jerseygirl07067
01-16-2004, 10:46 AM
My DD is almost four weeks old. For the first two weeks she was a dream baby, eating every 2 1/2 - 3 hours and taking good naps throughout the day and night. Fussiness seems to be getting gradually worse every day now. I am BFing and know she is thriving in that sense (good weight gain, lots of wet and yellow poopy diapers). I have read Happiest Baby on the Block and "the 5 S's" have helped somewhat. I am starting to read Secrets of the Baby Whisperer now.
I am having the hardest time putting her down for naps now - it takes a half hour to an hour to get her to settle down for a nap. And that is after feeding her, changing her, and then she stays awake a little while longer with those "melodramatic" pooping grunts. So now almost two hours have gone by! That does not leave much time for sleep!. She is definitely tired, yawning frequently, but needs A LOT of help settling down, if we can settle her down at all. I should say that when I put her in her car seat and go out and run errands, she is OUT like a light. My concern is that then she gets too much daytime naptime, which causes her to fuss/be up more at night. On two occasions we actually let her "cry it out" and she slept for 3-3 1/2 hours! (but I hated doing that soo much)
I also have The No Cry Sleep Solution which I have not read yet. I feel like the books are useful, but there are so many conflicting philosiphies out there which makes me more frustrated!
Any suggestions? I realize every baby is different which is why this is so challenging too. (I am so tempted to go out for a five hour evening car ride - just to get her to sleep)
Thanks,
mary
I am having the hardest time putting her down for naps now - it takes a half hour to an hour to get her to settle down for a nap. And that is after feeding her, changing her, and then she stays awake a little while longer with those "melodramatic" pooping grunts. So now almost two hours have gone by! That does not leave much time for sleep!. She is definitely tired, yawning frequently, but needs A LOT of help settling down, if we can settle her down at all. I should say that when I put her in her car seat and go out and run errands, she is OUT like a light. My concern is that then she gets too much daytime naptime, which causes her to fuss/be up more at night. On two occasions we actually let her "cry it out" and she slept for 3-3 1/2 hours! (but I hated doing that soo much)
I also have The No Cry Sleep Solution which I have not read yet. I feel like the books are useful, but there are so many conflicting philosiphies out there which makes me more frustrated!
Any suggestions? I realize every baby is different which is why this is so challenging too. (I am so tempted to go out for a five hour evening car ride - just to get her to sleep)
Thanks,
mary