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Another sleep thread...

hopefuldoghopefuldog member
edited July 2014 in February 2014 Moms
Ok ladies, I know some of you are sick of these threads, but I'm desperate. I'd love some advice/feedback/tips. And to others struggling, please feel free to add your own questions.

LO is 4 1/2 months. Was sleeping GREAT until a few weeks ago. We would swaddle her, feed her downstairs (she would fall asleep eating), place her in PNP in living room and then take her upstairs to her crib in her nursery when it we went to bed. We use white noise in her nursery. She was sleeping 8-5ish and then going back down Til 7:30 after eating at 5.

Flash forward to now. She's rolling and no longer swaddled. We are feeding her downstairs, still falling asleep eating, and then taking her right away to her crib. She offen stays asleep for the first hour or so, but is waking up and staying up ALL night long. She will often fall asleep BFing and the second I place her in her crib, she is wide awake again.

I've read a better nighttime routine will help. And placing her down drowsy. Do these seem applicable to us?

I'd love to hear what routines are working for others.

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Re: Another sleep thread...

  • RedSoxGirl10RedSoxGirl10 member
    Routine seems to help my baby too, but again it could just be him and nothing I am doing. I only know the routine helps because naps were a disaster for him until I started a nap routine (diaper, book, Pandora lullaby channel and rocking). 

    Our night routine also begins at about 8. We give a bath at 7:45 if it's bath night. At 8 we change diaper and then I feed on one side. I put on his sleep sack when it's time to eat on the second side. He usually falls asleep and I just put him in the crib but if he doesn't fall asleep, I put him in the crib anyway and he usually falls asleep (though not always). 

    I have also heard/read that if you put the baby down drowsy rather than asleep that is better. I believe it was in the No Cry Nap Solution book that she talked about how if you fell asleep in your warm bed and woke up on a cold kitchen floor you would also be confused ha ha... though hopefully the crib is not like a cold kitchen floor :)  I personally have not tried consistently doing this just because he almost always fall asleep eating and it seems crazy to then wake him up, cause a possible meltdown right before bed. But I'm sure this won't last forever. 

    How is your baby sleeping during the day? Some people have also told me that better napping leads to better night sleep... 

    I hope this gets better for you soon! 

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  • bem168bem168 member
    Routine has definitely been important for us.  

    UO-  But we started sleep training.  I know that everyone says to wait til at least 6 mos, so I'm sure this will get some negative reactions. The 4MW hit us HARD!  After almost 3 weeks of not getting more than 2 hours consecutive sleep, it was time for desperate action. I was a mess and didn't feel safe to drive.  We were wavering between Ferber and Sleep Lady Shuffle (read both books) and ultimately went with Ferber.  3 nights in, things are going GREAT.  I never imagined I would sleep train my 5 mo, but I was not functioning.  And mama's gotta have a little sleep under her belt to take good care of LO.  
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  • FlyingtoastFlyingtoast member
    Our night routine in a bit everywhere tbh. Dinner, LO to be outside, strap her into the SxS to feed/put away the animals. She normally watches till she falls asleep. Once we get in the house I change her into a night diaper, (almost always awake here) story cuddled in bed, her song while nursing to sleep. I lie her down in her spot in bed and cuddle for 5-10 till she is deep sleeping. Since there is no set time when we start this, some nights are more difficult then others, but there is nothing I can do about that right now. But she nurses every 1-2 hours a night to make up for distracted nursing during the day. I will gladly wake up every 2 hours if it means a healthy growing baby. But can function on less sleep, not everyone can( no judgement).
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  • rexgirl06rexgirl06 member
    I envy all of you. We have no routine. LO will not go down for the night before 10:30/11 pm. I can't wait for him to catch the train on earlier bed times. For a while I was okay with it because he slept like a champ from then until 7 or 8 usually. The last few weeks he has woken up several times in the night. I think LO's have to learn to adjust to the fact that they move now more in their sleep, especially if being unswaddled is a new thing. Ours is still swaddled but learning how to get out of the swaddle and that moving his legs up in the air and dropping them is fun in bed. :) Hang in there! You have a solid routine, sounds like it might be an adjustment period....there are so many theories out there, it's frustrating to know for sure what's going on! 
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  • hopefuldoghopefuldog member
    Thanks for all the feedback! I think we'll start with trying for a better routine and keep our fingers crossed it's the 4 month wakeful and ending soon! [-O< :((
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