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I need some serious sleep help...

amd0411amd0411
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I'm in desperate need of some suggestions...my son is 7 months ?and refuses to stay asleep at night. he was a good sleeper from day 1 up until 4 months.  When he started waking up every few hours he was teething and would go back to sleep with some infant tylenol and/or teething tablets. But now that his bottom teeth came through at 6 months he still wont sleep.  I'm up in arms as to what to do to keep him asleep at night so he's well rested, along with myself and my husband (my husband is in law enforcement and being tired and not on top of your game at work is very dangerous).  i have tried everything...teething tablets, tylenol, advil, enfamil's restfull formula, feeding him when he wakes up, changing his diaper, letting him cry it out(he would cry all night if we let him cry it out), you name it....the only thing that works (most of the time) is to pick him up ?l rock him back to sleep but he almost always wakes up within 20 minutes of laying him back down. i dont want to keep rocking him though because i dont want to enable bad habits but it seems to be the only way any of us can get some sleep. my husband ?and i are just so frustrated.  we are in desperate need of more than 2 hours of sleep at night. 
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  • AnankeAnanke member
    I am right there with you!  Other than a few rare flukes, DS wakes every 30-90 minutes all night.  The only way I'm getting any sleep is by bedsharing during the early morning for a few hours.  At least that way I can roll over, pop him on the boob and we drift back to sleep.  I hardly remember those wakings.
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    First - Have you ruled out an ear infection or any health issue?

    Second - Have you read the Ferber book, or Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child?  It's hard for CIO to work unless you have a solid plan in place.

    I tend to get kinda flamed for my method, but I put DS in bed, shut the door, and don't go back in until morning unless the house is on fire.  We almost never have problems at night because he knows I mean business about sleeping at night. 

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    imageDreamsicle23:

    First - Have you ruled out an ear infection or any health issue?

    Second - Have you read the Ferber book, or Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child?  It's hard for CIO to work unless you have a solid plan in place.

    I tend to get kinda flamed for my method, but I put DS in bed, shut the door, and don't go back in until morning unless the house is on fire.  We almost never have problems at night because he knows I mean business about sleeping at night. 

    I'm sorry, but he probably has no clue that you "mean business".  Babies can't rationalize that.  He probably has just lost hope that anyone will come to him.  Do you at least have a monitor in case something comes up?  What if he pulls himself up to standing in his crib and doesn't know how to get down?  What if he has a dirty diaper?  What about growth spurts, mental leaps, teething, and sickness?  I hope there's a bit more to your method than just closing the door and ignoring him for the rest of the night.

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    imageDreamsicle23:

    First - Have you ruled out an ear infection or any health issue?

    Second - Have you read the Ferber book, or Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child?  It's hard for CIO to work unless you have a solid plan in place.

    I tend to get kinda flamed for my method, but I put DS in bed, shut the door, and don't go back in until morning unless the house is on fire.  We almost never have problems at night because he knows I mean business about sleeping at night. 

    Not gonna get flame from me. I think I need to do the same. DS is so tired and still wakes up every hour. I let him CIO for 3 hours (checking on him every 15 min) last night and it was so hard. We (me and LO) just have to get some sleep so whatever means necessary to make that happen I am gonna do. Honestly, if the cosleeping worked, I would have him sleep with me every night but unfortunately it doesn't work. I am forced to take drastic measures for my own sanity.

    I would love to read these books but unfortunately, I do not have the time. I tried reading Ferber but honestly if I get a second of peace in the evening, I am sleeping. 

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  • amd0411amd0411
    We've taken him to see the doctor and it's not an ear infection.  I don't judge others on their methods but CIO just doesn't work for us.  I get frustrated enough that I can let him cry for a while and check on him every 20 minutes or so but I refuse to let him scream all night.  And he would if we let him.  CIO just doesn't work for everyone.  It's not a problem of getting him to sleep at night, the problem is he doesn't stay asleep and then he screams but he falls asleep as soon as I pick him up.   
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