sidneyvicious good link, thanks! Feeling vindicated...
I don't know about the swaddle thing. Ive tried so many times and he screams when he's in it. I wouldve thought it was possible to have preferences for and against everything? Still, I'm getting a bigger blanket and trying again...
Yeah, I can't swaddle either. It breaks me to watch how hard he fights to get out -- it stresses both of us out and I'm afraid he's going to hurt himself in the process. No swaddles here, unless it's just his legs for warmth because he's in a onesie. It bothers me when the experts insist every baby can be swaddled -- mine clearly cannot.
Cole liked the swaddle until he was about 2 or 3 weeks old, then he hated it and always broke free. I stopped swaddling him then. If anything I drape/tuck a receiving blanket around his legs to keep him warm but it's been pretty hot in our house at night and he's like a little space heater. I've actually taken his temp several times because I thought he had a fever, it was always normal. He just feels super warm.
sidneyvicious, Hi! Hope you're doing good.. Do you have a link to that video? Problem is swing is in living room and I already feel doomed to sleep on the couch forever.
He only slept 3 hrs in the swing. Fell asleep at 9, up at 12:30 and again at 3:30. Ugh- so much for extending sleep. M is 6 weeks now.
The interview is down on this page -- I really like this whole site as well. Also, I moved the swing in my bedroom a while back. My biggest issue now is that the Fisher Price swings shut off after four hours -- whoever thought of that is obviously not a mom whose infant needs motion to sleep!!!
sidneyvicious, Hi! Hope you're doing good.. Do you have a link to that video? Problem is swing is in living room and I already feel doomed to sleep on the couch forever.
He only slept 3 hrs in the swing. Fell asleep at 9, up at 12:30 and again at 3:30. Ugh- so much for extending sleep. M is 6 weeks now.
The interview is down on this page -- I really like this whole site as well. Also, I moved the swing in my bedroom a while back. My biggest issue now is that the Fisher Price swings shut off after four hours -- whoever thought of that is obviously not a mom whose infant needs motion to sleep!!!
Thank you! I still get a little nervous putting the swing on the fastest setting. Do you let your LO keep swinging after they've fallen asleep? I know he likes motion, but hoping it's not too much motion.
Post by carolyngrace on Aug 3, 2015 10:48:39 GMT -5
holliberry28, I get nervous about leaving DB swinging on the fastest setting, too... I usually turn it down to medium once he's asleep. I'm not sure why it makes me nervous though. I guess part of me feels like he'll become dependent on the motion? Or it will be bad for him somehow?
Post by sidneyvicious on Aug 3, 2015 10:59:15 GMT -5
holliberry28 and carolyngrace, I leave him in it for the first stretch of sleep, which is now about 7 hours, and I do leave it on high. After that he goes in the RNP for the next stretch. That site has a great section on weaning him from the swing and when/how to go about it. I'm confident it won't be an issue.
Post by holliberry28 on Aug 3, 2015 11:00:44 GMT -5
carolyngrace, I think I worry about getting him dizzy or sensory overload, but I guess if he's craving it, it's not overload. He's such a light sleeper and startles to the quietest of sounds!
Post by holliberry28 on Aug 3, 2015 11:03:08 GMT -5
sidneyvicious, how old is your LO? I'd that the 5 on the fisher price swing? Also ice only had him reclining- haven't yet tried completely flat. But 7 hours straight sounds like a dream!
Post by sidneyvicious on Aug 3, 2015 11:15:21 GMT -5
@hollyberry28, he's almost nine weeks! I definitely would have the swing as reclined as far as it goes -- I didn't actually start doing this until i realized the swing reclines -- duh!!!
ETA: seven-hours stretches just started this week. Before that were three-hour stretches, and not long before that were awful nights full of 45-minute naps.
@hollyberry28, he's almost nine weeks! I definitely would have the swing as reclined as far as it goes -- I didn't actually start doing this until i realized the swing reclines -- duh!!!
ETA: seven-hours stretches just started this week. Before that were three-hour stretches, and not long before that were awful nights full of 45-minute naps.
I'm like drooling at the thought of 7-hour stretches of sleep... DB did a few 4 and 5 at around six weeks. But now at nine weeks he's not giving me more than 3
Post by ravinraven216 on Aug 3, 2015 14:17:25 GMT -5
So LO essentially slept from 7:00 to 1:45 with some limited awake time. Today he's not napping for longer than 20 minutes and much less frequently than he should - he slept during a walk, on me (and I was falling asleep holding him), and now in his car seat so he could hang out with me while I was in the bathroom. He also wants to eat more often than usual, like he's making up for lost time, and is generally being a fusspot. Do daytime naps/eating shift when they start sleeping longer at night?
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