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sleeping on a slope?!

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squishy · 28/11/2006 11:43

My 4 week old has healthy, long naps during the day and it wouldn't be unusual for her to do 2-3 hours a time with healthy, hefty feeds in between. At night, however she sleeps for anywhere between 45 mins and 90 mins and takes small feeds in between (my theory is that she wakes sooner because she is hungry).

The lack of sleep is beginning to get to me (I have yet to master her habit of napping during the day and seem not to be sleepy then!) but my DH got her to sleep last night for 2.5 hours by getting her to sleep on a slope (his thinking was that her favourite position to get to sleep is lying on a chest!) which seemed great! I was unable to replicate this as I didn't have handy slope about - could this be coincidence? I saw the baby whisperer put a reflux baby on a slope, which seemed to work for him - has anyone else tried this? What should I use to create a stable slope?

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LIZS · 28/11/2006 11:47

We rolled towels /blankets and placed under the head end of the pram/moses basket mattress or in a cot had 2 Ikea bathroom stpes under the feet at the head end. tbh at that age they can't distinguish night and day so you may need to help her by waking her sooner to feed in the daytime if you want longer stretches at night.

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JackieNo · 28/11/2006 11:48

YOu can buy a wedge , or things to raise the cot legs at one end (usually for when they have a cold).

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squishy · 28/11/2006 11:52

Thanks, will try these - LIZS, any tips on how to wake her?! Have tried the recommended ways - a MW suggested taking her clothes off and washing her in cold water, but I think that sounds quite traumatic!!

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JackieNo · 28/11/2006 11:52

Cot blocks - or you can just pile some books underneath the legs, that's what we do. Doesn't look as neat though.

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squishy · 28/11/2006 12:26

thanks, we're using a Moses basket at the moment, but I think she doesn't really like it (am I being silly?!) as she seems to prefer lying on her rug/changing mat or our bed where she can stretch out her arms.......!!

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MrsBadger · 28/11/2006 12:29

So she naps happily on the rug / bed during the day but not in the moses basket at night?
Maybe she needs more space and it's worth trying a move to a cot...

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squishy · 28/11/2006 17:06

I did think about that, but not sure I can fit her cot bed in next to my bed - am going to ask some friends and see if any have a cot we could borrow in the interim - I feel she's too young to move to her own room yet.