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Sleep: I need it. I need help.

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Isn't it the truth that each baby is SO different!  When we sleep trained baby #1 at 6months old it took 3 days and he's been sleeping 12 hours straight through the night ever since. We did a modified CIO and each night got easier and easier.

Well, little miss baby #2 has other plans. We do the SAME EXACT CIO method, however, she doesn't CIO when going to sleep. I put her down (along with a strict bedtime routine) awake, but drowsy, every night at 7pm. She puts herself right to sleep without any fussing.

She wakes up at 8:45pm, 11pm, 12pm 2am and 3:30am. And it's that blood curdling, someone just cut off my arms cry.  For the first 3 wake-ups, I can get her back to sleep by going in and comforting her, but the last 2 are brutal. She just cries and cries and cries. She won't stop - and last night it went on for almost 2 hours. Finally, at 3:30am I nursed her and she went back to sleep for good (well, until 7am).

What am I doing wrong?

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  • greenmtbridegreenmtbride
    I would try a couple things. First is something waking her up? Cold? Hungry? Gassy? I got good results with putting Liam in an extra layer (onesie under sleeper). If no answer to the first question I would try making bedtime earlierand see if that made a difference. I think at that age Liam was sleeping 5:30pm-6:30am. Waking up early was brutal but it was worth the full night. You could try putting her to bed earlier by increments and see if it extends the first stretch of sleep. What is her nap schedule?
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  • blueLu25blueLu25
    Yikes that's tough! Do you swaddle? That was E's fav. Maybe growth spurt? You guys are already on solids right, so she is probably getting a good size meal. Hm. I'm not really any help, sorry. Maybe try changing bedtime to earlier or later? Hugs mama.
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    Oh- and we use a kind of loud fan outside her door and the white noise has been key to helping her not wake up to little noises. 
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    Here is her current schedule:

    7-8am'ish: Wake up
    8am: Nurse
    8:30am: Solids
    9:30am: Nap
    10:30-11am - Up from nap
    12pm - Nurse
    12:30pm - Solids
    1:00pm - Nap
    2:30-3pm - Up from nap
    4pm - Nurse
    5pm - Solids
    6:30pm - Start bedtime routine (bath, nurse, jammies, story, lights out)
    7pm - In crib - asleep.

    I don't think she's hungry as I give her a full nursing session before she goes down. I dress her in her long-sleeve foot jammies, with a sleepsack. Her room is always about 70 degrees - so she's not cold. Maybe too warm?  We tried the white noise a few weeks ago and that didn't seem to help, maybe I will try it again.

    Her naps are great - same as night time. She puts herself right to sleep and sleeps for at least an hour or more.

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  • MrsH_08MrsH_08

    We don't do CIO, but J sleeps pretty well at night (unfortunately, daytime is another story!).  He's a little younger than M, but he does wake up to eat 2 times.  Maybe she's hungry?  I hope you can get some sleep soon!

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  • greenmtbridegreenmtbride
    Hmmm, looks like a good schedule! I agree that she wouldn't be hungry for that first wake up. So what happens when you try to CIO at the first wake up? I would try te CIO approach early in the night and hopefully avoid it later in the evening. Meaning maybe if you let her cry to sleep at 8:45 , she might reset her pattern for the night?! How recent is this pattern? Hopefully it is just a bump in the road. But we were up every 45-90 minutes with Liam when we finally CIO. I don't mind getting up 1-2 times a night but more than that is brutal. Does she use a paci? Unfortunately this is where you lose your mind experimenting with things. I second the white noise too.
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    imagegreenmtbride:
    Hmmm, looks like a good schedule! I agree that she wouldn't be hungry for that first wake up. So what happens when you try to CIO at the first wake up? I would try te CIO approach early in the night and hopefully avoid it later in the evening. Meaning maybe if you let her cry to sleep at 8:45 , she might reset her pattern for the night?! How recent is this pattern? Hopefully it is just a bump in the road. But we were up every 45-90 minutes with Liam when we finally CIO. I don't mind getting up 1-2 times a night but more than that is brutal. Does she use a paci? Unfortunately this is where you lose your mind experimenting with things. I second the white noise too.

    Good call on letting her CIO on the first wake - 50/50 she puts herself back to sleep, but sometimes we run to her and comfort her by giving her a paci (which she spits out) and reset her mobile. I think I am going to ditch the mobile.

    This pattern started about 2 weeks ago. We visited some friends in Vancouver, and she slept with me (something we haven't done since she was 1 month old). At the time, it was our only option - but it has been bad since then.

    White noise - check.  Ditch binkie and mobile - check. Let her CIO the first wake - check.

    Thanks ladies!!!

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