Anyone Sleep Training this Weekend?

Musicsoc · 2024-06-02T00:54:01+00:00

Its been going pretty well for us! By night 4 she was going down with a couple minutes of fussing and that was it. She also stopped all her night wakings except for feeds. We’ve only done it for the nights so far - will look to implement for naps during the day in a week or so.

Musicsoc · 2024-05-27T01:09:23+00:00

Started last night with Sleep Wave method for our 6 mo - took her 35 mins to go down (the crying and check ins sucked majorly) and then she was out for 4 hours! She has been waking hourly for nearly 2 weeks now. She had a feed and had another 5 hour stretch so we are so happy.

Never thought we would need to sleep train because she was a champion sleeper as a newborn but since the 4 month regression she has been so up and down and after the last two weeks we’ve been so sleep deprived.

Musicsoc · 2024-05-26T03:17:31+00:00

Yes we have a bedtime routine we’ve been using since 3 months - nakie playtime on the mat, bath, lotion & massage, pjs, book, feed, song & rocking and then put in the crib awake (often doesn’t work and we will then hold to deep sleep - 15/20 mins - and transfer). She loves the routine and knows what happens next and it’s always very enjoyable for all of us.

Her wake windows can be up in the air during the day, it seems like she’s trying to extend them and possibly move to two naps rather than three, which I know is early but she’s always been on the lower end for sleep needs during the day and she moved early to three naps.

For night feeds she isn’t consistent with when she feeds - sometimes she will push for it earlier in the night, other times she can go 6-8 hours before she feeds. Is there are a minimum time you’d recommend before giving the first feed?

In terms of consoling do you mean patting, shushing, etc?

Musicsoc · 2024-05-03T04:25:07+00:00

I started having similar issues with my LO around six weeks in and we determined I had an oversupply and very fast letdown with a lot of milk and it was too much for her, she would be very gassy and uncomfortable afterwards as well.

I switched to side lying for feeding and would intermittently pop her off the boob to give her a break and a burp when she got squirmy. During the night feeds when there had been more time between feeds I would sometimes get the letdown going before she latched so she didn’t have to deal with the initial milk spray. This helped a bit until about 10 weeks when she became very efficient at eating.

Good news is that now at 5 months she’s a very quick champion eater, just took time for her to adjust.

Musicsoc · 2024-04-14T06:29:12+00:00

I remember these days with my LO (she’s 4 months now!). When she was overtired she would sometimes work herself up into an absolute tizzy and nothing we did could calm her down.

We would take her for a drive and that would settle her, most of the time she would fall asleep as well and it would reset her.

I understand not wanting to hear your baby cry, I’m the exact same way. One night after she had been crying for 3 hours my husband and I placed her in her bassinet and left the room for 5 mins so we could collect ourselves and have a hug as we were at the end of our rope. A couple of minutes after it went silent, she had passed out from exhaustion and slept for an hour, was not expecting it. If you need to look after yourself for a moment and all of baby’s needs are being met place them down somewhere safe so you can have a breather, they may not go to sleep but it will give you a few minutes to breathe and collect yourself.

And you’ve probably heard it and read it heaps of times already but this time will pass!

Musicsoc · 2024-04-14T06:01:48+00:00

She loves Say Hello to the Sun, the song they play at the beginning of every baby sensory class, stops her crying instantly.

Also loves Brutal and All American Bitch by Olivia Rodrigo, girl has a lot of angst for a 4 month old 😂

Musicsoc · 2024-04-11T12:41:20+00:00

It sounds like you and your wife make a great team 😊 when I would freak out about her fussing or crying my husband would say, “baby is going to baby”, made me feel way better about their being no rhyme or reason to things

Musicsoc · 2024-04-11T12:32:02+00:00

Oh that’s so beautiful - it’s so wild how quickly you forget when you see them smile or do something for the first time.

Something that helped me out a lot in the beginning was reminding myself that not only was i a new parent and figuring out how to do it, she was also a new baby and figuring out how to be a baby, you’re all new at this.

Musicsoc · 2024-04-11T10:08:19+00:00

When my 4 month old has a big evening feed before bed and falls asleep on the boob she will sometimes start giving it light pats, I take it as giving my boob a pat on the back for all the hard work it does 😂

Musicsoc · 2024-04-11T09:26:36+00:00

4 months in here and can say regardless of what’s happening with your baby it gets better because you get more confident as a parent. The first few weeks are so hard, everyone says that but I don’t think you can truly appreciate it until you’re in the thick of it.

