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Sleep while sick

knottieec3a430ed9048166knottieec3a430ed9048166 member
in Babies: 3 - 6 Months
It's been a for real struggle. My 5 1/2 month old started day care almost 2 months ago and has been sick ever since. It's literally back to back sickness (colds, hand foot mouth, ear infection). So I had to put sleep training on hold. I worked so hard getting her to self soothe but it had literally been thrown out the window!
She wakes up every sleep cycle (45 min-1.5 hrs) crying. She feels like garbage and has had this cough forever which wakes her up as well. I do everything- humidifier, saline drops, sucker... I have to rock her and soothe her when she is awake otherwise she screams and makes her cough worse and it isn't right to let her wail when she sick.  My problem is I'm back to newborn stage of continuous wake ups and trying to soothe her, sometimes it takes 2 hours for her to go back to sleep! 
I am afraid I'm making matters worse and reversing everything I worked hard for to get her to sleep without my help but I don't know how not to help her when she is sick... am I doing it wrong? When she gets better will I have up start all over with sleep training?
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Re: Sleep while sick

  • knottie35517ba6a1044608knottie35517ba6a1044608 member
    It’s hard when little ones get sick and especially if this is your first you go overboard with worry when they get sick. I did this with my daughter and eventually she got into a routine even when she was sick so I wouldn’t worry to much. Tbh with my son (5 months old) when he gets sick I have been a little more strict with leaving him in his bed until 4 am (1 time feeding at night) this is because he got spoiled since I breastfed him and he was at the point the only thing I could do to calm him was to co sleep with him. It depends on your child you have to do what you think is best because every child is different. Honestly if you want to wait till 6 months to start sleep training go for it. It shouldn’t effect their sleeping as they get older you may just have to be more strict with the sleep training the longer you wait to start it up again. I hope your little one starts to feel better soon
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  • ekelley828ekelley828 member
    We are experiencing this too!  My daughter is 5.5 months old and started daycare 3 weeks ago and has been sick ever since.  Sleep has been terrible this week 😭
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