My now fiancee and i are having a heck of a time and would like to hear any suggestions.
let me start by saying that we have 9 week old twins. a boy and a girl. from day one my daughter has been the "easier" one to take care of. she requires far less attention than her sometimes grumpy brother. after a month or so we were doing pretty good with him. he finally stopped throwing up constantly and the only thing keeping us pulling our hair out was colic in the evening. even that is not so bad compared to our current problem. both children will sleep almost all through the night semi consitantly. (my daughter more than my son)my daughter takes naps for a couple hours during the day as usual. my son however, will not. he will not nap for longer than 5-30 minutes. he is up all day and soon becomes cranky (from lack of sleep i can guess) he will fall asleep for 10min or so and then be right back up. hes not crying like hes hungry or dirty, he eats at the appropriate time, he is in the Cadillac of all swings (sweetpeace) he gets held (which is what helps the most, but only when mom hold him.) we try to play with him, we try and show him Christmas lights or the tv, but nothing works. he will not sleep like he should. this is getting VERY difficult. any tips tricks or anything to help? hes healthy no fever nothing. just wont sleep.

have you tried swaddling? Some babies like to be swaddled when it's nap time.

Rocking in a rhythmic pace helps.

Burping?? May have some gas bubbles in his tummy and it's painful when he lays down.

Try to keep a consistent schedule and remain calm.

If I think of more ideas, I'll post more.

the swaddling doesn't help, our son hates it although sometimes he will tolerate it. the rocking will get him to sleep yes, but he wont stay asleep for more than 15min or so. we've burped and burped and burped him, as well as tried mylicon (sp?) and gripe water for when he gets hiccups. there seems to be nothing we haven't tried. he will sleep ok at night but daytime naps are a problem.

So I know that this may not be advise that is helpfull but your baby's are not very old yet. This may just have to be one of those hurdles that you end up going through. Is your son breast fed or formula? Sometimes breast fed baby's don't feel as full. (i'm no expert but that's what I've been told) If i'm wrong let me know I do think that giving your baby a lavender bath and putting lavender lotion on before bed might help. Good luck! I hope you're able to get some sleep!

My oldest used to like sitting upright... like in his baby car seat or one of those baby bouncer chairs.

He is hypersensitive... meaning sudden light change and sound change startle him. (he was hard to calm down) He loved the swing and perfered it to being held.

My youngest is opposite... he loved being held.

.... ok... if i think of any more ideas... I'll let you know.

thanks!

he seems to like sitting up latley weve notice too. but that doesnt help him sleep. hes been doing a lil better but its really a **** shoot depending on the day. hes on formula, and he sleeps all night fine a solid 7hours or so without waking up. its just during the day that he wont sleep, and if he does it HAS to be in moms arms with her rocking. she stops, he wakes up.

Three words. Soothing bouncy seat. It was the only way Katie would sleep without me holding her when she was a baby. I'd lay her in that thing, turn it on and have a blissful couple of hours to play with Alex or get some things done. I probably spent a fortune in D battaries but I consider it money well spent.

XY... he sounds like a good one to investigate the baby store with. maybe you can try some of the baby soothing things they have in the store.

They have these new bouncy seats with music and light attachments, and the baby swings are battery operated. (unlike the 15 minute crank one I had and he let me know when the swing was slowing down)

Another friend used to put her cranky baby on the washer when it was on the spin cycle (in a car seat of course) because it soothed her while she did the laundry.

I used to play those tapes that had classical music with nature sounds in the background... like a running stream, when it was bed time.

The funny part was I used the tape on long road trips and it would instantly put both kids to sleep.... hee hee hee......

we bought this one, we got it at babies r us, and it helps him sleep longer just not any more often. it has all the bells and whistles (as it should for nearly 200.00)lol.

http://www.babysupermarket.com/baby/product.asp?dept_id...ad=3233_1975_df_6589

Whoa remind me to invite you to a baby shower if I ever have another one.....lol.

I dont know if you have a play pen or not, but when my daughter was younger she was the same way. My child would never sleep during the day. And always had to be up in my arms. I spoke to her dr about it as she would get up at 6 am and go to bed for the night at 6 pm but no nap at all from the time she came home from the hosptial tell she was almost 16 months old.

My dr told me to get a play pen, the new one's that have the bassinet in them and has a vibration to it. That way I could lay her in there and it would vibrate for a half hour. It worked wonders and was the best money spent. It also has a music box in it.

Could try that as well.

we have vibrating bouncys and swings and we have a play pen with a bassenette but not one that does both.

he seems to be doing a lil better, but only for mom :/