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Hi Mary,
One thing I did with my daughter that seemed to help her was that I allowed her to spend time awake in her crib before I transitioned her from her bassinet. I made sure thar she was in a good mood and played her mobile for her and basically let he stay there on her own everyday for about 20-30mins (as long as she was happy) I figured that way she would not wake up frightened as she would be in a familiar happy place. My daughter is 5 months today and has been sleeping for 8-9hrs consistently for the past 2 months. Good luck!! |
| posted by Natasha on 11/09/2008 09:55 PM
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| my son will also be a year in Dec(the 4th) and he sleeps all night...We started putting him down still awake but sleepy and let him put himself to sleep AND we put a few toys in his crib with him so when he got up he could play. He hasn't woken up in the middle of the night since he was 5months old. BUT before that he was eating ALOT and now he eats about 10oz with cereal in his night time bottle. I would just make sure you have her on a regular routine and just let her cry it out, that was the only way we were able to get Brandon to sleep all night. |
| posted by Amers on 11/09/2008 10:19 PM
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Since Hope was 2 months, we've given her a bath every night about 30-60 minutes prior to her bedtime. She's washed in the lavendar bedtime baby bath (Target brand is WAY cheaper than Johnson's and isn't as overpoweringly fragrant), which is supposed to calm babies. She slept 6-8 hours from 2-3 months, and has slept 10+ hours each night since (4½ mos). Perhaps the baby bath isn't the answer, but the routine definitely works for a lot of moms I know.
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| posted by Michelle on 11/10/2008 02:19 AM
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| Maybe let her really cry-it-out". Check out the book, "Solve your Child's Sleep Problems" by Richard Ferber. |
| posted by Suzanne on 11/10/2008 06:59 AM
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| When my son was 3 months old I discovered a white noise machine at a yard sale. I figured I would give it a shot since it was only $3. It worked like a charm. It soothed him to sleep and now he sleeps 10-13 hours a night. When he got a bit older (12 mos.) my husband and I gave up the bottles and tried to get him attached to something (teddy bears, pillows, blankets, etc.). Now, if he has his blankie, he sleeps like a charm. Some moms I know discourage this but I think it is perfectly natural to become attached to something that comforts you. I know, as a mom, I have my comforts. Anyways...goog luck. Check out Conair. They sell the noise machines with the soothing sounds (my son likes the waterfall). |
| posted by Heather on 11/10/2008 09:33 AM
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I guess I should be a little more specific. Lorianne has been sleeping in her crib since she was 3 weeks old, she is not afraid of her room. We started lletting her cry it out at 3 months and she puts herself to sleep. Now she goes to bed with out any problems. I do not give her a bottle when I lay her down, she generally eats a meal before bed. and when she wakes up in the middle of the night I let her cry for a good half hour. But I live in a condo, and my neighbors get upset if she cries really long. However I don't listen to them because none of them have kids so they don't know what its like!
Last night I just let her keep crying because my hubby was out of town...he gets very worried if she cries in the middle of the night, but she eventually went back to sleep.
