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help me with sleep issue!

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I have a 6 month old and up until 5 months she was sleeping in our room in a rockNplay.... Then we transitioned her to her crib in her room. She did awesome for the longest time, recently (3 weeks ago) she got an ear infection and wasn't sleep as well and now is the worst sleeper. She wants at least 4 times a night to nurse where before it was 2-3 times. she wakes up screaming! Then when my MIL watches her for us when we go to church on thursday nights, she puts her in the crib awake, she plays for a little fusses for a minute and falls asleep! We read her a story, and I nurse her and she falls asleep while nursing and I put her in her bed, I know that there are some people that say this is bad and that I should break up the nursing and sleeping, but what am I supposed to do when she falls asleep while nursing?!

She has us wrapped around her finger and I need some advice! What should I do? Is there any good books out there about this? What has worked for you?

I need sleep! DH doesnt help very much because she screams and will never calm down for him and will for me. Also since I am nursing, there isnt much he can help with either... 

Did even make sense? 

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Re: help me with sleep issue!

  • LuvBugMamaLuvBugMama

    Makes total sense. Some people have had success with No Cry Sleep Solution... it didn't help my LO sleep better through the night, but the suggestions were good for getting my LO down faster at the beginning of the night. But what has helped us recently is Dr. Ferber's Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems. It's not for everyone as he recommends allowing your child to cry for specified periods of time. It's been hard to do, but it's really helped my LO cut down his night feedings.

    Good luck!

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  • hetachuhetachu
    We're following the Ferber book after having very little success with NoCrySleepSolution and the Baby Whisperer. I BF but am giving a bottle and decreasing amounts per the Ferber book to see if it will cut down on night snacking since he does not eat for a long time, just wakes and wants to have a quick drink. It's been REALLY HARD to listen to him cry but I know in the long run that we both need sleep and neither of us is getting it. He also will not go to sleep with my husband so that challenge is next but we want him to sttn first and then we'll face that. GL!
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  • kah01009kah01009 member
    Same boat here! I just got The SleepEasy Solution and I'm loving it! I'm going to use its suggestions for nighttime weaning first, and tackle the going to sleep/staying asleep independently thing next. Tonight is night number one for weaning. I EBF too. Message me if you want to know how it goes and whether it's worth it for you to get the book. Basically, you keep track of when you nurse each night, and time how long LO nurses before stopping or falling asleep. Then, each night, you pick up and nurse LO one hour before he/she typically wakes and feed them for 2 minutes less each night until the feeding is nonexistent. It should only take 5 nights, max. The point of feeding them before they wake is to break the habit of rewarding a wakeup with food. I actually love the premise as it's described in the book...makes so much sense! I'll post about it if it's a success for us! GL!
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