Sleeping through the night

JulesDiane · September 2013

I never thought we would be at this point, but Brynn does not sleep through the night. She usually gets up once to feed, sometimes twice. I have tried to let her cry it out, but that only seems to backfire, or one of us can't handle it anymore and goes in there. I have had DH go in there, but he can't calm her. I am going to be going out of town next weekend and leaving her with my parents, and I am scared how the nights will go.

So, tell me... how did you get your LO to sleep through the night?

LyndseylovesHugh · September 2013

We did Ferber and it worked like a charm. You HAVE to be consistent, you CAN NOT give up and go in and get her sometimes, it will not work if you do. If you think you can handle letting her cry (you do get to go in and comfort, just not pick up) I highly recommend reading the book. He even addresses night weaning, so if you want to cut out that middle of the night feeding you can (we did and it worked great). It took about 3 nights for her to fall asleep easily and stay asleep, and about a week to wean her off of that one middle of the night feeding. Once she was weaned from that middle of the night feeding she started sleeping 12 hours straight, and with the exception of teething and colds she has continued sleeping 12 hours straight.

eshee8198 · September 2013

I accidentally left the monitor unplugged.

MommaP12 · September 2013

I agree with consistency as well. It sounds like you guys are mixing it up a lot.

And when she is crying, whether you do Ferber, CIO, whatever, they will cry at some point, but remind yourself you have to teach her how to sleep and how important it is for her health just her learning how to eat, etc. is. You can do it!

jbBeans · September 2013

I didn't want to CIO and didn't feel it would be good for my LO, so I found the "No Cry Sleep Solution" to be helpful. I'm still BFing and also kind of imposed a "no nursing before 11pm" rule if she woke up earlier than that as I knew there was no way she was hungry. MH would go in to her instead to get her back to sleep and that seemed to help. We also took it slowly and gave it time to work out. I realize that at this point you may have little patience left, but good luck! She'll get there!

[Deleted User] · September 2013

I can't be of any help. See my UO, lol. My LO used to STTN (months 7-10) on her own. Then she got sick and that went out the window. Boo for us!

GR8TDANEMOM · September 2013

I did cry it out. It took two nights of an hour of crying but now instead of waking at 2 and 5 he sleeps from 7 until about 6.

redneckmomma25 · September 2013

CIO. We did extinction. One night. I haven't been up in the middle of the night since Mother's Day.

Hyaline · September 2013

Up to a point, I think it's fair to assume that your kid might actually be hungry. I know they "should" be able to STTN now, but the ravenous way DD goes after eating when she wakes and I go to her--kid's hungry. Or was, until recently--on occasion I feel like she's half-assing it, and if that becomes a pattern, we'll probably CIO again. Because "gentle" solutions do not work for her, if experience is any guide.

FWIW we did CIO to get her to go down in her crib, but she's never gone 7-7 or anything. She always wakes, hungry, early a.m. (between 3 and 5).

JulesDiane · September 2013

Thanks y'all. You confirmed what I was thinking. I just need to commit to it more than I have been. We have family in town now and Brynnie's big birthday bash on Saturday, so once we get through that, then if will be time to hopefully do it.

[Deleted User] · September 2013

Kemare20 said:
G still gets up once a night (4 or 5 am) I am on the fence about CIO or just to keep on keepin' on until he just magically stops one day (yeah right). CIO at 5am just sounds like the worst idea EVER when I know a quick 10 minute bottle will get him back to sleep for another hour or more. Screaming v sleeping for an hour? Hmmm.... Lol

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Sleeping until 4 or 5 am IS STTN. Many of us have babies that wake FOR THE DAY at 5-5:30am.

BarefootContessa · September 2013

My kid is the world's worst at sleeping. He still wakes legitimately every three hours. I realize this is likely a habit. I realize I need to grow a pair and make him CIO, but I physically can't restrain myself from going to him.

thebanich · September 2013

We started to sleep train DS and he did ok for a night or two and then I kind of gave up. He has been getting up for a bottle at 11:30 - 12 regularly for 2 weeks. Then he wakes up 1-2 more times during the night.

Gah

Holly_1007 · September 2013

I set limits for myself. He would go to bed at 8pm and at first I would say, OK I'm not feeding him until midnight. So if he woke anytime before midnight I wouldn't even go in (for us, the biggest issue was adjusting his belly to getting used to not eating at night, he fell asleep on his own fine for the night, but would snack every couple of hours). Then after a week or so I would push it back to 2am, if he woke anytime before 2am I didn't feed him. We are all the way to 6am now. If he wakes anytime before 6am I don't go in. If he wakes at 6am I nurse him and 9 times out of 10 he will go back to sleep for another hour. Anytime after 6:30 he is awake for the day. I hope that makes sense? We nurse, so if you bottle feed you could also try decreasing the amount of formula/ milk in the bottle.

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