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April 2014 Moms
avidkeo
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Desperately need help transitioning from nursing to sleep. Long
avidkeo
member
Sorry for the length, I'm getting a bit stressed!
DD is 10 weeks old. I go back to work in 2.5 weeks, and DH will be SAHD. at the moment I am EBF and pumping.
Currently the only way DD goes to sleep is being nursed to sleep. I swaddle firmly, and use white noise. She sleeps great at night, but is only cat napping during the day.
My problem is for a few weeks now I've been trying to stop nursing to sleep but I can't seem to get anything to work! She wont take a dummy at all, we have tried several types. Ive tried swaddling with one arm out cause she sucks her fingers, I've tried just putting her down when showing tired signs but within a few minutes she just gets worked up. Ive also tried pulling her off when shes drowsy. Ive made a little progress where I can pull her off drowsy, put her on my shoulder and she will fall asleep on my shoulder before transfering but I can't t get to the point of her falling asleep in my arms without nursing first.
Shes far too young for controlled crying but if I can't sort this out we wont have many choices! She does go to sleep in the car but thats not the best solution long term, I've tried the stroller but i think i got the wrong one and it seems too big for her and she has only slept in it once. she doesn't like the front pack much and we cant afford to buy anything else.
I feel like I just need to get to the point where she will fall asleep in my arms without nursing, then DH can work on getting her to sleep in her cot but I feel like I get so far then nothing. She just seema to fight sleep unless shes nursing!
Please help, any and all advice greatly appreciated, this is really starting to stress me out!
Edit to add I've stopped swaddling both arms in because she fights to get one arm out, since then her day naps have gone downhill, should I swaddle both arms in again? She used to get two good 2 hr naps every day but recently she wont nap longer than 45 mins!
Yeah I'm panicking a little...
DD is 10 weeks old. I go back to work in 2.5 weeks, and DH will be SAHD. at the moment I am EBF and pumping.
Currently the only way DD goes to sleep is being nursed to sleep. I swaddle firmly, and use white noise. She sleeps great at night, but is only cat napping during the day.
My problem is for a few weeks now I've been trying to stop nursing to sleep but I can't seem to get anything to work! She wont take a dummy at all, we have tried several types. Ive tried swaddling with one arm out cause she sucks her fingers, I've tried just putting her down when showing tired signs but within a few minutes she just gets worked up. Ive also tried pulling her off when shes drowsy. Ive made a little progress where I can pull her off drowsy, put her on my shoulder and she will fall asleep on my shoulder before transfering but I can't t get to the point of her falling asleep in my arms without nursing first.
Shes far too young for controlled crying but if I can't sort this out we wont have many choices! She does go to sleep in the car but thats not the best solution long term, I've tried the stroller but i think i got the wrong one and it seems too big for her and she has only slept in it once. she doesn't like the front pack much and we cant afford to buy anything else.
I feel like I just need to get to the point where she will fall asleep in my arms without nursing, then DH can work on getting her to sleep in her cot but I feel like I get so far then nothing. She just seema to fight sleep unless shes nursing!
Please help, any and all advice greatly appreciated, this is really starting to stress me out!
Edit to add I've stopped swaddling both arms in because she fights to get one arm out, since then her day naps have gone downhill, should I swaddle both arms in again? She used to get two good 2 hr naps every day but recently she wont nap longer than 45 mins!
Yeah I'm panicking a little...
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Re: Desperately need help transitioning from nursing to sleep. Long
Have you tried bouncer chairs, swing, rock n play, etc? My LO used to hate them but now will fall asleep in them. It helps if we cover them with a light blanket with LO inside- stretched over the top, not over lo's face or anything.. It knocks him right out.
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I have been working on naps with my DD. She fights to get an arm out of the swaddle but then sleeps horribly so I have continued to swaddle both arms. Sometimes she breaks out after she's asleep and she will wake from her nap so much faster when she does. If you have a swing, try swaddling, putting her in the swing and turning on white noise. The other thing that works for my DD is for me to hold her close with her head on
My shoulder and take her into a really dark room like our bathroom that has no windows or our master closet. When she can look around she gets so distracted it takes so much longer for her to fall asleep.
Anyway don't stress about it too much. My DD has days that she catnaps but as long as she gets her short naps she is still ok. It may take your DH a few days to figure out what works but they will get it! When all else fails nothing wrong with taking her for a drive.
Also keep trying with the pacifier. My DD used to completely refuse it every time but now she will sometimes take it and as soon as she starts sucking her eyes get a little heavy and she calms down. Someone recommended putting a couple of drops of BM on it which I thought was a great idea.