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Wwyd re waking baby to get ready for bed/nappy change?

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Sparrowlegs248 · 04/11/2015 05:26

DS is 14weeks. Doesn't nap well during the day (can't put him down for a nap. Has to be sling, car seat, pram)

He falls asleep in the sling in the evening and i transfer him to the bouncy chair while we eat. He will often stay asleep, occasionally wake. I tend to leave him in through chair for a couple of hours and then we all go to bed together. 9-10.

At this stage i get him ready for bed (clean vest and grobag ) and nappy change. Often this upsets him as i wake him up. If i leave him.he often won't wake til midnight.

His next nappy change is 4-4.30. Dh gets up at 4 so i do it then. If i leave it til 6 it will leak. But he will have had a sleepy bf at 3-3.30 and be fast asleep again. So i have to wake him again. I put the light on and he will wakes up ok but is then fully awake for an hour. He's back to sleep now but i am wide awake!

wwyd re getting ready for bed? i'd like to do it earlier but than he won't be able to go in the chair due to sleeping bag.

and nappy change waking? Any way to avoid a full on wake up?

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WorldsBiggestGrotbag · 04/11/2015 21:13

Keep trying, he'll get there eventually! With DD1 we had s breakthrough at about 6 months and she'd start to have her first nap of the day in her cot. By 8 months she was down to 2 naps a day she both in her cot. Now at nearly 2 she'll only nap in her bloody cot!

Sparrowlegs248 · 05/11/2015 00:19

Bugger . Decided to stay downstairs til he woke. He didn't wake and i got tired so moved around a bit (he was on me)

He woke nice, nappy and grobag on. Now wide awake!! I fear I've screwed tonight sleep up.

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Onsera3 · 05/11/2015 11:01

At that age I couldn't put DS down for a nap. I had been able to before and could again when he was older but at about 3mo started waking up as soon as I transferred to cot.

In desperation, I would give him naps on the big bed. So I'd breastfeed him to sleep in the side lying position and then slip away. He'd stay asleep. I had bed rails on and a video monitor.

DD is colicky so I'm so glad to get her to nap I don't care if it's on me. But when desperate to put her down while she's sleeping I lay her on her front and she stays asleep. I only do this if I am keeping a close eye on her though. She manages to sleep at night on her back fine.

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