Am I doing something wrong?
Jul. 10th, 2009 12:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
By advice from the health visitor, Pea should be sleeping outside as much as possible. (Or in this case on our balcony.) Supposedly it should be healthier and help him sleep.
Only problem is, I haven't seen him sleep any better out there. He wakes up just as often. So these days he doesn't sleep out there at all, because the more his tummy trouble bothers him, the more he wakes up. And when he wakes up so often, I want to be close to him. To prevent him from feeling it too much, I try to soothe him back to sleep the second he wakes up. If I manage to caox him back to sleep immediately, he doesn't need more than that. But if he starts crying, he wakes up so much he'll need rocking for 30 mins to fall asleep again.
Maybe it's just me being paranoid, but the health visitor seems to be unable to understand why I can't just leave him out there. It's not that I think he'll die if he cries for a bit. Trust me, he's allowed to cry when things suck (Like when he gets dressed. He HATES that.) but I just cannot let my baby lie there and just cry and cry.
Am I being overprotective?
Feeling very depressed and inadequate today. :o(
Only problem is, I haven't seen him sleep any better out there. He wakes up just as often. So these days he doesn't sleep out there at all, because the more his tummy trouble bothers him, the more he wakes up. And when he wakes up so often, I want to be close to him. To prevent him from feeling it too much, I try to soothe him back to sleep the second he wakes up. If I manage to caox him back to sleep immediately, he doesn't need more than that. But if he starts crying, he wakes up so much he'll need rocking for 30 mins to fall asleep again.
Maybe it's just me being paranoid, but the health visitor seems to be unable to understand why I can't just leave him out there. It's not that I think he'll die if he cries for a bit. Trust me, he's allowed to cry when things suck (Like when he gets dressed. He HATES that.) but I just cannot let my baby lie there and just cry and cry.
Am I being overprotective?
Feeling very depressed and inadequate today. :o(
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Date: 2009-07-11 05:18 am (UTC)And some advice about the bowel thing, two things your could try: One, when he cries from the pain of trying to poop you could massage his tummy. Or two, bring his legs up to his tummy so that he is "squatting". Both may help him pass stool easier.
Keep at it and don't listen to these "experts". YOU are his mother. YOU know your baby better than anyone. Trust your instincts. You aren't going to mess him up.
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Date: 2009-07-11 06:52 am (UTC)