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November 2011 Moms
Did I screw up my DD's sleeping pattern?
okay.. so my DD has been sleeping through the night since 3 weeks old. Yes, I know, I got very lucky. Now, the last 2 weeks have taken a huge turn. We have our nighttime ritual, she falls asleep with no problem, however once in her crib, she wakes up in about an hour, then I spend the next 1-3 hrs trying to get her back to sleep. She never really learned how to "self sooth", and I think it's coming back to bite me in the butt.
Anyone have any suggestions? i'm desperate!
A few questions I have
1) do you put down on back or belly
2) do you let your LO sleep with a binky? my DD cries for one once she wakes up (yet, doesn't fall asleep with one)
3)does your LO turn from belly to back yet?
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Re: Did I screw up my DD's sleeping pattern?
1. I put her on her back but she almost rolls out of my arms onto her tummy. She's been a tummy sleeper since she mastered rolling at 11 weeks.
2. We gave up the pacifier at about 3 months when she found her fingers. How do you know she is crying for one? is it just that the binky puts her back to sleep so you assume that is it? My guess is that she is crying and like you said doesn't know how to self-soothe so you go in and give her a binky and it works. Can she put it in herself if you leave a few in the crib?
3. Like I said above, DD rolled from back to belly and belly to back like a tumbleweed at about 11 weeks. No joke.
1) do you put down on back or belly? I put DS on his back every night.. I believe most pedi's would recommend placing them on their backs and once they can roll themselves onto their stomachs it's OK for them to sleep like that
2) do you let your LO sleep with a binky? Yes we do... though normally once he gets sleepy it falls out of his mouth, and if he doesn't wake himself up that's how you know he's really sleepy. There are some times where I don't offer it and he falls asleep without it just fine, so I know he's not dependent on it to sleep
3)does your LO turn from belly to back yet? Yes and back to belly
1) I've been putting him on his tummy since we stopped swaddling. He sleeps better that way. I didn't do that with my first though, I was too nervous. Third baby, therefore I'm more relaxed.
2) never done a paci with any of my kids at bed time or any other time. Seems like more trouble than it's worth. They've all survived.
3) he has been rolling belly to back since he was 5 weeks old consistently. He won't do back to belly yet. I don't push that and my other kids didn't do back to belly until well after they were crawling which was nice because if I needed them to stay somewhere I just put them on their back and they couldn't crawl away!!
DS will go down in his crib awake and fall asleep on his own. That's what you want to work on to get her to self soothe. You don't have to do CIO, just put her in the crib and stand next to her to help her transition to self soothing. It doesn't have to be screaming and stress for everyone involved.
1. Back. She usually rolls onto her side when she's going to sleep but she HATES being on her tummy.
2. Yes I give her a paci she goes right to sleep with it. She will occasionally wake up about an hour after I put her to sleep and I just give her back the paci and she goes to sleep and STTN.
3. She can but doesn't very often because she usually just starts screaming when she gets on her tummy.
1. back, but he almost always flips to front before falling asleep. not totally sure why i still put him down on his back, i guess habit.
2. no, but he never uses one.
3. yes, all the time.
here's my suggestion, but it's based on nothing but my own opinion. if she's just fussing i'd let her fuss when she wakes up and see if she goes back to sleep. if it progresses to crying or she's really upset i'd try picking her up and singing a little bit of a song or recreating some aspect of the bedtime ritual again (briefly) and then put her down. my LO spends a decent amount of time rolling, biting his fingers, making noises, and fussing, and if I went in every time he fussed he'd never learn to sleep.