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Separation Anxiety and Sleeping

ClbehennaClbehenna member
in October 2012 Moms
Anyone else's LO have some fullfledged separation anxiety going on? I can handle my DS being clingy and wanting me close during the day, but now our issue is that he WILL NOT fall asleep on his own now. We sleep trained when he was 6 months. We've tried letting him CIO again but he just gets to the point where he's almost hyperventilating he's crying so hard, and last night threw up in his crib because he was so upset! I don't want to start bad habits by holding and rocking him again, but he won't sleep any other way.

Thoughts...advice...?
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Re: Separation Anxiety and Sleeping

  • CnAnACnAnA member
    That sucks. Alice is slooooowly getting over hers.

    As far as sleeping, we did a very watered down CIO. I was in there actively rubbing her back or belly but I wouldn't pick her up. If she sat up, I laid her back down. Once she got the hang of that, I would lay her down and just stay in there, not touching. I would reassure her when she cried but back off again. Then we graduated to me being able to put her down and leave.

    Then after a couple fabulous weeks, she slammed head first into a sleep regression so as soon as vacation is over, we will be at square 1 again. LOL

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  • ClbehennaClbehenna member
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    Letting them get so upset they throw up is beyond trying to sleep train. They should never be getting that upset. For whatever reason, LO needs some extra love. Give it.

    ETA: I'm not trying to be harsh, I'm saying this in the gentlest way possible. Babies needs change constantly.


    I know, that's why I'm asking for advice. We usually let him fuss/cry for about 10 minutes before we start going in to calm him, and he was crying for much less than that before I went in because he sounded so upset and I saw that he had spit up so I snuggled him immediately! It was difficult enough for me to do Ferber in the first place, so I would never purposely let him get that upset...this was very out of the ordinary for him...
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  • ClbehennaClbehenna member
    imagemrs.ike:
    That sucks. Alice is slooooowly getting over hers.

    As far as sleeping, we did a very watered down CIO. I was in there actively rubbing her back or belly but I wouldn't pick her up. If she sat up, I laid her back down. Once she got the hang of that, I would lay her down and just stay in there, not touching. I would reassure her when she cried but back off again. Then we graduated to me being able to put her down and leave.

    Then after a couple fabulous weeks, she slammed head first into a sleep regression so as soon as vacation is over, we will be at square 1 again. LOL


    Thanks for this! I like this idea. I don't think I can do Ferber all over again, so this modified version might be helpful! Hope your LO's sleep regression doesn't last too much longer!
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