December 2010 Moms
jillybean800
member
Ugh,
I don't know what to do. For the past couple of weeks Benji has been
waking up and is completely unable to go back to bed. He has been STTN
since he was 2.5 months old, but now it's just terrible. We feed him, we
rock him, he falls asleep...put him in the crib, he's wide awake and
crying. When we are so tired we can't stand it anymore, one of us brings
him downstairs to his swing and we sleep on the couch. It's a terrible
habit, we know, but we are so tired. I have no idea how to break him of
needing the swing to sleep now. This is all new territory, because at 6 months old, Alexander was flipping onto his stomach and had no problem putting
himself to sleep. Benji can't do that yet, so he is still in the
swaddle.I know I'm supposed to be putting him to bed "sleepy but not asleep" but seriously. Do these people want me to never sleep again?
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#2 can't put himself to sleep...
jillybean800
member
Ugh,
I don't know what to do. For the past couple of weeks Benji has been
waking up and is completely unable to go back to bed. He has been STTN
since he was 2.5 months old, but now it's just terrible. We feed him, we
rock him, he falls asleep...put him in the crib, he's wide awake and
crying. When we are so tired we can't stand it anymore, one of us brings
him downstairs to his swing and we sleep on the couch. It's a terrible
habit, we know, but we are so tired. I have no idea how to break him of
needing the swing to sleep now. This is all new territory, because at 6 months old, Alexander was flipping onto his stomach and had no problem putting
himself to sleep. Benji can't do that yet, so he is still in the
swaddle.I know I'm supposed to be putting him to bed "sleepy but not asleep" but seriously. Do these people want me to never sleep again?
I am especially scared because I go back to work in a few weeks and I neeeeeed him to be better!
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Re: #2 can't put himself to sleep...
Sounds like a sleep regression. I'd recommend flipping through Healthy Sleep Habit Happy Child for some tips. This book has sections on each age group so you can just go staight to the right one.
We did sleep training at 4 months old with our Pe
I second Health Sleep Habits blah blah blah. In your sleep deprived state you can just skip to the age appropriate section and read the sections on night sleep versus napping. Baby 411 also has a short section on sleep and summarizing the d
BFP #2 5/27/12. EDD 2/1/13. m/c and D&C 6/21/12.
Have you done any sleep training? Does B eat in the MOTN still? I would ween from MOTN feedings and the swaddle (even if hes not roll). We did sleep training with B around 5.5 months I think and its been pretty great since. He h
Another vote for sleep training.
We did CIO with both kids at 4-5 months. Besides getting everyone more sleep I feel like it teaches them the amazing skill of putting themselves to sleep.
With Jonny he went down to 1 night feeding until 6
He doesn't really wake to eat, so I'm lucky in that regard. He seems to wake up when he breaks out of the swaddle and then has trouble getting back to sleep.
If you did wean a child from the swaddle, how did you do it? What is your opinion on gi
Benny has one of those little lovely things in the crib with him. He also has a small stuffed animal in there. And he's in a sleep sack (no big blanket yet).
He's such a wild roller in his sleep that I'm not really worried that he's going to get
Thanks everyone! We had a good night last night.
I think here is my plan of attack...I'm going to start weaning from the swing by putting him in for naps, but turning it off. That way he is cuddled but not moving.
I am going back to work i