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Babies: 6 - 9 Months
Cookiecake7
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How do you sleep train if teething lasts several weeks?
Cookiecake7
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DD has been teething for what seems like weeks. One broke through but daycare thinks she has more coming through. I'm horrible and can't feel nubs or anything so I trust dc. The problem is, we really need to sleep train. Since mid-February I've been sleeping more often than not in the recliner in her room. Today I was diagnosed with mastitis for the second time in about a month and the dr thinks it is due to exhaustion. I'm at a loss! Dh tries to take a turn at night but she flips out. She's not crying when she wakes up, but she is waking up several times a night. Does anyone have ideas? Thanks!
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Re: How do you sleep train if teething lasts several weeks?
Hmm...if she's not crying when she wakes up, what happens if you don't go in to her? Once in a while, my daughter will wake up, not crying, and just hang out in her crib. If I ignore her, half the time she goes back to sleep after she finishes roaming around in her crib and talking to herself. For us, this was a part of the sleep training process as she needed to learn to settle herself and go back to sleep without me soothing her via nursing.
As for teething, I can relate
We have had over six weeks of periodic fussiness and drooling, and bumps on gums, but no teeth have broken through!
LO got his first two teeth at 13 weeks and has not stopped teething since. He is on his k9's right now so that is 10 teeth in 4.5 months.....
Hence- I asked myself the same question night after night...how can I sleep train when the poor boy is always teething? I read the Baby Whisperer and picked up some good things from that. I didn't follow it to a T but his sleep has come SO FAR in just 3 weeks. He puts himself to sleep for all naps and bedtime and wakes one time for a bottle and sometimes once early in the am (5ish) because his diaper is soaked. I change him and right back to sleep.
The BW's biggest points are establishing a solid nap routine which will assist in better night sleeping. This was KEY for us. Also, having him learn how to put himself to sleep really helped with the night wakings. He wakes up sometimes and I see it on the monitor- he may sit up for a second, then sucks his thumb and plops back down and goes to sleep. In the first week or two, he would sometimes let out a whine or even a few seconds of crying but it got gradually better, I never had to let him CIO and he does well now.
Being in the room will most likely cause your LO to wake more often. The BW has some great tips for going in when she is crying and knowing the difference between a "mantra cry" which is more like a whine that they use to self soothe, and a real cry for you. After a night or two of helping her soothe back to sleep and establish good sleep habits, you'll see a difference.
When she wakes up, what does she do if you do not go in? Does it escalate into a cry? Have you ever tried waiting a couple of minutes to see what she does?