Hello
My DS is nearly 4 weeks and at night he is co-sleeping, not something we had planned but is what works and since having him and reading about it feel much happier with it....but he will not be put down ever and gets very overtired. I stopped trying to put him down in the day as I felt that him getting his sleep was more important and hoped that getting him used to sleeping in the day was a good first step....this worked in as much as we didn't get the 4 hours of crying every evening due to over-stimulation- but has not in anyway translated into improvement on daytime sleeping. I am a complete soft touch and can't cope with him crying very much at all, I have bought a sling so I can carry him as am fine with that but don't think I bought the best one....gosh its taking me a long time to get to the point.....My Mum and my hero has been staying so having someone hold him all the time has been fine but eventually she has to go back to her life and I would like to be able to get just a few minutes here and there where I can put DS down. I think this may also help me in feeling like I am making some kind of progress- or it could mean that I know it would please some of the more judgemental people in my life (see I am a soft touch).
SO I was advised to get a sheepskin that will hopefully be coming tomorrow and I wondered if there is a best way of introducing it as a sleeping thing, is it a good idea to let him play on it first or should I just keep it for when he is sleepy then try all the getting him to drift of stuff?
Probably no easy answer but really appreciate any/all ideas.
Sorry for rambling message (possibly I'm a bit overtired do you think?) x
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Littlemai · 19/11/2009 17:19
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