Fidgeting during the night...

[Steelgoddess]

Hay is fine during the day sleeping but for some reason most recently at night he loves to fidget and bounce about in his moses basket...

He normally settled so easily but after the 3am feed or so he will fidget for quite a while and then either fall asleep or cry for us to pick him up...

Also just wondered what you guys thought but do you think that ppl holding him for long periods of time affects him settling down??? I fear sometimes I is getting so used to be picked for long periods he wants it all the time if that makes sense. And by this I don;t mean cuddling I mean him literally lying on ppl and falling off asleep...

 

[Sherlock]

I had to get Galen to learn to settle on his own as I was not able to sit with him cuddled up on me for hours during the day or night. By 4 weeks he was going to sleep from awake and at 6 weeks went into his cot and has slept happily in there ever since. I have to say it wasn't easy but it worked for us. He is a happy little baby and very content.

He may be reaching a growth spurt so just restless at night a little more. Or else he is just adjusting his body clock to this whole sleeping at night thing.

FWIW it does no harm to cuddle him when still so small. But if you don't want to be doing it, don't feel you have to. Just be aware it might take a fair bit if patience and time to help him get used to settling off to sleep away from you and in his basket.

Drop me a PM if you want some tips for helping him settle off to sleep in his basket

 

[Bee]

Finlay does this too and up until last week it didn't wake him - he just ended up in stupid positions in the morning

But now it wakes him - 4 or 5 times during the night. He's in a sleeping bag and its not making a difference

No help there, sorry

 

[BabyMagic]

I can't comment on the fidgeting as we co-sleep and LO moves about but it never bothers me. When she was sleeping in her crib for a short period of time around two months I used to wake up every time she moved.

I remember posting about carrying my baby all the time earlier. Like you I was worried that if LO was carried around at young age she would expect that later on. As she used to cry quite a lot until about three months I kept carrying her as it was the only way to settle her (in a sling or just keeping her in my arms most of the time). She is 6 months now and yes, she still loves the sling (starts giggling when I put it on me), but when at home she doesn't want to held all the time. She is far too busy learning new skills. She much rather sit down on the floor or stand supported.

And she hardly cries at all these days. She is such a happy and confident baby. I feel that is down to me being there for her when she was younger. I feel that she knew that her needs were met.

I am not sure if the same applies to all babies but I would not worry about carrying your LO at this stage. Trust your instinct and love your baby - that's enough. If 'training' her feels right now, do so. If not, just enjoy the beautiful stage of a newborn baby

 

[Steelgoddess]

sorry reading my post back it sounds like i don't want him carried i love carrying him, \i guess just dont him to think we are abandoning himwhen we go to pop him down, I just watched him and I think his face is bothering him ie its itchy hence the fidgeting.

He normally seems very content and good, will see how things go this evening...

think you're right babymagic think i need to just concentrate on loads of cuddles and enjoying him when he sleeps as well as when he is awake...

Oh P.s is it normal for me to only want me and OH to cuddle him to sleep, sometimes when he is sleeping on other ppl i get so protective, and want him back to comfrt him myself...

 

[BabyMagic]

Steelgoddess - I used to feel a bit protective over LO too, particularly if I felt that the other person wasn't holding her right. I didn't say anything though (unless LO was clearly in danger, ie the neck wasn't protected enough) as I thought that it is good for babies to learn to be held by others.

I think it is normal for LOs to prefer to be held by their parents, particularly later on. My LO loves smiling at people, but if they hold her and are a bit insecure she wants to come back to me.

Great to hear that your LO is content

 

[Talia_baby]

My Lo fidgets alot at night too and i think its down to trapped wind in her belly. I bf her at night and because we're lying down and she falls straight to sleep afterwards i dont always burp her but about an hour later she sometimes wakes up rolling around so i rub her belly, she does lots of big farts and falls back to sleep. lol