Sleep help for really active baby?

Adb6283

I'm about at my wits end with G's sleeping.  We started sleep training a few weeks ago and at first it was going fine, now it's a disaster!  We transitioned her from our bed to her crib and it seemed to go fine, now she doesn't want to sleep anywhere it seems (we got desparate and tried bringing her back to our bed and she still isn't sleeping!)

She's waking up every 20 minutes or so and just wants to wake up and stand and play, etc.  I can usually get her back down after another 20 minutes of shushing/patting, etc, only to have her wake up again.  This proceeds on for 2 or 3 hours at which point she'll wake up and not go back down for an hour or two no matter what we tried (shushing, patting, swaddling, nursing, crying it out (I got REALLY desparate and it didn't work either)).

I am hoping to get a copy of the no cry sleep solution book as I'm not for cry it out, but in the meantime, anyone have a SUPER active baby and have any tips/recs to help me get her to sleep longer stretches?  During the day she pretty much walks/crawls, wiggles, moves etc until the point of utter exhaustion before falling asleep for a nap.  My mom said I was super active too, but I slept fine as a baby once I finally went down.

I'm really starting to worry as she's getting no where near the recommended 12-14 hours of sleep for a baby her age.  I don't know if this is just a phase or what - but we're going on almost 2 weeks of this now.  I know her teeth are imminent to pop through, but she isn't crying as if she's in pain - more just crying to get our attention so she's not alone, but then she wants to play and be awake.

mommy2b08

I'm pretty sure it's normal around that age - they wake up in the middle of the night to practice new skills they are learning. When you go in to get her to lay down and sleep again try to be as boring and quiet as possible (no direct eye contact, don't say anything). NCSS was really great too. GL!

 BTW your DD is adorable

papagena

I'd try to allow her to get to sleep a bit more on her own if possible.  I'll admit, we did some modified Ferber with DS around that time (never let him cry for more than 10 minutes tops alone).  Maybe you can even do something where you're still in the room so she can see that you are there but after an initial laying her back down and telling her it's time for sleep not interacting directly.  That may help her figure out how to get back to sleep on her own when she does wake up.

Good luck!  Sleep is so hard when it's not going well!