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klynne924
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Getting baby to sleep at night...HELP!!
klynne924
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I don't know when or even why the hell we, meaning me, started rocking and singing DS to sleep for naps and at night. So, he's now a year old and still relies on me to do this. I tried CIO when he was about 6 or 7 months old. He did great for naps, no crying at all. Bedtime was another story the 2nd and 3rd nights. He would scream for over an hour. I couldn't do it, well I could, but DH couldn't stand it, so we quit after 3 days. At this point, I could kick him in the @$$ for talking me into quitting! Deep down I don't mind rocking and singing him to sleep since I know I won't have to forever, but gosh I am so envious of you mommas who can just lay your baby down and they'll go to sleep on their own!
I started reading "The No-Cry Sleep Solution" a couple of months ago and started a great routine from reading that. I fed him, bathed him, lotioned him, got him ready for bed, read 4 books to him while the ocean projector was on, and gave him a bottle and he was out! The only problem now is that he was weaned off the bottle on his 1st birthday and now the singing and rocking takes the place of the bottle.
I've been so desperate as to even try CIO again just to hear him scream at the top of his lungs for an hour plus. So, did any of you rock and sing your LO to sleep and when did you stop and how did you stop? What do you do in place of rocking and singing? This boy is killing my back from doing this day in and day out. Would reading "The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers" be worth a try since most toddlers aren't taking bottles? DH works 12+ hours, 6 days a week on top of a 2 hour daily commute, so him helping get DS to sleep is pretty much out of the question since his bedtime is at 8:00. TIA
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Re: Getting baby to sleep at night...HELP!!
I am sorry. I don't have a lot of advice bc it is hard to remember with DD. (DS was adopted, so he was treated differently.) I know we did CIO at some point with DD. I remember her crying one night in particular for close to an hour. Not fun. (We would go in there and check on her, etc., and the whole song and dance that you're supposed to go through.) She learned pretty quickly if I remember correctly to go to sleep on her own. Not perfect by ANY stretch of the imagination, of course, but it does get better. Consistency and routine are key. Hang in there. ((HUGS))
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I had a similar issue with Adam about the same age, but it was just from taking the bottle away. I am not a big CIO fan (mostly because I just can't stand hearing my son cry). I do the method talked about in the baby whisper books. Basically, I laid him down. When he cried I went in and tried just patting his back and using soothing words, I only picked him up if I had to. Once he stopped screaming I put him back down. I would let him cry for maybe 30 sec to a minute before I did this. Basically, you just repeat this over and over again. It takes a while, but after the 3rd night we didn't have any issues at all. I think it depends on the child, but leaivng my son to cry never works because he just works himself up screaming and then never goes to sleep.
I will say that around this age my son decided he didn't want me to rock him anymore. I know that everyone says its a terrible habit to get into, but I miss it sometimes. I wonder if it is one of those things they eventually just grow out of on their own.