... when he's awake?!
For the first few weeks with him, it was a case of changing, feeding, and he'd drop back off to sleep. He wasn't often awake and alert unless he was crying, in which case feeding usually sent him back off to sleep! Obviously as he gets older he is awake and calm for slightly longer periods but I find most of the things I try (cuddling, time on the play mat, time in the bouncy chair, making faces, chatting to him) result in crying within a fairly short time. Then I find myself feeding him to settle him and hoping he'll fall back asleep.
How can I enjoy the awake time? I've begun to dread it because I know it will fairly quickly end in tears. Is it unusual to enjoy feeding and putting baby to sleep but to be nervous of spending time with them when they're awake? I need to figure this out because the awake time will only get longer as he gets older and I don't have any real strategies for filling it...
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Binglesplodge · 08/11/2014 20:19
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