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It’s so hard isn’t it. I put my LO in her carrycot to sleep and she cried and cried and 25 mins later now sleeping peacefully. I’m sobbing for putting her through that 25 mins and feel so guilty when she looks so perfect sleeping. Mums guilt is real
Well done for getting her down 👏🏼I haven’t even managed that. She finally fell asleep in my arms though. Mum guilt is very very real. I was reading that the advice to put them down when they’re drowsy is misleading. I kept wondering why my LO was never drowsy. Turns out they mean put the baby in their cot when you see sleepy cues, but fully awake. I’m going to try it next time.
It’s so confusing with lots of conflicting info out there! 🤦♀️. Well done for getting her down too! I hope it will get easier when they can self soothe more as they get older but who am I kidding.. 🥴 teething and sleep regressions to come!
Isn’t it just. We just have to go with the flow and know that we’re doing everything we can for our LO’s. ❤️
My LO was the same at this stage it’s so hard to plan stuff and go out! My LO is 4 months and started some sleep training with him we are 2 days in and already seen a little bit of a difference
@Bethan what sleep training are you doing?
I use the huckleberry app and find it works so well for predicting my LG nap times, she will always nap when it recommends that she needs a nap, so you give that a go x
Literally could’ve been me writing this, my boy is 16 weeks and he is so aggy, whines and cries a lot throughout the day- I think most of it is tiredness but sometimes he’ll nap for 20 minutes and be angry and I’ve just spent ages getting him to sleep so I try again and don’t have the energy for it - it’s exhausting I wish he would just chill but lately it feels he’s always bloody crying. It is so hard 😩 I don’t think it’s about finding the perfect nap time for me because he’ll nap and be angry as soon as he wakes up so it’s like ???? Do you want more sleep? Shall I put you down again? And then I feel I’m constantly putting him down to sleep🙃
I totally understand what you mean about the newborn stage being easier in that there are no expectations! It almost reminds me of lockdown, I felt less anxiety in general as I could just exist and there was no expectations to be or do anything. I feel for you because I imagine a lot of people must remark that you have it easier bc she sleeps at night but that is only half the battle! People always think I have it easy bc my LO just sleeps all the time but they see her having huge naps in the day and forget about the night time
@Lou just light self settling I’m using the huckleberry app to predict his naps and then putting him in the cot and soothing till asleep. He cries for a bit but I’m reassuring him and staying still he’s asleep. I found it was a battle and he would be screaming when I tried to rock him to sleep. I make sure the room is pitch black and white noise
@Bethan thank you. I’ve started using this too. Hopefully it’ll help. ❤️
My LO is also 14 weeks and fighting naps. Going through exactly the same. It’s exhausting keeping up with them and trying to figure out the perfect nap time. Here if you wanna talk, feel free to message me anytime.