Sleep help update

muffin0526 · February 2013

So, I didn't attempt to start anything on Friday night. She is teething more teeth and was in some pain. So I felt bad.

I told my husband Saturday night I was sticking tout. So I stuck to our normal night time routine. After her bottle I laid her in her crib. She woke right up, of course. I rubbed her back and told her Mama loves you. It is bed time, sort of thing. I put on her sound seahorse and the sound machine. She cried for a very long 50 minutes At one point she was sitting up and crying. I kept telling myself to stay strong and you have to o this. She eventually she fell asleep! She woke a few times crying throughout the night. I checked on the video monitor to make sure she was alright. I did have to feed her once during the night. I laid her right back down though. She slept in her crib till around 6:30ish.

Last night: We did same bed time routine. She had her bottle and I laid her down. She woke up, of course. But she only cried for 5 minutes top. Wahoo! She woke a few times crying during the night, but went back to sleep. I hope we are on the right path and this keeps up. Fingers crossed!

for the other ladies working on this, how are you doing? Would love to hear

shealy12 · February 2013

We probably started about 2 weeks ago. We used to rock him until he was completely asleep, and then put him down gently. If he woke, we'd have to pick him back up, and then rock to sleep again.

Since doing CIO (and it's been a very mild form for CIO), we give him his bottle and read a book, and then I rock him for about 2min just to get him in sleep mode. I put him down wide awake, and tell him 'nighty night' He goes right down, and doesn't even cry anymore. He might fuss a little but most nights, no problem. Through the night, he might wake up once, and I'll hold him and calm him down until he is done crying, and then put him back. I give him a max of 10-15min crying before I'll go get him.

Friday night, he slept completely through the night (first time since he was 2months old), Saturday I dont really count because we went out, and had to wake him to get him from my parents to our house, and then again to get out of the carseat. Last night, he slept from 7p-6a.

I really struggled with the thought of CIO, and probably waited longer than I should've before I did it. I only let him cry a max of 10-20min throughout the whole process. I am glad that we did it though. Bedtime is SO much easier, and less time consuming for us. I don't get as frusterated because I'm not hoping and praying that he won't wake up when I put him down, and have to do it all over again if he does. Stay strong and keep consistant momma!

kemangel24 · February 2013

I posted a while back about our daycare starting sleep training for naps. I was heartbroken and sad, but since then, I have had MULTIPLE nights of 8-10 hours of sleep. We put DD into her crib over our Winter Break (we were co-sleeping and I always had to lay in our big bed with her to get her to sleep) and the break was what we needed to get her into a new sleeping routine. My husband and I are both teachers so neither of us had to get up early in the mornings during the training period.

Now we read some stories, I still get to rock her and she goes into her own crib wide awake. Most nights she just turns over and goes to sleep...on occasion, she will fuss a bit, but most of the time she drifts off without a sound.

It is really cute, because at times, I will hear her crib soother on her monitor- she crawls over to it, turns it on and goes back to where she was to fall asleep. It is the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

The longest bout of crying we endured was about 45-50 minutes...of course with every ten minutes or so going in to lay her back down and pat her back. It was heart wrenching to hear, but since I had the video monitor, I was able to see that she was ok, and not hurt. It helped but many tears were shed, not all of them hers...but now when I look back on it, I am SO GLAD we endured. My whole family is shocked that I can just put her in the crib and close her door. They are as amazed as I am!

Good Luck to you, it seems as though you are on the right track! I promise that you will NOT regret doing it!

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