Still not sleeping

GrantHenson

Okay ladies, my little girl is 5 months old and still very far from sleeping through the night.  It seems that she is getting more difficult to get to sleep at night.  I am not interested in letting her cry it out.  I have always had a hard time with the idea and the other night thought well lets give this a try.  After letting her cry for 10 min and going in it was clear that she was not keen on it either.  She got more upset with us trying to soothe her without picking her up and both my husband and I felt horrible about it.

  I am ok with cuddling her feeding her or whatever to put her to sleep however my hope was that after doing this she would eventually sleep longer periods which she doesnt.  Bed time is not a fun time in our house.  My husband figures we should just let her sleep with us.  this is the easier thing for him, I however know that it will be difficult to get her to sleep in her own bed later and also I realize that she is not really sleeping longer she just is a lot closer to the breast so doesnt make as much noise when she wakes.  I on the other had dont get much rest and am trying to sleep with my boobs hanging out all night.

   I am really not sure where to go from here.  All I know is that at this point it takes over 2 hours to get her down at night, and she is still up every 2-3 hours.  I have been encouraged by the health nurse to continue to feed on demand also.

HELP

Caseyk1127

No advise but we are in the same boat only we FF. DD is up every 1-2 hours so I hate bed time. Never had this problem with DS, he got up once and sttn by 6 months.

Clbehenna

We are with you, only on top of everything else for the past two nights DS will only stay asleep if being held and is still up about every hour. We also don't want to CIO...not sure where to go from here. Sorry I'm no help, just wanted you to know you're

bgf1

My DD is also hard to put down in her crib.  With 2 kids I find I can't spend hours getting her to go to sleep.  I find it is easier to lay with her in my bed and snuggle till she falls asleep, I leave her alone once she is out and when she h

Unknown

So first off, you're definitely not alone with both a sleepless baby and not wanting to let baby cry.
My munchkin refused to sleep at all, wouldn't even go an hour straight. In fact, it took three hours to put him to bed every night. At two and a ha

milwaukeej

Crying it out IS hard but I feel that it has been very beneficial. The first few nights we did it, when we'd go in to comfort her (without picking her up), she would cry harder. But the way I see it, we're just reminding her that we're still there and not

milwaukeej

Side note: we decided she was ready because she would, very occasionally, sleep for about 10-11 hours. We figured she was capable of going this long without eating so it was time to start sleep training.