Feels like my DD is the only one not STTN.

lovehim05

I mean we arent even close.  She wakes up twice for a bottle and about 3-4 other times for the pacifier.  I know I need to sleep train but we STILL dont have the reflux fixed and I cant bear to let her CIO if Im not 100% sure its not the reflux making her wake.  I truely believe its just all bad habits (pacifier and bottle) but until we meet our new GI doctor, the nights will continue to be long.  Am I alone?

erin2345

mine doesnt have reflux and he is up all the time too .... and we even did ferber!!  it worked for 2 days then back to waking up again.  So don't feel bad!  They have to sleep eventually ..... right?

deltagirl79

Nope you're not alone. DS didn't stop eating at least once over night until around 7.5 months. After that he still woke up for a paci or just to be cuddled. Around 9 months he started sleeping more nights, now he's sttn probably 4 nights a week. We're getting there, it's been a long 10 months though and you are definitely not alone.

ssmith325

Nope!  Georgia is still waking up 2-3 times a night.  Sometimes, I think she cries in her sleep because when I go to her, her eyes are closed.

I still nurse her back to sleep each time.  She nurses like she's hungry though....so I *try* not to mind LOL

She has always had gas / tummy pains, so I am quite sure some of her wake ups are not hunger, but tummy pains.  She farts a lot, poor baby :-(

SO, I can relate to not wanting to sleep train yet, until the issues are gone.  She can put herself back to sleep on her own for one of the wake ups usually, so that's progress.

It won't last forever :-)  Hopefully LOL

 

IloveJAV

Nope not alone. Alot of my friends have babies and all of theirs STTN because they do the CIO method..and I just cant bring myself to do it. My LO STTN since 12 weeks old every.single.night...then BAM at around 5 months or so she started waking up again I think because of teething. So now its about every other night or so..

Brittani10/28

We are still up twice a night to eat... ughh

biochemgirl

Mine has STTN 3 or 4 times so far. She usually wakes 1x/night to eat but wakes more when she is teething.  We did Ferber and that cut down on the number of night wakings-her issue was that she could not fall alseep on her own so she had bad sleep associations and would wake and need to be held back to sleep anytime she woke up.  Now I actually know when she is hungry as she can put herself back to sleep when seh wakes in b/w sleep cycles whereas before she could not do that.  I have no plans to let her CIO to eliminate the night feeding, or however many night feedings she needs, or to let her CIO in the night at all.  I really believe that if she is up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep that she needs something and I am planning to meet that need.

karlee1122

No, you're not alone!  DS started sleeping through the night when he was about six weeks old and has done awesome (for the most part) until about the last two weeks.  He has started waking up about 1 1/2 hrs after we put him in bed for his paci no matter what time that may be and then every couple of hours after that.  I tried keeping him up later last night but that didnt help any.  He wakes up a few times for his pacifier and then around 4 or 5 am he just cries and cries unless we put him in bed with us.  I know that was a horrible habit to start but I only did it twice to start out because he was a little sick and I wanted to snuggle with him to comfort him, but now its like he expects to be in there or something.  We have had the same nighttime routine since he was about two months old and haven't changed one thing.  I thought maybe he was going through a growth spurt or something but we're starting in on week three now with no hope in sight!!! Ahhh!

And just to whine a little about myself I have even been sick for the past four days and I know it's because my body isn't getting enough rest.  I might get two hours of straight sleep during the night but I wake up so often I feel like I don't really get much sleep.  And after I put him in bed with us I sleep so lightly, if at all, because I'm so worried something will happen to him.  Help!

blublusher

not alone!

Sam still wakes up 2-3 times for boobage. Plus there are nights she just wakes up and talks like she's still at the 4 month wakeful period.

mernamom

We are still getting up a few times a night.  Usually once to eat and once for a paci.

annapolischick

you are SOOO not alone... my little one wakes to "eat" even though i really think it's just the comfort of the boob she wants. We can put her to sleep without a problem... but she can't get herself back to sleep and DH and i aren't strong enough to sleep train yet... maybe soon...

mrsmyers8

Nope, my DS wakes up once for a bottle.  I tried to cut back and it didnt work.  He use to be up more.  Then i gave him a 4 -5 oz bottle, that made a difference.  When i didn't feed him, tried the paci, he was restless all over the crib and would go to sleep and wake up 30-40 minutes later.  To me it wasn't worth the battle.  Getting up once a night isn't that bad to me. 

