Hi...yesterday was a v long day for us...morning nap was only 20 mins...next nap was 2 hours n then he was up from 1.30 to 9.30 with only 2 naps of 20 mins in between...he would sometimes b fussy, sometimes cry n sometimes just start playing if I put him down...I tried everything yesterday...walking with him, stroller, swing, nursing...nothing seemed to work...
Though he has not been a great sleeper...but he took 3 naps everyday...morning nap of 1.5-2 hrs, afternoon nap id 3 hrs n 30-45 min cat nap...
This is how he sleeps - I shsh pat him while walking..then stand in one place jiggling him a little while doing shsh pat n then he sleeps on me till he is in deep sleep n then I put him down..(the reason I hold him is that he jolted so much as a new born even though he is swaddled...so we just did what we could to make him sleep). At night we do the same but I lay him in his crib after 20 mins of holding n if he us not OT or UT he transitions on his own...on very good days he takes 3nught feeds n goes right back to sleep)
Suspecting that something might be wrong...we went to his doctor yesterday evening ...but everything is fine...
Yesterday night he slept while nursing at 9.30..n today he got up at 6.30.. (he comfort nursed every hour after 4 am)
I just don't know how to make him sleep anymore...we started ST last week n I was targetting one nap in cot ...but we could just do that for 2 days n then he went into the OT spiral...
I know that I cannot ST an OT baby n while I'm trying to make him sleep using APOP I feel we R taking steps backwards...i need a plan of action but can't seen to think straight...
Another thing that I would like to mention is that once DS is asleep...he seems to go into a good deep sleep almost immediately...but he starts jolting after 20 mins on the mark with eyes opening in between..this happen till 45-55 mins into the sleep cycle after which sometimes he sleeps n sometimes he wakes up completely n sometimes I am able to extend with shsh pat while carrying him...
