MSE Newborn to 1 year Baby Club 1

*Ro*

Sammie lovely choice !

Britax b-agile gone back up in price from £86.32 to £143 :0 !!! Amazon are too bloody quick lol

sunshine_1988

jen77 wrote: »

Hi ladies .. Looking for a bit of advice on daytime naps.. My little one is 9wk now and is sleeping really well during night from 8pm to 3/4am and then going back off til 7/8am.... But she's really struggling with daytime naps... She'll fall asleep on my chest mid morning and is quite happy there for an hour or so but obviously I can't keep doing this. HV said to put in her cot when she's asleep in dark room etc and we've tried this last two days but as soon as I tip her back onto her back in her cot, she stirs and wakes and then cries.
I've left her to cry today in the hope she'll self settle but she was crying for 20min (I went in every 5min) before I gave in and picked her up.
Have you any tips? Up until now I've just got on with my day.. Shopping, baby classes etc in the hope she'll nap on the go but over last week she's got really fussy and keeps crying everytime we go anywhere which is getting me down... Should I be staying home certain times of day to try and get her to nap? Or keep going with the flow?

Aiden used to do this too. Will she sleep anywhere else? I used to be able to.put him in his pram or carseat once asleep so I could get on with afew bits. It is lovely cuddling them but on occasions I just had to put him down so I could have s drink, or a nap myself! Xx

*Ro*

Jen77 - we putt Scott on a pillow fed to sleep using bottle, pillow resting on me then transferred him (minus the pillow) to pram in the sitting room for nap. Make sure bedding is warm, eg slightly warm with hot water bottle, also do the drop arm test to make sure fully asleep before moving, if their arm flops down when lifted they are asleep enough. Sometimes he would just wake anyway. Also could try baby carrier/sling

jediquigley

Sexy mouse, congrats on the birth of your baby. From what I gathered from posts you are unable to bf but expressing due to poor latch, have you tried a nipple sheild, I would not have been able to bf without it. I am now slowly weaning Niall off this and he will latch directly onto breast yay!

Re sleeping, Niall is 8 weeks and we struggle to get him to sleep, he ,goes off fine Inge the sling but it takes a lot of work to get him to go to sleep in Moses basket in the day. I think some of it is down to wind as he wakes crying and pulling legs up. What about getting a baby sling at least you an get onwith jobs while your lo sleeps

Laura

jen77_2

Thanks Laura.. I've got a sling and don't mind using it for her to sleep in... It's with the health visitor saying I should be putting her in cot that's set all this off... I don't mind her sleeping on me or on pillow or in sling ... At least she's getting some sleep then.
I'll keep going as I am and where possible try put her in cot for a nap... She's managed a 10min nap this morning and a 25min nap in pram this afternoon and then odd dozes whilst bf.
We now have a cranky baby who is ready for bed lol!

*Ro*

Jen sounds like you have a sensible head on you ! Trying as and when with pram etc sounds good. We quite often never quite made the transfer to the pram but it was in my interest to sort it over time so I could get something done!

*Ro*

When I said something done I meant like brushing my hair !

fluffnutter

sexymouse wrote: »

Fluff - I got that email today and Jonathan is clearly having a growth spurt too. He's demanding food every hour- hour 1/2 at mo (adding to my feeding problems) and his newborn vests seem too small overnight! He's being weighed by the midwife tomorrow so will be interesting to see how much he's put on since Monday. Getting an Ameda Lactaline dual electric pump soon, so hope this helps. Moon paid. Still not latching - got an appointment for next Friday for a cranio-sacral osteopath as midwife recommended this for his wind and latch (may even help his arm - fingers crossed).

He was forceps wasn't he? That can cause their little heads to be sore for a while so the osteopath is a great idea. Have I missed a post? What's up with his arm?

Talking of arms, when I had my section, they slashed Freddie's arm! It's only a scratch (and I think the scar's gone now) but it was mad to think he sustained an injury before he'd even been born :eek:

I weighed Freddie today. He's 13 weeks and he weighs 17 lbs 7 oz. Yikes! He doesn't look fat but he's really hefty. Piggy porker.

fluffnutter

jen77, Freddie doesn't really nap unless we go out somewhere in the car. Often he'll have a little doze in my arms after a feed, but usually stirs if I move. I've tried to put him in his cot once or twice during the day but he generally mithers. I don't want to leave him there because he's fantastic at going to sleep at night even if put to bed wide awake and I don't want him to start associating his cot with somewhere he doesn't want to be.

I think you should just ignore the HV and do what is obviously working well for you. If your little girl wants to sleep on her mummy's chest then I think that's just what she needs. They're tiny babies for such a short time - what could be nicer than snuggling together? There's nothing more pressing that you need to do IMO.

*Nutella*

jen77 wrote: »

Hi ladies .. Looking for a bit of advice on daytime naps.. My little one is 9wk now and is sleeping really well during night from 8pm to 3/4am and then going back off til 7/8am.... But she's really struggling with daytime naps... She'll fall asleep on my chest mid morning and is quite happy there for an hour or so but obviously I can't keep doing this. HV said to put in her cot when she's asleep in dark room etc and we've tried this last two days but as soon as I tip her back onto her back in her cot, she stirs and wakes and then cries.
I've left her to cry today in the hope she'll self settle but she was crying for 20min (I went in every 5min) before I gave in and picked her up.
Have you any tips? Up until now I've just got on with my day.. Shopping, baby classes etc in the hope she'll nap on the go but over last week she's got really fussy and keeps crying everytime we go anywhere which is getting me down... Should I be staying home certain times of day to try and get her to nap? Or keep going with the flow?

My LO was at least 12 - 14 weeks before we were able to get her to sleep anywhere other than on me/OH or in a moving pram/car. If it wasn't moving or breathing, she was having none of it! Like you, I was advised by the HV to put her in the cot, but it never worked and I gave up and let her sleep on me.

She'll get there - until then I would ignore the HV and do what works for you. Babies that small want and need lots of cuddles and love the comfort of sleeping on you - just let her If and when you do want to try the cot again, you could try staying in the room with her in the beginning - don't talk or do anything, just be there. This eventually worked for us - I think she was simply unhappy to be left by herself and just knowing I was in the room with her helped her settle.

You may well find that she'll soon settle into a sleep pattern during the day - or she might already have one that you just need to find. Look out for sleep cues carefully and sit down with her for a nap on you when she's tired. Do this for a few days and write down when she falls asleep and wakes up (you could also use an iphone app for this). Once you find this pattern, you can plan the rest of your day around this. My LO has a short morning nap around 10am, a second nap at around mid-day and a massive 2/3-hour nap in the afternoon. So if I'm meeting up with friends we usually do brunch; then LO can sleep in the pram on the way there and I know she'll be happy whilst we're there - and then she can sleep in the pram again on the way home. Same with food shopping etc. - it's always planned around her naps. I no longer do any afternoon activity of any sort, as she's utterly miserable without her big nap - instead I stay at home and have a nap too

I know everyone tells you that it'll get easier, and I too was told that my LO would eventually learn to nap by herself in her cot - at the time, I found that hard to believe, but it was true. She's now almost 5 months and is completely disinterested in sleeping on people and much prefer being put in her cot, where she'll lie and talk to herself, sing and play with her comforter for a while, but eventually she'll fall asleep