Calling All Mommies: Help

[Vixen]

Ok .. I have a 5 month old daughter who has been sleeping thru the nite for a while.. well she got sick a couple of weeks ago and of course was up alot during the nite.. no biggie.. well now it has become habit for her.. she is up once and sometimes twice during the nite.. she wakes up and I have to go pat her to sleep.. not that I mind patting her to sleep but I am starting to get very tired from lack of sleep.. and I dont know how to break this habit.. I have tried putting her to bed later.. nope 2:30 she is still up..I have tried letting her just whine and go back to sleep.. that hasnt worked either..and my 2 yr old sleeps in the same room so I dont wanna let her just cry and cry then I will have 2 kids awake( 2 yr old sleeps thru most of the baby's noise but not screaming crying) So my question is WHAT DO I DO? How can I break this habit because now she is getting up @ 2:30 and then again at 4:30 and then up for the moring at about 7:15 and mommy is getting tired:( Any suggestions welcome.. TIA

[lilbugger]

Does your daughter want to play at these times or is she wanting a bottle?


My daughter is 5 mos also she been sleeping alnight for the last few months. But last week she wanted to get up and play. I just pick her up and rock her in complete darkness. I guess she was gettig "bored" cause there was no playing going on. So now she back to sleeping all night again.


If she wants a bottle, then maybe she not getting filled up threw out the day. I know my little on is a "piggy".

[Vixen]

Raven: I have tried that.. and she still gets up at the same time like it is just a habit for her to wake up :(

Lilbugger: Neither she just wants me to put her pacifier in her mouth and pat her.. I dont even get her out of the bed.. and she doesnt eat during the nite...I only have to stay up about 10 minutes each time so I know I shouldnt complain its just she was doing SOOO well before she got sick :(

[lilbugger]

How long do you let her go before she really gets mad and you have to give her pacifer?

[Vixen]

I have let her cry for about 10 minutes.. by then she is HOSTILE LOL and she will wake her sister up..

[lilbugger]

Um I see your point. Im sorry I dont have any more ideas for you. My dd really never took the pacifier. But I wish you the best and hope things will get eaiser for you.

[jayhawkfan]

My kids didnt sleep clear through until they were 7-8 months old so I have no advice either. And even then I went in to retrieve pacifiers and pat. Im a SAHM so if I usually laid down in the afternoon with them if I got tired.

[Vixen]

Thanks for all the help... Jayhawkfan that is what I try to do too.. I am a SAHM as well :)

[magicwoman19]

Savannah is going through the same thing, she was really sick 3 weks ago, and now she won't sleep through the night anymore! I asked her doc about it, and he said by 6 to 7 months old she should be sleeping through the night again! Now she won't sleep through the night and she wants to sleep with us instead of her bed! But that just might be because we just moved into a new place!

[Lilmom_3]

Try giving her a bath with lavender baby wash every night before bedtime...helps them sleep. Lavender relaxes them ... worked for mine !!

[MrsSpeed]

As harsh as this may sound you have to just let her cry. I know you're afraid that she'll wake up her sister but eventually she will stop the habit. My son did the same thing when he was about 18 months old. It lasted for 4 months and just kept getting worse. Almost every 2 hours. He shares a room with his twin sister and it was eventually getting to her too. We talked to their doctor about it and she said to let him cry. Don't even go into the room. It's rough but he eventually would wear himself out and go back to sleep. It took about 3 weeks to get him sleeping through the night again. Good Luck! :)

[Vixen]

Oh I was afraid someone would say that.. it just breaks my heart to let her cry.. I do use lavender bath and lavender lotion... I dont have any trouble getting her to sleep I put her in bed turn on mobile and leave and she goes.. its just she wakes up in the night :( I am gonna have to try something though cause I am getting tired.. Hopefully we can do it without the crying thing though I hate it.. but I have heard thatit works...

Thanks again for all the responses

[MrsSpeed]

I know it is rough but after being at our wits end and being so sleep deprived it was our only choice. Here is a link to the Ferber method which is similar http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/7755.html

[bruiser]

Letting them cry is very hard for mommy, but it is the most effective way to get them to sleep through. My youngest is 9 months. She was falling asleep on the bottle in my arms for the first several months, then dh says "She needs to go to bed at 7:30 and she needs to go to sleep on her own." I hated it, but I knew he was right. After a week or so of her crying and me being a basket case at her bedtime every night, she pretty much goes down without a fuss now.
My two year old also shares a (tiny) room with her, so it can be hard. They have both woken each other up before, but you have to just deal with that if it happens and hope for the best the next night.
Good luck, Vixen:)

[jayhawkfan]

I never let my kids cry themselves to sleep. The sleepless nights were a price I was willing to pay. I do hope that you find something that works for you Vixen.

[Sherrise]

You may have to try moving her into a playpen in another room for the night till she starts sleeping through.. so she doesn't wake the other one. Letting them cry was the only way I ever found that worked.. and I had 5 wonderful sleepers (eventually, lol.. but it doesn't take toooo long, don't worry)