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SLEEP => Naps => Topic started by: mommyof2boys on September 30, 2005, 18:12:36 pm
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I just thought this little bit of info would be helpful to anyone going through pre-nap fussies...
My son is just over 7 weeks and I've noticed a new pattern over the last several days. It'll be about time for bed and I'll swaddle him up and take him to his room for a little singing and time in the rocker. Lately he's started fussing almost immediately upon starting this routine. I had been trying to calm him down before putting him in his crib, but then I realized what he was trying to say to me: "PLEASE stop all this nonsense and put me down so I can sleep!"
So, I've been putting him down, still fussing a bit, and he's been going to sleep within 5 minutes with just a few more fusses... even with the hiccups! He'll usually go on to sleep 2 hours.
You all may have already figured this out, but I figured I'd throw in my two cents just in case.
Happy napping!
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You know, I experienced this as well. My DS is now 11 months old. But when he was a few weeks old, he would get very fussy during wind down, etc. We thought is was reflux. But looking back, I know it was just his way of saying, enough already, put me down. He is still that way today, requiring very little in terms of a wind down. He just wants his blankie and wants to be left alone. Funny, how it can take a bit of time to figure these guys out!
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My wee boy (7 weeks today) is the same. He just wants to be left alone.
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Well I feel better :D !! I wondered if I wasn't being cuddly enough with my babe but I found that she too seems to settle down better in the crib closer to sleepy time than in my arms!