Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Advice needed...
Any of you moms out there that have any advice for me about getting my baby to sleep through the night would be appreciated!! Have any of you let your babies cry it out through the night?? If so, how old were they when you did it, and how long did it take until they just fell asleep on their own without crying forever?? Kayson is 3 1/2 months and he was sleeping pretty good until about a few weeks ago and now it's getting worse and worse and I'm not sure what I should do.. I was also thinking of giving him rice cereal his last feeding before bed and see if that helps.... Any suggestions???
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Rice cereal could definitely work. I am a believer of letting them cry themselves to sleep. If I knew Pres didn't need to eat or a diaper I'd go in about every 10-15 min at first and comfort her, but not pick her up. It took a little while, but they learn to comfort themselves. After I did that I've never really struggled to much. But there is a good chance he's starvin!']
ok this is going to be a long one, brace yourself!! every mom has their own opinion, but this is what worked for me:
i got the book babywise. i have it if you'd like to borrow it. seriously call me 757-0596 if you want it. it was a huge lifesaver for me. taytum wouldn't sleep through the night or take naps for more than 20 min at a time during the day and then i read that book and did what it said and the next day she was taking 4 naps a day and she only woke up around 4 am to eat and then went back to bed until 7 or 8.
about the rice cereal i started her on it about 3 weeks ago, and i can't tell a difference in the length of her sleep (some moms swear by it, not me!). she still wakes up once in the early morning to eat. like this morning she didn't wake up until 5:30 to eat so she sleeps for about 9-10 hrs at a time. some babies don't wake up at all, but i'm pretty proud that she sleeps that much, because she's never been a sleeper :)!!
after reading that book, i thought i should just give her her binky and put her down and see what she does. i used to rock her 30 min to an hour every night before she'd go to sleep and lots of times i'd have to go back in and rock her back to sleep. anyways, the first night i put her down and she cried for about five minutes and so i went back in gave her her binky and she was out for the rest of the night. it wasn't that easy everytime after that, but i'd let her cry a little bit longer everytime before going in and giving her her binky, and finally she got it. you'll get used to him crying a bit, but the first few times do the dishes or something that blocks out the noise, it's kinda sad.
alrighty, that's it! sorry it was so long. call me if you'd like to chat about anything!!
Yes! Babywise saved us too! If they are fed, changed, and tired... they baby just needs to sleep already! It is so frustrating and you have to retrain them to sleep at different phases. Carson was sleeping 12 hours (he's 8 months) at night and then we went on vacation and he got sick and he's getting 4 top teeth... so we've had to start again. But it gets easier. Just remember.. nobody remembers being that little, or screaming during the night. Just love him lots and lots during the day and play with him, then let him learn to sooth himself at night.
When we moved Emalyn out of our room is when we did it all-- no binki, out of the parents room into crib and we started out with an hour at a time-- my sister-in-law said don't pick them up!!! you can go in and confort them as much as you want but don't pick up and don't give them a bottle while they are in their bed (bad teeth) The first couple nights just about killed me but make sure that he has his lovey we usualy start out with a bath and then I would feed her and then a couple books and then lay down for bed and it has worked really well-- he will probaably fight it for a while until he realizes wheat is going on-- there is one lady that says that if your baby is accustom to you in the room when they fall asleep then move away every 3 days until you get out of the room. And try to start your rutine at the same time every night--look for the signs like them rubbing their nose and ears are some of the first signs. Good luck!!! Any Questions are welcome!!!
Be careful with rice cereal!!! The reason they have you wait 4-6 months is not because they don't need it (which, they don't) it's mostly because of ALLERGIES. so just be careful, make sure you talk to his pediatrician before trying rice cereal.
And babywise saved us too! Just let him cry. We started at 2 months, and she has been great! BUT if you are going to do babywise make sure you can be consistent with it. I have a friend from my ward who would let her son cry, but always ended up giving in (after anywhere from 15 min- hour), which actually trained him to cry MORE, because he knew she would come eventually. So use babywise, but STICK to it, or it won't work.
Good luck!
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