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High9 
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 Posted: 27 July 2010 at 9:38am |
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Nah that's a normal feeling!! I wondered for ages how friends babies could be up for 3-4 hours at a time at that age and why mine could barely manage an hour! (Clearly she wasn't ready) but she is now!
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Bizzy
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Posted: 27 July 2010 at 9:44am |
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It sounds silly but I kinda feel bad not having him up for long - like I'm neglecting him or something and I only want him to sleep!!! Silly I know :) |
its hard i know... i used to keep telling myself they grow while they sleep so i didnt feel like i should be playing with them all the time.
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HuntersMama
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Posted: 27 July 2010 at 4:06pm |
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DS is 6 months, and he only lasts about an hour after his big overnight sleep, then during the rest of the days its a max of 2 hours but usually 1.5 hours hes awake for.
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Kalimirella
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Posted: 27 July 2010 at 4:30pm |
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My bubs is 14 weeks, and depending on how well i read her signs, (she has a sortve sleepy stare when shes ready to go down and rubs eyes if overtired) she can take between 5-30 mins to settle. I always give her a cuddle on the way to her room then put her down (shes a tummy sleeper) give her a quick pat or rub on the back and then say naptime and leave her to it. If she starts screaming is the only time I will go back in. Otherwise she can grizzle, coo, suck on her hand whatever for up to half an hour before even going to sleep lol.
So I would say 15 mins is a great settle time and you are doing awesome. And at 10 weeks she was only sometimes up for an hour at a time and rarely longer. Now she is up between 40mins and an 2 hours depending on how chipper she feels.
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Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! 
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mcshort
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Posted: 03 August 2010 at 10:03pm |
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Sounds like you're doing a great job, and it's such a hard thing in those early days!!
I found that if I made sure that there were no burps left, the nappy was clean, and he was wrapped (until about 4/5 months, then we wrapped with one arm free) but not super-tight which is a little cruel; I'd put him down and I never used a clock, just if he started to wind himself up a little more I'd either settle him on me (which I totally believe is ok in the first few months!) or I'd rock his bassinette, or even sit hidden near his bassinette and hold a cool hairdryer going on the lowest setting so that there was some constant womb-like noise.
10 weeks might be a little old, but if you want you could look for Dr Harvey Karp's 5 s's on YouTube for some ideas - it was a lifesaver for us but we did have a premmie so at 10 weeks he was really only a month old (if that makes sense?).
Keep up the wonderful mum work and best of luck!
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How long to settle?
