http://forum.birth.com.au en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:24:58 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forum.birth.com.au/images/misc/rss.jpg http://forum.birth.com.au http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99321-how-did-you-deal.html Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:58:53 GMT Morning I have read quite often that bubs have gone through a stage at 4-6mths where their night sleeping patterns get a bit all over the shop, no matter how good they were sleeping. DD has been sleeping 6-6 since 11.5 weeks old. She is now 5mths. The last week or two things have changed. At... Morning

I have read quite often that bubs have gone through a stage at 4-6mths where their night sleeping patterns get a bit all over the shop, no matter how good they were sleeping.

DD has been sleeping 6-6 since 11.5 weeks old. She is now 5mths. The last week or two things have changed. At first she resisted going to sleep, where before she would not make a peep. Sometimes it took up to an hour to settle her and replacing dummy. One night she woke 5 times between midnight and 530. Resettled immediately with dummy. Normally she wouldn't need it.

She has a bottle of formula every now and then semi comp fed when my supply is low. And always now has a bottle of ebm before bed - whatever I expressed the night before. I made a bottle of formula up and gave it to her until she wouldn't take anymore to rule out hunger and that didn't make a difference either.

The last few days it has been waking at 330 like clockwork. She took a 3 attempts to resettle her. DH gets up at 5 so that disturbs her also.

A couple of mornings I have picked her up and cuddled her for an hour to sleep. So it doesn't seem to be hunger.

One night I also offered her a 330 feed and it also didn't prevent future wakings.

It appears it's a normal thing for babies to go through and I know I am lucky to have had a good sleeper up until now, but I'm wondering
- what age did your bub go through this, if they did?
- how long did it last? Did u have to break the habit or did they just 'get over 'it''?
- what did you do? Feed, continue to resettle, controlled crying?

I know it's ultimately up to me but just curious as to others experiences. Food for thought :)

She is not on solids yet.

Thanks. ]]> Sleep and your baby Alfie http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99321-how-did-you-deal.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99306-stopping-swaddling.html Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:54:50 GMT Hi Everyone

Apologies if there is already a thread (or 20 :011:) on this topic, but DS is now 7 months old and I think it's time to lose the swaddle...

I read somewhere that when they try to sit up when swaddled that's it's time to go without it, and I have been trying for his day sleeps but we seem to be having issues. Also its going to get hotter soon ...

He's a really good sleeper with the swaddle - goes to sleep without a whimper and self settles like mad, so may be I am just being a masochist? But having said that, he is getting out of the swaddle more regularly now too (even the super-duper double swaddle that he cops).

He can go to sleep with little protest without the swaddle (sometimes he plays with his comforter for a while and then dozes off) but he can't seem to re-settle himself (he slept for 3 hours at day care on Friday unwrapped, so don't know what happened there). Saturday morning he only managed half an hour.

So do I persevere with getting him out of the swaddle? I am not brave enough yet to try his night sleeps without the swaddle, so we are getting the day sleeps right first - is that a good way to go about it? I have tried to let him go with one arm out etc, but he just concentrates on getting the other one out so that didn't work.

Do I just need to be consistent perhaps - just unwrap him and let him sort himself out? Much like teaching him to self settle again?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
LOU ]]> Sleep and your baby louthailand http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99306-stopping-swaddling.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99238-please-help.html Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:14:18 GMT Hey all, my 7 month old is refusing to go down for his arvo naps..... nothing i do will get him down for a sleep so by the time bedtime rolls around he is so overtired he won't sleep well at night

Can anyone help me???? ]]> Sleep and your baby GabberQueeN http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99238-please-help.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99132-airwrap-breathable-cot-bumper.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:03:24 GMT I知 interested in peoples thought痴 on AIRWRAP (http://airwrap.com.au/). Has anyone used it? I am trying to wean DD off the wrap and she keeps pushing her dummies out of the cot and crying because she needs them to fall asleep. I知 hoping that this might help? I know she値l get the hang of it... I知 interested in peoples thought痴 on AIRWRAP. Has anyone used it? I am trying to wean DD off the wrap and she keeps pushing her dummies out of the cot and crying because she needs them to fall asleep. I知 hoping that this might help? I know she値l get the hang of it eventually, but I知 going a little crazy ATM!
TIA ]]> Sleep and your baby Peanut28 http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99132-airwrap-breathable-cot-bumper.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99126-arghhhhhhhhh.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:33:36 GMT Morning all :)

DD is 5 weeks old now, and I'm thinking about establishing some form of routine...

