Etelle, jasmine,
glad that you find her good. intend to ask her to come next week. some mummies said that it's better to ask them to come in the morning when they have the most amount of energy. by afternoon, these ladies may have done a few massage and very tired already. what you u gals did the massage? I think afternoon massage is more suitable for me because morning I need to send my elder girl and afternoon, my baby gal sleeps better.
hen,
my girl also cry before and after going into water. my elder girl used to cry when she is in the water. ya, like what etelle says, it's better to keep talking to them and have some eye contact. till now, my toddler still cry when she is bathing, think it's a something that some babies enjoy and some don't.
petrina,
you are not alone. don't be depressed. my girl is also like that at night. it seems like babies are fussier at night. what you can do is to keep them awake for longer period in the daytime so that they will be more sleepy in the night and can sleep better. but if you intend to let her settle herself to sleep, u need to read her cue and put her in her bed before she is too tired. when she is too tired, she will need our assistance, like suckle pacifier, carry to sleep. my girl was awake from 6pm to 12am last night. she kept rooting the whole night and I was like feeding her from left to right breast then left again. so tiring. but good thing is that I feed her lying down and occasionally sit up to burp her. she managed to sleep from 12am to 5am before making noises for her feed. think she is tanking up for the night.
don't feel guilty about asking for help. your hubby should help out occasionally. it's perfectly alright. next time when you go back to work (I assume you are), he also need to chip in at night, right? now my girl is sleeping like a angel and no matter how I disturbed her for her feed, she doesn't nudge. aiyoh, don't know what to do.
Cradling to sleep was what we started for my elder gal but it doesn't work all the time so when she was 1 month old, she started to suckle my breast to sleep which is perfectly fine for me. when she was 17mths old, I weaned her off my breast and she was carried to sleep again, trained my by MIL when I put her at my MIL place to wean her. she was really too heavy to be carried to sleep every night was so tiring for us and i was 3 mths pregnant so I told her to go to bed on her own and she managed to roll around with her soft toy and fall asleep at 20mths. now at 24mths, she can sleep on her own in the night time if she settle in early in her bed, if she missed her bedtime, she will be very cranky. be prepared that you may have some prob to stop carrying her to sleep in the future. I think it will be wise to let them settle to sleep after 3 mths when they can burp on their own. however, really everyone is diff, some babies settle themselves wo adults trying to do anything, some simply cannot be controlled. take care and cheer up. tomorrow is going to be better.
Mummies,
had my first bath today and wash my hair for the first time after 10 days. I think it's not very useful because I perspire immediately after bathing. sianz but at least the hair smell nicer. heehee!
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