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whats the best method to get 2 month old to sleep in the evenings???

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blossom2 · 01/09/2005 06:56

does anyone have any tips & ideas?? DD2 not sleeping during 7-11pm is begining to drive my crazy and i'm desparately not coping....

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jambot · 01/09/2005 07:24

What is she doing sleep-wise during the day?

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blossom2 · 01/09/2005 07:26

irratic at the moment. good naps in the mornings but bad in the afternoons. yesterday afternoon, she hardly slept at all.

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mumtosomeone · 01/09/2005 07:27

is she upset whils awake?

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blossom2 · 01/09/2005 07:29

not screaming but certainly moany... short, quiet crys. sometimes calm and will want to be held - can't put her down. its exhausting and begining to affect DD1's bed routine...

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mumtosomeone · 01/09/2005 07:30

What time do you get her readu for bed?
Could you bath her about 6 and feed her then maybe she will settle whilst your sort dd1 out?

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blossom2 · 01/09/2005 07:44

the past couple of days she has slept from 6-6.30/7pm and i've been able to bath DD1. when she wakes at 7pm, she's calm but wants to be held all the time...

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jambot · 01/09/2005 07:45

Do you have a specific bedtime routine? Mine has been bath, feed in a dark, quiet room with no eye contact etc, and then bed. How long do you leave her to cry before picking her up again? My 6 month old dd battled to settle at that age, but i persevered with patting her bum, saying shh, shh, shh until eventually she dropped of. Would sometimes take quite a while, and she would cry, but I only picked her up and calmed her if she really got upset and she started to arch and squirm. When they start doing that you can forget them sleeping until they have been calmed again. Also made sure she's not sleeping past 5:15, then bath at 6ish. Mine slept on her side between a wedge at that age. Much easier to do the bum patting.
Also always start my day at 7am. If dd is still asleep I wake her. Know it's tempting to leave them, but found I paid the price later in the day. If you follow a 7 to 7 day, timing might fall into place a little better. Also where is she sleeping/not sleeping at night?
Sorry it's a bit of a ramble - just typing as things come to mind!

mumtosomeone · 01/09/2005 07:45

so when do you get baby ready for bed?

mumtosomeone · 01/09/2005 07:47

aaaaahhhhhhhh how on earth do you wake a sleeping baby and why?!!!!
Only wake mine if I need to go out!!
Sleep as much as they need during the day then not too tired when it comes to bed time!!!

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blossom2 · 01/09/2005 07:48

our problem is that we don't have a darkened room, or her cot yet, and she has gotten used to sleeping with us during the night ... its a mess really and i think she would benefit from a routine but its been really hard without DH home to give me support ...

DD1 starts school tomorrow so i'm hoping tomorrow will be the time to get DD2 into some kind of routine....

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starshaker · 01/09/2005 07:48

this sounds how dd was she would be great all day then scream from her 7o clock feed to 11 o clock. but slept right through the night just keep at it and try and give her a bit more milk even if its an hour later turned out dd was still hungry even though she didnt finnish her bottle

mumtosomeone · 01/09/2005 07:50

my baby has never slept in a darkened room!!
Try and sort out a bed time routine it might help. Could you get them ready for bed together? Bath them together etc!
Give dd1 a drink of milk whilst you feed dd2? then both to bed!

starshaker · 01/09/2005 07:50

oh also found if she was on her tummy she fell asleep isntantly

jambot · 01/09/2005 07:51

Also is she sleeping with any comforters - dummy, blankie, swaddle? Mine has a little blankie which started introducing at that age. Would put it against me when feeding her so that her face rested on it. She would get familiar with the feel of the fabric and it would also smell of me. Would then put it in her bed under her head so that she was lying directly on it. Now at 6 months, I just put it in her hand when she is due for a nap or bedtime and I find it acts as a brilliant sleep cue. Find that at that age babies need some kind of comforter in bed with them. As mine wouldn't take a dummy, I gave her my baby finger knuckle to suck if she was crying in bed. She would suck like crazy for a minute or two and this seemed to help a lot.

mumtosomeone · 01/09/2005 07:52

I find this recommending they sllep on their tummy a bit of a worry!!
Once they can turn themselves ok ,but it is not recommended prior to that!

starshaker · 01/09/2005 07:54

i know but i only did it when i could keep an eye never did it at night when i was asleep. do now but she normally rolls onto her back just before she nods off now

jambot · 01/09/2005 07:56

Find if I don't wake mine at 7 then her naps occur too late in the day for me to have her in bed by 6:30ish. She's normally awake by 7 anyway.

mumtosomeone · 01/09/2005 07:59

although my ds is probably a bit older, he often has a sleep just after 4 and then he has his tea and is in bed between 6 and 7

LittleMissNaughty · 01/09/2005 08:05

Jambot, I started waking my dd up at 7 every day too. I used to let her wake up whenever she wanted but it always had a knock on effect with her sleep at night, and she would wake up 2/3 times. Now she naturally wakes up between 6 and 7, she has 3 hours of naps between 7 and 7, which luckily has resulted in her sleeping 12 hours at night.

Blossom - it is very important to have a bedtime routine so eventually they learn that after their bath, story and milk, it's time to sleep.

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pablopatito · 01/09/2005 09:12

DS 4 months old today and never had a very big problem getting him to sleep in the evening. But these are the things we did:

Always slept in his cot in his nursery. Nursery very dark (thick curtains and a blackout blind).
Tracy Hoggs sleep technique (lie on side, pat back and loud sushing noises).
Battery powered mobile above bed that plays a tune.
Always fed him just before bedtime.
Dummy.
Grobag.

We also now take him for a walk about 6pm where he gets about 20-30 minutes sleep. I think babies often can't get to sleep because they're too tired - falling to sleep takes quite a bit of energy.

monkeytrousers · 01/09/2005 09:42

It couldn't be colic?

mumtosomeone · 01/09/2005 11:37

well i must be doing it all wrong and i have had 5 children!!!! All except this last one slept 12 hours a night from about 10 weeks all demand fed and slept when they wanted!!
Often sleeping 3 hours in the morning and 20mins to 2 hours in the afternoon!!!!

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