Baby wants held all the time
Baby wants held all the time
Oliver is 5 weeks and he seems to be getting needier instead of more independent. He wants held pretty much constantly and will spend about 20 mins max during the day in his swing or bouncer before crying. At night it is a struggle to get him to go to sleep in his rock n play. If I hold him until he is in a deep sleep and swaddle him he will usually sleep for a max of 2 hours but sometimes he's up every hour. I feel like this is getting worse instead of better. Anyone else have a needy baby ?
deleted-user·
Same with mine, but I expected it. My 20 mnth old is same way. He doesn't get more then 5 foot away unless he's found something to get into. Do you baby wear? My Moby is a life saver. I just stick him in and go on. As far as night goes we do a bed time routine and I keep him up from 7 till around 9:30-10ish. By the time he's out he usually sleeps in bassinet right beside my bed til 4-5am.
Erin·
I do have an ergo and that definitely helps. Night time is a struggle definitely. I start getting him to try to go to sleep around 8:30 and it usually takes at least an hour. He sleeps in the rock n play next to my bed. He absolutely will not sleep flat on his back. He usually sleeps 2-3 hours after he first goes to bed. Then he wakes up and needs fed and changed and takes another hour to go back to sleep. Then the rest of the night he is usually restless and wakes up every hour or more often. How do you get your little one to stay asleep that long. I swaddle him and it does help.