hi mommies
so long MIA liao. Been busy doing daily things and too tired.
Auqaduck trial sounds like fun...too bad me stay in HK, otherwise would have join too.
Christie
Me no expert, but try timing your flight to your baby's napping time. Then when take off and descending, latch baby on (if u're BF-ing) or feed her milk so she can do the swallowing and relieve the ear pressure. I requested for the bassinet but didnt use cos my baby light sleeper, needs to sleep in my arms. Ask the crew to stagger your meals (if u're traveling with your hubby) so u all can take turns to take care of baby (if she's not sleeping in the bassinet)
mcfluffy
mine also same. She sleeps at 8-9pm, yday she wakes up at 10plus, 11plus, 1plus and 4plus. It's not those "cry with eyes close" kind of wakeup, but really suddenly jus stir and situp. At 10plus, i was still outside, saw from the monitor she woke up so we went in, she oredi sitting up and when i walked in, in the dark, can see she even smiled at me *faint*
Mommies
Not sure if i've asked u all before...but do your babies yawn a lot? Mine does and i'm quite worried she not enough sleep.Her sleep schedule is something like this now (she's ever changing, but lately it's like this)
6-7ish morning - Wakeup
10-11ish - Morning Nap but only for 30-40mins
3pm or 330pm - Afternoon Nap for about 1.5 to 2hours
8-9pm - Sleep for the day
In total, i reckon she's sleeping around 12-13hours, which is more or less what babies her age are doing/need? But i dunno why she's always yawning when she wakes up. She also rubs her eyes which also means she needs more sleep. But besides yawning and rubbing eyes, she is wide awake and playful
I've tried ways and means to put her back to sleep including, patting, nursing, rocking, even lying down beside her (she naps on our bed, same at night) for the short morning nap she does now, but exactly 30mins (max 40mins) she will wake up even if i'm lying next to her and tried to quickly nurse her back to sleep. She will nurse but with eyes wide open, and then she will roll over and sit up and smile at me. Ok, so she's awake but then she'll give me a BIG yawn. I have attempted to gently pull her back down, nurse again, but she'll reject and sometimes will cry if i persisted.
What should i do? I'm worried all these yawning and rubbing eyes really do mean she's not getting enough sleep but she jus doesnt want to! Like today, she naps from 11 to 1140, then from 330 to 5pm. By 630pm, she was already yawning 5-6times plus rubbing her eyes. So i figured i'll put her to bed earlier and started the bedtime routine earlier around 7ish. Started nursing her at 8pm, but she was nursing in the dark with eyes wide open. Even attempted to sit up several times. In the end, she played around until almost 9pm and promptly fell asleep. So in the end, she still slept at 9pm despite my effort of letting her sleep early!
Sorry for the long posting but HELP!