I know I might be jumping the gun a bit here, considering Piper is only 4 days old, but she seems much fussier/harder to please than my other two did from birth. So far, she won't sleep longer than a 1 hour stretch unless we are out and about and/or she's in the sling and I'm upright walking/moving. Night is really hard because I *think* she's used to all the noise and sleeps better when the girls are being noisy around her. And she has to be on me in a fetal position or constantly attached to the boob to sleep. Every time I lay her down, she wakes within a minute. She loves to be swaddled and does a bit better if I keep her wrapped up in a swaddling blanket. She's nursing or sucking constantly and I have given in and given her a Avent binky which she's not terribly fond of, but I just can't sit and nurse her all day long and she can only find her thumb half the time at this point.
I'm really okay with her *so far* fussy nature, I think I was made to be a mommy and I love babies! But I know that once dh leaves I'm going to need to be able to get some sleep at night and put her down some during the day to get things done and tend to my other girls. We're going to buy a swing tomorrow and see if that helps a bit, but we're also thinking about getting an Amby Baby Hammock for night. I need her to sleep a bit longer stretches at night (even as a newborn, I think it's okay to ask for more than 30-60 min. stretches, my other two slept 4-6 hour stretches from birth.) If I could get a few 2-3 hour stretches at night, I'd be happy. But as long as she's laying next to me, she thinks she needs to nurse constantly and if I move her away from me/put her in the cosleeper, she wakes right up anyway and then...of course, needs to nurse. It's a lose/lose situation.
So, anyone use an Amby baby hammock before? And any other suggestions for the fussier baby? She has cried more in her first 4 days of life than my other two did in their first month. I'm loving being an experienced mommy, but I sometimes still feel like I can't make her happy no matter what.
I'm really okay with her *so far* fussy nature, I think I was made to be a mommy and I love babies! But I know that once dh leaves I'm going to need to be able to get some sleep at night and put her down some during the day to get things done and tend to my other girls. We're going to buy a swing tomorrow and see if that helps a bit, but we're also thinking about getting an Amby Baby Hammock for night. I need her to sleep a bit longer stretches at night (even as a newborn, I think it's okay to ask for more than 30-60 min. stretches, my other two slept 4-6 hour stretches from birth.) If I could get a few 2-3 hour stretches at night, I'd be happy. But as long as she's laying next to me, she thinks she needs to nurse constantly and if I move her away from me/put her in the cosleeper, she wakes right up anyway and then...of course, needs to nurse. It's a lose/lose situation.
So, anyone use an Amby baby hammock before? And any other suggestions for the fussier baby? She has cried more in her first 4 days of life than my other two did in their first month. I'm loving being an experienced mommy, but I sometimes still feel like I can't make her happy no matter what.
otherwise, he sleeps w/ megh and i...
