Need encouragrment

taryn30

My guys are now 11 months old and still not sleeping well. They refuse to sleep in their cribs. Many already suggested sleep training and we are headed in that direction. I am just so sleep deprived. I feel like I spend all day trying to get them to eat/drink or getting to sleep. One takes a bottle but only a few ounces at a time. The other refuses bottles. I go back to work soon and I am so worried about it. If they don't eat well and sleep well with me, what will happen then? I've got to wean down to morning and evening nursings. Any tips on anything? I just still feel like I don't have a handle on it. Thanks for listening.

smscartozzi

Sorry you are so overwhelmed! If its any help babies are good adapters. If you want to sleep train go for it!! They are plenty old enough and will learn quickly. Same goes for bottle feeding...have you tried different bottles? I say make your schedule and set goals then stick to it, they will adapt. I leaned on DH for sleep training because I couldn't stand the thought of our son crying but it worked, he is now sleeper of the year.

kgs0505

Are they 11 months or weeks? 

Do you have a consistent bedtime routine?  I think that helps tremendously.  We usually do bath, story time with older brother, then bottle if it's been at least a couple hours since their last one, and then into the cribs. 

Where do they like to sleep now?  Are they used to sleeping flat or have they gotten used to sleeping at an incline?  You might have to do some transistioning to get them used to sleeping in the crib.  If they sleep well in the RNP for example, move it into their room first so they get used to sleeping in that room, then after a week or so, move them into the crib.  If they are used to sleeping together, keep them together for a while. 

My girls freak out when they aren't together at night.  Not sure how it's going to go once they have to be separated when they start rolling soon.

Good luck!  Sleep deprivation is very tough.  Don't worry about how daycare will handle them, they have their own routines and the boys will fall in after a short while.

yinyang124

At 11 months, I would just forget about the bottles. Try a soft spout sippy. My boys never took bottles, but they took the Nuby sippy.

I think that you should take a deep breath and tackle one issue at a time. It will all work out.