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Offline annieb73

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Swaddling
« on: June 08, 2006, 02:42:39 am »
Just joined up to hello everyone from sunny but cold Adelaide, Australia!

I have a couple of questions.  Charlotte is now almost 4 months, a big healthy baby and doing really well.  Very settled.

Routine:

Awake 6.30-7am
Feed (breastfed) 7-7.30am
Nap 9am
Awake 11am
Feed 11 am
Nap 1pm
Wake 1.45pm
Feed 3pm
No nap or very short (I often go out and about in the afternoon)
Feed 6.30pm
Bed 7.30pm

So as you can see she sleeps at night really well.  Last night she went hysterical when my husband put her down so I had to intervene.  She has started to get hysterical when I try and put her for a catnap at 5pm.  Also she wakes after her 1pm nap after 45 minutes and cries.  And this morning she woke after 45 minutes and also got hysterial.  Normally her morning nap is 2 hours no problems.  I'm not sure what's going on.  She is a quiet, placid, settled baby who rarely cries at all but she gets hysterical if I leave her too long.  She always smiles when I go in even once she's been crying so maybe she just doesn't want/need to sleep so much anymore.  She is happy when awake and doesn't seem overtired.

Could she be teething?  She has very red cheeks the last few days.

My other question is when and how to stop swaddling.  She can't sleep without being swaddling and wakes herself up sucking on her hands if she gets unwrapped.  It is impossible to get her to sleep without being wrapped!
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Re: Swaddling
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2006, 12:06:08 pm »
Hello, welcome to the board :)

Firstly, well done on your progress so far, you're doing well!

Secondly - at 4 months it's possible that she's hit a growth spurt, and this can affect the usual routine. It often means that a baby can start to handle longer A times (activity times between naps), and the classic signs are suddenly starting to have trouble going to sleep for naps, or the sudden appearance of 45 minute naps (they sometimes seem happy when they wake after 45 mins, but soon get grumpy b/c they haven't had enough sleep, or they can wake up crying).

From your routine, it looks like she gets about 2 hours A time between naps - perhaps you could start increasing this. Don't do it too quickly, or she will get overtired, gradual increases of 10-15 minutes a day are the way to go. Still follow her cues, though, she will let you know when you reach the 'right' amount of A time (and then she'll probably change it again in a couple of weeks ;)).

With the catnap - Tracy always said that this was the 'freebie' nap, where you can cheat a little. As long as she has two other good naps in her cot, then it doesn't matter if she gets this one in her pram or car-seat, so don't worry if you're out and about.

Swaddling - don't worry about it, if it's working for her then keep doing it! My ds didn't give it up until he was 8 months old. I too was worried about weaning him off it, but he pretty much weaned himself - as he got more mobile, it started to annoy him, so we switched to a gro-bag instead.

HTH, please keep us updated how you get on
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Re: Swaddling
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2006, 23:20:47 pm »
Hi Charlie's Mummy
What is a Gro-bag ??? I'm very curious.
My son has 6 months and I still swadlle him! He loves!

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Re: Swaddling
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2006, 23:29:43 pm »
Hello Evy,

A gro-bag is a sleeping bag for babies that they wear, it means they don't need loose blankets. Here's a link (there are lots of different brands, btw): http://www.gro-group.co.uk/brands/grobag/range/babysleepingbags/#what

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Re: Swaddling
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2006, 23:41:33 pm »
Thanks ladies.  Things seem a bit more normal - Saturday she did 2x2 hour naps and hubby didn't know what I had been going on about!  So I'm not stressing.  Even when she does 45 minutes she doesn't seem too grumpy although often wants feeding a bit sooner than normal.  I will take note of what she does today and let you know. 

As for swaddling, that's great, I will keep on with it.  I hope she doesn't get too big for her blankets.  Already she is 7kgs and very long and she's not even 4 months yet.  It's cold overnight here as well so it's great I can keep wrapping her for a bit longer.

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