my 11 moth old
Oh my. I bet you are exhausted. I am doing the Ferber method with Niko this week while his daddy is away. It's kinda cry it out, but you check on and soothe them at timed intervals. The first night it took an hour and he woke up twice, but soothed himself back to sleep fairly quickly. The second night it took 40 minutes, but he didn't wake up at all. It sounds like he may be teething. Have you tried giving him baby motrin?(ask your doc if it's okay)
I hope it gets better soon. Sometimes Niko just regresses like that for a week and then goes back.
Hugs,
Angie
I hope it gets better soon. Sometimes Niko just regresses like that for a week and then goes back.
Hugs,
Angie
No advice from me, but hope it gets better soon. I am so sleep deprived with my 5 week old, can't imagine how you must feel doing it for 11 months.
I told my dh who sleeps so well through everything, that I haven't slept through the night in like 11 months. Since I didn't sleep much at all when pregnant.
Hugs and hope it gets better soon,
Chrissy
I told my dh who sleeps so well through everything, that I haven't slept through the night in like 11 months. Since I didn't sleep much at all when pregnant.
Hugs and hope it gets better soon,
Chrissy
Maybe he's sleeping too much during the day. Try giving him a warm bath right before bedtime, turn off all or dim the lights, and rocking him or rubbing his bac****il he falls asleep. Does he take a pacifier? I know there are a lot of people against them, but when my daughter wakes up in the middle of the night, usually giving her a pacifier will put her back to sleep. It took awhile to get my daughter to sleep through the night. We still have a bad night here and there, but it's gotten much better. Hang in there!
My 9 year old, never slept completely through the night till he was almost 18 months old. I was exhausted, frustrated and going crazy. I thought I was never going to sleep again.
Now, he is my sweetest, most polite and well behaved of the 2 older boys. Go figure.
So no advice how to cure it. I went through the same thing.
Now, he is my sweetest, most polite and well behaved of the 2 older boys. Go figure.
So no advice how to cure it. I went through the same thing.
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Wow, I can feel your pain. Trint does sleep all night, but getting her to sleep sometimes is a problem. Try to stick to a routine, feed, bath, put him down at the same time everynight if possible, and I would see if he is sleeping a lot during the day at his baby sitters........... hang in there it is going to get better.
Sheila
Sheila
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Sheila
I can certainly relate. Elijah was a terrible sleeper, both night time and naps. He had a bed time routine, etc. but he had no idea how to put himself to sleep--he was nursed or held and rocked. We knew he no longer needed to nurse or have a bottle in the middle of the night. We wanted a no-cry program, so we tried Elizabteh Pantley's No Cry solution, which could have been great, but it takes a long time and after 6 weeks I was crying harder. We also tried suggestions from Dr. Sear's, the Baby Whisperer's, our pediatrician, other moms. Little hints helped but did not solve the problem. After a lot more research, we purchased Dana Obleman's Sleep Sense Program (I apologize...I'm going to sound like an informercial). She has a leave the room method (like Ferber, which we did not want to try yet) and a stay-in-the-room program. It progressively has you interact less with your baby but stay in the room, physically moving further away from the crib. My husband took over, did the program (we took a lot longer than the recommended 10 days), and Elijah's now sleeping through the night and takes two naps a day, each one at least an hour...a miracle!!! For us, the program worked. The main negative was the cost for the materials received--ouch! I know others have used Ferber and other methods. I think they eventually all work. The main thing is pick your program and stick to it. Good luck!