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Good Night Sleep Tight Goddess (aka Hepcats)

JavaVino910JavaVino910 member
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So... I read your Cliff Notes version of Good Night Sleep Tight (Thanks so much by the way!). I have tried implementing the not eating after the midnight feeding philosophy the past two nights. My question for you- what do you do if LO isn't losing their sh*t, but isn't going back to sleep either?! I tried soothing her in her crib for 20 or 30 minutes last night. She was fighting going back to sleep, but wasn't crying. Becasue I was so tired, I tried picking her up and tried putting her back to sleep, but she just seemed to get more awake. Finally after about an hour of being awake with her, I ended up nursing her to sleep. Should I have just stayed awake with her and not nursed her until she got really upset?? Ant other tips? Thank you!
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Re: Good Night Sleep Tight Goddess (aka Hepcats)

  • hepcatshepcats member

    That subject line made me LOL. :)  So here's my opinion: most of the time when I put LO down, he's not asleep and doesn't fall asleep right away. If he's not freaking out, I don't worry about it and I walk away. He will generally fall asleep after no more than 30 minutes (I can tell because I can hear him on the monitor). He'll make little sounds and whatnot, sometimes grunting for a fart, sometimes just babbling, but never freaking out, so I roll with it and let him fall asleep on his own.

    So, to more directly answer your question, I would try to avoid picking her up unless she's really getting upset, just because it will generally wake them up more. Definitely make sure to keep the lights low (if possible) to help minimize waking. Something that works for my LO is to rub my hand back and forth on his chest super fast so that it begins to rock him from side to side (he's swaddled), while I have his white noise machine going (I used the Sleep Sheep and we like the ocean setting). His eyes start to droop fairly quickly. But what works for mine might not be as effective for yours so try a few different things. I'd recommend thinking of these different things during the day when you're fresh and alert and keeping a crib sheet (no pun intended) nearby to refer to in the middle of the night when you're likely not going to remember lol.

    With regard to not nursing her to sleep: It is recommended to avoid doing that unless/until your LO gets really upset because, often times, they are not truly hungry, they're just used to waking. In a perfect world, we would not nurse LO to sleep and they would eventually go back down. We all know that this doesn't always happen or isn't always possible. If you feel the need to nurse to sleep, I would say to keep it brief, 5-10 minutes at most (or just a couple of ounces if FF), even if they are still actively feeding. This will help them get used to not eating and will have them take more in throughout the day. 

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  • simbabysimbaby member

    imageJavaVino910:
    So... I read your Cliff Notes version of Good Night Sleep Tight (Thanks so much by the way!). I have tried implementing the not eating after the midnight feeding philosophy the past two nights. My question for you- what do you do if LO isn't losing their sh*t, but isn't going back to sleep either?! I tried soothing her in her crib for 20 or 30 minutes last night. She was fighting going back to sleep, but wasn't crying. Becasue I was so tired, I tried picking her up and tried putting her back to sleep, but she just seemed to get more awake. Finally after about an hour of being awake with her, I ended up nursing her to sleep. Should I have just stayed awake with her and not nursed her until she got really upset?? Ant other tips? Thank you!

    do you have the link to this? TIA

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  • JavaVino910JavaVino910 member

    Thanks Hepcats! I'm going to keep working on it.

    Simbaby- https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/58929245.aspx

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  • richelleleigh11richelleleigh11

    imageJavaVino910:
    My question for you- what do you do if LO isn't losing their sh*t, but isn't going back to sleep either?! I tried soothing her in her crib for 20 or 30 minutes last night. She was fighting going back to sleep, but wasn't crying. Becasue I was so tired, I tried picking her up and tried putting her back to sleep, but she just seemed to get more awake. Finally after about an hour of being awake with her, I ended up nursing her to sleep. Should I have just stayed awake with her and not nursed her until she got really upset?? Ant other tips? Thank you!

     I'm glad I saw this post, because I have the book and this is what my son is doing too. It just seems like it's getting worse too, when I first went back to work he was only waking up once per night to eat. This week it's been usually 4 times, with one night it was 6! AHHH!!! I'm going to try Hepcats tips tonight through the weekend (when I can at least nap during the day if I'm up all night) and hopefully by next week he'll be back to waking up once per night *fingers crossed*

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  • Turtle143Turtle143 member

    I know this is really late but I just wanted to post a reply so that I can go back to all of the posts later.

    Thanks Hepcats and the other ladies for asking good questions!

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