My 7.5 month old wakes every single night at 3am on the dot. She's not hungry, I know that. We have started to do some CIO, but I am having a hard time. I have let her cry for 20 min and 30 min the last two nights and that was all I could handle before I sent DH in to give her the paci. She took the paci and passed right now.
I think she is waking to see us or just out of habit...so I really want to do the CIO to teach her to go back to sleep on her own. But how long are you supposed to let them cry for? 30 minutes last night felt like torture and clearly we caved and went into give her the paci. I read the Weisbluth book already, but just looking for some mommy help here.
I'm going to try to put like 10 paci's in her crib tonight to see if she can just find one on her own. I know its dark in her room and she can't find one to help her go back to sleep.
Re: 7.5 Month old wakes at 3am Every.Single.Night. CIO HELP!
To OP, we had about 20 min of yelling the first night, then none the second, and now she doesn't wake anymore. But we do have lots of pacis in there so she can easily find one. I'd try that.
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We have an 'almost' 7 month old who is still getting up twice a night. We tried to let her cry it out by going back into her room every ten minutes and calming her down but it just didnt' work and frankly wasnt woth it. 30 minutes seems like a really long time to just let her cry. I decided I'm just not worrying about it. She'll sleep through the night when she's ready. And until then I'll get up with her and feed her.
Aria wakes once a night too (usually). I feed her every time, and usually you can hear her belly growling. She sucks down 8 ounces in about 15 minutes and goes right back to sleep.
If it became an issue (like Molly's pp about waking every 30 mins from 3-6:30), then I would try something different... but a once per night waking at this age is very, very normal.
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JenK1108:We experienced this same issue except at 4:30 AM This happened for about 4 weeks, every single night. Before that Ethan always slept through the night. I actually did feed him and he would suck down an entire bottle. I too felt like he really couldn't be hungry since he didn't need it before, but now I'm wondering if he was going through a growth spurt and needed the extra formula. It was defintely tough, so I completely understand what you're going through - I thought it would never end It did though.......just do what you think it best and stick with it. She'll grow out of it eventually, and like pp poster said - CIO does work. I did a modified version and it worked for us, so I'm definitely a proponent of that method. It was tough, don't get me wrong, but it has been fantastic. Hang in there mama!
The bolded part exactly for us too. I thought there is no way she could be hungry but she sucked down a bottle in no time. It lasted 6 weeks for us though and she just started STTN again this week. If you know the paci will get her back to sleep, then give it to her! She and you will get more sleep. I give my daughter her paci 1-3 times per night and then we all go back to sleep.
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I'm copying my response to another post about STTN. I can't do the 20 minutes crying thing. My version is still 20 minutes of crying, but it's broken out.
My son will be 9 months next week and we were in the same boat as you up until a few days ago. He woke up 1-2 times a night and I would nurse him back to sleep. I don't know how long the STTN will last, but this is what we did:
We changed up his routine to bottle first (usually I nursed him to sleep), then a few books, then bed. The bed part is where everything gets tough, but hang in there. I would put him in his crib, and he would IMMEDIATELY start to cry. I let him cry for 4 minutes, go in there, pick him up, cuddle him or walk with him until he calmed down, then once he calmed down, put him back in the crib, again he would immediately start crying (more like wailing), I would wait 4 minutes, and then go in pick him up until he calmed down. I do this for about 30-45 minutes until he finally passes out the minute I put him back in his crib. He has STTN every night that we did this. Is a great night's sleep in 9 months (actually more like 18 months since pregnancy sleep isn't all that fabulous) worth the 45 minutes of crying/cuddling ritual? YES
From what I've read he will eventually just be able to put him self to sleep after a few nights. We'll see! But for now I am enjoying my 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep.
Thanks for all responses. To answer your questions, I know she is not hungry, becuase she is perfectly happy if we go in and put the paci back in. Plus, she eats like a horse before she goes to bed.
After 3 nights of CIO, she slept through the night last night. I have no idea if it will be consistent, but it is a good sign. The thing is, she goes right back to sleep... its not like I have trouble putting her to bed at bedtime.
I know that the 30 minutes sounds terrible. Believe me, I feel terrible when doing it! But if I keep going in there to soothe her, she will keep thinking its okay to wake up and cry to see me. And as I understand it as they get older that is a bad habit to form.
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