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9:49 pm
October 11, 2009
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kiapepito
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hello!
my daughter just turned 8 months old last week and she has yet to sleep through the night since she was born. We usually wake up around 7:15 and i feed her her breakfast around 8:30, by 9 or 9:30 i put her down for her first nap, and that usually lasts anywhere between 15-30 minutes. we play and then her 2nd nap is around 11:30/noon and when she wakes up again within 15-30 minutes and her last nap is anywhere around 3 p.m. i nurse in between feedings.
her bed time routine begins with her getting her story read, every other day she gets a bath, changing her into her pajamas and then feeding her dinner around 6:30/7ish. i then nurse her to sleep in our rocker and after ten minutes she is put into her crib, where anywhere between 15-30 minutes she is awake. i go in without picking her up and she usually falls asleep but then again 15-30 minutes later the vicious cycle starts all over again. usually around 11-midnight, i give in of going in so much that i just end up bringing her in bed with us. i am besides myself on what to do.
i dread when the sun goes down because i know what is to come. please, any advice is welcomed. i even started putting formula in her rice cereal for dinner to see if it would fill her up a bit more and nothing.
thank you.
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3:00 pm
October 12, 2009
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ADRNielsen
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From my experience and what all advice givers including my doctor say, the environment that they fall asleep in is the biggest factor in sleeping. If she falls asleep with you right there and being nursed and held, she needs you to recreate that environment for her to fall asleep again when she wakes up (we all wake at night.)
I know it is so hard- been there, done that- but try to teach her to go to sleep on her own at the beginning of the night. What I did was pure CIO, no checking unless he sounded distressed. It only took about 3 nights and then he would whine for a few minutes then fall asleep. Now, I don't hear a peep. We have our own struggles with waking at between 3 and 5 am and staying awake for hours though, so it didn't solve everything but it did make him a MUCH better sleeper and napper.
Also, since I also breastfed, I had to resist the urge to just offer him a "nibble" in the middle of the night when I knew he wasn't really hungry. It really dosen't sound like this is a hunger issue, more of an envirnoment and not knowing how to go back to sleep issue.
Hang in there!
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5:57 pm
October 13, 2009
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jgentner
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I complety agree with ADRNielsen. We did the same with my son. The harderst part is being consistant. I struggled with doing the same thing each time I put him down for a nap or for bedtime. I did notice that it was easier to start with bedtime/night time, then it was for naps. Nick also suggests the same thing. I feed my son his last bottle at least a half hour before he goes to bed, not right before I put him down for the night. I bought a cd that plays just one song that I use for both bedtime and naps. This seemed to help when we began our new routine. Maybe try giving him a something that could be his lovey. Wether it's a pacifier or a small stuff animal (obviously that doesn't have small buttons that could easily come off), or anything you feel safe with. I wore around my son's lovey (stuffed animal) in my shirt for a couple of days to rub my scent on to it. It has seem to help because I can hear the soft rattle in the stuff animal in the middle of the night sometimes and he doesn't start crying for me! But staying consistant with anything you do is the best advice that I can give. Good Luck!
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8:03 am
November 4, 2009
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supernova
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Hi!
my baby only took 30 min naps and i solved the problem with a music cd that plays over and over. after trying several songs, white noises and nature noises i choose several songs from Jewel's album Lullaby and I am using that eversince. and my baby sleeps 1h and more at naptime. when naps become regular and more long he stoppend waking up at night so much.
you can listen the album here: http://www.amazon.com/Lullaby-…..amp;sr=8-1
hope it helps!
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4:32 pm
March 14, 2011
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viiu
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My six months old daughter slept very badly. Incidentally I discovered the "Get Your Baby to Sleep" system. http://www.babymassageandgymna…..abytosleep
I spent four nights. Now My little Vivia sleeping peacefully throughout the night. Now I finally get to sleep. I do not move around like a zombie the day anymore. Vivia is a lot calmer and happier.
Hope You get sleep soon!
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