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Someone PLEASE sleep train my child!!

alicatt79alicatt79 member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
I'm going to stick my head through the wall if he won't go to sleep.  Ideas?
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Re: Someone PLEASE sleep train my child!!

  • Mrs.McLovinMrs.McLovin member
    He can hang out with B since he is up at all times of the night too.
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  • jillijojillijo
    Hope I don't get flamed for this, but have you just put him in his bed, closed the door and let him cry? It worked for us. Good luck!
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  • alicatt79alicatt79 member

    Really, maybe you're on to something.  I could start up the first late night mommy's group/play date.

    Now if I could only find a nice mommy to host....

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  • Mini-ebethMini-ebeth
    My DD has NEVER slept through the night.  Once she only woke up once.  I feel your pain.  Now that I am pregnant I am not as nice about it as I used to be.  She is staying in her bed, no more snuggling all night with us and waking every couple of hours for milk!
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  • Mrs.McLovinMrs.McLovin member
    I'll host. Plenty of pillows! High speed internet connection.
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  • alicatt79alicatt79 member

    imagejillijo:
    Hope I don't get flamed for this, but have you just put him in his bed, closed the door and let him cry? It worked for us. Good luck!

    I've been trying that off and on for MONTHS!!!!  He does not calm down.  He throws up, gets his legs jammed in the crib slats, bangs his head on the crib...

    Even the pedi said maybe he wasn't ready and that he'd "grow out of it."  Whatever "it" is Tongue Tied

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    imageMrs.McLovin:
    I'll host. Plenty of pillows! High speed internet connection.

    Done, maybe a 34324234 hour car ride will calm him down?  Stick out tongue

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  • jenifairiesjenifairies
    make sure he's clean and has his lovey/paci/whatever it is he likes, and leave him in there. go get in the shower where you can't hear it. tomorrow will be easier.
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  • Mrs.McLovinMrs.McLovin member
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    imagejillijo:
    Hope I don't get flamed for this, but have you just put him in his bed, closed the door and let him cry? It worked for us. Good luck!

    I've been trying that off and on for MONTHS!!!!  He does not calm down.  He throws up, gets his legs jammed in the crib slats, bangs his head on the crib...

    Even the pedi said maybe he wasn't ready and that he'd "grow out of it."  Whatever "it" is Tongue Tied

    CIO doesn't work with my DS. DS also won't sleep in his crib anymore. He sleeps on a queen sized mattress on the floor and he is doing better at night. Plus, there is plenty of room for me or DH to lay next to him in the middle of the night. Sometimes we fall asleep in there.

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  • jillijojillijo
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    imagejillijo:
    Hope I don't get flamed for this, but have you just put him in his bed, closed the door and let him cry? It worked for us. Good luck!

    I've been trying that off and on for MONTHS!!!!  He does not calm down.  He throws up, gets his legs jammed in the crib slats, bangs his head on the crib...

    Even the pedi said maybe he wasn't ready and that he'd "grow out of it."  Whatever "it" is Tongue Tied

    Eek! We've been fortunate that DS hasn't had quite that strong of a reaction. Maybe try a gradual training, like the first night he stays in there for an hour before you go in. After he's mastered that, try two hours, etc. Or, if he's still puking or leg-jamming or head-banging, make it 30 minutes till mastered, then 60 minutes, etc. 

    Silly question, but you have a bedtime routine, right? That, too, makes a huge difference with DS. Also, keeping bedtime fairly consistent each night. I get grief over his early-ish bedtime (7-7:30), but it's what works for us.

    I hope you get a good night's sleep soon! I know how miserable it can be to have a baby who fights sleep.

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  • Temp174496125006552Temp174496125006552 member
    I hear you.  Ben has been going to bed so late recently.  Last night, DH went out after I got home from my daughter's school winter concert, so I did Ben's bedtime routine.  He didn't go to sleep until almost 10:30pm and then was up screaming at 11:45pm. 
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  • bieancabieanca
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    imagejillijo:
    Hope I don't get flamed for this, but have you just put him in his bed, closed the door and let him cry? It worked for us. Good luck!

