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STTN question. . .
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It seems like everyone's LO's STTN and have been for a long time. All of my friends said that their LO's were STTN by 8-10 weeks! I understand there is a 4 month wakeful, but DS's whole life has been a wakeful.
He takes two naps for about an hour each during the day, but wakes up at night at 11, 2, 5 and sometimes even more often than that. I can't remember the last time I slept more than 4 hours in a row. ! I have tried just giving the paci, shushing, and short periods of CIO (3-5 minutes) to see if he will go back to sleep. Nothing is working so far. Anyone have any tips? I feel like I am going crazy with sleep deprivation and there is no end in sight!!
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Re: STTN question. . .
My first thought is that whole "sleep begets sleep" theory. If your LO is overtired going to bed at the end of the day, he won't sleep soundly. Do you think he's getting enough nap time in during the day? Does he act well rested when he's not asleep? I would try to add one more nap in, even if its a short one, and see if that helps his nighttime sleep.
I found that on days where DD misses a nap (because we are out and about or something), her nights are rough. But when she has a good nap day, she has a good night.
Doesn't work for everyone.. but if it were me, it'd be worth a shot to squeeze in an extra nap and try to put LO down for bed before getting overtired.
Good luck to you!
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Thanks I will try that when I have him at home. He goes to daycare 4 days per week and I think he gets two naps there. He does seem pretty exhausted when he gets home from daycare, but I don't know what else they can do to get him to sleep during the day, I have asked her to make his naps a priority and she agreed.
I'm surprised he's only getting two naps. Most babies I know of take 3 hourish long naps. Even DS does and I don't put him down for naps, really. I let him set his own schedule. When he's yawning, I nurse him and if he falls asleep, then I put him down (sometimes a little more rocking is in order for him to recover from the transition). I totally agree w/ what pp said about sleep begetting sleep. Try adding in another nap and maybe that will help.
You're not alone, though--DS slept through the night one time in his entire life. He's up at least every 2 hours. Sometimes I get a 3 hour stretch, but I can't remember the last time I got a 4 hour stretch. Probably the second trimester.
I just ordered The No Cry Sleep Solution. I'm going to see if it has any tips for me. I'll let you know!
you're not alone - ds2 is a crappy sleeper. only one really good nap (if i hold him) each day and he's up several times at night. i agree that sleep begets sleep because on good nap days, he tends to sleep better at night. that said, even on good days he's still a crappy sleeper.
i would CIO but it will wake ds1. so for now i feel stuck. sorry i'm no help
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something that helped us was i started offering more of a bottle at night. i started with 2oz more, but didnt force it. if he wanted it, he took it, if not, then oh well. i also warmed his milk & made sure he was very warm and comfy. i then rocked him, did drowsy but awake until he fell back asleep after i put him down & progressively this got better.
now i can put him down around 11 w/o bottle, or anything & he's out in about 10 minutes.
sttn is love