Tanner doesn’t really like sleeping on his back like babies are suppose to sleep – instead he seems to prefer his stomach. We did an experiment to see how long he would sleep on his back – and he slept longer than he had anytime before. But I can’t bring myself to do it now as it’s not the recommended sleeping position and would feel so guilty if something bad were to happen. Now we’ll usually have him fall asleep when he’s lying down on our chest – that’ probably his favorite position – and then move him to his crib lying on his back when he’s asleep.
We tried bringing him into our bed a few times, but neither of us slept very well so it was pointless. Tanner’s a restless sleeper so he kept making noises and moving his hands around – and I’ve a very light sleeper so it just kept waking me up.
In order to get him to sleep longer at night, we’ve tried several different things – from giving him baths to help him relax to letting him nurse and bottle feed to fill him up. Nothing seems to consistently work. Any suggestions??