Most nights she'll sleep straight from around 10.30pm until 4.00am. But it's HELL trying to get her back to sleep after that... or if I do, it's grizzling for about an hour, then sleep for an hour, more grizzling then awake. Not to mention, at night she's WIDE AWAKE between about 7.30pm and 10.30pm :012:

I'm hearing both positive and negative things about routine. Obviously it would be fantastic, BUT I have a few questions. I'm thinking of doing the 7-7 routine, with naps at around 9am, 12.30pm and then 3.30pm.

1) Does it work for you? How stressful is it to try and start the routine? How long does it take baby to get used to it?

2) HOW IN THE HELL do you try to keep your bub up during the "awake" times? If Autumn wants to sleep, she'll sleep. No matter where or when. Same with being awake.

3) I have a 2 story apartment. Her room is downstairs, and we spend the day upstairs. I've been recommended to put her into her cot for her day sleeps, but at the moment they're entirely erratic. Might be 30 mins in every hours, might be no sleep until after 12.30, might be all day practically. I have NO idea when she's going for a big sleep, and do NOT want to be running up and down the stairs all day - I'm terrified I'll drop her.

She hasn't really got routine at the moment. E.g. This morning, she fed at about 4.10am, grizzled for maybe an hour afterward, then was awake at 6am, and refused to go back to sleep. She comfort sucked on the bottle for maybe 15 mins taking about 15 mls this morning at 6ish, then at 7.10am she took maybe 5ml after starting to cry (and doing the rooting thing), then fell asleep! I have NO idea how long she'll sleep for now!

Please, help. Should I just be following her natural instincts and let her eat/sleep whenever she wants to, or try and get something established now? ]]> Sleep and your baby maybebaby88 http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99126-arghhhhhhhhh.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99074-she-came-now-conquering-begins.html Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:33:18 GMT We had the Sleep Rescurer come last night and well I think it's going to work. It's full on, it took DD 40mins to go to sleep last night, she woke twice but both times managed to put herself back to sleep in 10mins or under. One dream feed at 10pm and that's it, no feeds in the night :thumbup1:

DS on the other hand gave his woman an absolute run for her money, he was up and down like a yoyo in the middle of the night and it got pretty stressful but she won in the end and he stayed in his bed till 6am this morning.

DD today as a bit of a shocker on her day sleeps (we were warned this would be the hardest part) and has been ultra clingy today but that too was expected just really full on.

Tonight is the start of this on our own - DD took 4 mins to self settle, DS has already been up once due to a bad dream but stayed in his bed.

We must stay strong through the night and push through these next few days, we HAVE to change the sleeping patterns in our house :011: ]]> Sleep and your baby charli76 http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99074-she-came-now-conquering-begins.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99035-another-dummy-thread.html Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:42:49 GMT I know there are heaps of dummy threads but i seriously would like some opinions/ stories of your success in beating the dummy.... DS is 4 months old and I am really wanting to get rid of it by the time he is 6 months (purely cos my CHN said, the earlier you do it, the easier it will be...... I know there are heaps of dummy threads but i seriously would like some opinions/ stories of your success in beating the dummy....

DS is 4 months old and I am really wanting to get rid of it by the time he is 6 months (purely cos my CHN said, the earlier you do it, the easier it will be... unless of course the kid is old enough to give it to Santa..lol..) Now, DS has never been a good sleeper and has managed some absolutely excellent sleeps from 6pm - 2am and then another wake around 5am and then starting the day at 6am... this has only happend a couple of times though.... as a rule, he GENERALLY does a 4-5 hr stretch and then wakes 3 hrly till morning.... but at the moment he is SHOCKING! Goes to bed at 6pm and wakes at 9pm, 11pm, 1am, 3am then he comes into bed with us and sleeps soundly until 7am! (its the only real rest I am getting at the moment so I dont want to stop that co sleeping- as long as its after 3am, I am ok with it)... I know he is teething at the moment, i cut my first tooth before I turned 5 months so I am thinking he may be an early bird too... so I put his teething down to his disturbed sleeping... as SOMETHING is waking him other than hunger. SO i though, well why not get rid of the dummy now... its not like I could possibly lose much more sleep and maybe thats the reason why he is waking so much? He loses his dummy! Cos as soon as you put it back in, unless its feed time- he will go straight back to sleep! (Not sure why it wasnt a problem when he was sleeping 6pm-2am but then again I am just guessing that it MAY be the dummy). Worse case scenario, the dummy is weaned and he is still waking- well at least I am narrowing it down to something!

