Recently had 4th DC (not sure if I qualify for larger families yet? But thought seemed most appropriate place to post).
DC4 is turning out to be like all my others. No sleepy newborn phase. No conking out on the boob, or just falling asleep as and when while being cuddled or bounced or anything. Massively resistant to sleep and certainly won't stay asleep for more than maybe five or six minutes.
I know a sling is the answer. But I'm so reluctant to live my life like that. I'd be fine with it if it worked easily. But my last baby lived in a sling and still didn't really sleep unless I went on a pounding walk outside and played white noise. We ended up spending our whole lives out. Which is mostly ok but I now have school kids and I don't want to force them to be out of the house all day long etc: So it isn't like oh I'll pop him into a sling and then be able to get on with supper and playing guess who and hoovering up and brushing teeth, baths etc.
My last DC is also probably my worst nighttime sleeper so far. And I put that a bit down to pandering to whatever she wanted for an easy life (in terms of sleep).
I would massively appreciate advice on how to get through it. Generally my kids level out when they start walking and when I only have one nap to contend with (although have never really achieved the much longed for 2 hour afternoon sleep that they fall asleep by themselves etc).
Before anyone says anything I'm not a total softie! I have done sleep training etc. But obviously that's not appropriate for a newborn!
Any advice would be much much appreciated!
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Monstersincq · 03/09/2017 06:37
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