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no cry sleep solution

wildcat99wildcat99 member
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I'm a long time lurker and find myself more in the attachment parenting camp than I ever imagined I would be :)  My daughter is a year old, and we are having major sleep problems.  She shows signs of being tired at 7:30, but lately has been fighting it till 9:30-10, and up every 2 hours or so at night.  It may be teething, but tylenol doesn't seem to help.  I am dead set against letting her cry it out, but my problem is that my usual strategies, including nursing to sleep, don't seem to be working-she'll nurse for 2 hours but not fall asleep!  I am exhausted.  I picked up the no cry sleep solution book and was wondering if anyone had success with this?  I just can't see myself letting her cry it out.

Thanks!

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  • AmberrrrAmberrrr member

    i am so freakin' tired of hearing CIO is the only way. 

    it just can't be!

    i haven't read the book, or any sleep method books yet, but i really hope it works for you. 

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  • KCKappaKCKappa member
    We went through a really rough patch with going to sleep and nightwaking right around a year old also. When/how long is she napping? Do you have a consistent bedtime routine? For us, we had to stick pretty rigidly to bath at 7, followed by jammies, two books and nursing/rocking to sleep no matter how long it takes. For a week or so, it did take an hour of rocking to get her to sleep, but gradually got back to almost "normal" (30ish minutes) for us. Then at about 14.5 months old, we switched from two naps a day to one and she's out within 15 minutes for nap and bedtime as long as she doesn't nap past 3ish in the afternoon.
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  • wildcat99wildcat99 member
    Thanks!  Glad to know I'm not the only one.  She's in daycare 2 days a week, and typically naps from 12-2 there (sometimes less, usually not more)-down to one nap a day.  When she's home with me, I feel like she gets sleepy around 10-she'll take a 2ish hour nap around then, and then another nap around 2-3 in the afternoon.  We try really hard to have her in bed by 7:30, and I wake her up or she wakes up on her own around 7:30, but the past couple of nights have been a disaster :(
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  • lopersmomlopersmom

    I found the suggestions in No Cry Sleep Solution to be really helpful. A lot went along with what we were doing intuitively, and the confidence boost helped. She also helps you understand what's normal/ what's a phase/ how to narrow down what may be going wrong if there truly is a problem. Lots of advice that is reasonable, simple and gentle. It's important to remember that, societally, we have a bizarre and skewed idea of what "normal" sleep is for babies and young children, and therefore people will give bad advice (cry it out!!!) because they've been lead to believe that these things work and are necessary to solve sleep "problems" that are really part of a natural learning process for kids. Also, there are occasionally regressions in children's sleep - and these will often pass. 

    I think it's a useful resource and plan on re-reading soon as we wait for LO#2 to arrive.

     Good luck!  

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  • NiniJ55NiniJ55 member

    It helped with DS - he was a little voer 1 yrs old.  It did not make him STTN but it helped stretch his nightwakings from 3-4 to only 1 per night... and not none.  It also made me feel better about letting him sleep with me (which he still does) and helped me to see that it's normal for some babies/ toddlers to still need their parents at night.

    I'm re-reading it now for DD - she is even worse than DS and I want to get started.

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  • RdautenhahnRdautenhahn member
    No cry sleep solution was a life saver for us. I really recommend the book. It's a quick, some what repetitive read. We had great success following her principals. 
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  • RdautenhahnRdautenhahn member
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    We found it very helpful.  DS would go to sleep fine but wake up and have troubke getting back to sleep  I suggest buying the actual book versus the kindle version. The worksheets make a difference.

     

     

     

     

    This! I wish someone would have informed me of this. I bought the kindle one and definitely am missing important resources in the back.

    Sorry for double post, did not read replies before posting.  

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