My real problem is. I am a sook! I am not a fan of control crying (but would never judge anyone who was... each to their own I say) particularly in a young baby, maybe when he is older I might be more likely to try it if need be... and I know I am not tough enough to go cold turkey, I would feel sorry for my little man crying in his cot all confused as to why he cant have his little sucky thing to go to sleep :( (He self settles brilliantly with it).... so I decided to try a gradual approach.... by allowing him to self settle with the dummy and then taking it out of his mouth when he is drowsy/ almost asleep and allow him to do that last bit of falling asleep by himself... This is only day 2 and his constant waking and resettling last night meant that I couldnt stay awake and wait for him to doze off before taking it out... so ultimately he was just given the dummy. And now I am finding that he wont sleep for longer than 15 mins after I take it out during the day (even though he generally only sleeps for one sleep cycle at a time)... I took it out of his mouth after he went to bed at 6pm but of course I am awake then and have no probs in waiting a few mins for him to fall asleep....

Anyways, sorry this is all long and drawn out but what I would really like to hear is your dummy weaning experiences... what age your bub was, how you managed to do it and how long it took for them to forget they even had it? Or do you think I should deal with the teething/ irritability hurdle first and give him the bebefit of the doubt considering he has proven he can sleep for 8 hrs straight? Or maybe wait till solids are introduced and he is nice and full to go to bed? Ahhh I am just so confused.... there never seems to be a good time to do it!! ]]> Sleep and your baby nicandsteve http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/99035-another-dummy-thread.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98987-night-waking-teething-vaccinations.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:45:12 GMT Ok, DD 6.5mnths, previously an awesome night sleeper 7.30pm - 8am with 1x 4/5am feed, and barely a resettle needed. As of Tuesday this week he's been very upset throughout the night, not just unsettled. In the past we've resettled till 4/5am where needed, but this is definitely crankier and will not settle. We had 6mnth vaccination Tues afternoon.

So last night was the worst -yep -getting worse not better. We were up resettling and rewrapping 9.30, 10.30pm, 12am, then at 1.15 he was so cranky we (BF) fed early at 2am, then he cracked it at 3.30 again so I gave Panadol. The other big change is that suddenly he's fighting out of his wrap, and we had mastered the wrap - dble wrapped plus a blanket tucked into mattress to secure him in.

Day sleeps a little unsettled but generally OK with 2x 1.5hrs, so far unaffected, just a bit crankier. When awake during the day he's his normal cheery self. 2 x solids a day going fairly well, BFs x 5 in a 24hr period.
No diahorrea, dribbles heaps as usual, no bum rash, and cheeks a little rashy but he has eczema.
Are we teething or issues from vaccinations ? Reluctant to continue giving Panadol if its too much for his system, and not needed. ]]> Sleep and your baby Lyn08 http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98987-night-waking-teething-vaccinations.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98977-why-does-happen.html Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:08:22 GMT Both our kids are bad sleepers but we are getting some help with it :022: What I do notice though, is that both kids tend to sleep really well from bedtime (7-7.30pm) but the minute we turn the TV/Lights/Heater off and go to bed (between 10.30 and 11pm) they are both awake and become very hard... Both our kids are bad sleepers but we are getting some help with it :022:

What I do notice though, is that both kids tend to sleep really well from bedtime (7-7.30pm) but the minute we turn the TV/Lights/Heater off and go to bed (between 10.30 and 11pm) they are both awake and become very hard to get back to sleep - we end up one of us with each child.

