you're doing great. Enjoy your evening. Have you figured out what bothers K so much? Have you tried to elevate his mastress a little so he would not lay flat with a pillow underneath, just like when they have a cold? Just throwing ideas.
yes, I'm not kidding you. Lavender has soothing properties and helps to sleep. From Wiki: In pillows, lavender seeds and flowers aid sleep and relaxation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender
I've tried it myself on both my daughter and I and it works. As K is still little I would use a natural spray from WF on his pillow/where his head rests about 10-15mn before putting him to bed. The scent immediately after spraying is too strong imo.
I think sleep training is an excellent idea and you're doing a great job.
It's hard when you're on your own with only one crying baby and wondering if they'll ever stop. Having two for this length of time? You're wondermummy - and when Hobie gets back he can tell you all about the geek fun he had and then take charge while you get your long quiet soak.
Sleep training. Ugh. I just feel like I've been doing it for months now and he still has to cry himself to sleep. On the one hand, we had a good night between 11 and 7 (WOO!), but he still has to cry himself to sleep every single time. What am I doing wrong?
And as for the Hobie take charge me take bath idea - I'm on board!
Sometimes it's just time for babies to cry. One theory one of the developmental psychologists in my project has is that babies learn so much during the day that they find it hard to process it all and get frustrated, but the frustration happens at the end of the day when they're tired and so instead of getting properly angry they start whinging.
I like this version because it means that the whinging is a direct result of good mummying because she learned a lot of stuff. Would it help you to think of it that way?
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Have you figured out what bothers K so much? Have you tried to elevate his mastress a little so he would not lay flat with a pillow underneath, just like when they have a cold?
Just throwing ideas.
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Lavender has soothing properties and helps to sleep.
From Wiki: In pillows, lavender seeds and flowers aid sleep and relaxation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender
I've tried it myself on both my daughter and I and it works. As K is still little I would use a natural spray from WF on his pillow/where his head rests about 10-15mn before putting him to bed. The scent immediately after spraying is too strong imo.
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It's hard when you're on your own with only one crying baby and wondering if they'll ever stop. Having two for this length of time? You're wondermummy - and when Hobie gets back he can tell you all about the geek fun he had and then take charge while you get your long quiet soak.
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And as for the Hobie take charge me take bath idea - I'm on board!
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I like this version because it means that the whinging is a direct result of good mummying because she learned a lot of stuff. Would it help you to think of it that way?
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