{"id":109,"date":"2010-01-08T06:03:46","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T13:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/?p=109"},"modified":"2022-10-18T17:17:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T00:17:11","slug":"pops-notes-getting-baby-to-go-to-and-stay-asleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/?p=109","title":{"rendered":"Pops Notes: Getting baby to go to (and stay) asleep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have to admit, netflix’ing the happiest baby on the block DVD was a good idea. Setting aside time to read the book wasn’t going to well, however in less than an hour I had a decent idea of what to do if Kiddo started crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night I was able to get Kiddo to sleep (and stay asleep) for 3 hours (we had to wake him for feeding). 3 hours may not seem like a ton, but from what Mum and I have read, we’re dealing with a “grazer”, or a baby that eats a little and then likes to come back to the buffet shortly after…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steps that have worked so far (in the order that I go through assuming the baby is in his crib):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Shushing (SHHHHHHHHH) from a nearby chair;<\/li>
  2. Putting my hand on the top of the baby’s head, snuggling his feet into my arm and shhhhhhhh’ing;<\/li>
  3. Taking the baby out of the crib and sitting in a rocking chair, just rocking back and forth;<\/li>
  4. Slowly counting to 100 in a deep voice that resonates from my chest while rocking;<\/li>
  5. Taking baby for a sloooowww walk around the apartment while shhhhhhh’ing and gently bouncing with each step.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    If Mum isn’t ready to feed during any of these steps, Kiddo gets a pinky\u00c2 finger to suck on. =)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Currently the only rocking chair we have is an older la-z-boy recliner that does not offer much lower back support. In hindsight, ordering a nursing chair like the Monte Design Vola Glider would have been a good thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I have to admit, netflix’ing the happiest baby on the block DVD was a good idea. Setting aside time to read the book wasn’t going to well, however in less than an hour I had a decent idea of what to do if Kiddo started crying. Last night I was able to get Kiddo to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,37],"tags":[39,5,40,78],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bedtime","category-pops-notes","tag-calming-baby","tag-nursery","tag-nursing-chair","tag-pops-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astoriababy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}