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how do you put your baby down to sleep?

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mamamila · 03/12/2009 14:54

dd2 is 4 months but has never gone to sleep in a bed by herself. in the day she will fall asleep on breast but wake up if moved even slightly, she will only sleep in our arms or in a sling or occasionally out in the pram. she doesn't like not being held basically.
i've accommodated this until now but would really love her to nap in her bed. she has amby nest she'll sleep in at night 9pm-2am if transferred in deep deep sleep and i've bought a proper cot too in hope she might prefer it for napping. but she just get agitated then howls if she's ever put down awake and wakes immediately or within minutes if she's put down asleep

so i'd like to know what you all do...??

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heron22 · 13/12/2009 09:53

hi herb cece how did it go the last 2 nights? babies sleeping well still? hope so!
as they get older they will sleep better i think!

herbaceous · 15/12/2009 14:24

Bah. Knew it wouldn't last. He's been up two or three times a night since. But we have been away - at Center Parcs - with all sorts of disruptive stuff going on, such as swimming for the first time, being looked after by babysitters for the first time, etc, that it's not surprising.

I asked the HV about it last week, and along with her usual 'keep an eye on it', said I should start him on solids if he doesn't improve. He'll be six months in early Jan, so it makes sense...

heron22 · 17/12/2009 19:26

herb i loved centreparcs! which one did you go to? we went to the one at wiltshire.

how is your LO sleeping now? hope he settled back home?

herbaceous · 17/12/2009 20:09

We were at Elveden Forest. Best bit about it was the spa! It was fantastic!

As for sleeping. Bah. Now he's got a really chesty cough, that both stops him from falling asleep in the first place and wakes him up, and a spot of diarrhea. But last night he only woke at 1 and then at 6.30. Then fell asleep again until 9.30!

heron22 · 18/12/2009 10:05

oh yes, love the spa! and we put our boys in the creche and DH & I went to the spa!

ah, this cold weather does not help the coughs and colds. hate it! well, it was quite a long sleep ur LO had last night

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