gonna start leah into a routine* update please help!!!

[Kimbo]

ive been co-sleeping so when leahs tired and wants bed, i have to go too.
but im gonna try getting her into a routine now.

going to take her up and put her in her cot at 9pm and stay with her until she falls asleep.
then i will check her every so often, plus ill have baby monitors.
i know it will probably take a few weeks to get it right, but think im better off starting her off now.
but do we get her up at the same time every morning or wait until she wakes??
and has anyone got any tips to make it work??

 

[Krystal]

This is what I did at first with Jack and it helped us.

same time every night i'd bath him, give bottle, bed 7pm

during night only change nappy if he had dirtied it not if only wet, feed him and burp - straight back down after this no lights or stimulation.

if he woke before 8am he was always put down like the above, if he woke up 8am onwards we got up for day. He now sleeps from 7pm till 8am. Occasionally he'll wake at6am-7am but he is always put back down.

I wouldn't wake her if she sleeps over 8am (or whatever time you decide is morning time)

 

[Kylie1007]

I found that when Finn reached 3 months and wasn't asleep all day as he had been when he was newborn, by the time it got to 5ish he would start getting grumpy and kind of set his own routine. When he was in his moses basket he would be down with us in his basket and I hated him being upstairs alone! Now he's in his own cot I put him up at 6.30ish (give or take half an hour either side) and he goes straight down. Sometimes when he's being a little toad I wonder whether 5 is too early to put him to bed

 

[rachie29]

our routine is similar to Kylies... but I would say that it is better to get up the same time every day. Holly overslept by an hour the other day - end result one very grumpy and out of sinc baby!

 

[Kimbo]

shes down in her cot now

she wouldnt fall asleep in her cot so had to rock her

but now i feel lost
my tiny baby is in a huge room on her own
im gonna miss sleeping with her

 

[trixipaws]

good luck with the routine. i remember it wasnt as much of an epic as i thought it was gonna be. just take things easy and try to relax and enjoy ur free time! it took me awhile to tear myself away from the monitor lol but im so glad i started it back then now i can enjoy my evenings.
are u trying the winding down, bath, milk, bed thing. iv done that from the start and i think it helps lots. i dim the lighting upstairs at her bedtime and have no TV/radio on or toys out, so dont stimulate her b4 bed. and if she cries at nite i dont put light on or talk to her, so she knows the difference between day & nite. hope that helps a tiny bit!

 

[Kimbo]

we did it last night... it was hard but eventually she dropped off and slept from 10.30 - 5am!! longest shes ever gone.


shes up there now.... she fell asleep but now ive come back down shes woken up... i can hear her on the monitor... shes just gurgling and making soft noises... i went to peek at her and shes happily laid in her cot.

should i just leave her like this if she seems happy??? or should i go back up n stay with her til she falls back asleep?? help!!!

 

[x-kirsty-x]

we did it last night... it was hard but eventually she dropped off and slept from 10.30 - 5am!! longest shes ever gone.


shes up there now.... she fell asleep but now ive come back down shes woken up... i can hear her on the monitor... shes just gurgling and making soft noises... i went to peek at her and shes happily laid in her cot.

should i just leave her like this if she seems happy??? or should i go back up n stay with her til she falls back asleep?? help!!!

Hiya, did you leave her? I definitely would of done, if she was happy in her cot on her own then that's a huge starting point. If you're always there when she drops off to sleep she'll expect it all the time and won't be able to settle herself down if she wakes up during the night.

Sounds like you're doing great, hope she keeps it up for you

 

[Kimbo]

[quote="Kim&Leah":1fn15sq9]we did it last night... it was hard but eventually she dropped off and slept from 10.30 - 5am!! longest shes ever gone.


shes up there now.... she fell asleep but now ive come back down shes woken up... i can hear her on the monitor... shes just gurgling and making soft noises... i went to peek at her and shes happily laid in her cot.

should i just leave her like this if she seems happy??? or should i go back up n stay with her til she falls back asleep?? help!!!

Hiya, did you leave her? I definitely would of done, if she was happy in her cot on her own then that's a huge starting point. If you're always there when she drops off to sleep she'll expect it all the time and won't be able to settle herself down if she wakes up during the night.

Sounds like you're doing great, hope she keeps it up for you [/quote:1fn15sq9]

yes we left her.
i felt guilty but she was happy enough and she slept well.
i put her in with me though after a while cos i missed her lol

its working well

 

[NooNoo]

Glad its working well hun

Youll just get into a good routine then it will all change lol thats how it will be for the next 18 years haha

but its good cos once youve got a system once you know you can do it again

 

[mrs_tommo22]

Sounds like shes doing really well kim! How is adjudting to her gro bag?

I bought imogen a new one today from tescos, it was 10 quid and so lovely! it was totally pink and its massive! she looks like a newborn in it! will get a pic up soon.She looks totally cute.

 

[jennywren]

should i just leave her like this if she seems happy??? or should i go back up n stay with her til she falls back asleep?? help!!!

hun just to say I agree with everyone else try not to rock her to sleep, stay with her till she falls asleep, or bring her in with you when she wakes up as she will get used to it. Oran was crap at being on his back, hated it, liked to sleep on his side, so we use to rock him to sleep so we could put him on his side and he wouldnt roll back on to his back like when he was awake lol and for month this is what he expected, I can't remember exactly when now but it was like 5-6 months we had to do controlled crying cause he still wanted rocking to sleep and he was getting to heavy! Also we used to bring him in when he woke in the night which was something else he learned to 'expect' but the controlled crying sorted it, cause it meant he learned that when he woke as long as he could find his dummy he could get himself back off to sleep without cuddling. Now we have to stay with him again as pretty much been getting teeth for the last few months so got really clingy, however he still goes in his cot and I just sit in the room for 5 mins and he drifts off so rather do that than the CC again! Anyway my rambling point is, if she is happy in her cot and not screaming then she is drifting off to sleep that is really great and mean you should have an easier life at bed time as she gets older!

Well done hun - I will be doing the same thing with my next one, whenever that may be, no matter how hard it may be!