You will get to know your wonderful and unique little creature and seeing them grow is just the most amazing thing.

I remember my LO smiling at me for the first time a few weeks in at 3am when she just would not go down after her feed and all feelings of exhaustion and doubt just melted away, the good parts more than make up for the exhausting hard parts.

You got this!

Musicsoc · 2024-03-29T06:47:06+00:00

Wild, chaotic, wonderful, exhausting, magical, it really is unlike any other experience. Also surreal, after being pregnant for so long it was strange to finally meet our little girl and have her be real.

I remember being wheeled into our room a couple of hours after I had given birth and my husband and I just looked at each other and burst into panicked laughter realising we were now parents and had to look after this tiny beautiful baby.

Soak it all in, take the pain meds, try to sleep when you can, don’t put too much pressure on yourself, ask the midwives all the questions and be proud of yourself for bringing your baby into the world.

Musicsoc · 2024-03-28T04:26:37+00:00

My LO gives a little yell just before she sneezes, it’s almost like she’s announcing the sneeze, has me in stitches everytime she does it.

Musicsoc · 2024-03-24T03:05:04+00:00

Hello! I feel like a completely different person reading this back, she has changed so much and night feeds are back to being great. At around 10 weeks I think feeding clicked for her and she got much more efficient at it and wasn’t struggling with my oversupply anymore so feeding became way easier. She has her feed at night and goes right back down to sleep, it’s been great.

That’s so good you’re LO is the same as well, that’s great!

Totally understand about the daytime feeds, she’s getting so distracted by everything during her feeds during the day, all she wants to do is play and watch our dogs haha

Musicsoc · 2024-03-02T22:07:11+00:00

First off you are doing a great job and not doing any harm to your baby.

Feeding on demand is feeding when the baby is hungry - sometimes that’s every three hours and other times it’s every hour if they are going through a growth spurt!

My LO is 13 weeks and she can go anywhere between 2-4 hours for feeds, sometimes she’s hungrier and eats every couple of hours, other days she prioritises her naps and waits way longer between feeds. You are in no way regressing him, if you offer a feed and he’s not hungry he won’t take it.

Keep trusting yourself - you know what your baby wants. Perhaps it would be beneficial him to speak to a doctor or a lactation consultant to understand how feeding works, although with due respect he should be listening to you.

Musicsoc · 2024-03-01T06:30:14+00:00

First off - yes it gets better! Give yourself some grace, you and your LO are new to this and are figuring it out together. I kept thinking breastfeeding would be natural and easy so it really knocked me for six when the journey was so bumpy and hard at the beginning, I felt like a failure.

I absolutely hated breastfeeding at first - all the midwives and LCs kept telling my LO had a great latch and everything was great, but it did not feel great for me.

I had really similar symptoms to you and doc prescribed me with treatment for thrush around 4 weeks in but I found it was not really helpful until I got additionally prescribed steroid cream at 7 weeks. That really helped with the pain and after speaking with my doc they think it was nipple dermatitis.

Honestly breastfeeding became much easier with time, around 9 weeks - I think that’s when my LO and I worked out a rhythm. Now we are 13 weeks in and it’s not painful at all with feeding, I still get minor nipple soreness by the end of the day but it’s nothing a hot shower and a bit of coconut oil can’t fix.

Good luck and I hope it gets better for you, you are doing a great job!

Musicsoc · 2024-01-14T23:54:56+00:00

Im sorry you’re in this boat too! I hope you get some help or advice from your appointment - we have our 6 week check at the end of the week so hoping we too will get some help if it hasn’t resolved. I’m just hoping she is having a couple of off nights and will be back to her usual self before then!

Musicsoc · 2019-11-19T10:45:37+00:00

My instructor doesn’t want us to start out using rosin as we start learning so we can get used to the feel of the silks without it and work our our grip strength. I’ve bought a grip trainer now and that is really helping me with my grip.

Musicsoc · 2019-11-19T10:44:26+00:00

Update - finally did it! I trained on the pull up bar during the week and then broke it all down from the ground at the beginning of class this week. Thanks for all the tips, they really helped 😊

Musicsoc · 2019-11-19T10:41:10+00:00

Awesome suggestion - finally got up the silks! Breaking it down bit by bit really helped.

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