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Dochas
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Moved to crib and he wouldn't sleep last night
Dochas
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If anyone has any advice please help.
I nursed him and put him in the crib at 8:30. He woke up when I put him down and I patted him and said night night. I watched him on the monitor and he stayed awake, looking around then went to sleep. He woke up a little later and did the same thing. No crying. He woke up at 12:30am and cried until 3am. I nurse him once at night but not before 3. So my DH went to bed then and I nursed him, put him back in the crib and he slept for about 2 hours and then woke up crying. He is completely exhausted.
Do I let him nap in his swing today and just try the crib at night? Or do we have to dig our heels in here and say no more swing. If we do that I guess we can't leave the house until he starts sleeping in the crib because he'll fall asleep in the car. I wish he could sleep in the damn swing forever but it's becoming unsafe.
TTC since September '08
After 2 m/c - lap for stage 3-4 endo
Oct '09 Bravelle w/Ovidrel trigger - iui on 11/07
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Re: Moved to crib and he wouldn't sleep last night
Sorry you had a rough night. When we transitioned from napping in the swing and sleeping in our room/bed it was a slow and very gradual transition. I think it is great that he fell asleep on his own no crying twice during the night! That is awesome!!!!
Have you tried napping in the crib before trying nighttime in the crib?
When you say he cried from 12:30 until 3? Were you doing CIO and just leaving him in there or was he awake and fussing despite being up with him and rocking him/comforting him etc... ? When we were working on the nighttime, I would let her start the night in there and comfort her back as long as she would go to sleep, but if she got to the point of constant fussing, I brought her back to our room for the rest of the night. Eventually she got to the point where she was sleeping longer and better in her own crib and spending less and less time with us.
I would probably try the crib today at nap, but if it doesn't go well, let him nap in the swing so he gets some rest. Otherwise you might be setting yourself up for another long night if he is overtired and fussy by bedtime.
I also wouldn't stay home, I would do what we have to do and if he falls asleep in the car, so be it. He needs his sleep.
Good luck!
Thank you so much for answering. I tried to put him in there for a nap this morning but it didn't work so I moved him to the swing. He wasn't crying today, just fussing and unable to fall asleep.
Last night he was crying but my DH would go in to pat/reassure but not pick him up. I BF so I don't go in unless I'm feeding him. We used the same tactic to get him sleeping through the night (with 1 wake up). Picking him up honestly doesn't comfort him anyway. He will doze off while I'm nursing him but he doesn't want to be rocked to sleep. He was fully asleep the 2nd time I put him in the crib. I think we'll have to try moving him to the swing during the night if he won't go back to sleep in the crib. But I hate to let him regress. The reason we started the Ferber is because he started waking up more and more (and not for hunger or any reason other than he wasn't able to go back to sleep) and he was completely exhausted the next day. While doing that he didn't cry hysterically, more just loud fussing and he did learn to go back to sleep on his own.
I think more than anything I just hate that there is always something ruining his day and making him miserable. He got teeth early, now just got another one. He gets constipated (a steady diet of prunes is fixing that). And he has been sleeping really well the last few days during the day and at night and he has been so incredibly happy that I hate this. He is never excited about going to sleep but sleeps pretty well once he gets there. And to see him lying in the cribe, exhausted and bleary eyed, but unable to surrender to sleep is heartbreaking. And, to be honest, a little aggravating.