QueSrah

Not even close to alone.  In retrospect, I think all the night waking DD was doing around 6 and 7 months (every two hours) was because of reflux.  But it wasn't until the reflux got REALLY out of control around 7.5 months that I realized it was probably just a steady progression of her growing out of her dose of Prevacid and the pain bubbling up more often.  For a while feeding her soothed the reflux pain, but she got to the point that even that wasn't helping.  We have had two good nights in the last week where she only woke up once or twice, and one night she didn't eat at all.  I'm hoping that going to the GI doctor (next week) will lead us toward more good nights than bad.

madalynnsmommy09

LO still gets up once a night, neither DH nor I are in a big rush to get her to sleep through the night, we figure she will when she is ready.

Scooter359

Don't worry, mason doesn't have reflux and he still gets up throughout the night. Sometimes it's for a bottle, sometimes he just wants to be cuddled or comforted.

chick730

DD still isn't sleeping through the night.  She goes to bed at 7:30, drinks around 11 ish and again around 2 ish.  The past two nights she has been getting up every 2 hours!!!

You aren't alone!

Ivana_Stolichnaya

Not alone.  At 8.5 months Kaitlyn has only STTN once.  We're up at least 2-3 times between Midnight and 5am (when I get up for work)

SeaMama

Nope.  No STTN here, either.  I have a really hard time believing all these Ferber babies STTN 12 hours every night all the time.  I call BS. 

I give my LO a paci for bedtime and naps and he doesn't seem to wake up at all when he spits it out, BUT...he still nurses all night long - usually 3-4 times between 7pm and 7am. 

 We are anti-CIO and so....we suffer a little bit, but I know once LO starts STTN on his own that I will look back and be glad I waited and let him do it on his own.  Especially b/c he will never be my little baby ever again and I get the super special job of night time parenting. 

I'll admit it's easier when DH gets up with him at 7 and lets me sleep till 9.  )

NikkiS25

No STTN here either.  DD normally wakes up once to nurse around 4am, but lately she's been waking up at random other times and just crying.  Last night I let her cry for about 5 mins.and she went back to sleep.  We did sleep training and it worked for a while, but she always falls asleep nursing and I don't have the hear to wake her before I put her down. So the sleep training was a big fat fail.  I'm thinking when she's ready to sleep through the night she will. 

cartzsbride2k8

We've had a few solid nights, but she is still waking 1-2x/night regularly most nights. They are quick either diaper changes or just a couple oz, but still... the rare full nights' sleep have been amazing! Then I open my mouth to brag and have a horrible night

dle927

My DD slept through the night for about a month (around 5 months old).  Not anymore.  She wakes up between 3:30 and 4:30am to eat.  We even tried to move her bedtime back...she just woke up at 2am instead....no rhyme or reason. 

ENev

I understand where you're coming from with the reflux. We were ready to sleep train DS when he was 5-6 months old, but he had bronchiolitis for weeks, a couple of ear infections, and then recently he was teething like crazy. (he has 7 teeth now!)

Now that all of that is past, we are finally sleep training and it's working like a charm. He hardly wakes up or cries in the night at all, and it only took a couple nights of just not going to him when he cries. But I wasn't willing to do it until I was certain he was totally healthy and not teething!

So wait it out til you're sure that's fixed, then make the decision to just not go to her in the night. 

I don't really get people who aren't willing to let their baby CIO as long as they're healthy and not hungry or teething or anything. It teaches them so quickly and it's better for everyone in the long run. I think you're doing your baby a disservice by not teaching them how to put themselves and keep themselves to sleep! More and better sleep = a happier, healthier baby! 

PB&J1216

No mam, you are not alone. We are still not STTN here either. Mr. P is up at least once, but most nights 2-3 times.