At 4.5 months my son will not settle for daytime naps My son had been sleeping well at night, and going down reliably from birth. However, his daytime sleeps were more difficult, only taking place if he was rocked in the pram (outside), or cuddled in bed. A month ago, night-time sleeps started to become […]
Continue ReadingOur 4.5-month-old has problems at resettling himself without his dummy For the past 5-6 weeks we have been experiencing problems with our son’s lunch time nap – he used to sleep for a good 2-21/2 hrs at lunch time and if he woke up we gave him a dummy. However, we have since decided to […]
Continue ReadingMy 18 week old twins are not happy sleeping in their travel cots. Should I persevere or abandon out holiday plans? My 18-week-old twins are good sleepers: they sleep in their cots in the morning, in their cots or buggy at lunchtime and their buggy in the afternoon. My problem is that we are going […]
Continue ReadingHow do I get my 8-week-old to settle better at 7pm? My daughter, Erris, is eight weeks old and well established on the routines, and feeds and naps at the correct times throughout the day. The only problem is when I put her down at 7pm. She naps in her pram in the morning, in […]
Continue ReadingMy eight-week-old is unable to settle himself to sleep without prolonged crying Oscar has always been difficult to settle to sleep at 7pm. For the last three weeks we have tried controlled crying, but he is still crying wildly every night for at least an hour. He only falls asleep when totally exhausted. I follow […]
Continue ReadingIs my ten-week-old daughter settling too early in the evenings? As I have to express all feeds, I am finding it difficult to stick to the evening routine. I start feeding at 6.15pm but it only takes 10-15mins to finish the feed rather than the 40 minutes it would take if I were breast-feeding. Should […]
Continue ReadingMy six week son seems unable to settle well at the morning nap My son of 6.5 weeks is fed at 7am, and then starts to become tired 8.20/30. I change his nappy and cuddle him for 15 minutes then take to his dark nursery for 10/15 minutes until he is drowsy. Sometimes he will […]
Continue ReadingAt six weeks old my daughter is unable to settle at 7pm My daughter is fine during the day, feeding and sleeping according to your routines, but she will not settle at 7pm. We have tried giving her more milk in the evenings, thinking she may be hungry, and we have tried to vary her […]
Continue ReadingHow do I put twins of 2.5 weeks to bed? I need some advice on how to put twins to bed. Harriet and Evie are just over 2 weeks old and at the moment both sleep in separate Moses baskets in the same room. However, I am not sure if this is the best idea […]
Continue ReadingMy seven week old won’t settle Please could I have your advice about my 7 week old daughter and sleeping? We have been trying to apply your routines from about two weeks but seem to be struggling to get things established. Though to begin with she would settle if put in her moses basket dozy, […]
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