17month DD not STTN now....

SheLovesMrHip

First let me say she has been sick, but is much better now. My DH and I fear that she is waking, crying, and then we are reacting with going in to her room with milkies. She had been STTN for a while now and so we want to get get back in to that mode. Can you ladies please offer advice on how to break this habit again other then "bad mommy, stay out of her room" Lol!!! Thanks again as always gals,

dairygirl19

I have become really good at "understanding" her cries. Sometimes she needs to wail/fuss it out and she's not even really awake. I leave her be then. She's back to sleep in less than 10.

The other times I indulge her. 80% of the time it's a matter of refilling the water sippy. Whatever. Bad habit but I do it. I like my sleep. It's a two minute process and we're all back in bed no wailing on either part required.

Once in awhile she has such a sad little cry. Then I know she's scared, teeth hurt, belly ache etc. I give her Tylenol or we rock a bit and head back to bed.

I'm not the one to ask but I just feel like their so little only once, let them be/help them out.

I should have prefaced this with, she's only up once a night at most and is an overall good sleeper so I feel no need to fight this out.

SharonB222

I am not sure what a milkie is, but water or soothing instead?  Transition milkie to water?

My DD slept in her crib until Molars.  DD is easy-going, but when she cut her molars, she'd wail in the middle of the night and we brought her in to co-sleep - it lasted a month; then on her own she went back to SSTN 12 hrs.  Then last month she got back-to-back colds and was cutting her eye teeth and was back to waking up and co-sleeping.  Just the past three days she transitioned back to SSTN 12 hrs on her own.  So I would say that for DD it's not so much a habit as a phase.  Time will tell...

GL.

Manateearmz

SharonB222:

I am not sure what a milkie is, but water or soothing instead?  Transition milkie to water?

My DD slept in her crib until Molars.  DD is easy-going, but when she cut her molars, she'd wail in the middle of the night and we brought her in to co-sleep - it lasted a month; then on her own she went back to SSTN 12 hrs.  Then last month she got back-to-back colds and was cutting her eye teeth and was back to waking up and co-sleeping.  Just the past three days she transitioned back to SSTN 12 hrs on her own.  So I would say that for DD it's not so much a habit as a phase.  Time will tell...

GL.

this sounds like my life. I find that STTN is never really a done deal.

We try to determine if she is crying because she needs something, or if she is just fussy for a minute. Like others said, as long as you feel she is just fussing and can self soothe let her cry for a minute before going in to get her.