Recreating the womb!

Having had night sleeps sewn up for some weeks now, we've been concerned that Curtis doesn't seem to be able to sleep much at all in the day and gets very over-tired and grumpy some days. We've tried 'controlled crying', putting him in cot, pram, going for walks, lullaby Cds, massage etc but rarely get him to sleep more than 20 minutes, if at all, unless he is sleeping on one of us, in which case he'll stay there for hours! He is just too into everything around him and never just drops off to sleep as some babies do...quite the opposite, he usually looks wide awake with his arms, legs and head bobbing about in all directions. This however is a sign of his over-tiredness.

'The Baby Whisperer', Tracey Hogg, in her book recommends that this type of baby needs all stimulation blocked out in order to sleep, so today Curtis ended up in his cot with a recording of a hair dryer (white noise) playing and his cot drapped over with a dark bedsheet....an improvement on yesterdays attempt which involved me holding a magasine over his head/eyes whilst holding the hairdryer in the other hand. Yesterday = failure, today = success. He was asleep within 10 mins, not once... but 4 times during the day, clocking up a whopping 2hrs 20 mins day time napping!

Nothing much to take photos of today, so here's are some photos we already had of the little man sleeping.