Am I the only one whose LO still isn't STTN?
We had her down to only water for a few months, but that didn't stop her from waking up to have it, and then she got roseola and since then is up screaming unless we gave her an actual bottle of milk (we've held out for up to 2 hours only giving her water, then gave up). So now we're back to milk at night. And not just once. She was down to 1-2x/ night and is now back to 2-3x.
Re: Anyone else still not STTN?
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You're not alone. We tried Ferber, it was a bust. Tried No Cry Sleep Solution, another fail. Tried Sleep Lady Shuffle, no dice. I have a very stubborn little girl on my hands. She does get it from both of us. We are still bed sharing because of all this, nursing all night long. Sometimes up every 45 minutes, sometimes she sleeps for 3 hours in a row. We are going to try Jay Gordon night weaning method soon, when DH is home at night.
Every night.
While I'm really sorry there are others going through it, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I thought we were doing so well when we were just down to water, but it seems like every little cold or illness throws us back to square 1. And compared to what some of you are describing, I shouldn't complain too much. She has STTN probably about 8 times since May, so it's not a "never" situation, just a very, very rare occasion when she does STTN.
And since some of you were talking sleep training, Ferber worked wonders for us for the sleep association stuff, so I had high hopes with the night weaning, but it was a bust. We'll be trying it again when we get back to Germany. No use before then - we'll be going back in 2 weeks and will pretty much have to re-set her sleep schedule anyway.
BFP1: DD1 born April 2011 at 34w1d via unplanned c/s due to HELLP, DVT 1 week PP
BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence
Sorry to hear that your DD isn't STTN. My DS doesn't either. I completely weaned him and he still wakes up a few times a night on a good night.
Honestly, I'm glad that I'm not the only one either. I know so many people IRL whose babies STTN and they have since birth. Grrr.
I feel like some babies just don't adjust well to any changes. We were starting to have some progress with the Dr. Gordon method then we moved and bam back to the beginning, the he was sick...and it's always the littlest things!
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Absolutely. I told DH that if she's still not STTN by the time this LO comes, he's going to have to be completely responsible for her at night since there's no way I'll be able to be getting up with both of them and still be able to function during the day. We may try more hard-core sleep training in about a month when we get back home (here we live with my parents and they work, so I don't want to disturb them too much).
BFP1: DD1 born April 2011 at 34w1d via unplanned c/s due to HELLP, DVT 1 week PP
BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence
We're on and off here. About once a week she'll sleep all night, but most nights she's up once or twice. I've been trying to wait and see if she'll go back to sleep, but three minutes is the longest I've been able to go. I'd love to start sending DH in to her to see if he can calm her, but 1) I'd have to wake his zombie butt up anyway and 2) either he'll wind up bringing her to me anyway or not sleeping for two hours and be a total grouch in the morning. I'm taking the path of least resistance since DD nurses and goes right back to bed - it's ten minutes out of my night instead of the hours it could be. I've had some people comment that she "should" be sleeping through the night, but from the sounds of it, we're in good company, and pretty darn lucky that we get the ocassional night!