Thank you ALL for the advice and comments on helping my little one sleep. For the last 2 nights I have tried putting Cash down between 7:30 and 8 pm. The first night - he went down great, only woke up once to eat, and then slept til 8 am!!! Holy WoW!!! It was awesome! I don't know when I got such good sleep in a LONG time!
I thought all our sleep problems were fixed and we were back on track - the easiest fix ever right? Wrong!
Last night he went down again no problem at 7:30, and yet woke up at 11, 1, 1:30, 2:25, 3:15, 4:30-5:15, and 7:40 he wanted to stay up for the day! So back to square 1! I did let him cry himself to sleep from 4:50-5:00 because I just couldn't handle it, and I also gave him oragel then, because I think he is starting to teethe; however, Chip wasn't home last night so that made it a little harder to let him cry......bummer night!!! I am gonna keep trying, and will be getting that sleep book today also! So hopefully we can get it fixed soon!!!!
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I guarantee you he's teething. Poor little guy. The bad thing is it takes months for the dang teeth to finally pop up and then when they do then next ones decide they want to come in and the whole thing starts all over again. Hang in there :-)
The best thing you can do for him is to be consistent. If you react differently when you go to him in the night, it is confusing for him. Also, the Baby Whisperer is awesome, too. She helped me A LOT. So, go to the library and pick up a couple of books. Stick with the early bedtime...he might need to get used to it. Give him a few days before you give up and switch to a new strategy. You might need to wait a week before switching strategies.
Good luck!! Keep us posted!
I don't know if you feed Cash every time he wakes up, so that he can go back to bed, but I do with my little Samuel. Today I just got some advice from my pediatrician that I am going to try. Of course she doesn't have kids so... She said that she has mother's who have to go back to work, which is a lot around LA, who have success with this trick. She said when they wake up to do everything to comfort them, but feed them. Comfort them until they are drowsy and about to fall asleep then lay them down to fall asleep by themselves. She said the first night you try it you may only last 15 min. and then break down and feed him, then the next try 20 min, etc. She said soon it will be longer and longer until after about a week or two they are able to put themselves to sleep without eating. My little boy normally wakes up only once a night to eat, but here and there loves to wake up every hour and a half, so I thought I would try this out! I am right there with you with the lack of sleep! Good Luck! If you get something to work let me know! :)
woman! seriously. i wish i could tell you it will get better, lol! at least we are on the same schedule, hahaha!
(i wish i had words of wisdom too, but, well, i just don't.)
It's good to hear that other people's babies have some sleep issues as well. There was a time that my little Whitney was waking up every 45 minutes... for no reason. It just about killed me. We've had better nights since then, don't worry. When she's not sick, she still wakes up to eat once or twice. I'm not for letting her cry if she's hungry, but if she's not hungry, I do let her cry a little. It's very sad. Right now she's sick.. so we'll see what happens when she gets better. Wish us luck!
I don't know how old Cash is or how much he weighs but at 2 months I got Ryder to sleep through the night by making him cry it out. His pediatrician told me that once they reach 13 lbs they should not have to wake up to eat anymore and Ryder was already 15.5 lbs. He told me to make it so I couldn't hear Ryder cry at night and that it might be traumatizing at first and that Ryder might even cry to the point of puking. Well, it was hard and might have traumatized Ryder that first night but after that he slept 10 hours straight every night and has been a great sleeper ever since. It was a HUGE blessing. I'm just not the type to rock my baby to sleep so I'm fine with making him cry. Crying never killed a baby! People say I'm a mean mom but I think Ryder is a happy boy and he sleeps great so I'm happy. Oh and like your friend alison said...consistency is the key with EVERYTHING when it comes to kids. Stick to your plan 100%
Hey friend. Just wanted to say love you and I hope you get some good shut eye tonight. We are rooting for you :)
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