ThunderPearls
Mum to 1 cheeky monkey!
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My LO is quite bad when it comes to sleep. Each night is different and some nights he will be in bed by 8 some nights not until 1am... He has no routine/regular nap times/lengths and no regular method to get hin to sleep.
When he was a newborn he was fine being held to sleep. Then he went through a phase of hating being held and was happy to just be put down and stroked/lullabyes to sleep... Not hes just a nightmare! One night he will want to be held, the next night holding him makes him angry yet he cries when we put hin down. Pacing for 20+minutes in th sling worked for a few nights and then suddenly he starts thrashing about after 5 minutes in it now and then goes to sleep on his own when I put him down...
I just dont know what to do as I am starting to dread each night not knowing of a sure way to get my boy to sleep!
I wouldnt mind the whole rocking him/ holding him/ feeding him to sleep thing if only it was the same method each night! I love rocking him and holding him and lying with him!
But tonight I decided a good routine and a firm bes time method to be tried.
We did, gro bag, stories, feed and then bed with his projector/lullaby thing on. And then went in every couple of minutes/when he started grumbling. And within 30 minutes and an extra little feeding he was asleep :0 it is the quickest bedtime we have had since he was born!
Is this against the whoke attachment parenting thing? Its not like I am leaving him to cry at all, I never let his grumbles get as far as crying... It seems to work for him (for tonight anyway!)
it isnt going to effect the whole parenting style im trying to go by is it? If its what works for him then theres nothing wrong with it right?
Thanks
When he was a newborn he was fine being held to sleep. Then he went through a phase of hating being held and was happy to just be put down and stroked/lullabyes to sleep... Not hes just a nightmare! One night he will want to be held, the next night holding him makes him angry yet he cries when we put hin down. Pacing for 20+minutes in th sling worked for a few nights and then suddenly he starts thrashing about after 5 minutes in it now and then goes to sleep on his own when I put him down...
I just dont know what to do as I am starting to dread each night not knowing of a sure way to get my boy to sleep!
I wouldnt mind the whole rocking him/ holding him/ feeding him to sleep thing if only it was the same method each night! I love rocking him and holding him and lying with him!
But tonight I decided a good routine and a firm bes time method to be tried.
We did, gro bag, stories, feed and then bed with his projector/lullaby thing on. And then went in every couple of minutes/when he started grumbling. And within 30 minutes and an extra little feeding he was asleep :0 it is the quickest bedtime we have had since he was born!
Is this against the whoke attachment parenting thing? Its not like I am leaving him to cry at all, I never let his grumbles get as far as crying... It seems to work for him (for tonight anyway!)
it isnt going to effect the whole parenting style im trying to go by is it? If its what works for him then theres nothing wrong with it right?
Thanks