I know it's been on here probably a million times......
but, LO is not sleeping ever! This mama is so tired and DH even helps out a ton at night but this is not easy! He naps great during the day and goes down easy at night. We follow the same routine for bedtime and lay him down drowsy but awake. He usually sleeps for 3 hours right when we lay him down at night but then after that he is up at least 10 times, every night.
Last night was the worse night ever, every 30 min all night. Wtf. I said to DH maybe we should give him Tylenol? Idk if it's teething pain or what. I feel like he has good sleeps "habits" but idk what is wrong. When he wakes up we just put his paci back in and roll him to his side and he falls back asleep usually! any advice is appreciated, thanks ladies!
Re: Teething pain? LO awake all night
I'm not a CIO supporter but what has helped him the most is letting him fuss it out for 5 minutes before going in to comfort him. I always thought that he would become hysterical but he doesn't, he cries a little and grumbles but he's not screaming or inconsolable. It's night three and he's still waking every few hours but he's already started putting himself back to sleep in under 5 min.
Hearing him out himself back to sleep on the monitor is like magic. If your LO just wants his pacific and a butt pat it may be time for him to learn to self sooth
Start letting him fuss for 5 min, watch the clock and then help comfort him. My LO can already put himself back to sleep sometimes and is sleeping longer stretches and is much easier to get to sleep for bed and naps. It's a game changer. Obviously I go in sooner if he screams but that's only happened once when he couldn't burp himself.
I let him go 10 min if his fussing is getting softer and easier. Just remind yourself that you're not being mean to your LO, you're right there and you're teaching them an important skill of getting back to sleep.
Your DH has to stop being so eager and let LO work it out some on his own (very sweet DH though brownie points!