Hello
My baby is 14 weeks, he had/has mild reflux (we have it relatively under control now) however, he has been carried around most of his life and slept upright. For the past 5 weeks he has been sleeping peacefully in a sling on me - he loves it and can sleep for hours. I dont mind i like the extra cuddles but i cant really do much and i dont get a break so its hard and i worry he will never go for naps any way else if i carry on.
This week we gently sleep trained for the night time and he now sleeps through with 2 dream feeds at 11 and 3 and is happy in the morning! We also weaned him off his dummy so he is just about getting the hang of self soothing with his fingers and hands. The dummy was just waking him up and causing him less sleep.
We tried putting him in the cot in the day and gently training for this too but he was so upset i couldnt take it despite my soothing and my gut feeling just said it wasnt right so i have stopped.
My question is, does anyone else have or has had a baby that only naps in the sling? How did you transition them out without CIO or CC methods? Will he grow out of it as he gets older and be a little better at going down?
I know teaching them to sleep alone is an important lesson they mist learn but 14 weeks seems so small for me to make him cry so much.
I would love to hear from anyone else who is in a simialr situation.
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Sukhino24 · 02/09/2016 09:18
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