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Babies: 0 - 3 Months
suggestions please...
our ds is 8 days old. for the past two nights, he slept fine in the cradle which is in our room. however, last night, he slept very little and it took over 1 1/2 hours each time to put him down in the cradle. every time he would wake up and cry. at this point, because he is so young, we are not doing CIO.
so, this morning around 9 he wakes up and cries. i pick him up, he doesn't want to eat, and he falls back to sleep as long as we are holding him. the moment you put him down, unless it is in our king size bed (which we are trying to avoid), he begins crying and waking up.
he finally woke up to eat around 10 and of course when i placed him in the cradle, he woke up crying. i am trying the pnp with the vibration on and it seems to be ok, but it has only been 5 minutes.
we checked for gas by doing little sit-ups and leg movements and burping him...doesn't seem to be it. we don't know what else to try or what else might be wrong...if there is anything. i want to try his crib, but there is a recall on it and we are waiting for the replacement parts to come in.
anyone have suggestions?
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Re: suggestions please...
He is eight days old. You can't expect too much from him right now.
DS1 born June 2008 | m/c at 9w March 2011 | DS2 born April 2012
He is still a newborn, he is used to being held in the warmth of your womb! Eventually he will adjust to sleeping in his cradle, or where ever else, but right now he needs you. DD slept in my arms for the first 2 weeks or her life, and sporadically slept in bed with us after that. Now she sleeps in her swing and is perfectly fine not being in bed with us to sleep.
A book that helped us was The Secrets of the Baby Whisperer. MINUS the CIO part of course, but it really helps with scheduling, especially if you need to get back to work.
But as said before, he is a newborn and needs his mommy!
May 2011 Siggy Challenge
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Make the cradle really snuggly and warm so that he can't tell the difference from going from your chest/arms to the cradle. I rolled two blankets and put it on the other side of DS. I also placed a very snuggly soft blanket on top of that, then I swaddled DS. One last thing I did, was pop that top snuggly blanket in the dryer for a minute. It made it very warm and cozy. Cozy his bed up - since he's swaddled he can't roll and suffocate.
I'm with you, i'm not a co-sleeper and didn't want DS to always be sleeping on my chest. The swing works great too during the day. I never used it at night because I didn't want a habit to form.
PLEASE hold your baby. I'm asking nicely.
And co-sleep, if you're comfortable with it. We co-slept for 3 months and he transitioned to the crib just fine. They're babies. They need their Mommas.
It is just part of having a newborn. I would try swaddling as well. We used the Miracle Blanket with both and it helped a lot at night. I now get 2-3 hour stretches of sleep between feedings.
Trust me, you will miss the holding time as they get older and don't want to be held anymore. I am treasuring it this time around.
seriously? Did you have no idea that your infant would need this amount of attention at the beginning? He's 8 days old for crying out loud. Everything he has ever known is being warm and soothed in your belly. He wants mama. That's it. It may be hunger, wet dipe, gas etc. but it can also just be a cry for being held. you cannot form habits (good or bad) this early on.
The first two weeks home from the hospital DS slept on my chest solely. Many times he would only do it in the rocker in the living room. For the next few months it was on and off while we co-slept (which I was very much against before he was born and now love it and miss it). He transitioned fine to his crib when he was ready - not when I was ready.
Good luck and pick up your baby! He needs you.