Hi there, I'm so confused about sleep and I need some help.
In the sleep interview, Tracy says to pick up a baby under 3 months old until he is appropriately calm, and then put him back down. On the pat/shh thread for babies under 3 months, it says that pu/pd is too stimulating for babies under 3 months, so we shouldn't do that. Which is it?
My son seems to be at a transition stage. He is 10.5 weeks old, and rocking and singing, then putting him down with my hand on him until he falls asleep no longer works (it was great for almost 2 weeks). So I started doing pu/pd. He is clearly getting more and more agitated the longer I go on, and he won't calm down at all when I pick him up. Then I tell him I'm going to put him back down and rest him in the crib, and he gets even more hysterical. I'm in a no-win situation. In fact, he starts to get really upset even as we walk down the hall to the bedroom and by then, I have to fight to swaddle him, fight to comfort him, etc. It's the most anxiety I've ever felt in my life. He resists sleep so much. I'm discouraged because Tracy says that young babies shouldn't scream when they're laid down unless they're overtired or have reflux. How do you get them to the point when they're no longer overtired if it takes hours to get them to sleep in the first place? (My son starts to yawn even right after he wakes up. Does this mean he hasn't slept long enough and I should keep him in bed? He would spend all day in there if I did that with no activity time at all!) There's a lot here that I'm asking. Maybe I should have broken it down, but I'm too wound up myself. Gah.
Thanks for any help.
