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Sleeping...or lack thereof. :(

bobbirobsonbobbirobson member
in May 2011 Moms

My baby was born May 19th, she was a great sleeper from the get go. I was waking her up every two hours for the first 2 weeks to feed her at night.  Once the pediatrician said she's was good to sleep for as long as she wanted it let it go... she would sometimes sleep from 7:30pm-8:30am.  THEN, when she was five months (almost six) we had a family emergency and had to drive from Florida to Ohio (16hrs) and ever since then, she will not sleep through the night.  She wakes up and gets a bottle around  then again around 5 or so.  On top of that, she always slept in the bassinet and then her pack n'play or crib but now after she gets up that first time she will not go to sleep in her own bed.  She either winds up in my bed or she and i wind up on the couch :( any ideas on why this is happening at 7 months or what i can do?  And my husband has tried the "crying it out" with her and she fought it and even after she fell asleep, she was awake an hour and a half later.

suggestions please!!! I'm desperate :( 

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Re: Sleeping...or lack thereof. :(

  • BrendaLou1969BrendaLou1969 member

    how long ago was the trip to ohio - ie.,how long has this been going on... my baby did this for a few days and i chalked it up to teething

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  • kacellekacelle member
    Violet was a great sleeper until 4 months or so.  We started Ferber with her at 6 months and had really quick success!  She went from waking several times a night to eat to STTN or eating just once.  I strongly recommend you read the book before trying his methods; the book was a lot clearer than explanations of it I found online.
    Married to my best friend 6/5/10
    BFP #1 9/7/10, EDD 5/14/11, Violet born 5/27/11.
    BFP #2 4/9/12, EDD 12/16/12, M/C Rory 4/24/12.
    BFP #3 10/6/12, EDD 6/16/12., Matilda born 6/17/13.
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  • bobbirobsonbobbirobson member

    Once in Sept and then three weeks later in Oct   

     I'll check out the book, it's good to hear there's more to it than just lay them  and let them cry or so the impression i've gotten online

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  • kelly321kelly321 member
    imagebobbirobson:

    Once in Sept and then three weeks later in Oct   

     I'll check out the book, it's good to hear there's more to it than just lay them  and let them cry or so the impression i've gotten online

    If this is the CIO you tried, then I'm not really surprised it didn't work. If you're interested in sleep training, then get Ferber's book and read it. It worked for us in about 2 days, although I wasn't trying to get rid of nighttime feedings. No sympathy from me there. DD still wants to eat about every 3 hours round the clock.


    BFP1: DD1 born April 2011 at 34w1d via unplanned c/s due to HELLP, DVT 1 week PP
    BFP2: 3/18/12, blighted ovum, natural m/c @ 7w4d
    BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence

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