I tried....

[Pyrrhic]

To move Niamh's bedtime from 10-11pm earlier, and put her in the cot.

ARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I^$I%$£U^$£Y$"^$£**&%!""!!**&

 

[Vickie]

 

[Pyrrhic]

I'm having such a shitty night in general. I really shouldn't have tried, but I waited until she was asleep (or so I thought before I put her down) Its now midnight and she is still up. I even had a lovely bath with her at 8pm with Johnsons Baby Bedtime Bath.

I'm having one of those days.

 

[Vickie]

I'm sorry you're having such a bad day. Hope tomorrow is better

 

[Pyrrhic]

Thanks hun

Any tips?

 

[polo_princess]

Oooops

Why is she still awake? Just because she's wide awake or is she being cranky?

 

[Vickie]

hmm I'm not the best to ask (we've had lots of sleep problems with Hannah ) Right now she may be overly tired and cranky which could be why she's not going down? Unfortunately when Hannah hits that mark we generally end up holding her for hours so she'll sleep.

 

[polo_princess]

If Brooke has a night time mare i take her into the bedroom and pretend like its the middle of the night feed, no lights, no talking etc just have a cuddle for a bit to settle her then put her down.

 

[ryder]

If you are just moving her to her cot (rather then co-sleeping) I would personally try and rock her to sleep etc first... Make sure she isn't overtired or hungry. Ive always bathed Jasmine earlier... like around 6-7... And we always have had a "quiet" time before bed. We just snuggle etc for about an hour to calm down, and then she got her bottle etc and went to bed.

Just this week I changed it to cereal at 6, bath and bed by 7... She doesnt get fed to sleep anymore, but I read a story after her bath and cuddle, and try and put her down awake. She is pretty good. She gets dream fed at 10.

It can be hard moving a baby thats co-clept, but imo the younger you do it the better... At around 4 months they start recognizing more and become more attached, so starting new routines is harder.

Good Luck!!!! Hope tomorow is better.

 

[Pyrrhic]

Thanks girls. I put her down when she was asleep, but she then woke up and cried constantly so I gave in and picked her up. She then had another full feed which she never normally does and stayed up until midnight. I had her in her room the whole time which was dark except for her light show thing she has in her cot.

It ended up being:

8pm- Bath
8:30-9pm- last feed & asleep
9pm- put in bed, wakes up 5 minutes later
11pm- another feed
midnight- crashes out

I'll have to try again tonight!

 

[nikky0907]

I'm sorry I have no advice, Lola's bedtime was always 10.30 pm and she even has a really strict bedtime routine. But somehow when I try to move it forward she ends up not sleeping for the entire night!

 

[lollylou1]

annabelle has a dummy so if she wakes up i just go i reassure her without picking her up and give her back her dummy and go out again, and keep doing that, when she has done this before it usually takes 2 trips and she is asleep, i was told never to move a baby to a new place whilst asleep because when they wake up the panic because not somewhere they know i am not sure if thats true or not but thats what my HV said so dont know if that would help maybe put her down almost asleep so she knows she isnt being held anymore

Lou
xxx

 

[Pyrrhic]

I might try that tonight. I stayed in her room the whole time, but out of view and picked her up when she got really distressed. Unfortunately she hates dummies I think it would be so much easier if she took one, and she tends to comfort feed/suck from me a lot.

 

[ryder]

She may get used to a dummy eventually... Jasmine doesnt used hers very much either.

 

[Pyrrhic]

The stopping and starting cry is overtired right?

I'm trying to get her to soothe herself to sleep for her nap. I've changed her, fed her, rocked her and now she's in her swing doing a stop-start cry. Am I doing the right thing? I want to stop the habit of her falling asleep on my boob all the time. I figure once we stop that it'll be easier to have her go down on her own.

Thing is I know if I go and BF her now she'll fall asleep straight away, and it's so hard to listen to her, even when she is half heartedly crying

 

[Bec L]

Hi. We used to have problems getting Poppy down for 7-8pm and although she'd go to sleep at first, she'd wake after 20 mins and we'd end up up and down the stairs feeding her/ cuddling her etc. It was often 11pm before she'd settle. But gradually over time she has brought her bed time forward by herself. She was getting more tired earlier in the evening so that now, by half 6/7 she is ready to go up and goes down no problem (usually) for a good few hours. Not saying the same will definitely happen for you, but it may be that nature takes its course and she will let you know herself when she is ready for an earlier bedtime xx

 

[taperjeangirl]

Aw
Good luck when you try again!
I have no advice though, sorry! I tried rearranging Daisy's sleep pattern and messed it all up so I'm back to square one!