Hi Ladies,
Socity - Sorry Hadley still isn't sleeping well - where did you get to on the CIO/CC in the end? Sorry my brain is a bit fuzzy at the moment and I can't remember what you decided.
Boo44 - Hope Jack's night poops have stopped for good now. Ours only went on for a couple of days and have settled down. Hope the clocks didn't throw Jack off too much.
I leave Seren when she stirs, for as long as humanly possible. Unless she cries, I refuse to accept it's morning until 6:30am, or later.
Shadowy - I think if she screams then going in probably is the right thing to do. She may be hitting the aftermath of the separation anxiety? You'll soon know if it's helping or making it worse. If you feel it's making it worse, maybe then let her settle herself.
Does she scream for long, or just cry out and try to settle. Seren often cries out in her sleep and then settles, and I don't go in for those. If it is just the odd scream, then leave her to it.
Just read Noelle's response, sounds like a good plan. I often do our nap routine over when she wakes early, to try to get her back to sleep, occasionally it works
Seren is going through the same crashing round her cot and getting stuck, I was hoping it would have stopped by now!
Noelle - How did the alternating of pain meds go? I hope Charlotte quiets down soon
Notnic - Glad the milk strike is over. Must be a relief
I hope the nap transition goes smoothly next week, I think you'll have it sorted when you get her awake times a bit more even.
Vikkid - Sounds like a lot of progress. I agree it sounds like he doesn't really need that feed. I'd go with adding extra ounces of water to the milk, so he takes the same liquid but less calories, so he should shift his eating to day times.
Izzles - Sorry you had a fight with the phone! I hate it when that happens, it's usually my washing machine which sings when it is finished - usually at 4am. I'm glad you seem to be getting a slightly later wake up.
Kitabird -
I think Noelle has covered all the advice I had!
Polaris - Sorry you are struggling. I don't have any useful advice here either so
As for me....
Nap transitions are hard work! We're on two naps a day now, but it's tough trying to schedule them properly.
We are now doing 3 hours in the morning, which was getting an hour and a bit, but this morning only yielded 40 minutes.
This afternoon she did 3 hours and 40 minutes before her second nap, which gave 1 hour 10 minutes. She didn't seem to be tired earlier.
So she had a long time before bed, at least 3.5 hours if not more. I'm putting her to bed earlier, but then have to dream feed an hour later because she was too tired to finish her bottle.
We're getting several short wake ups, usually either needs to be repositioned or she resettles. I think they could be a little overtired.
I'm not sure where to go with the naps. She definitely needs shorter time before bed, but I'm not sure whether to extend the morning awake time or the afternoon awake time.
Can't complain really, but it just baffles me! Plus Seren looks like she hasn't slept for a month!
I'm so exhausted and the cold weather doesn't but making my mood worse...
I'm so confused....
