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Another exercise ball question

hbird0723hbird0723 member
in May 2014 Moms
I know I've wrote about this before and I thought we were making progress with the rocking chair but she's back to screaming when I leave the ball to rock. She's getting really heavy and makes my arms numb. I'm just wondering if it's alright to let her cry while rocking her and how long is ok to let her cry while doing this? She now won't eat unless she's being bounced and it's getting out of control. If we go some where and we don't have the ball she won't eat or sleep. I need her to be used to going to sleep a different way and not killing my arms. I know there is a sleep thread but I am just wondering about the crying part. Would it be the same as CIO?
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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    The eating part is a new thing and I think it's mostly because she knows it will make her fall asleep but she doesn't want to fall asleep unless we bounce.
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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    It breaks my heart! She keeps looking at me like why aren't you bouncing? She gets so worked up but I just don't know what else to do because boncing is killing me!
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  • MerryLoveMerryLove member
    As @comicsans‌ said, not crying it out if she's not left on her own. I know it's hard holding a crying baby, especially when you know what she wants, but it will just take time for her to get used to relaxing in a different way. At least she will be in her mama's arms while she figures it out.
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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    We are also going through the whole mommy is the only one who can put me to sleep! It is getting so frustrating!
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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    Just got done using just the chair to get her to sleep. 5 minutes of crying/screaming :( I felt so bad she's just getting too heavy and I use our recliner so the motion is not much different.
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  • delatldelatl member
    I'm glad you asked this because we're going to have to wean off the ball soon too. She's getting too heavy.
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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    @delatl‌ I hope yours goes better than mine so far. I just hate it when she cries like that and I know what will fix it but I just can't keep making it a habit. We will see how many times it takes before it becomes the norm.
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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    @delatl‌ well today was day two and after the first nap she stopped crying about it. Yesterday she screamed for 5 minutes during her last nap when we started this and then bedtime was awful!! 45 minutes on and off I almost gave up but then I thought I would of made her and I go through that for nothing just to have to do it anyway later on. After her first nap today it's been great! Takes longer for her to fall asleep and she wants to suck more but I'm sure that will get better. I'm glad I stuck with it because it really didn't take as many times as I thought it would to get her switched. I also just bought some chewy beads and I wore those on the ball before starting and now I wear them in the rocking chair and she holds those and plays with them a little. I think that's helped. Maybe try a blanket or stuffed animal before and during the transition.
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  • delatldelatl member
    You're motivating me! Maybe this weekend. Luckily she has practice not getting bounced when she's at her grandparents' two days a week.
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  • hbird0723hbird0723 member
    You can do it :) I defiantly think the weekend helped because my husband could at least be in there supporting me instead of at work. I might or given up if he hadn't reassured me that she was just fine and mad because she wasn't getting her way. I still felt bad though but like I said it didn't take as many times as I thought and last night she fell right to sleep :)
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