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Tell me what I am doing wrong...

Jacqui105Jacqui105 member
in February 2011 Moms
It has been a month of my LO getting up constantly at night. I?m starting to think its something I?m doing wrong & not just the 4 month wakeful or a growth spurt, etc. So every night we do bath, story, eat, sleep. We have white noise always & a crib soother toy is used sometimes. For a full week now I have been working really hard to put her down drowsy but awake as well. She is also swaddled with 1 arm out (has had 1 arm out for 1 ? mo).  She generally falls asleep on her own or with a little butt patting, without taking her out of the crib. But then anywhere from 2-20 min later she?s up fussing. It may take a few times going in to pat her to calm down before she stays asleep. Then 3 hours later she?s up to eat, and then I repeat the process of trying to get her to stay asleep. Then 1-2hrs later she?s up, so I only offer the boob after 3 hrs, so I then can spend as much as an hour getting her to stay asleep. As in, she?s dozing off, I leave, 2 min later she fusses, I go back in & pat, she falls asleep, etc. How can I teach her to stay asleep if she?s too little to CIO? Am I intervening too much? When I leave her to fuss it just always escalates to full out crying. Something has gotta give, I need more sleep to work full time. What am I doing wrong?? Help!
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  • AvieeAviee
    She probably just has not learned to self soothe yet.  I know DD hasn't.  I have to pluc the paci into her mouth if I hear her waking up before she's supposed to eat at night.  I still make sure DD is 100% asleep before putting her down and I know that self soothing is a little ways off, yet.  At least for us.
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  • TiffanyTheMomTiffanyTheMom member
    Trust me, you're not doing anything wrong. I'm having the same issues. Right now, just put your baby down when she's asleep. When the 4MW is over, you can start the whole setting down while drowsy thing. This is a tough, tough time for us, and it only lasts a month. This is my mantra right now, if I didn't repeat it I'd go crazy. Even if it lasts longer than a month, it gives me hope that things will be better eventually.
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  • Jacqui105Jacqui105 member
    Thanks! I couldn't think of anything to do different but I thought maybe you guys would notice something totally obvious I can't see. So good to know its normal-ish. I just keep telling myself, she will not be sleeping like this when she's one. That is the only thing keeping me hopeful for the end of this.
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  • danayandcorydanayandcory
    Thanks for posting this! DD has been doing the same thing for almost a month and I have been asking myself the same questions. Its so hard to know anymore with the sleep deprevation taking over my mind!
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