re: I have a 3 month old baby that refuses to sleep when he's tired

My oldest needed to he held, in a swing, or in a car.

In the car, we noticed that he responded to certain songs better.

He was also a big baby (10 lbs 5 ounces at birth) so he was always hungry. We ended up adding rice to his formula probably at about 2 months.

He was definitely high maintenance.

Everything seemed to have to go perfect to get him down.

By the time the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th child came around, the tight swaddling pretty much did the trick.

I have a 6 month old. Our routine…

Bath around 6:30-6:45pm and let him play until 7-7:15. Lotion/butt cream. Feed/rock until drowsy/almost asleep. Put in Merlin sleep suit in his crib 7:30.

He usually sleeps until 5am but sometimes wakes up around 2-3 hungry. If so we feed and repeat the drowsy/back in sleep suit.

Our son doesn’t nap much throughout the day. Maybe 2-3 30 min naps and he wakes up right before feeding time. He eats every 3 hours during the day.

I would also suggest the Ollie swaddle if your child can still fit in it. Wraps them tight and doesn’t allow them to startle and wake up during the night

The reason he sleeps well on mom’s chest is because he is listening to her heart beat it’s familiar to him, that and the two warm pillows. Y’all take a good look at your routine and see if you changed anything recently.

A rocking chair in their room that way when they do go down you don’t have to move them far. If that didn’t work we did the car ride. A box fan set up close to their door seamed to help to.

Our nemesis is 16 now and she still can’t go her arse to sleep like a normal person.

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Our nemesis is 16 now and she still can’t go her arse to sleep like a normal person.

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I’ve always wondered if things like sound machine, box fan, etc. are setting up the baby to rely on those things as an adult to sleep.

Our first born didn’t sleep for 3-4 years so we had a plan for baby number 2. My wife followed what this lady said to the letter. It works.

Taking Cara Babies

Short car ride.

Make his room a black hole with everything he needs. Get a brown noise machine and baby shusher. Don’t let him be up during the day for longer than 2-21/2 straight hours. Feed him big before bed an out him down. Take all the stuff out of his crib and just have him sleep in his pajamas.

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Ask you Dr about reflux. Routine won’t matter if this is the problem

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bingo.

if he is allergic to dairy and/or soy. you could have the greatest routine of all time and it won’t mean shite. they are in a lot of pain with silent reflux and other than a diet change, nothing will help.

often times when they are allergic to dairy at that age, they are also allergic to soy. Have your wife cut ALL dairy and soy from her diet for a week to see if things improve. It was night and day for us. But that is a really really hard diet to maintain for your wife.

a lot of folks are recommending Taking Cara. Our circumstances were obviously different with the reflux, but we used Taking Cara for the 2nd child (no allergy) and had a lot of success.

another tip: buy colored light bulbs. red light won’t disturb the natural production of melatonin in their brains but will allow you to see where you are going while moving around the nursery. fact.

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If I sing, and he laughs at me, he was lying.

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The ole half cry half laugh makes crack up every time. Which is it boy!!