Thanks for the suggestions. I'll experiment with time for that feed, hadn't thought of trying different times for that. That sounds worth doing.
Evenings are partly chaos because of the logistics of dinner, me wanting to go to bed as early as possible, my husband getting back from work around Owen's bedtime, and the fact that we currently keep him in the sling in the evening as not worth the risk of trying to transfer him elsewhere until his late evening feed. Added to this there's a good chance that one of Owen's naps during the day won't have gone to plan.
No solids yet, though he's four months in two days so could try some oatmeal and see if it helps. I don't think he's hungry when he wakes up - my husband can resettle him without feeding up until about 4-5am, but worth a shot. We haven't completely run out of things to try yet, but I'm trying not to change *too* many things at once.
I think if things haven't improved significantly in the next month, then I'll consider things like controlled crying but I know there's lots of physiological stuff happening to their sleep around now, so makes sense to wait until that is over. At the moment, it's only a couple of minutes crying for him to get to sleep but he is going to have to learn to sleep without the sling draped over his eyes and without me holding him. I also know from a couple of nightmare car journeys that he can scream from overtiredness for a jolly long time!
Very nice to speak to somebody else who understands! All the friends I've made here with babies the same age seem to have babies who sleep, though I figure that the other people with babies who don't sleep probably don't get out much!
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Evenings are partly chaos because of the logistics of dinner, me wanting to go to bed as early as possible, my husband getting back from work around Owen's bedtime, and the fact that we currently keep him in the sling in the evening as not worth the risk of trying to transfer him elsewhere until his late evening feed. Added to this there's a good chance that one of Owen's naps during the day won't have gone to plan.
No solids yet, though he's four months in two days so could try some oatmeal and see if it helps. I don't think he's hungry when he wakes up - my husband can resettle him without feeding up until about 4-5am, but worth a shot. We haven't completely run out of things to try yet, but I'm trying not to change *too* many things at once.
I think if things haven't improved significantly in the next month, then I'll consider things like controlled crying but I know there's lots of physiological stuff happening to their sleep around now, so makes sense to wait until that is over. At the moment, it's only a couple of minutes crying for him to get to sleep but he is going to have to learn to sleep without the sling draped over his eyes and without me holding him. I also know from a couple of nightmare car journeys that he can scream from overtiredness for a jolly long time!
Very nice to speak to somebody else who understands! All the friends I've made here with babies the same age seem to have babies who sleep, though I figure that the other people with babies who don't sleep probably don't get out much!