Sleep cues?

[Elliellie]

Hi, following on from my posts about my baby's dreadful sleep habits I was just wondering what other people's babies do when they are tired & how quickly you act on them/what you do when you spot them? Im watching Isaac like a hawk at the moment as want to make sure I'm putting him down at the right time, but he really doesn't give much away & even if he does seem tired he's wide awake when he gets to his cot!

 

[LoopyLouize]

I put her down the moment I catch H rubbing her eyes. She tends to go down fine with no problems if I do it at this moment, if she gets to rubbing her eyes more than 3 times she screams the house down and I struggle getting her to sleep by this time. Hope this helps x

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[Mrsstuart01]

I'm the same, I look for sleepy slow blinks and yawns then put him down straight away. From that point you have 20 minutes approx till they're overtired so we have a little cuddle then put him down xx

 

[katie_lou]

Great thread . I've been struggling with stopping the cues . I put ruby in her cot when I catch her rubbing eyes but she still won't sleep xxx

 

[aliciabubba]

I put ralph down as soon as I see him start to touch his ears or starts to stare at something for more then 2 min and his eyes look like they are about to close xx

 

[BabyBrain]

If Albert is really tired he forgets where his eyes are and rubs his fists on his forehead lol, other than that he just makes ooooo-ing noises til he's picked up

 

[BevG]

Alyssa dosent have any specific cues, sometimes she yawns and goes quiet and most of the time she turns into grumpy baby after an hour and a half of being awake, sometimes a lil less sometimes more. she never goes more than 2 hours between naps so i know to put her down after an hour and a half

 

[l_maclean]

G rubs her eyes/nose. And gets a wee bit grumpy. We're still fighting sleep sp it's kinda hard sometimes. Xxx


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[Mrs N]

H starts by rubbing his eyes and staring off into space he then gets a bit grumpy, I then pick him up and he throws himself back like he is trying to lie down. I then put him down for his nap if it is the right time to sleep he looks to his left at the side of the pushchair, if I have put him down too early he tries to pull himself forward.
xxx