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| So I just spoke to Jacob's doctor. I asked about Jacob waking up every so often and night and he tells me this is why they usually recommend it between 6 - 9 months because its really difficult to do know. That all we can do is really let him cry it out throughout the night and to NOT give him any bottles when he wakes up. No positive reinforcement for waking up, just let him figure out how to put himself back to sleep. I don't know, but the way the doctor said it just seems to mean to me. The thing is, Jacob does go back to sleep. And I've read so many different things that now I don't know what to do. Before I was told that babies have periods where they wake just like us adults do, so why am I being told now that shouldn't be happening? |
| Posted by Eva on 10/21/2008 10:36 AM
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| eva, i dont know about anyother kids but my own and i only have one 21 month old. he has always had trouble sleeping,even to this day. my son has gerd(thats gastro esoghogeal reflux desease. he was colicy for a whole year until i stopped giveing him the formula and breastmilk. he has a g-tube(doesnt eat) and gets 4 pediasures a day through it. my son sleeps in an incline/ in his stroller or with me. he wakes up in the middle of the night because he is wet/gassy/ and needs to burp. so i do not let him just cry in a crib and not check on him. my son always has a reason why he is crying. and we have tried to do that though, and my son does not stop crying! every child is different . if you havent done so already, you might want to check with your pediatrician to make sure your child does not have any type of problem first that would be a ligit reason not to, of course, like i said every child is different and your kid might adapt fine. i do think that your pediatrician has a valid point, i do think it is easier to teach a child a sleeping habit when there younger but no child is untrainable,it might be a little harder though;(take more time .) |
| posted by teresa on 10/21/2008 11:45 AM
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| When my girl was that old, she would wake during the night crying but we discovered that if we gave her cereal before bed, she didn't wake as often. We also let her cry it out unless the cry sounded like a hurt cry. We would usually check on her if she hadn't fallen asleep within 30 minutes but wouldn't talk to her, only open the door to make sure she was ok and to let her know that we were still here. |
| posted by Katie on 10/21/2008 01:58 PM
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| Thanks for the response guys. I feel silly for always coming in her with the same topic, but I've been at such a loss. |
| posted by Eva on 10/21/2008 07:30 PM
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