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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
XP: Sleeping Help (Long)
Hi Ladies, I mostly lurk here but wanted your advice. DD has always been a good sleeper. We co-slept till she was 8 weeks and transitioned to the crib (while sleeping) with nary a hitch. When she would wake up for her morning feeding, I would bring her into bed with me but she spent the whole night until 5:30-6:30 or so in her crib. Around 6 months we started putting her down drowsy, which she didn?t like as much but within a few days, she was putting herself to sleep.
In December we had the perfect storm of events, the holidays and teething. Both were so disruptive to her schedule. She wouldn?t sleep in the pack n play while we were at my parents, so we let her sleep with us. We got home and within a few days she was cutting her top teeth and had trouble sleeping and again, I took her into my bed. She went back to her crib for about a week, then we moved, and now she REFUSES to sleep in her bed. If I put her in her crib asleep, she immediately wakes up, stands up and starts screaming. Last week I tried letting her CIO (both in her room and out of her room) and after 45 minutes, I caved, held her and brought her to my bed where she promptly calmed down and fell asleep.
I am not sure how to get her back to her crib. On the weekend we played in her room to get her used to it. We change her diapers there. She gets dressed there. She loves taking thing off her bookcase in her room and she likes story time in the glider but she is terrified (or so it seems to me) of sleeping there. Her crib has the same blankets and loveys in it. I really think it is related back to the move, my DH tells me I am giving her too much credit. She?s adjusted to the new house in all other ways and is her normal happy self during waking hours.
I reread Ferber last night and didn?t find a comparable situation there. Does anyone have any thoughts or have they confronted the same thing. When she is in my bed, she is sleeping about 12 hours so the length is not at issue, just the location. BTW, she is not napping in the crib on weekends either; she has the same aversion then as well.
I want my bed back. I want someone else to be able to watch her
so I can have a date night with DH. I
have no idea how to build confidence back up for her in her own bed. Any and all advice is appreciated.
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| From December 29, 2011 |
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Re: XP: Sleeping Help (Long)
No advice but tons of empathy. It may be a separation anxiety issue - that's common between 8-10 months.
We're in the same boat. I'm not trying to move DS out of our room, but he had been doing an awesome job sleeping by himself before we went to bed & spending at least the 1st part of the night in his PNP. This had been working for months - now he's up at least 3 times before I come to bed but he sleeps like crap when we bedshare too.
Oh sweetie, I feel for you. December was hard for us too with Nolan who was sick, so he slept with me for a week, then it was the holidays and I felt like we were never home at bed time.
In January we started the CIO method and it's hard, but it's worked. We had a setback this past Sunday where Nolan woke at 11:30 and didn't want to go back to bed until 2:30. The only thing we are adamant on is not picking him up out of the crib. When he cries, we take turns going into his room every 10 minutes to pat his back and soothe for a minute, then we leave the room. He's getting much better at putting himself back to sleep.
I know this may not be a solution for you because it sounds like you're doing everything right in terms of trying to make her happy in the nursery. Good luck and I hope you find a solution soon.