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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #90 on: February 08, 2008, 08:30:09 am »
Well, last night I had him in bed by 6pm but it took him until just before 7pm to get to sleep. He then woke up at around 2.30am - this is turning in to a habit - and did his usual shuffling and scratching about. Then he woke up at about 4.45am. However, he did sleep for just over an hour this morning so I'm hoping the lunchtime sleep will go back to an hour, too. I've spent the last couple of days out with him in the buggy as wind down time before a nap was due but also actually for the afternoon nap. He got 2hrs sleep in total yesterday so I'm hoping we're getting back on track. I must say, much as I dislike the situation, I do like having the opportunity to do long walks in the afternoon. I was going a bit stir crazy only popping out for little walks between feeds and naps.
I hope today goes better for you.
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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #91 on: February 08, 2008, 09:08:54 am »
You could try W2S if it is a habit - I've tried that for a 330am waking and it did work.  I've just got Harry to eat readybrek with fruit, I'm so happy!!  Talking it over with dh, he said I shouldn't wait til his sleep settled in case it didn't (there's faith for ya!) So my plan is to stick to the first bottle, have breakfast a few hours later, then do lunch after his sleep (no bottle) then just normal.

I'm so happy, he has eaten! I don't care what he's sleeps are like today, nothing will wipe the smile off my face.

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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #92 on: February 08, 2008, 11:25:08 am »
That's brilliant news! Harry will soon realise what he's been missing and start making up for lost time! So glad you're feeling happier, too.

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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #93 on: February 09, 2008, 19:44:11 pm »
Hi Guys,
Still here if not posting. Yesterday was dh day off. Not that it  made any difference to our wake up time- and dd is now wakening 6.50 instead of 8 or 8.30 so am feeling too sleep deprived to really post. On the positive side our bottles are starting to go back up. Tomorrow I am going to our new house to supervise the movers so  hope to be in our house with ds in his own cot within a week maximum, I think the borrowed cot I have for him is too small and causing probs. On the plus side I managed to move his bed time to 7.30, now just have to sneak it to 7.15 before dh realises how early it is



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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #94 on: February 10, 2008, 07:47:10 am »
Hi Fiona,
Good luck with the move. I'm sure being back in his own cot again will make a difference. I know how you feel, though. We've been in a temporary flat for nearly a month now and are not due to move in to our new flat until beginning of April. Harley is in a cot next to our bed because we've only got one bedroom - he really should be in his own room now because he so easily wakes up when we got to bed, depsite all the held breaths and tiptoeing!

I'm sorry to hear about DD's early wakenings - one problem gets sorted and up pops another one! Hope you manage to get some sleep over the weekend.

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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #95 on: February 10, 2008, 19:23:37 pm »
Evening,

Hope you had a good weekend??

I think my problems may have been a combination of hunger, habit and teeth.  We had the two top teeth come through on saturday morning - since then we've have naps at 10 (2 hours) then 3 for an hour for 2 days.  He has started eating breakfast, lunch and dinner and is still having about 29oz of milk.  This morning he even woke at 6.10!!

I'm not expecting miracles, but we've had such a lovely weekend. 

Hope you both had a better time, and your move went ok fiona. :D

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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #96 on: February 11, 2008, 07:25:31 am »
That's great news! What a relief to have found the reason! Maybe it's the same for us - Harley's got his bottom 2 teeth and 3 top ones on the way. He doesn't cry much, though, and they don't appear to be bothering him. We had a great day on Friday - he slept 3 times in his cot for a total of almost 3 hours! We'd had 2 uninterupted nights in a row as well so I thought maybe he was getting over his OT. Then, on Sat, after a promising start of 1 1/2hrs morning nap, he wouldn't go down again until 4pm and then it was only for half an hour. Yesterday was worse still, half hour nap in the morning and half an hour at lunch, and that's it! It makes so sense! Still, there's nothing more we can do about it so trying not to get stressed.
Clare.

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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #97 on: February 11, 2008, 17:53:21 pm »
Oh guys glad you are having some success. we are just getting worse, this am it was 5 when I gave in and gave him a bottle, then of course he didnt have his brek one, so its a vicious circle. Unfortunately with moving I cant dedicate time to it and it will be a few days before we are actually in the house,spent from 9.30 to 6 there today emptying boxes and trying to clean. Will be off line from tom for a few weeks so hope to see good news here and to post good news when I get back. I just keep wondering where my textbook baby went along with the 12 hours sleep  :(



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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #98 on: February 12, 2008, 07:24:32 am »
I'm sorry it's getting worse Fiona. Hopefully by the time you read this things will be better. The upheaval of moving is bound to have an impact on you all. Fingers crossed that once you're unpacked and settled you'll all start to get more sleep.
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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #99 on: February 12, 2008, 08:07:01 am »
Morning,

Good luck Fiona - although you are probably off line now!!

