and that is why I haven't posted lately. I don't know what to do with my daughter. She just doesn't sleep. When she was 2 months old everyone said she'd sleep at 3 months. Didn't happen. Then they said when she hits 12 #s, 15#s - nope. Then when she hits 5 months she'll sleep 6-8 hours. Ha. Then when she starts solids she'll sleep; the girl eats 3 solid meals a day and not sleeping. Well, what about giving her cereal at night, a warm bath, more milk...we do it and it doesn't make a difference. Well, what if she's over-tired - don't you think she's over-tired from not sleeping for 7 solid months (actually more like 13 months, she woke me up from my sleep every night at 11pm on the dot when she was in the womb)?!!?? Do you have her on a schedule - yes, from the beginning. I've read Babywise and Baby Whisperer and followed all the rules/guidelines/suggestions. Nothing works. So, last Tuesday she woke up every 30 minutes. Then on Wed. she woke up every 3 -4 hours, which was wonderful because I actually got a little sleep. Then on Thurs. she didn't even go to sleep until 3 am and then woke up at 5, 7, and 9. That was fun times. But even more fun was Friday night when she woke up at 2 am and stayed wide awake until 6. Last night was every 2.5 hours. I'm at my wit's end. Does anyone have a similar experience? Suggestions?? - other than all the aforementioned, because, really - I've tried everything and with no sleep for 7 months I really would not like to hear/see something I've already tried. I don't mean to sound hateful, I JUST NEED HELP!!!
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I found your blog through a friend's, and was reading about your sleeping issues. I have twin 19-month old girls, and when they aren't sleeping well it's because they have an ear infection. You might try taking her to the doctor and having a check-up. Hope you get some sleep soon.
This is really no help at all except to tell you I feel your pain. Wade naps pretty well, but does not sleep at night and he is almost 11 months! Isn't that reassuring? I have been told by many friends that there babies started sleeping through the night around a year old when they weaned them. So I'll let you know how that works out for us! I feel so bad for you because I know how exhausting it can be (and from your blog, I do get more sleep then you have been getting.) I nurse Wade in the night and I am going to stop tonight! I am going to try letting him cry it out. Let me rephrase...I am going to once again try letting him cry it out. This to shall pass! Good luck tonight!
What? I'm not the only one not sleeping!! We raised one end of Luke's crib and put a heater (shh, don't tell) in his room. Now he only gets up on average 2 times a night. The whole "let him cry it out" thing...yeah he went for 40 minutes one night (I was in his room out of his sight) and never gave it up. I need to know what box I forgot to check for 'Sleeps through the night' before we have another one! I definitely overlooked it the first time!
Just so you know. I apparently jinxed myself by leaving you a comment. We were up every hour last night except for the one time we went 1 hr and 41 min. Crazy how you can remember that so well in the morning! Oh, and we do sleep on our belly (we have the monitor that detects movement and will go off if he quits breathing...I may be crazy but I will take an hour of sleep as opposed to no sleep).
I'm not a parent but you could try essential oils that are supposed to help babies sleep. www.youngliving.com has some lavender and an oil called gentle baby (I think). Maybe putting those on her or diffusing them would help.
Hey Season, I might not be much help either but my sister tried a sound machine and the cry it out method...good luck!
-Kayla (Hiler) Shockley
Hey good to find you here. yeah, I try to write likr monthly...hopefully...as I have so many friends want to keep up with this crazy kaki!
Hope you're doing well....
You're daughter is adorable! We're moving to Idaho for the fun of it. We have some friends there. Good luck with getting some sleep!
first of all she is having withdraws from me try massageing her body with lavandar baby lotion before bed if all else fails just put her in bed with you and let here play that's what i did with tiff. Tiff would stay up from 10 p.m 2 8 am til i put her in bed with me. call me if you need anything love you love you love you
season, you poor thing! cooper hasn't slept through the night real well either. i would say let her cry it out, but that doesn't always work....it worked for carson, but not mr. stubborn cooper. i even tried to just give him a bottle of water instead of milk...didn't work. so, finally, i guess i started turning the monitor off in my sleep...it worked :) no telling how long he cried it out :) actually weaning him has been the trick. he's just now giving up the boob although he still tries to raise up my shirt.
have you tried benadryl :) ooh, i do swear by "gripe water" for a grouchy baby? is she cranky? it calms them and helps them sleep. good luck!!! ~traci m.
A lot of people I know swear by this book but it's a hard read.
http://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Sleep-Habits-Happy-Child/dp/0449004023
Don't know if it has the same stuff or not.
When Colin was a baby I did the 5, 10, 15 minute increments checking in. It was torture but by night 3 he was sleeping. And then I started weaning his night feeds taking 1 minute off each night. By the time I quit if he woke up I would have Stephen go in and give him the paci b/c if he smelled me he'd want to nurse. He was sleeping through the night by 6 months. HTH...
(if she's teething, try teething tablets and give her extra cuddles b/c there's no amount of text book trying that'll get her to sleep if that's the case IMHO)
Ummm...yeah....Dean turned 2 in December and the nights that he actually sleeps through the night are extremely rare!!! He has never been a good sleeper - not as an infant and not now as a toddler. I've pretty much given up. Now that he's a toddler and not in his crib, I just make him go back to his room and I don't really care if he sleeps or not - as long as he's not bothering me!!! Of course, usually he is bothering me. But I feel your pain. Seriously. TWO is way too old to not be sleeping through the night. And I tried everything also - all the same books, all the techniques, everything. I've even tried locking him in his room (I know - terrible isn't it? but hey, I'm desperate) and he literally beat on the door with a toy truck over and over until I thought he was going to break the door down, so that didn't work either. One thing that's HELPED (not solved) with our sleep problems is the binky (pacifier). Dean still gets a binky - I don't really care. I seriously doubt he's going to go to prom with a binky in his mouth, so whatever. But anyway, he ONLY gets a binky in his bed (he doesn't get a binky any other time - not for playing, walking around, ANY other time) and he knows that. So that is at least some motivation for him to go to bed. We don't struggle GOING to bed anymore, we just have a hard time staying there. He actually tells me when he's ready for bed - he'll say "Mommy, binky and nap". He does nap well (3 hours/day like clockwork), so I'm thankful for that. But these sleep issues are probably the deciding factor for us NOT having another baby anytime soon (if ever)!!!! I'm just glad to know I'm not the only one!
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