Is it possible or am I just wishful thinking?

lpowell333 · October 2013

Is it possible that my LO that will be 6 months old next week will just grow out of her waking 3 times a night and just on her own start STTN? I'm not a fan of "sleep trainning" but as more time passes and she doesn't STTN I don't know what to do. I think we are working on a tooth, I can't see anything yet but she has been crankier than usual and chewing on anything she can get her hands on, including her own fingers. Someone please tell me that she could start STTN on her own!!???

24ladybug · October 2013

I wish. It's just been getting worse for us we went from waking once to three or four times...
I'm reading the no cry sleep solution.

capstone52501 · October 2013

YES!! I didn't know about "sleep training" when we had our daughter 11 years ago. She sleeps through the night just fine now...

I can not remember when she started exactly but I think it was before a year. I DO remember sleeping on the living room floor for the first year of her life. At the time we lived in a 2 bedroom home, my son had one bedroom. Any noise of the mattress creeking would wake her up so we had to sleep on the living room floor. The funny thing is now, at 11 years old, she can sleep through a bomb going off.

Sol1790 · October 2013

I am there with you my daughter wakes up 2 times a night sometines 3 and it sucks! But I am not a fan of sleep training either. Or maybe im just lazy $:\$ "> so much easier to just feed her and she falls right back asleep. I am also hoping for that one day when she will just STTN on her own. ::sight::

lpowell333 · October 2013

She punked me early on. At 2 months she sleep throught the night for almost 3 weeks and I thougt, awesome, this will be great! But as soon as maternity leave was over and I went back to work, she stopped and hasn't since

the lack of sleep is really starting to affect me.

JBDamonM · October 2013

clgsquared said:

For us, it's always something. He has slept through the night a few times so I know he is capable. Something has always gotten in the way of our guy getting good sleep: teeth, cold, ear infection, messed up feeding schedule, messed up naps, diarrhea, new developmental milestone, etc. The way I see it, he'll get there eventually. I just need to meet his needs now.

My DH left me a note this morning that read "each bad night we have will lead us closer to a good one".

This is exactly how it is in my house as well.

OP - i"m wondering the same thing as you. I really don't want to have to do sleep training as my DD isn't that bad, but at the same time I do think she needs some help in learning to soothe herself.

Lately she's been waking up a few times before midnight. Then I move her into the RNP in our room and she sleeps 6 plus hours. One night last week she did 9 straight, but only in her RNP. That being said, she just got her second tooth and has had the congestion and cough to go with it, so I wonder if the RNP is really makin her more comfortable because she is on an incline - OR if she just likes being near mom and dad?

I will say - in the past week she has stopped taking a MOTN bottle. I feel like this is a big step in getting her to STTN consistently, and can only hope she stops waking up so much and starts sleeping sounder!

jss1482 · October 2013

Sol1790 said:

I am there with you my daughter wakes up 2 times a night sometines 3 and it sucks! But I am not a fan of sleep training either. Or maybe im just lazy $:\$ "> so much easier to just feed her and she falls right back asleep. I am also hoping for that one day when she will just STTN on her own. ::sight::

This is us exactly. I am just praying for a miracle as I really don't want to have her cry but something will have to give soon. She needs her sleep as much as I do. Good luck yall

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Debbie0580 · October 2013

CoffeeMonster19 said:
James woke at night until he was 10 months. I tried some gentle methods (ie no cry sleep solution) and he did know how to out himself to sleep, but no success. He really did seem to grow out of it.

This is how it seemed for our DS too. Right around 10-11 months he just started sleeping through the night. Before that we never got more than a 6hr stretch followed by 2-3hr stretches till morning.

Lhyacinth888 · October 2013

chgibeau said:
I just finished Health Sleep Habits, Happy Child. And I really liked it. There's multiple things you can try - not just CIO. Like an earlier bedtime, strict bedtime routines, nursing to sleep isn't necessarily a bad thing for the first time at night but shouldn't be done subsequently. It sounds like the Ped that wrote this book doesn't think a baby will "just grow out of it". They have to learn somehow to soothe themself. They won't magically one night figure it out in the 30 seconds that you don't soothe the baby yourself. I, wanting to express my love for my child, was hurting my child by not letting him learn this important step. I feel very guilty that I've made him into such a horrible sleeper.

I was pretty against CIO before having a kid that would only sleep 45 minutes - 1.5 hours at a time. I did CIO last night for the first time and it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. but every baby is different. But DS was EXHAUSTED. he had dark circles/bags under his eyes and was constantly fussy. Something had to change. It's my job as a mother to protect his sleep.

GL in whatever you decide to do!

I agree with all you have said and love this book! It was like my baby bible with DS#1.

bibby32714 · October 2013

24ladybug said:

I wish. It's just been getting worse for us we went from waking once to three or four times... I'm reading the no cry sleep solution.

We did this! Better now. Back to once a night

Kmape36 · October 2013

I think anything is possible...just depends on the kid. Some babies figure it out on their own. I have friends who never had to sleep train. But for both of mine it was an absolute necessity. I also read healthy sleep habits, happy child and it saved my life. Plus if you get tired enough and frustrated enough, CIO will be well worth it.

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