I am at my wits end. Please help!

I second that trick!

"Jamie Clark" wrote in message
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You can also tell if they are deep asleep or just cat-napping if you lift
up
an arm, and drop it back down. If it is tense or goes down slowly, then
baby is not fully deeply asleep. If it lifts up without resistance, and
flops back down, then baby is fully asleep. Hopefully all the arm
flopping
doesn't wake baby up....

Taylor was a pretty light sleeper, so she woke up instantly the moment I
put
her down, guaranteed, never failed. Like the oposite of those Baby Dolls
that close their eyes when you lay them flat. What helped me was to
hold
her to me with a blanket wrapped around her until she fell asleep. When I
went to lay her down, I made sure to lay her on the warm blanket, so the
temperature change to the bassinet or crib wasn't as noticable. That
trick
saved my sanity!
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"Cat" wrote in message
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"Carol Ann" skrev i en meddelelse
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I'm better now. I have learned a few tricks....like, allow at least
15
mins
of holding time before putting her down to be sure she is asleep.
Whodathunkit?

It made quite a difference to me when I discovered that :-D

Tine, Denmark

Carol Ann wrote:

I'm better now. I have learned a few tricks....like, allow at least 15 mins
of holding time before putting her down to be sure she is asleep.
Whodathunkit?

That's a good strategy for a newborn, but as she
gets older you want to transition out of that slowly so
that eventually you put her down awake and she can fall
asleep on her own. You start out nursing them to sleep
and cuddling until they're really out. After the newborn
period, you can often nurse them to sleep and put them
down immediately. Then, as they get older, they are
less and less asleep naturally as they finish nursing,
and if you just keep putting them down, one day you'll
be putting them down awake and they'll still just fall
asleep on their own. Obviously, this is easier with
some babies than others, and it may not work for you, but
it worked for all mine like a charm.

Best wishes,
Ericka