Babies: 3 - 6 Months
unaveragejane
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Sleep Training on Your Own?
unaveragejane
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I have come to the realization that if/when I do try any kind of sleep training where DS cries/fusses for more than a few seconds, I will have to do it by myself b/c the monitor wakes DH. Has anyone else had this issue? Did you sleep in another room or what? I am frustrated b/c I will either have to put a cot in the nursery or sleep downstairs. I am kind of praying that our sleep issues resolve themselves before I have to resort to this.
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Re: Sleep Training on Your Own?
IMO, it's both your kid. So, if your kid is being sleep trained and cries, it's not the mother's issue to deal with. Don't do anything differently.
But in my experience, once you get passed the 1-2 hour initial bedtime (7 or 8 pm), the night isn't bad.
ha too bad for daddy lol
No really though it's just putting LO down that should be an issue not throughout the night. At least in my experience. And even that didn't last long, now it's pretty easy. Though for us it's getting daddy to follow the sleep rules on the days i work and not just hold LO all day long while she naps.
Eats childproof locks for breakfast...
Going against the crowd here I guess. My DH works four ten hour shifts. I stay at home. I have never assumed that he would be apart of the nightly wake up/sleep training (and my DS woke up to eat until well after a year). Is it frustrating? Hell yes, but then again he works his ass off so I just figure this is my turn to work my ass off at my job.
Now back to your question. Will he wake up if you turn your monitor down really low? It will keep you both from hearing anything except for the biggest cries which you may want to get up anyways.
Chase Matthew born at 35 weeks on July 31st
We just finished sleep training. I was staying home at the time and DH works, but he was there with me every step of the way. DS didn't have much problems going down to sleep initially, but his problem was waking up shortly after falling asleep and waking up at odd hours throughout the night. We both watched and listened to the monitor, and DH actually did more "check-ins" than I did because I was an emotional wreck and didn't deal well with all the crying. It was only for a few nights, and we both felt that having that emotional support there for me was more important than him sleeping soundly for those nights. I don't think I could have done it on my own.
To be fair, DH does not have a physically taxing job and could afford to be tired for a few days.
How big is your house? At night I don't even have our monitor on since I can hear DS just fine when he really cries out. Little movements and fusses were waking me up with the monitor on.
I just wanted to ditto this. I will add that my husband is definitely there for support if I need it, but I work really hard to not have to. He works hard for us, so I work equally as hard.
Thanks for all the suggestions. Yes, I do feel like it is primarily my responsibility. DH helps me when he can, but it is important to me that he gets as much rest as he can so that he can concentrate when he's at work and driving.
Unfortunately, even on the lowest setting, the monitor can wake up DH. BTW, he apologized for snarking at me the night before last when I was letting DS fuss it out, but thankfully last night I found a compromise. Like one of the PP's, our problem is not getting DS down to sleep at night but all of the waking he is doing in the middle of the night. Last night when DS would wake and fuss, I would turn off the monitor completely for about 2 minutes (holding it in my hand so I wouldn't go completely back to sleep). When I turned the monitor back on, he was always back asleep after 2 minutes (except for 2 times and at his regular MOTN feeding). For the times he didn't put himself back to sleep, I did intervene...but 2 times was MUCH better than 8. DH got more sleep, and I felt a lot better knowing that DS is learning to put himself back to sleep.