hobb, have u had your baby????

havent heard of that....although MAY work as he does tend to sleep 2.5 hours ish after waking up....most days! He is getting better at falling asleep by himself not though just have to go in a few times to reassure/give dummyy or unwrap him from his muslin! He does cry. This am woke at 6.30, fell asleep 9.30 (because had to take ds1 to preschool) but slept 3/4 hours most. Has gone down just after 12.30 which means about 2.5 hours after waking the last tme...if he only sleeps 3/4 hours again he wont nap again today...but as ds1 at preschool he be in bed earlier today so hoping it be ok. ALTHOUGH ds2 now has chicken pox!! So im sure it'll all go out the window!

I cant work out why one week he'll sleep 2 hours then another week only 45 mins?? Today is obv different as hes getting ill

It sounds to me like you have a baby who is not "regular" and trying to fit a schedule is just going to drive you demented. DS never woke or went to sleep at the same time, so he had a routine rather than schedule. Have you heard of the 2-3-4 routine? (I think it's babywhisperer but could be mistaken). First nap is 2 hours after waking, second nap is 3 hours after waking and bed is 4 hours after waking. Never worked for DS (he'd often nap 4-5pm then go to bed at 6/6:30pm), but a lot of people swear by it.

update, he went to sleep till 7.45 so 45mins nap, fine, then went to sleep great at about 10.30 but only slept 45 mins. This afternoon, went down good, but he only slept 45mins!! has not had a decent hap all day! I know 45 mins is the sleep cycle so left him in cot after reassurance but wouldnt go back to sleep. Have i caused another problem??

ok so ive got him back to sleep at 7am as v tired but didnt take long! depending how long he sleeps this will really change his 'routine' today

thanks hobb. 4th??? i have nightmares of having 3!!

Last night was hell. Fell asleep at 7.45pm in the end. Was up at 12, had a feed and then was up at 5.30am today!! So what do i do?? <<wailing emotion>>

It means i should be getting him ready to sleep at 7am!! Have to take ds1 to pre school 8.45. Im so so fed up. Tried getting him back to sleep but he wont, he playing on front room floor, very awake

Hi Sorry, how weird. Don't know how I managed that double post all spaced out over the afternoon!

Just finished a PTA meeting and am zonked.

Sorry the good thing didn't continue.

Well, tbh. I could pick over the snippets here but my 'style' is to be involved and suss the family nuances. Let me read properly in the morning, post what I think on what's here and then if you want me to do a home visit or something we can talk about it.

The due date is 9th July, but 4th baby so am hopeful it will be sooner rather than later.

wish i hadnt been so smug this morning. After falling asleep in car earlier he slept 2 and 1/4 hours (never done) so woke at 3pm, did usual, play tea, bath milk then put him down at 6.15pm and he is still awake now thrashing about dont know what to dp

what are you up to hobb?? thats your response from earlier!

Sometimes just me offering a session spookily sorts the problem!

Will check in later, am in middle of my 10th full house clean at the mo.

I'm St Albans btw. and was self employed - but now work full time in Family Support with the odd thing here and there Freelance wise.