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Help please.
« on: January 10, 2007, 11:25:08 am »
I need some help MY 4 month old is having Hardly any sleep in the day and is getting up again once in the night. He's so unhappy and so i am i. We don't seem to have any routine at all. I'm new and thought i might find someone to help me.
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Re: Help please.
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2007, 22:24:27 pm »
From the sounds of what you are saying, it could be taht your lo is extremely over tired, hence not sleeping during the day, and him night waking.

I would definitely suggest getting your lo onto a routine, so that he can try and catch up on some sleep.

How are you feeding him at the moment?  Are you demand feeding or do you feed him every 3 / 4 hours?

I would suggest starting your routine in the morning.  When he wakes up, feed him, have some A time, and watch him closely for his signs of tiredness.  When you see your DS starting to get fussy, then take him into the room and beging a windown routine, i.e swaddle if you do, have a bit of quiet time - sing, or a short story, and then put your lo to sleep.

I am not sure if your lo will fall asleep independantly or if he needs to be rocked / swayed etc.  If he needs you to put him to sleep by rocking etc, I would stick with that at the moment and concentrate on getting routine in place.  You should be aiming for at least an hour and a half's naps at the moment.

Could you post what a typical day looks like, i.e. eat, when and how much if bottle fed / breast fed, sleep, how long, how you get your lo to sleep and Activity and how long, and hopefully we will be able to hep you get a routine into place.

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Re: Help please.
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2007, 10:33:08 am »
Our day went like this,
4am bottle 8oz- fell back to sleep
7am I woke him up and gave him a bottle 8oz taken
8am Offered him breakfast- had a few teaspoons of that.
8.30 He was put in his buggy- SCHOOL RUN- crying fell asleep about 9am
9.30 woke up while in his buggy in town Cried all the way home
10am Bottle 6oz Taken
Played on his play mat and had cuddles with me till 11am
11am Put in his swing and fell asleep till 11.40ish
11.40 till 1 unhappy
1pm Bottle 80z taken
Played in his chair with toys- still cranky.
2pm In his swing and cried till 2.20 Fell asleep
3pm woke up SCHOOL RUN- Cried till 4pm in his buggy
4pm bottle 5oz Taken and solids
watched his brothers playing
5pm Put in his swing cried for 10 minutes Fell asleep
6pm woke up upset- cuddled with dad till 6.30
6.30pm Bath pj's
7pm Bottle 8oz taken
7.30 Bed, lights Off- went to sleep No crying
5am woke up UPSET Bottle 8 oz taken BACK TO SLEEP
7am- I woke him for bottle- 6oz taken
8am breakfast Ate a few spoonfulls
8.30 school run Cried till 9 Fell asleep
9.30 Woke up crying
10 am Bottle 7oz taken.

I'm finding it very difficult Getting into any kind of routine Because of the school Run.
HATES HIS PUSHCHAIR, TO HEAVY FOR A SLING, 20LBS AT FOUR MONTHS, WON'T HAVE A DUMMY. Anyone with any advice wood be great.
43oz milk- plus solids twice a day.
4 sleeps- 30minutes, 40 minutes, 40minutes, 50 minutes. Not got a clue how to get him back to sleep in the day, He never wakes up happy Only in the morning when i wake him at 7am. Hope this gives you a idea of what MY NIGHTMARE DAYS ARE LIKE
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Re: Help please.
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2007, 20:40:25 pm »
Hugs, sounds like you and your DS are having a really rough time.

From what you have said in your post your DS is extremely overtired.  This is what is causing the crankiness.

Do you think that your DS is ready to go 3.5 hours between feeds?  At 4 months, you want to work on getting him onto a 4 hour routine.  This would ideally aim your bottle feeds being 7, 11, 3, 7.

Ideally you want to be looking at getting your DS to sleep for 1.5 hours to 2 hours.

I would suggest trying your new routine on the weekend when you don't need to do the school run, and can try and get a routine started.

Ideally you want your lo to learn to nap in his crib.  There are various ways that you can help your DS extend his naps, either using Pat / Shhh, PU/PD or wake to sleep.  I would suggest picking one of them and sticking to it, to help your DS extend his naps.  This could work even on the school run where he could fall asleep in the pram and then when you get home, transfer him to the crib.

I am going to attach a few links from our Nap FAQ's Section for you to read through

https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=65443.msg489696#msg489696

https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=64759.0

https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=64402.0

https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=64168.0

I hope the above info helps.
Thomas Michael - 12 July 2005
Abigail Louise - 23 October 2007