We seem to have settled down with 6.10 being wake up time for 4 days now, I'm tempted to try wake to sleep but have a feeling he is sleeping too lightly that time in the morning and I'll just end up with a 5.10 wake up!  Only 5 weeks and a few days til the clocks go forward - that could turn out to be our saviour!

I've started having night wakings, I get him back off by just turning him but I had to get up at 2 , 4, and 5 this morning - I think it might be him trying to get mobile - every morning he is on his tummy or on all fours and can only assume he is practising in his sleep - I have no idea how to teach him to roll off his tummy, he is not interested/can't do it.

Good news on the eating front - back up to 3 meals a day - still not keen on veg/meat but if I give him a spoon of fruit first he will eat all his main - probably not the best way to do it but hey its working.

Are things any better for you Clare?

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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #100 on: February 12, 2008, 08:34:12 am »
No, I'm afraid no improvement here. It's an absolute battle to get him to sleep, not only during the day but at night time, too. When I think, it was only about a month ago that we were able to put him to bed after his bath and walk away and he'd be off without a peep. At worst he's getting 2 half hour naps during the day, at best an hour in the morning and half an hour at lunch and afternoon. Today he woke up at 4am but it's generally still 5/5.30am. I don't know what else to do. We have a lot of night wakings on the days when he only has 2 30min naps but if he's slept for a couple of hours, he generally doesn't wake up, although he's a very noisy sleeper!

I really hope this is to do with crawling. Harley is often up on all fours when I'm trying to get him to sleep, thing is, he's really upset and frustrated and really difficult to calm down. He's got really shouty recently.

Sorry to hear about the night wakings but good news on the later starts and the eating. Even if it's fruit first, like you say, at least it's working.

Clare.



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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #101 on: February 12, 2008, 09:25:30 am »
Oh no, we need to get you a breakthrough don't we?  He must just be so overtired - poor him and you, if only they could understand that sleep makes it better.

Could you feed him to sleep maybe for a day - if he's tired will he fall asleep on the bottle?  I think me managing to get 4 naps out of Harry made a bit of difference - he woke really early the following day but I got him back to sleep before 7, woke him up just after and started the day again.  Its almost like you need to do anything to get him to sleep - I bet your saying I know I've tried everything whilst reading  ;D 

I know what you mean about the calming down - Harry seems to be suffering from hypoactivity every day - we have a frustrated shout/grunt for I want something or I want to stand up/crawl and a high pitched screech for I'm so excited or I'm here (he likes that in public - I will be banned from starbucks soon lol)

Hope you have a better day today x

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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #102 on: February 12, 2008, 11:24:17 am »
I can't really feed him to sleep because his feeds and sleeps are never at the same time. Also, he's drifted off while I've been giving him his 5pm feed but when I pick him up to move, he wakes up. I've just got him to sleep after a half hour wind down. I found it helped to have him on my bed while I sang some lullabys and told him stories. He slept for an hour this morning so I'm hoping for another hour now then we'll go off trundling about the town to get him his afternoon nap. I think things will help a lot once we've moved and he's got a room of his own. We wake each other up at various points in the night - no matter how quiet I am when I go to bed he usually wakes up or stirs, I think being this overtired makes him sleep really lightly. Also, I'm going to try and phase out the dream feed over the next few weeks to see whether that makes any difference.
I wish someone had an answer to all this. I'm really starting to think that nothing we do makes any difference and it's just going to sort itself out in time. Who knows. Can't wait for the clocks to change!
Clare.

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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #103 on: February 12, 2008, 16:23:29 pm »
It could be the dream feed - I had to stop all night feeds from 7 weeks as they really disturbed Harry's sleep.  I think they must go into light sleep from around 4 - my dh gets up at 5.20 - Harry always stirs and that's in the next room.

Not the greatest of days today - he had 1.5 hours this morning, then fell alseep for half an hour in his buggy from 2 - 2.30 so I'm hoping he makes it to 6 - he is too hypo to go for a nap now - been playing with my 2 yo nephew - he loves older children, so I'm expecting an early one tomorrow!!

I'm sure things will get better when you move - how much longer have you got to wait?

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Re: Am I doing something to renforce early wakings?
« Reply #104 on: February 12, 2008, 16:32:32 pm »
Hi Ladies,
Emma well done, can you post me your feeding schedule as our meals and bottles have dropped a lot so  think that may have something to do with it. he woke 4.15 this am and at 4.35 I gave him a bottle again. Not something I want to get into as he stopped night feeds at under 3 months.
Lucky you guys at least have a time change to give you some hope  ;) Clare when are you moving? We leave the apt tomorrow morning, ds did a nap in his own cot today in the new house, woke after an hour chatted for 20 mins then back to sleep for 35 mins so not too bad. Am really hoping that his own bed will be the end of this. Better go shower, will check back in a little while then that's it. Heres to sucess for us all  :) :)