Arrgghh!!! Another sleep post.

Mufflerlove · December 2013

I know lot of people are going through this but what can you even do when LO refuses to sleep in their crib? Besides CIO I don't see how we will ever get her to sleep in her crib again. As soon as she touches the mattress she is hysterical. It doesn't matter what we do beforehand or how long she has been asleep. Arghhhhhh!!!!! I'm worried we will co sleep forever.

What have you ladies done?

phishgirl29 · December 2013

Following. We just had a 4 hour crib success by me putting him down on his side to sleep. He rolled onto his tummy about 30 minutes into it. I hope to recreate it again!

CindyRelluh · December 2013

I'd start with naps in the crib, and work up to a nightly bed time routine. Routines are imperative IMO. We started both kids in their cribs to avoid this situation, but a nightly bed time routine is what sealed the deal. We do the quad B's: Bath, Bottle, Book, Bed. When he cries we go in, give paci, turn on crib toy and soothe without picking him up. I prop him on his side because I've found he's more comfy that way, but every night when we start the routine they both know bed is coming.

Starting with naps should help, because then lo will associate the crib with sleep. A crib soother that projects on the ceiling works wonders! We got one that plays for 30 min, and by the time it's done he's asleep!

CindyRelluh · December 2013

Try a crib toy with a projector. Sometimes I give jack a stuffed Mickey toy and it distracts him until he's out.

CindyRelluh · December 2013

I'm sorry @subliminalrabbit. It will blow over eventually. It sucks having to keep trying different things since they can't tell you what they want. Hugs for all of you. I promise it gets better.

GalLaura · December 2013

Good luck ladies! One day we will sleep again. It's 7:45pm here and I'm considering going to bed now! It's also Saturday night. How lame is that? Lol

momofcatan · December 2013

I don't know if you consider this "CIO" or not but I did settling in the crib without picking her up. She takes a paci which made it easier because it would break up the crying until she spit it out. There is still a lot of crying but it worked for us. I always try new things at bed time, not nap time. I need her to nap for my sanity. Also. If I spend an hour getting her to sleep at night, it does not feel like a waste because she will sleep x hours after that. If you take an hour to settle her for a nap, the nap just went out he window. last week one night I spent a hour settling DD in her crib when she woke up around midnight. Very worth it because she did not wake again until 5 am. The two nights after that she woke around the same time again and it only took 5 min to settle her. Last night she cried for about a minute and went back to sleep without me going to her. Recently I've only needed to settle her like this for MOTN wake up because she goes to sleep in her crib independently at bed time, but we used the same procedure to get there a couple months ago.

LaBellaVida · December 2013

I started with naps. And i would put him in there awake to watch his mobile, and i would start laundry, shower, make my bed...whatever i had to do.
I tried to get him used to it, and make him feel comfortable with being in there.
Give it time, be consistent with it.

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