16 week old won't be put down help!

[kandymouse]

my breastfed 16 week old DD used to fall asleep on my boobs or cuddled/rocked to sleep and then slept fine in her moses basket ay night from 8 to 11 then to 3 then at 7am. also used to sleep naps on her bouncy chair. suddenly from last week she would wake up everytime i tried to put her down in moses basket, bouncy chair and screams her head off and also she seems to be forever feeding on my boob and won't take any bottle(ebm or powder) and i feel like a dead cardboard human at the moment i'm soooo tired. Is there ANYTHinG i can do so i can do something other than hold her in my arms allll day? please help sorry for the mistakes in writing of course I'm holding her in one arm while typing

bumping for you kandy as I had similar at that stage, DS would only take naps on me...this continued, he is now 7.5 mo and I'm only just managing to wean him off me for naps! I've since read that around 4 months is when they start to establish their sleep patterns better, so the good news is if you manage to catch it now, you shouldn't take as long as I did!

lots of good suggestions in no cry sleep solution. sounds like she's a baby who wants lots of cuddles and reassurance, can you wear her in a sling in the day so she gets more contact perhaps?

sure there will be someone along with wise words soon.

thanks choolie i will try anything well within reason....!! dd still in my arms and would be thankful for any suggestion...cuddles...

Hi ya. I have never been one to rave about dummys but it has been really helpful with DS2 as it helps him to settle. I seemed to be constantly BF him when in fact he just wanted the comfort. It may help?

I know I will probably be slated for this - but DD was the same she would only sleep on the sofa on her belly - so when we lifted her to put in moses basket at night all hell broke loose - apart from fact that she shouldn't be sleeping on her tummy she just would not sleep anywhere else only the sofa - so after a near breakdown - my HV and a gp friend suggested CC - know if shouldn't be done til 6 mo's but I was desperate - cause she and I wasn't getting sleep she would not eat properly - somedays only take 6 ozs all day and she was then feeding off my anxiety - anyhow started CC when she was 18 weeks - during the day putting her into her cot - I will be honest at the start it was a nightmare - she would be upstairs crying and I would be downstairs crying but the most I had to leave her crying for was 7 minutes - after 3 days she was great - and now finds it hard to sleep anywhere else except her cot - loves it though!! she does like sleeping in the car too. dd was a clingy baby too wanted carried round all day - i tried slings, swings door bouncers etc, but she never came away from that - until she started to crawl.

waffling here - I am not saying the you should do CC - people have very strong views on it and I use to be one but I just got to the stage that something had to change. Hope you get some relief soon

Hiya, I know its old fashioned but swaddling saved my sanity. My baby was very jittery and his flailing arms rattled him and kept him awake so we started swaddling him so he felt "held" when lying down. He screamed each time for the 1st few days but within minutes each time settled down for good sleeps and now the second we lay him on the sheet he starts to close his eyes! Let me know if you need tips on how to wrap her. I just used an old single sheet cut into quarters.