My son is 3 1/2 months old. He sleeps with me at night. We would like him to sleep in his bassinet but he won't sleep there. Rather, he sleeps for a time, but always wakes up in the middle of the night (when he's with me, he will sleep all night) So, if I want a good nights rest he comes with me, or if I want to be up all night I put him in the bassinet.
We thought maybe it was because he was cold (It is VERY cold here and the house doesn't get very warm) So we dressed him warm and wrapped him up in a blanket and then covered him with another one, but he still wakes up at night. He's not hungry (although he does eat when he wakes up and then goes back to bed) but since he doesn't wake up while he sleeps with me, I've ruled that out.
Any suggestions on how I can maybe keep him warmer or transition from co-sleeping to being alone in the bassinet?
This is my fourth child and I've never had a problem with this before, but this one is really clingy!
2007-02-18 02:24:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I didn't think of that Kat. Gonna try it tonight and maybe we'll both sleep well!
2007-02-18 02:40:40 · update #1
First of all, Rooney, he doesn't use a pacifier anymore. As a matter of fact, he screams more when I give him one now. Go figure.
And Secondly, He slept all night last night! I rolled up one of my sweaters and tucked it in next to him and one of my husbands and tucked it in on the other side. Worked like a charm. Here's hoping for day 2...
2007-02-19 06:23:03 · update #2
He's comfortable with your scent. Take a t-shirt or other article of clothing of your (it has to have been worn) and wrap him in it too, along with your blankets. I had to have a sweater of mine in the bassinet with my little girl for a while. If you have to, get one of those teddy bears that makes the womb sounds to keep him calm.
2007-02-18 02:34:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did this with my daughter when she was only a month old and she was sleeping through the nights.
1) Get a t-shirt that you have had on and put it over he's bed like you would a bed sheet. Because it has your sent on it and that why he likes to sleep with you because he feels safe and he knows your sent.
2) See if you have a heat pad that you can warm up and put that on your shirt in he's bed so he still thinks he with you because it's warm and not cold. Let that sit there with one of his blankets over it to keep it warm while your feeding him.
3) The next time you go to the store like Wal-Mart or BabysRUs see if they have a womb bear and Johnson and Johnson Bedtime bath both of those will help him allot also and I can tell you those bears are the best thing a mom could ask for because my daughter is now 20 months old and she still likes to have it on she even turns it on her self.
2007-02-18 04:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by T78 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well firstly it wouldn't be unusual for a 3 1/2 month old to need to eat at least once if not more during the night.
Also I have a crib set up as a side car arrangement. This may work for you. I don't have the side on it so really it is just a bed extension. You could try it with the side and see if just being able to see you and being up off the cold floor helps.
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2007-02-18 02:52:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Didn't mention if you give him a pacifier, it can really help soothe hima nd put him back to sleep if you do. Please keep in mind that a newborn if he is not hungry will whine for a few minutes and get tired and fall asleep. Don't let him scream and cry for a long period of time but I noticed that I made our life easier and allowed the baby to get enough sleep by just waiting a little to see if the baby would stop the whining and go to sleep. Many times if it was only an hour after feeding or so I knew that she wasn't really hungry so I let her whine a little and she would falla sleep on her own. I would just give her a pacifier, tuck her in more and shush her and she owuld go to sleep on her own.
2007-02-18 02:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try warming up the bed with a heating pad before you put him down for the night. Also if you wear a certain perfume he is used to try spraying a small amount of that in his bed. Use one of those padding things that are suposed to keep them on their back to make it "seem" like there is someone next to him. :) Good luck
2007-02-18 02:45:19 · answer #5 · answered by autumnofserenity@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a lil sister, and my mother had the same problem with her. But my mother was too lazy to get up in the night so she let her sleep with her all the time. And now she's already 2 and half and she sleeps still with my mom. I think you should habituate your child to sleep in his bed and not with you, because later it would be very difficult for you. Just put him every night into the bassinet till he'll habituate to sleep in his own bed! You can give him a doll, or a cuddly toy - so he won't feel so alone (because i think that that's the reason why he sleeps with you) Good luck!
2007-02-18 03:35:27 · answer #6 · answered by justme 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Try putting him to sleep with one of your shirts or something that smells like you. He may just be really attached to you and you can also try putting him to bed with a warm bottle against his belly so that he can feel the warmth and think* your right there! Good Luck!
2007-02-18 03:25:00 · answer #7 · answered by jesscblu 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
solid success with that!! My infant began snoozing throughout the time of the night at 3 months that lasted a million month. he's now 11 months and has in easy terms slept as quickly as throughout the time of the night in view that then..
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2007-02-19 00:54:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