Daytime Sleep

[Aleox]

Hi

My two week old is a nightmare to settle and get to sleep in the day, he is overtired and very sleepy but he just cries in his moses basket, the only way I can get him to sleep is feeding him and then he falls sleep or he sleeps in our arms, sometimes he wakes up after 5 mins so we have to start it all over again.
My first child was the same and he was a terrible sleeper in the day up to the age of 1 and the only way to get him to sleep was to take him out in his pushchair and I don’t really want to go down that route again.

Any tips? I think someone said to me they are too young to be left crying? My mum says I shouldn’t pick him up and let him cry but he is only 2 weeks!

Also I should add that he is very windy and I have my suspicions, that like my first child he might have silent reflux, not completely sure but I think that might be part of the problem. I have raised the end of the pram and the moses basket but it hasn’t made much of a difference.

[Papaya]

Hello and welcome to the boards! And congratulations on your wee man

Are you familiar with the Baby Whisperer books and EASY, hun? Here are a few links you might find helpful for some basic background:
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=186622.0
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=52283.0
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=212645.0
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=128419.0
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=64158.0

Here at BW we don't advocate leaving a baby to cry at any age, and especially at your LO's age he's still learning how to fall asleep and needs you to help him. Good on you for not leaving him alone

How long is he generally awake for before you try to put him down for a nap? At two weeks, once he's fed and changed, he's probably ready to go down again straight away - only 45-60mins awake. Any longer and he might be overtired and have more trouble settling. If he's having trouble sleeping in the crib, do you have a sling or carrier you could let him nap in, so you can still get on with your day and your older LO? He's still too young to be worrying about independent sleep, so I would just aim for 1-2 naps per day in the moses basket, if that's easier.

And if you do have concerns about possible reflux, please do get that checked out. This board: http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?board=13.0 is a great place to post for more advice.

HTH - come back with any more questions

[Aleox]

Hi

Thank's for your reply, yes I'm familiar with the books. I did try the EASY technique with my other son but it was very difficult as he was a terrible napper.

I will check the board you mention, thanks for the link.

[Papaya]

You're welcome, please do come and post again if you have more specific questions. We'll do our best to help. I've just realised that the link to the reflux board that I posted above wasn't working, so I've fixed that now.