, 'cos IMO that means he's had enough, no matter what the clock says. Maybe he might need an extra nap for a while till he sorts things out
(dd1 did eventually sort herself out once she was onto one a day, and started doing 2-hour stretches, but that was LONG after we'd given up on "resettling"

HTH!

[Sonja]

I could not agree more with SnoozeswithCats. I too have a catnapper and figure we can spend the day resettling with her and usually me in tears or I can get her up and get on with my day. My philosophy is that if Lucy is happy when she wakes why upset her resettling. I have never known a baby to do the "2 up 2 down" routine - I think they exist in a fantasy world!