Hi,
I'm a 1st time mum with a 2 month old. He's been an awful sleeper from day 1 but we've now improved nighttime so he doesn't stay up for hours..wakes 4-5 times overnight still but it's a huge improvement!
During the day I spend about 6h of my time trying to get him to nap. He sends off the sleepy cues so I take him upstairs to his cot. If I put him down he becomes wide eyed and cries 5 min later continuously. I can rock him/nurse him to sleep but as soon as I put him down his eyes are wide open again. We battle it out for an hour or 2 each time and then finally he manages a 20 min nap..of which he has about 3 in daytime.
He will sleep when in a sling/held by me but I'm trying desperately to break that habit.
I've tried swaddle, white noise and I use a sleepyhead. I've tried dummy but he spits it out.
Any more ideas?! This can't go on...!
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Babydreaming · 08/02/2017 12:12
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