Is it just coincidence (DH says yes) that every night within 5 mins of getting into bed they both wake? ]]> Sleep and your baby charli76 http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98977-why-does-happen.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98899-4month-old-sleep-through-night.html Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:27:04 GMT Hi all im haven trouble getting my little man to sleep through the night . He genrally goes to sleep at 6ish, i have no problem getting him off to sleep an he will usually sleep till around midnight an then wakes every 2-3 hrs after that. He seems to like to be wide awake at 4ish then doses off... Hi all im haven trouble getting my little man to sleep through the night . He genrally goes to sleep at 6ish, i have no problem getting him off to sleep an he will usually sleep till around midnight an then wakes every 2-3 hrs after that. He seems to like to be wide awake at 4ish then doses off again after an hour by then its to late for me to go back to sleep coz my other son gets up an i have to get him organised for school. I want to try get him to sleep later like at 8ish at night so hopefully he sleep longer but coz my partner works silly hrs im always on my own at night an need him alseep early so i can cook dinner an do reading with my other son. its a catch catch ]]> Sleep and your baby sammy29 http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98899-4month-old-sleep-through-night.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98792-grobags-when-did-you-stop-using-them.html Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:26:48 GMT Just wondering, for those people who use them, when did you stop using grobags (or whatever brand) with your kids? How did you go about stopping using them, were there issues etc? My DS is 9 months, but because of the size of him, he's almost out of the 6-18month old bags and I'm wondering if it's worth buying the next size up or just stopping using them over the next few months as he heads towards 1...? ]]> Sleep and your baby djsar22 http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98792-grobags-when-did-you-stop-using-them.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98709-safety-1yo-nearly-3yo-old-sharing-room.html Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:42:56 GMT We only have 2 br's and want to put the girls in together. L is 3 in OCT and Emi just turned 1. Emi is in a cot, L a bed. L currently sleeps in her own room with door shut.

Is it safe to put them together.
What precautions should we take

I'm scared of L hurting Emi, but maybe i'm just being paranoid? ]]> Sleep and your baby Rachie81 http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98709-safety-1yo-nearly-3yo-old-sharing-room.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98675-me-again-wont-sleep-lying-down.html Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:32:05 GMT Sorry you're probably all sick of me but we have a new issue to deal with - DD will not sleep lying down. She had an ear infection over a week ago which she had antibiotics for which I thought had resolved itself but noticed she was tugging again so put her on another dose as per the docs orders.

Could it be that this is still bothering her or something else? The only other thing I can think of is reflux but would it start at 8 months - never bothered her before. What signs would there be? ]]> Sleep and your baby charli76 http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98675-me-again-wont-sleep-lying-down.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98569-ila-baby-hammock.html Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:05:32 GMT Baby hammock is a wonderful bed for babies to sleep. My mother used baby hammock for me and she insisted that I should buy one for my baby. First few weeks I tried without hammock and I realized it is very hard to settle the baby and I recently got ila baby hammock and found really worth buying... Baby hammock is a wonderful bed for babies to sleep. My mother used baby hammock for me and she insisted that I should buy one for my baby.
First few weeks I tried without hammock and I realized it is very hard to settle the baby and I recently got ila baby hammock and found really worth buying the product. I did a good search on the internet about all baby hammock products and finally decided to buy ila because of it's design. Hammock stand and hammock is really portable and easy to move around. Height of the hammock stand and hammock from the ground level is far better when I compared with other products. I would definitly recommend to buy hammock and ila is really worth. Product Link : Ila Baby Hammock Home ]]> Sleep and your baby Sasi http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98569-ila-baby-hammock.html http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98564-just-need-people-tell-me-normal.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:45:09 GMT My 5 month old DS has never been a great sleeper during the night and still wakes 2 to 4 times during the night. Now i am absolutely sick to death of people telling me "oh you should put him on formula to make him sleep through or just let him cry when he wakes during the night he wont be hungry"!! :dft007:AAARRGGGHHH why can't it just be completely normal for him to be doing this??!!
I really just want someone to say IT'S NORMAL!! lol

TIA ]]> Sleep and your baby tobemum http://forum.birth.com.au/sleep-your-baby/98564-just-need-people-tell-me-normal.html