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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #15 on: June 24, 2014, 17:29:37 pm »
ST is usually all me over here too, but I often make DH help out with the other LO or at least let me sleep when I can. :P  Too bad on the timing for you.  (((Hugs))), happy to continue holding your hand!



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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2014, 21:35:48 pm »
Ugh I am so tempted to bring the swaddle back. Ds has flip flapping arms all over the place. Does that mean he is not ready or is it just inevitable?  He woke pretty much hourly most of the night, the odd 1.5-2hr stretch.


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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2014, 03:20:48 am »
Oh dear! :(

Ds has flip flapping arms all over the place. Does that mean he is not ready or is it just inevitable?
I don't know... :-\ I guess if he's not rolling or breaking out, you don't HAVE to get rid of it, right? It could be that in just a few more weeks' time, he'll be more ready. I'd still stick with trying to get him a bit more independent in the meantime.



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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2014, 09:39:11 am »
I am bringing the swaddle back!!! Will try again in a bit. Think that startle reflex is still too strong. I agree, will encourage more is until then!


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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2014, 11:30:03 am »
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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2014, 04:27:59 am »
Today I tried ct on the swaddle. Also made more of an effort for sssh patting through the crying... really for naps today it was 5min or less but felt like forever.  So far 2 good naps which is nice. Unlike last night.
At midnight last night it lasted an hour and a half then I fed him, oops. Will try harder tonight. The 6nw nights are killing me.... he needs to sleep!!


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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2014, 23:41:06 pm »
Well, overall it sounds much better than a few weeks ago (the ST, I mean), so that's a plus! (((Hugs))) for the NW... it's so hard to make yourself do it, I know. Hope it gets better quickly for you! :-*



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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #22 on: July 15, 2014, 00:09:52 am »
Best night in months, yay! After bt 6.45 and a ot nw at 45min he slept til nearly 2am!


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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #23 on: July 15, 2014, 01:12:06 am »
Woohoo!! ;D You're giving me hope! ;) :P



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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #24 on: July 15, 2014, 01:50:56 am »
Katie you have no idea, it is a miracle!! I think there is a lot to go for keeping the swaddle until the lo is ready to ditch it. Tummy sleeping has helped ds too, actually.


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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #25 on: July 22, 2014, 20:31:48 pm »
How's it going, Caitlin? I am so ready to ST, just waiting til I can have help around for the big kids. :P



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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #26 on: July 22, 2014, 23:16:17 pm »
Well it's ok, work in progress hampered by teething, a slight cold and an inability to avoid ot on the 3-2 (where he prob needs 3 but will only have 2). Swaddle is gone without a drama though, shows what a difference it makes waiting til he was ready!
Tummy sleeping has helped too. Ds will settle with ssh pat now for naps and bt but I have been aping too much with nf. So need to work on that to stop it. And urgh I think he needs a 2-3-4 type of A time but he ends up awake 4-5 hrs before bed which might not be helping with nws.
But its a start!
Having 1 toddler around while st is hard enough, it would be impossible with 2 other los!


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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #27 on: July 24, 2014, 03:11:46 am »
A start it is! :) Hope you get more smooth sailing ahead!



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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #28 on: July 24, 2014, 03:17:10 am »
I tried ssh pat for the first nw... disaster for an hour and then I fed him. Sigh. But today he has his first 2 teeth through.


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Re: stop swaddle then focus on st or st a bit more first?
« Reply #29 on: July 24, 2014, 03:30:26 am »
Oh shoot... well, should get better now that the teeth are through. Hopefully?! ;)