She is attached to her blanket so I make sure she has it every night. |
| posted by Mary on 11/10/2008 11:00 AM
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| That would be hard to do the cry out when you live in a condo but I really think if you kept it up she would eventually just stop waking up. It could take up to a week but typically it should get shorter and shorter every night. It worked in three days on our baby. Maybe you could just let your neighbors know what you are attempting and to just bare with you. |
| posted by Suzanne on 11/10/2008 01:15 PM
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| My son is 13 mos and he still does not sleep through the night either so don't feel badly. I nursed him until he was 8 months and then switched him to a bottle. Then, I switched him from my milk to formula at about 10 months, and recently switched him to whole milk at 12 months. We just got him to fall asleep by himself in his crib when my mom visited and told me we needed to get him on a schedule. He naps at noon for a couple hours, takes his bath at 5, eats supper, plays, gets a bottle and goes to bed at 6:30 or 7:00. No problem. BUT, he wakes up at midnight and 4 for bottles. ARGH!! I finally gave him his bottle to hold himself for the first time last night and did pretty well on his own- I just checked on him after 15 minutes to make sure he drank most of it and put the rest in the fridge. We are making big changes, but I'm trying not to rush it. One night, he slept 9 1/2 hrs before he woke up! Baby steps.... |
| posted by KRISTA on 11/10/2008 01:25 PM
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| Maybe the cry it out method doesn't work on all babies, and maybe she needs more touch and that is why nursing helps???? |
| posted by danelle on 11/21/2008 03:05 PM
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| My son is 5 1/2 months and we recently let him start sleeping with us and he sleeps so much better esp since I can feed him when he wakes up. I never thought I would be a cosleeper and thought Crying it out would work....now having my kid....i can't let him scream in a crib while he doesn't understand why i'm letting him scream forever. Don't put cereal in the bottle. Sleeping through the night is neurological and some kids need different things...and need to eat more often than others. Have you read the No Cry Sleep Solution? |
| posted by on 11/21/2008 06:41 PM
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Hey Mary,
I nursed and co-slept with my son until he was about 14 months old (he's now almost 17 months). It was just easier to get 12 hours of sleep this way.
Since birth, he would let me know he ready to nurse by moving around (and, as he got older, just looking for my breast), nursing and going right back to sleep. He never made a sound and everyone slept happily. Around 12-13 months he started completely moving away from me when we slept, and would only nurse early in the morning and go right back to sleep. This way my sign that he was ready for independent sleeping.
The first night we put him in his crib he whined on and off for 30 min and woke up at 2 am. I went to him and put him in bed with me (habit). The next night, he whined again, but slept until 5 am (I have a monitor). This time I did not go get him. He cried for about 5 min and went back to sleep. I think he woke up again at 6, 7, and 8 am, but just whined and cried for a couple of min each time and then went back to sleep. He was finally up at 9 am.
Since that time, it's been pretty smooth sailing. He always protests a bit when we put him down, but usually falls asleep within 30 min. I hear him wake up every now and then during the night, but he manages to get himself back to sleep. He's always up at 5 am like clockwork, but I let him soothe himself back to sleep because I do not want to set a routine of getting up at 5 am. He usually gets up for good anywhere from 7:30-9 am.
So, I'm not sure if any of this helped or not, but you indicated you were nursing. I learned near the 12 month mark that his nursing was more for comfort than actually being hungry. Using this info, along with him not sleeping right next to me gave me the insight that he was ready to be on his own.
Also, is it possible for someone besides yourself to go in and comfort your daughter. Like I mentioned above, my son was using me more of a pacifier when he was nursing. Maybe your husband can go in and check on her. Just a thought.
Good luck! |
| posted by Allison on 11/22/2008 01:42 AM
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My daughter is finally sleeping through the night. I decided to not go into her room when she woke up at night, so it took a couple of minutes for her to go back to sleep. it only took a couple of days before she would sleep all night.
Thanks for all of the advice! I believe the problem was I would nurse her every time she would wake up. It got to the point where she would only nurse for a couple of minutes in the middle of the night. She was just using it for comfort. I still nurse her in the morning when she wakes up and right before she goes to bed. The rest of the day she gets formula. |
| posted by Mary on 11/22/2008 05:19 PM
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| Yay!!! |
| posted by Allison on 11/24/2008 02:20 PM
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| oh goodie! |
| posted by Amers on 11/24/2008 05:08 PM
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Not sure how much it will help now but wanted to offer some support. My son will be 1 next month and has only been sleeping through the night for about a month now, after he self weaned himself from breastfeeding. The night after he stopped was the first night he slept through the night (7:30-6:00) before that he technically slept throught the night (6-8 hours) but woke up once to eat. Since then he has woken a few times but usually he is wet, or sick/teething. Wish I had more advice but everything that was given to me and I tried never worked.
Good luck and happy turkey day! |
| posted by Nichole on 11/25/2008 08:23 PM
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