Hi Mumsnet, this is my first post so please be gentle!
My 11 week old DD is wonderful at sleeping at night time, I bf her to sleep at about 7 - 7.30pm and she sleeps well, waking up for one, maybe two, feeds during the night. Day time is another story, when she gets tired she can't self-settle and ends up falling asleep on top of me after lots of cuddles and sucking of my little finger and if I try to move her after she drops off then she wakes up!
I'm really trying to get her to nap in her cot but it rarely works even though I put her in her darkened room at the first sign of tiredness. Grizzling turns into an over-tired meltdown and then she starts getting hungry as well so I give up and feed her.
My question really is should I be persisting in getting her to nap in her cot or is she still too young? Am I being cruel by leaving her to grizzle in the hope that she'll sleep or should I be cuddling her more and just letting her nap on my lap?
Apologies if these sound like silly questions but as a first time Mum whose friends don't have children I'm constantly worrying about doing everything wrong!
Can someone give me some advice, point me in the direction of a different thread where this was discussed (I did a quick search but couldn't see anything) or let me know what happened with your DC?
Thanks in advance!
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chucklechops · 19/08/2008 16:41
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