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I'm going through the same thing, but she's 4 mos... i dont know what happened?
i;m trying it all even keeping her up later..nothing working.. |
| posted by Michelle on 07/05/2007 12:32 PM
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| My daughter is almost 15 months old and we have had to adjust her bed time according to when we want her to get up. As they get older they don't need as much sleep. My daughter was going to bed at 7 pm getting a bottle at 5 am (with daddy) and then I would wake her up again at 7:30 am to go to daycare. When we cut out that morning bottle we had to start putting her to bed at 8 pm to get her to sleep until 7:00. Then all of a sudden she started getting up at 6 am, so now we put her to bed at 9 pm. It's a struggle to keep her up that late, but it's worth it because she will sleep until 7 or later so I can finish getting ready for work before she wakes up. Hope this helps. |
| posted by Cinda on 07/05/2007 12:34 PM
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Kids go through changes in routine. If he is just standing up and not crying, I would just lay him back down, turn on his music, if he has it, and leaving him awake if he won't go back to sleep. If he is crying, go and comfort him without picking him up. Bringing him into your bed may start a habit that will be very hard to break. Leave him in his crib. It may be difficult at first, but with consistency, he will understand that he needs to go to sleep in his own bed. He needs to learn to soothe himself back to sleep when he wakes up.
Children at this age still need 14-16 hours of sleep per day. Keeping him up later will not necessarily make him sleep later. |
| posted by Marcia on 07/05/2007 12:58 PM
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| The only thing I can think of to do is to leave him in his crib and eventually he will fall back to sleep. I now this is going to be hard listening to him cry but he will get it that you are not going to come and get him. My sister in law had the same thing happen to her with her son and this is what she did. It took about a week for her son to sleep through the night. Good Luck! |
| posted by Michelle on 07/05/2007 01:00 PM
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| You could also try putting a couple of toys in his crib after he goes to sleep that way he has something to do if he isn't crying. I agree that taking him into your bed every night could be opening a whole new can of worms. |
| posted by Cinda on 07/05/2007 01:06 PM
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My son has done that and sometimes still does for some reason wake in the night (he is 2 1/2) stuill in his crib too.....I make sure from when he was an infant Never to bring him into our bed UNLESS he is sick ......Try not ot do that lay him down and maybe sit in a rocking chair or chair in his room so he sees u still there and wait til he falls asleep which really should not take long. I dont recommend brining him to your bed cause like u said now neither of u are getting any sleep. This i what has worked for me. Try it cant hurt. Just say mommy is here I will sit in the room and see what he does. Goodluck
keep us posted
Laura |
| posted by laura on 07/05/2007 01:52 PM
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| I still can't get my 9 month to sleep through the night, but I refuse to cry it out. I agree bringing into your bed is not good, although it is very tempting. I finally made myself a rule, I don't bring him into our bed until at lease 5:30. You will probably have to sacrifice about three nights of laying him back down over and over and over to get him to stay in the crib. I really don't know obviously. I am pretty discouraged myself. |
| posted by susan on 07/05/2007 09:55 PM
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| Thank you all so much. I'm going to have to try and be consistent it's just hard because I know I'm going to have to sacrifice at least a week of bad night sleeping to help him understand he has to go back to sleep. But I'll try it. Thank you all again. |
| posted by Beth on 07/06/2007 09:22 AM
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Beth dont be so certain that u will lose a week sleep believe me I have thought the same thing in different circum. also . like when I stop the pacifer and when I had stopped the bottle and he ending up caring nothing. I was like WHAT THE HE#$# ...I WAS nervous for nothing ...good luck keep us posted
Laura |
| posted by laura on 07/06/2007 12:58 PM
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to Michelle,
my son is 4 months about to turn 5 months and he has never slept through the night...has yours? I am up at LEAST 5 times a night....he moves so much that he wakes himself up and cries...I tried letting him cry but cant bring myself to let him more then a min or so. I read Baby Wise, Dr. Ferber and Sleep Solution...nothing works. I have him on a schedule too....
Beth, I am guilty of bringing my son to bed by 430am so you are doing better then me. I am just so tired by then I give up, then he kicks me all night (and my husband).
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| posted by Candice on 07/09/2007 05:22 PM
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Lucas is 18 months old and I read all the books about wich is the best way to let him cry or not! and I have tried the not cry first and did not work so My husband and I decided to let him cry and I cried in the other room but my husband helped me to be strong and I knew he was not hungry and dry diapper so it was awful the first night probably he was awake for 2 hours the second night 1 hour but not crying only whining and the 3rd day nothing!!! and put him in schedule to have nap and sleep at night at the same time. He naps once a day for 2 o 3 hours and Lucas starts his bath a 7:00 pm , readding and he is on bed @ 7:45pm every night. Wake up around 7:00 am. I tried to put him on bed later and he wakes up @ the same time. Good luck
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| posted by Angela on 07/09/2007 05:54 PM
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| My son is 16 1/2 months old. And we were doing the same thing. Until we just started to let him cry for a little while. We go and check on him cover him back up and he will usually go back to sleep after about 5 minutes sometimes even less. But they know what you are going to do. Our son knew when he cried at 2 or 3 am we were going to get him and bring him to bed with us until we just said we can't keep doing this. Its a bad habit. They will learn, and it is hard to hear them cry but its actually fine as long as there not sick, wet or just not well, they will be fine. Our son goes to bed between 7:30and 8:00 pm and wakes up between 6 and 7 am. He still takes two naps a day. Routines are the best. He will fall asleep no matter were we are at his nap times and and bed time. |
| posted by amy on 07/10/2007 10:05 AM
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| its 8 months and still i get no sleep EVER!! |
| posted by MARYANNE on 07/10/2007 10:07 AM
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If you are still having trouble, you could check out this article. No artilce or book should be expected to solve problems entirely, but maybe there is some information that will help.
http://www.helium.com/tm/250628/having-means-losing-sleep
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| posted by Marcia on 07/10/2007 10:10 AM
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