What is with the 10 min thing??

[Susansmum]

So I am transitioning my DS to EASY. I have been trying with the pat/shh in the bassinet (he is 2 weeks old) Anyway he has this problem with waking every 10 minutes! At first I thought it had something to do with falling asleep with the dummy, then spitting it out and wanting it again, so today I tried without the dummy, he goes to sleep with a bit of protesting grizzles, and cries, but then 10 mintues later he is crying awake again. This went on for over half an hour in the end I just rocked and patted him to sleep and put him back into the bassinet. He did wake as I was putting him down, but went back off to sleep, and so far has passed the 10 minute mark.

I have only been doing the pat/shh until he is asleep, should I be doing it longer?

I have read the book (when my daughter was little, but then I leant it to someone and am not able to get it back....I need to purchase it again, but not sure if I should get the original one, or the newer "BW solves all your problems" one. )

We don't really have a routine as such yet as we are still slowly transitioning to EASY.

[Purplecattypants]

Hi there & congrats on the new baby!

Babies, when they are learning to sleep, often wake every 10mins. Here is part of a post form the Naps faq: http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=85500.0

Strategy:
Right now, her brain is working on learning how to stay asleep during the day.

Day sleep is much different from night sleep. Completely different process.

When she fall asleep, the first 20 mins are light sleep (with partial awakenings every 10 mins.. looks like a jolt of her body, or some babies will open their eyes completely) After 20 min, the body enters a deep sleep. Another jolt around the 30 min mark, and then out of the sleep cycle at 40 mins. So basically jolting every 10 mins.

When she's learning how to fall asleep, she may completely wake every 10 min. This is normal and she is just learning.

In the beginning of learning how to fall asleep I recommend the following:

-- keep awake times short, act on the first yawn, careful not to overstimulate and overtire
-- swaddle swaddle swaddle
-- have a consistent wind down routine
-- some babies, particularly spirited, need a dark environment. Also white noise will block the outside sounds.
-- some babies respond to pat-shush, some respond to either pat or shush
-- make sure they are falling asleep in their beds.. they can start the stages of falling asleep on you, but in bed by stage 3, if not, then they will jolt awake because of the weight of their body.
--I'm a side sleeper fan, APA says it's okay
-- Hand pressure helps to settle into sleep, and helps with the jolts.. hand on the thigh, top arm, and other hand shielding over eyes to block visual stimulation. Some pressure (not over eyes of course) but not hard.
--and in the beginning, stay at least 20 mins.

Have you read Tracy's sleep interview? I found that helpful as well.

If you take a look through the Naps FAQ there is loads of info that should help too.

I am going to move this to Naps btw, hope you don't mind 

[Susansmum]

Thanks for the advice! It has happened a couple of times when I have been putting him to bed for the night too, which is why I wasn't sure if it was a nap thing.