DD is 12 weeks old and until about a week ago was a model sleeper.. I just put her in the sling or fed/held her and she fell asleep.
DS was a complete nightmare from birth it seemed so I thought we'd got lucky with DC2, he'd show all the signs of being tired (yawning, rubbing eyes, frowning, looking away, fussing) but he used to be so interested in what was going on around him that he'd fight the sleep (or take 10-20 min naps) until the point he was beside himself with over tiredness and would just cry and cry for hours.. DD now looks to be doing the same for about a week, I was hoping it was just a development leap but that's well over now.. She will only nap on me in the sling but even that's a fight and my back is killing me, I also have DS to deal with (23 months) and and I have tried putting her down but she literally can stay awake long enough for a feed, a nappy change and a quick chat before she's ready to go back to sleep, she used to do this easily but is not playing ball any more.
Poor DS must be so sick of hearing me say "just let me get DD to sleep" and has started to really act out
I'm completely against any kind of 'trainjng' and that involves leaving her to cry. So have I just got to suck it up and carry her around for the next year? I wouldn't mind so much if she actually went to sleep in there when tired but she just fusses and looks around and then cries for ages first so I'm bouncing her and walking her etc.. I hate hearing her cry and she went a good 10 weeks falling asleep easily and barely crying at all. I'd this just a phase or is she just like her brother? I'm not sure my nerves can take it after such a laid back start
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NiceCupOfTeaAndASitDown · 16/01/2013 16:22
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