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Ok so I have to ask does anyones baby sleep all night??? How did you do it???
Renae is about to turn 9 months and is still waking up 2-3 times a night to change diaper and eat. She also has been resisting falling asleep lately and wants us to bounce her standing up for a long time then as soon as you lay her down start screaming. (part of this was because she was sick with a tummy bug for a couple of days and I felt so bad about making her cry herself to sleep feeling sick ...so I didn't stick with just laying her down) Now that shes healthy again she still wants major pampering before bed and I am not up for it! She is eating 3 meals a day in solids, and still breastfeeding 3 times during the day then right before bed, and she wakes up 2-3 times to nurse during the night! I've been thinking about making her just cry it out at night time, but when I have tried it in the early morning hours she just cries and cries and won't stop till I go get her. Then I change her & feed her she's good to go. Advice Please??!! Thank you! |
| Posted by Elizabeth on 02/16/2008 06:31 PM
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Hey Elizabeth,
I feel for you literally because we're in the same exact boat right now. I have a 9 month old son and two other older children. My son pretty much has the same feeding schedule and same thing sleeps horribly. It seems like one thing after the other, either he's teething or getting over being sick. I'm just as lost as you, especially because this is new to me, my other two weren't perfect sleepers but, my 9 months they weren't waking up to eat , oh and I've tryed several different methods to try to help him sleep with no result! such as white noise, calm music, even lessoning the time I feed him each time he wakes up. So hopefully there's someone out there with good advice for both of us. |
| posted by Sarah on 02/16/2008 06:49 PM
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| HEY I KNOW HOW IT IS I HAVE BEEN IN YOUR BOAT MY 8 MONTH OLD IS FINALLY SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT WHAT I DID WAS KEPPING HIM UP FROM 5 INTILL 9;00PM THAT WAY HE IS TO TIRED TO GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I FEED HIM AT 6:00PM AND THEN THE TWO-THREE HOURS I PLAY WITH HIM OR HIS BROTHER PLAYS WITH HIM BUT WHEN HE GETS FUSSY I GIVE HIM A SNACK THEN A WARM BUBBLE BATH THEN A MESSAGE OF LOTIAN THEN I PUT HIM IN HIS BED AND HE OUT FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT I HOPE THAT HELPS |
| posted by elicha on 02/16/2008 07:22 PM
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My LO has been sleeping though the night since 6 weeks old. It started off from about 8 pm to 5 am, and is now from 8 pm to 9 am. I bottle feed, so I'm not sure if that has something to do with it. By now, your LO should be able to go through the night without food, so the BFing is just comfort for her.
"She also has been resisting falling asleep lately and wants us to bounce her standing up for a long time then as soon as you lay her down start screaming."
She may want that, but you need to be in control. Give it a few rough nights of the routine YOU (as a parent) want...bath, book, lay down, sleep. If she wakes in the middle of the night, sure, change her. I wouldn't want to sleep in a full diaper either. Comfort her a little and then leave the room.
Basically, you have to change one thing at a time. First, make it YOUR routine that is the change (for these few days, still change and feed her when she wakes). Then, once the routine is set, take out the feeding part. Then take out the "stay and comfort" part. Then take out the changing part (I know that sounds bad). Hopefully, your daughter will be sleeping through the night by then and not even realize she has a wet diaper.
This method IS GOING TO BE ROUGH for the first few days/weeks that you try it. But remember to be consistent. NO GIVING IN! If you want her to sleep through the night, you have to control her attention getting behaviors. If waking and crying at night is getting attention from you, she'll keep doing it. Take out the attention, and she'll get the hint. Kids are resilient...she'll still love you in the morning... |
| posted by FirstTimeMommy on 02/17/2008 08:41 AM
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| I feel for you, my son is just about to turn 1 and still with the whole teething thing still often wakes up at night. He is not waking for feedings anymore, but he too woke for midnight feedings for an extended period of time. The only thing that I found that helped get him thru the eating at night was to feed him more during the day and right before bed, also, I found that my son whent to bed easier and slep longer when I put him to bed earlier ( @ around 7pm). Don't know if this will be of any help, but at least we all know we are not alone. :) |
| posted by Sarah on 02/17/2008 12:29 PM
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