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7 month sleep regression and constantly crying for me

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Xavier is 7  months old and has now learned to crawl - pull himself up and he tries to stand up on his own with out holding onto anything... he is constantly crying for me. 

in the mornings i make him breakfast - i can't get  out of his sight he starts yelling and crying for me. 

He used to go to bed @ 9:30pm without any difficulty in his OWN crib. Now when we put him down - he sees his crib as open gym time... stands up and rolls over knocks his head of the rails, got his leg stuck btwn the bars (we had mesh liner band MD said to take it out bc its not safe) ugh... he won't sleep. this past week my hubby and i have had to lay with him in our bed, let him fall asleep and move him to his crib. he stays asleep for the most part - sometimes waking and just wanting comforted...( i am grateful for that)  Tonight i had to hold him down and let him cry for about 10-15min before he gave up and went to sleep.... it was traumatic for me more so than my son... i cried afterwards.

i work 40hrs a week -- (4 days a week) so does my hubby... we are doing the best we can. the sleep thing i can get past .. the constant crying for me is very overwhelming and i know I KNOW everyone is saying to enjoy it they grow so fast soon they won't want you but geesh i can't get ANYTHING DONE.

sorry for the long rant...

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Re: 7 month sleep regression and constantly crying for me

  • Perfect SonnetPerfect Sonnet member

    I don't know what to tell you except that we are going through the exact same thing.  My daughter also used to sleep the whole night in her crib.  Now she usually ends up in our bed or in the pack n' play we leave set up next to the bed.  She usually goes down at 6:30-7:00.  Some nights it is reletively easy and others I spend the whole evening rocking her or laying with her in our bed.  She only wants me and screams like crazy when my husband tries to comfort her.

    We also both work full-time and I know how overwelming this can be.   I get so many different responses "Let her cry it out!" or "Just go with it!  Babies want to sleep with their mommies!"  Honestly, at this point we are in survival mode.  We are doing whatever we can for us all to get as much sleep as possible and still function at work like non-zombies :) 

    It will get better...one day they will learn how to sleep alone and go through daddy phases and it will be glorious and heart-breaking. 

    Good luck! 


     

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