Hi, I didn't know about pat/shhing until ds was into his own routine of settling to sleep. Which is great because all I do is put him in his cot and he goes to sleep after a few winding down grizzles. But, it does cause problems when he needs help to get to sleep, as I don't know what to do with him. If he's really upset I resort to b/feeding to calm him, which I know is naughty but it works and I can. It doesn't happen very often though. I did cuddle and sing lullabies the other night which worked, so that was a relief.
With the weather being much warmer now, I'm wanting to stop wrapping my son, but I'm nervous as he sleeps so well when wrapped. He got out of his wrapping today because he was also out of his sleeping bag which was being washed, and he wouldn't settle until 30 mins later when I wrapped him. He doesn't cry continuously but on and off and gets worked up if you know what I mean. If I knew that this would only take 3-4 unsettled days I wouldn't mind, but I'm worried that it might break all the good habits he has now, like going to sleep within about 5-10 mins of going to bed. Have any of your lo's been wrapped and then you've stopped wrappping? If so, how long did it take to learn to settle themselves again?
My other question is when do you know to keep them up longer? I cured the 40m nap problem after weeks of trying everything when I kept him up longer, so if he starts regularly sleeping for 40 mins again does this mean it's time to stay up longer? DS is now awake 1h 45m most times, but seems to do about 2 1/2 hours in the afternoon.
Wow, I think of you mum's with twins and wonder how you do it?! Especially the nights. Congratulations to you!