13 months old and STILL not STTN :)

Re: 13 months old and STILL not STTN :)

• jdancer5

  November 2011

  I am so sorry to hear that your LOs aren't sleeping at 13mo. Mine weren't STTN at nearly 6mo, and I felt like it had been forever - about 3mo too long at least. I can't even imagine how the mountain of sleep deprivation has continued to pile up on you for over a year. Bless your heart.

  At 6mo, I was ready to try anything, so I bought Dr. Ferber's book and made some tweaks to our routine/schedule after reading the first couple of chapters. I wanted to finish the whole book before I started any real sleep training, but by the time I finished the book, they STTN. The routine/schedule recommendations he has are like gold. I know your situation is different, but I would recommend that book to anyone. GL

  

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• hopeful34 member

  November 2011

  DD STTN but DS doesn't. He goes down so easily...not a peep and is usually sleeping within 10 mins. He goes to bed at 7:30pm & is up sometimes by 9..then it starts...10, 11, 12, 1 etc..This has been happening alot lately so i'm assuming teeth but not another one insight. they only have 2 teeth each that i can see! So i'm in for it!! lol...

  I am going to try the ferber book i think. I have heard good things about it. GL!

  

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• scorch member

  November 2011

  what do you do when they wake up?  My babies started doing this and I just had to let them cry it out.  They go down fine at night without a peep and so I just figured I would let them CIO and it only took them one night .  Your babies might take a little longer because they are older .  Heres how I look at it:  They are so use to have letting out a cry and having there every need attended too.  When you bold out of bed to go tend to them, they get used to that too.  They are in a safe place when they are in their cribs .  Turn off the moniter and get some sleep.  Some may find it to be cruel, but I dont.  A tired mama doesnt do anyone any good.

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• Polofsky member

  November 2011

  We did CIO when they were 12 weeks old, took them a couple nights and they have been STTN ever since. I know some on here disagree with it, but we all have different viewpoints for what works...that's why we're on here right? I would give it a try, if you are one of those that just can't stand to hear your baby crying, turn off the monitor...wear earplugs, something...you need your sleep and honestly, so do your babies. I would think at this point they are waking up b/c their system is used to it, you have to get their sleep cycle to stop waking them.  Occassionally mine will wake during the night, but you will learn to tell the cry that says "I'm annoyed I'm awake right now and I want to be asleep" and the cry that says "I've pooped and if you don't do something about it immediately I'm gonna have a hellish diaper rash in the morning." Good luck!

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• Carmela752

  November 2011

  Mine still don't. I have one who does sometimes, and one who never, ever does. I'd give a better reply but the guilty party is currently trying to wake up. Lol.

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• Ruby_Tuesday member

  November 2011

  Polofsky:

   I would think at this point they are waking up b/c their system is used to it, you have to get their sleep cycle to stop waking them.  Occassionally mine will wake during the night, but you will learn to tell the cry that says "I'm annoyed I'm awake right now and I want to be asleep" and the cry that says "I've pooped and if you don't do something about it immediately I'm gonna have a hellish diaper rash in the morning." Good luck!

  This.  We did CIO between 6-10 months for each of them based on the Ferber method.  Get the book.  You need to sleep.  I would be going out of my mind if I were you.  At this point one of mine usually wakes in the night and whines for a minute or two and then goes back to sleep.  There is a different cry if there's really something wrong (read: a lovely has gone overboard. ).  Good luck.

  

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