Babies: 6 - 9 Months
lchitt
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What do you do in the middle of the night?
lchitt
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I have read books and have done some CIO in the basis of Ferber after what I've learned but I've not read that book. But none answer when baby is dry, fed, and you lay down when u think she's asleep, and the crying starts what do you do? Do I let her cry and wake the house up, rock her til I fall over? What? I start back to work Thursday and really hoped my 9 month old would be sleeping.
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Re: What do you do in the middle of the night?
Once our LO had STTN for at least 3-4 nights in a row our pedi said that he could do it every night (this was around 3 months). So when he would wake fussing I would wait (and watch him on the monitor) about 10-15 min to see if he would re-settle. Usually he would within the 15 min. If he was still fussing I would start making a bottle (only 4 oz) and almost everytime he would fall back to sleep before I was finished making it so it would go in the fridge and he would sleep till 7 am. After doing that a couple times he just got it and would never fuss more than 5 min tops! Now we don't hear a peep from him. So I'd say give him a chance to work it out, fussing can be their way of learning to soothe too.
Can you tell if it's a hunger cry? My LO has a distinct hunger cry so that also helps. ANd if he'lll take a paci always offer that before a bottle! GL!
Of course there is always set backs, teething, growth spurts, sickness. Always feed baby if they are hungry or needing comfort for one of these reasons.
I wait to see if she re-settles on her own. If she does not or if she escalates - I give her her paci. If she still does not settle after the paci I give her a bottle and then she usually falls right back to sleep after having a bottle.
I don't have a STTN baby so I can't help you. But it's perfectly normal for them to still wake up at night at least once. Not all babies STTN before their first birthday.
Good luck.
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We are similiar except DD STTN. I do not offer a bottle because the paci always works if she wakes up. However if I did think she was hungry I would feed her.
When he hit 7 weeks, my kid started waking up once during the night to eat. So if he ever wakes more than that, I know something's up. He knows how to soothe himself and I've seen him wake up, move himself around, and go back to sleep (no sleep training needing, it's something natural babies can do in their own time - like walking, or crawling - some do it earlier than others.)
Without fail, every time he wakes more often than once, he's either teething, growing, about to come down with something (cold, fever, something). Since he can't tell me what's going on yet, and I have no future-telling power, right now when he wakes I go to him. If he's not hungry, I rock him back to sleep (I love my glider!). It usually only takes until the phase passes for him to settle back to his old routine.
If he wakes up fussing, I usually give it a few minutes to resettle himself. If he doesn't, or if it escalates quickly, I go in and give him a paci and rock him until he settles back down. I would say he sleeps through the night about 80% of the time. The rest of the time, I just suffer through the wake ups. I work full time so it can be hard sometimes, but it won't last forever.
Also, because I know he does sleep through the night more often than not, I assume that when he does have bad nights there is something wrong. Teething, upset stomach, sick, who knows, so I think that comforting him is more appropriate than letting him cry.