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 Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:43 am
I've tried everything... except letting him cry it out for too long because he shares a room with us and my bf has to go to work *sighs* I've tried to tell him to sacrifice a weekend so that my son could learn to fall back asleep by himself but my bf always gives in and tries to calm him down fast so he could go back to sleep.
Did anyone's baby grow out of this without using the "let them cry it out" technique? My son is a year old.. this has been going on for too long now. And it's not just once during the night that he wakes up... it's 3 or 4 times. Or worse... last night he was waking up every hour.
I asked the doctor and he told me at one years old he doesn't need nutrition from the body and that he doesn't have like a ear infection or is sick.
any advice? Thank you very much
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:26 pm
My little girl goes to sleep around 9-10 and wakes up for a bottle around 7am so pretty much through the night. I found what worked best for her was feeding her a full warm bottle before bedtime and giving her a warm bath, then letting her fall asleep in my arms then moving her to the crib. That way she feels comforted and protected. My doctor said the key to helping a child sleep through the night was a routine and making them feel safe. Each child is different and I wouldn't just let your baby cry either way. Just try different things like a bath maybe or a little cuddle time before bed and see what works for you. Best of luck!
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:06 pm
My first child was getting too cold at night - what is almost too warm for us is sometimes too cold for them as they don't retain the body heat as well. When I put her into those blanket sleepers instead of the lighterweight ones she was sleeping much better. (Not to be personal)but could you or your bf snore or make noises when you sleep that might wake the baby? In our old neighborhood we had a firestation about a block away and that always woke my baby when the sirens went off - they can be sensitive to things we ignore because they haven't the knowledge to process that it is no threat to them yet. I also used to read to my babies at the end of the day - there are some books that have a rhythm that seems to calm and others that don't - but I sound found which ones worked and which ones didn't! 4laugh
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:13 am
Every baby's different - my 1st slept through the night from 6 weeks on - my 3rd woke up every 3 hours to eat (she was a skinny little thing!), my 4th didn't sleep through the night until she was 3! Different things work for different kids and different parents. This might not be helpful, but "this too shall pass" - and when it does you'll wonder how your baby grew up so fast!
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:49 pm
ack! it took my twins until they were 14-15 months old to sleep through the night! it was either one then the other 2 hours later or both. they were in their own room by that time and i had a twin size bed against the wall. i would either nurse them in the rocking chair (it's a nice reclining one so i could catch a few more z's) or lay down with alex in the bed to nurse. this was after feeding them before bed and nursing them! they just needed the mommy comfort and they slept through th night on their own after that. except alex , who had to be bribed out of his "bad dreams" recently at the age of 4! for filling his calendar with stars when he slept through the night, he's going to the zoo. oh and i quit nursing them just before they turned 3. they were too long to fit in my lap together!
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:47 pm
moosiklady Every baby's different - my 1st slept through the night from 6 weeks on - my 3rd woke up every 3 hours to eat (she was a skinny little thing!), my 4th didn't sleep through the night until she was 3! Different things work for different kids and different parents. This might not be helpful, but "this too shall pass" - and when it does you'll wonder how your baby grew up so fast! your 4th one didn't sleep through the night until she was 3?? sad
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:55 pm
SmithPresea ack! it took my twins until they were 14-15 months old to sleep through the night! it was either one then the other 2 hours later or both. they were in their own room by that time and i had a twin size bed against the wall. i would either nurse them in the rocking chair (it's a nice reclining one so i could catch a few more z's) or lay down with alex in the bed to nurse. this was after feeding them before bed and nursing them! they just needed the mommy comfort and they slept through th night on their own after that. except alex , who had to be bribed out of his "bad dreams" recently at the age of 4! for filling his calendar with stars when he slept through the night, he's going to the zoo. oh and i quit nursing them just before they turned 3. they were too long to fit in my lap together! wow 0_0 sounds so tough when it's two babies. How did you make it during the day? I'm always walking around like a zombie
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:57 pm
electricdecember My little girl goes to sleep around 9-10 and wakes up for a bottle around 7am so pretty much through the night. I found what worked best for her was feeding her a full warm bottle before bedtime and giving her a warm bath, then letting her fall asleep in my arms then moving her to the crib. That way she feels comforted and protected. My doctor said the key to helping a child sleep through the night was a routine and making them feel safe. Each child is different and I wouldn't just let your baby cry either way. Just try different things like a bath maybe or a little cuddle time before bed and see what works for you. Best of luck! thank you crying I need the luck. I've tried the routine thing but not for long because my whole tends to change a lot and I can't seem to keep up with a schedule. I should really try that more though.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:19 am
zizi_monster5 SmithPresea ack! it took my twins until they were 14-15 months old to sleep through the night! it was either one then the other 2 hours later or both. they were in their own room by that time and i had a twin size bed against the wall. i would either nurse them in the rocking chair (it's a nice reclining one so i could catch a few more z's) or lay down with alex in the bed to nurse. this was after feeding them before bed and nursing them! they just needed the mommy comfort and they slept through th night on their own after that. except alex , who had to be bribed out of his "bad dreams" recently at the age of 4! for filling his calendar with stars when he slept through the night, he's going to the zoo. oh and i quit nursing them just before they turned 3. they were too long to fit in my lap together! wow 0_0 sounds so tough when it's two babies. How did you make it during the day? I'm always walking around like a zombie i became a "coffee achiever"! coffee didn't affect the boyz so i started drinking coffee (the strong latino kind) when they were 8 months old. yeah.... that would be about the time they were eating regular meals with us. but they were only waking once a night together or just one at 1 year. still, interrupted sleep is still interrupted sleep! crying
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:05 pm
For both of my girls it was differnt. It was about 3 months before Kay was going 6-8 hours in one stretch and only about 10 weeks before El was doing at LEAST that. Kay was only 6lb 8 oz when she was born and during the day it was often less than 2 hours from the start of one feeding to the start of the next. El was 8lb 12oz when she was born and her doctor told me that she'd either eat all the time or a lot less often than Kay had done because she did have the extra weight.
I couldn't deal with the lack of sleep and I did go the cry-it-out route after talking with the dr. She told me that sometimes it takes them time to wind down, she said that it's okay to let them cry for 10-15 minutes and if they are not asleep after that something is wrong (dirty/wet diaper, hungry, just not tired, etc) and we'd start all over with the changing and the feeding...
Also with Kay we had a lot of trouble getting her to stay asleep after we put her down. We found it helpful to get out the heating pad and warm up the bed (so that she wasn't going from Mommy's warm arms to cold sheets) and remove the heating pad completely before placing her in bed.
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