    I've been trying that off and on for MONTHS!!!!  He does not calm down.  He throws up, gets his legs jammed in the crib slats, bangs his head on the crib...

    Even the pedi said maybe he wasn't ready and that he'd "grow out of it."  Whatever "it" is Tongue Tied

    I think it may just click sometimes. DS is a great night sleeper, but a HORRIBLE napper. I have tried everything in the book. He would scream for hours if I would let him. He naps great (3-4 hours) if I hold him or nap with him. I finally started doing that, but I can't do that for ever. This week something finally clicked. He has napped in his crib a week long. I put him in his crib fully awake and he was asleep within 7 minutes today. Now my biggest problem is getting him to nap longer. He wakes up everytime between 28-33 minutes. Today he woke up at 34 minutes and then went back to sleep. The point of my long ramble is maybe he isn't ready yet. It room DS a while, but I think he may be there now. I really don't have any suggestions though. Sorry and good luck!
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  • alicatt79alicatt79 member
    imageMrs.McLovin:
    imagealicatt79:

    imagejillijo:
    Hope I don't get flamed for this, but have you just put him in his bed, closed the door and let him cry? It worked for us. Good luck!

    I've been trying that off and on for MONTHS!!!!  He does not calm down.  He throws up, gets his legs jammed in the crib slats, bangs his head on the crib...

    Even the pedi said maybe he wasn't ready and that he'd "grow out of it."  Whatever "it" is Tongue Tied

    CIO doesn't work with my DS. DS also won't sleep in his crib anymore. He sleeps on a queen sized mattress on the floor and he is doing better at night. Plus, there is plenty of room for me or DH to lay next to him in the middle of the night. Sometimes we fall asleep in there.

    DS has slept in my bed with me (DH in the nursery bed) since he was about 3 months old and he decided that he wasn't going to sleep in his crib anymore. 

    Now he's decided that he doesn't want to go to sleep at all.  Ever.  And when he finally does go down, (and he'll only do this with me lying next to him with his fingers in my mouth) he wakes up.  every. 2 hours.

    I hate bedtime now.  I really get so frazzled every night.  I don't know what to do.

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  • Mrs.McLovinMrs.McLovin member
    imagealicatt79:
    DS has slept in my bed with me (DH in the nursery bed) since he was about 3 months old and he decided that he wasn't going to sleep in his crib anymore. 

    Now he's decided that he doesn't want to go to sleep at all.  Ever.  And when he finally does go down, (and he'll only do this with me lying next to him with his fingers in my mouth) he wakes up.  every. 2 hours.

    I hate bedtime now.  I really get so frazzled every night.  I don't know what to do.

    Holyshit. I read No Cry Sleep Solution and it helped a little bit. DS now has a bedtime routine. Also, baby crack or any white noise machine is a must.

    When your DS wakes up, what does he want/need?

    You are going to have to do something because you can't keep going on like that.

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  • alicatt79alicatt79 member
    imageMrs.McLovin:
    imagealicatt79:
    DS has slept in my bed with me (DH in the nursery bed) since he was about 3 months old and he decided that he wasn't going to sleep in his crib anymore. 

    Now he's decided that he doesn't want to go to sleep at all.  Ever.  And when he finally does go down, (and he'll only do this with me lying next to him with his fingers in my mouth) he wakes up.  every. 2 hours.

    I hate bedtime now.  I really get so frazzled every night.  I don't know what to do.

    Holyshit. I read No Cry Sleep Solution and it helped a little bit. DS now has a bedtime routine. Also, baby crack or any white noise machine is a must.

    When your DS wakes up, what does he want/need?

    You are going to have to do something because you can't keep going on like that.

    We have a routine: dinner, play for a while, bath, pj's, nurse, bed.  We  have a fan in the summer that makes a humming noise and now a little heater that makes white noise. 

    When he wakes up he either wants to nurse (although I don't allow him to nurse unless he starts getting really excited) or his paci back in his mouth.  Sometimes he just seems uncomfortable, and I give him gas drops and he goes back to sleep.

    I'm really thinking about getting MIL to come for a few nights and try to crib him for me.

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