I have a 2yo DD and 6mth old DS. DD doesn't sleep in the day as I always used to get her to sleep by rocking/pushchair car etc and can't always do that now I have a baby - determined not to make same mistakes with DS.
Loosely followed the baby whisperer for a bit and DS is really good at going to sleep at night on his own and generally only wakes for 1 feed a night.
Problem is day time sleeps - although he'll sometimes go on his own in his cot this doesn't always work and think this might be because I'm misreading cues.
This is impacting on time I spend with DD as spend a lot of time going up and down stairs trying to settle DS then giving in and carrying him around while grumpy. Think it would make everyones lives easier if I had a fixed time for day time sleeps - say an hour at 9am and 2 hours at 12 (approx).
But how do I do it?? What have other people done. I don't really want to leave him to cry so any suggestions appreciated. Have my parents here for 5 days starting on Thurs so ideal time to concentrate on sorting out DS sleep while parents look after DD for me.
Would really appreciate any advice you can give. Thanks
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gleefan · 03/10/2011 20:09
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