Originally Posted by
loocyloo
How do they know if you let babe cry for more than 10 minutes? it can take us a little while to learn to read babes cues that they are tired, and also for babe to show the cues, in a new environment that may be more stimulating than they are used to. Babies learn to go to sleep differently in different environments, it may be that it is noisier at your house, so they are less inclined to go to sleep because they might miss out on some fun! I also tell my parents, that I can't always answer the phone/text immediately, because I might be dealing with their or another child; reading a story, playing a game, changing a nappy, and that I will respond to messages when I can, of course, if it is an emergency, and they leave a message saying so ( or a zillion text messages :rolleyes: ) then I respond as soon as I can. There are times that I long for the 'olden days' when people only had a land line, and then, a lot of people didn't have answer phones! good luck x I have a new babe starting soon, and I sense I might be having the same issues! ( they wanted lots of settling in sessions, but because they faffed around about signing contracts, start dates etc, I have barely anything to offer them as settling visits, I just don't have the availability when they want it due to summer holidays! hey ho ... we might not even get as far as signing contracts! )