Lisa wrote:How old is your baby?
What is their sleep pattern?
Naps
nights
Baby is 4 months old - she naps around 3 -4 times a day, around 30-45 minutes each.
She goes to bed in her crib around 8pm, sleeps for 5-6 hours, nurses for 10 minutes then sleeps another 4 hours, nurses for 10 minutes (I think... I fall asleep as I bring her in to the bed with me), sleeps again until around 8am. This pattern has been for the last month or so.
I feel very lucky, as she is a pretty good sleeper compared to my first! I think what really worked for me to get the 'long sleep' is a tight swaddle and a pacifier. Most moms I speak to say their babies don't like being swaddled, but I did it anyway (I'm using the Swaddle Me blanket with velcro). She struggled the first few times, but one night I think I just had the timing right - she was tired, but not too tired - I swaddled her, bounced/ rocked her on the big ball and she fell asleep. The next day when I put her in the swaddle blanket, she didn't struggle at all, she just smiled and calmed down, and after I nursed her, she just went to sleep! Then I started using it for nap times, and she now associated the swaddle with sleeping yay :) Unfortunately, we are not always at home so when we're on the go, she sleeps in the baby carrier (I have a Beco Gemini) once I give her the pacifier.
Hang in there, remember it could be a developmental phase he's going through. I found
the Wonder Weeks to be really helpful in understanding fussiness at certain times. I do not plan to do any sleep training right now - if I do any sleep training, it'll be after 6 months old and it will not be cry it out/ extinction method as this doesn't fit with our parenting philosophy.
