Oh yeh good point @cardboard33 if any of you have any experiences with 4month sleep regression it would be great to be somewhat prepared 🙂 sounds like you're getting into a good routine with his daytime naps. Is he awake inbetween those? George is 15wks on Monday and still gets cranky after about an hour to 90mins tops of being awake. I fed him at 7am and just gave him 6oz instead of the usual 7 at 10 as a top up. He only took 5 but can't see him needing more before we get back but they do have a play break so thats a good shout to give a top up then as needed.
@Jenlou1992 haha it was me whose LO loves 5 little ducks. Its the only thing that will get him to do more than a minute tummy time without crying so we use that and the really annoying version of wheels on the bus to get 5mins tummy time in the morning. The rest of the day i just use toys to distract him but still hates it. We've done a baby massage course which is free through a start well group i think its called. We've done 3 of 5 weeks and I've still not massaged him outside of the class 🤦♀️ we start baby sensory today and have done a taster already and think I'd recommend it. There's a class called Tots Play i think. I'm gutted as the ones nearest to me are maybe slightly too far just now but looks like a mix of sensory, sign language, massage, baby yoga and some other bits. Think they have them all over as my friend who lives in the Midlands did the class and another friend from Manchester.
@Sheeni so so you're still having a rough time of it. Poor baby. What does the HV say about the gains? I feel for you all and really hope things start to get better soon for him xx
@kee80 no tips on the putting down to nap but will be keeping an eye on the advice from others. Thought we had turned a corner with this last week but nope..!!
We've had a really horrible week. He is still going through whatever he's going through, leap, growth spurt, i dont know. All i know is that unless i have hold of him he will not be put down. He does still play on his mat but things that were a minor inconvenience to him before ,i.e. me putting him down to wash hands after changing him have become a massive blow up each time. I was making his bottle yesterday so had him in his basket and he was screaming so much he started to gag 😔😔 he fights naps in the most horrendous way, scratching, kicking, planking, screaming. This is when we have the main issues as he is still ok in himself when not tired. He takes ages to settle, if i put him down he instantly wakes and screams (whereas last week he was starting to be ok in his basket for a couple of hours). He is starting to wake during the night too but thankfully will allow himself to be settled back to sleep. My mum came to help me after work yesterday and couldn't believe how much he was fighting the naps. Hope this leap/spurt is over soon!
Off to baby sensory now. Hope he enjoys it!