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Sanity is waning...

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Hello! I promise I am not a lurker, or a drive-by.. I used to be on TB all the time when I was preggo, but we have had more problems than you can imagine selling our house/buying our new one.. and what with the problems I am about to unload on you, coupled with the fact that I hate mobile bumping.. I have been on hiatus.

 

But now my sanity is barely hanging on... And I need my bumpies back!

My DD is almost 10 months old. She does not sleep.

I realize a lot of you are thinking, "ok, here we go.." but this is not the normal sleep regression story. She did not start out sleeping great and then suddenly have issues.

I have had this problem since birth. When they're new and little you think, "Oh she's so alert!" and it's completely normal for them to breastfeed every 2 hours. But at 10 months (and a whopping 20 lbs I might add) she's clearly not starving. She has a normal eating schedule during the day which includes table foods, purees and breastmilk. My pediatrician assures me that at this age, hunger will not wake her and as she is at such a great weight, it's merely habit. He has been pushing me to the Ferber method since 4 months of age. That was too young for me. I did try it at 6 months when my sanity had hit an all time low. I did it for naps, bedtime, naps and bedtime... It was awful, my baby broke out in hives and she slept worse than ever. Waking every 20 - 45 minutes as opposed to every hour. I have tried co-sleeping, bottle feeding, Ferber, baby wearing, essential oils, massage, Ferber (again) and I am so getting so frustrated and so tired and feeling horrible about myself... Please tell me that there is someone out there experiencing this? Nothing soothes her back to sleep except breastfeeding and occassionally the pacifier (which I have begun to offer first.)

Also I will add that for the second time I amtrying to cut back on caffiene. I do not drink coffee but due to this lack of sleep and a wild three year old, I need my soda!!! It's now day 3 of my cutting back and the last two nights of sleep have been worse. And I'm near tears because I'm tired and I want a Dr. pepper.

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  • taraleannetaraleanne member
    Sorry to hear of your troubles….I'm not personally going through this but it's quite apparent your baby is overtired and has been for a long time. An overtired baby is REALLY hard to settle. At least in my experience. My baby is very sensitive to sleep and thrives on a good solid routine so we stay home a lot and plan our day around when he naps.  What I would suggest you do is read the no-cry sleep solution, pick a way of dealing with sleep and then stick with it. Consistency is key. You don't have to do cry it out.  Then you need to really watch her cues VERY closely and make sure that you're trying her naps and bedtime before she gets past her window of opportunity. I realize this may be difficult with a toddler running about too but it sounds like you need to spend some time working on her sleeping habits so that she can rest better and so can you. Try that book…and have a doctor pepper girl, I'm positive that's not keeping your baby awake! Good luck! 
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  • shivers7shivers7 member
    You are not alone!! My 9 month old is the same way. We are cosleeping at the moment but I'm trying to get him back in his crib... just dreading having to get up and walk down the hall in the middle of the night a gazillion times instead of just nursing him in bed when he wakes up. I haven't tried the cry it out method and refuse to. I dont have any answers or suggestions... just the comfort of knowing you're not alone
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