Our little princess can be sound asleep in your arms and when you put her down this is what she does. We will let her cry thinking she will cry herself back to sleep, but no she only cries louder and even has real tears. We have tried everything. We have a swing and she will stay asleep for about 5 minutes then wakes up. While I'm talking a shower she chills in the swing, she loves the sound of the shower. Must have something to do with me being in the shower the whole time during labor. Even when she is fussy, I'll give her a bath and she stops crying right away. We have tired putting her on the floor with a blanket, tired putting her on a pillow on the couch, she will stay in her crib with the mobile going for about 10 minutes (she likes the music), and we have also tired one of those bouncy seats.Anyone else have ideas we can try? I love my little girl and love holding her but want to be able to put her down with out hearing her cry. The only way I get anything done around the house is by putting her in the sling I have for her, which is fine, but can't use that when I am getting dressed or going to the bathroom.
3 comments:
hey honey, sorry to hear that!
I just emailed a friend of mine that I remember having a similar conversation with several years ago and asked her if she found anything that helped! I vaguely recall her saying back then that her and her husband did something so that the baby learned to soothe itself to sleep but I don't remember what, so hopefully she'll come back with some good advice!
How are things otherwise??
Hahahhaha, she's so cute! Landon was never like that so I don't have advise for you - sorry.
Hope things are well. Jaycee look's so freaking adorable
K, so this is the advice from my friend... btw, I know you know LOTS of people, including your own sister, that have children... just including this for what it's worth to you because I remember this friend having the same issue with her first boy.
"The first few months are especially hard with a new born! Darren and I have two books we always recommend. The first one is "Happiest Baby on the Block" by Dr. Harvey Karp. It is particularly relevant to the first 4-6 months. It also has a DVD version for the sleep deprived parent who does not have time to do too much reading (Darren loved the DVD). The methods worked on both of our boys, but they did take a little practice. The second book is a book in which I still use. It's name is "Healthy Sleep habits, Happy Child" by Marc Weissbluth. It is full of information about sleep and gives different methods, their pros and cons, and step-by-step instructions. It says that consistency is the most important part of putting your baby to sleep, so choose a method that fits you and stick with it (I've found that goes with most of parenting!). Wish your friend luck for me; sleep training is hard work, but so worth it in the end!"
Hope all is going well, can't wait to see that Jaycee again. I'll give you a call soon, we'd like to have the three of you over for dinner sometime!
Hugs,
Mary Ann
Post a Comment