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November 2011 Moms
Jenny952
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at my wits end re: sleeping
Jenny952
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I'm sorry, I think this might get long but I'm totally at a loss for what to do to get DD down for the night. Up until 3 weeks ago she was swaddled at night. I rocked, nursed and swaddled her up and put her down. It usually took a few minutes of fussing for her to fall asleep, but then like clockwork she woke up crying after 30 minutes. I'd go back, rub her tummy, sometimes pick her up and she'd fall back asleep. Sometimes she did wake up another 1-2 times before being down for the night.
3 weeks ago she spit up on her swaddle, so I put her on her tummy and she fell right to sleep. But over the last 3 weeks it's been getting gradually more difficult to put her down. This past week took me an average of 1 hour to get her to sleep. I tried everything, picking her up, patting her back, letting her cry, rocking, nursing again. She only fell asleep when she was totally exhausted.
So tonight we went back to the swaddle blanket and while she was able to fall asleep quickly, she woke after 30 minutes and has been crying since. DH and I have been taking turns soothing her (he's with her now). The only thing that seems to calm her down is rocking or me nursing. I just don't know what to do anymore. She cannot soothe herself and gets more and more upset the longer she cries. It's starting to wear me down. Please offer any suggestions. Thanks if you got through my entire post!
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Re: at my wits end re: sleeping
God I hope so! DD is finally sleeping (for now!!) after 2 hours. It's nice to know I'm not the only one whose kid has trouble sleeping.
I'm sorry you're going through this. It is very rough to have a baby that won't sleep on their own. This age is very hard to nail down "better" sleeping habbits since they are going through a time of seperation anxiety (between 9-18 months). I would just get things back on track for right now. I don't know about you, but I will have to change things when I wean LO from BFing at a year. So I wouldn't change anything just now if you're happywith the way things used to be.
If you're interested, this is how I weaned LO from being swaddled: I would do our usual routine with swaddling. Then when LO was asleep in his crib, I would loosen the blanket. After doing that 2-3 days, I would only put the blanket over my shoulder for LO to feel while nursing and then put it over LO when he was in the crib. After that I would only put the blanket on him when he was put in the crib.
It's important to not look back after you've started to wean LO from something. It may be an up hill battle, but don't give up trying to get to the top.
GL!
I know that all babies are different and that I always point people the same direction, but I have to go down this path. Do you think she could be overtired? Is bed time early enough (between 6 and 8 and probably closer to 6 than 8). Is she getting 11-12 hours of sleep at night? Is she getting 14-15 hours of sleep per 24 hours?
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