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heather7257 posted:
For those of you with older children, do you remember the days of no sleep at night? If so, what did you do? DD is almost 10 months old and we are to a point where something has got to change. Last night she would not let me lay her down in her crib from 10-12 and 2:30-5:00. All told I got about 4 1/2 hrs of sleep last night. We finally had it out around 4:30 this morning, I put her in her crib and sat next to it and just let her cry. I hated it, but I had no other ideas. We did that on both of her naps today too. She just went down after 45 minutes of rolling around, playing with her feet and talking, but with not a great deal of crying so I was fine with that. Does anyone have any sleep tips that worked for their LO's? I could post this on the 9-12 month board, but most of them are dealing with the same thing, plus we need more discussions! Thanks!
3 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:So Sleep deprived!For those of you with older children, do you remember the days of no sleep at night? If so, what did you do? DD is almost 10 months old and we are to a point where something has got to change. Last night she would not let me lay her down in her crib from 10-12 and 2:30-5:00. All told I got about 4 1/2 hrs of sleep last night. We finally had it out around 4:30 this morning, I put her in her crib and sat next to it and just let her cry. I hated it, but I had no other ideas. We did that on both of her naps today too. She just went down after 45 minutes of rolling around, playing with her feet and talking, but with not a great deal of crying so I was fine with that. Does anyone have any sleep tips that worked for their LO's? I could post this on the 9-12 month board, but most of them are dealing with the same thing, plus we need more discussions! Thanks! <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/smile.gif" align="top" border="0">
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leftcoastgirl responded:
We let LO sleep with us. I couldn't stand the sleep deprivation that would have resulted from her sleeping in another room.
Report This| Share this:So Sleep deprived!We let LO sleep with us. I couldn't stand the sleep deprivation that would have resulted from her sleeping in another room.
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kfitz responded:
If we wait too long to put DD to sleep and she is overly tired she won't go to sleep. We stick to our routine strictly at night now. She gets her last bottle between 8:30 and 9pm. We wait about 20 minutes after that then we take her upstairs, change her diaper, put her in her pjs and lay her in her crib. She will usually only cry for a few minutes before she goes to sleep. If we keep her up for an hour or two past her bottle she will fight sleep and we have to rock her. Here is a website that talks about how if the baby is overly tired they get a rush of energy that will prevent you from putting them to bed. http://www.parents.com/baby/sleep/issues/overcoming-baby-bedtime-battles/?page=2
I am very tempted to keep her up at night if I got home late b/c I want to spend time with her, but it never works. I think babies know the routine and prefer it so we always do bottle, cuddle for 20 minutes, upstairs, diaper and pjs, then bed.
Report This| Share this:So Sleep deprived!If we wait too long to put DD to sleep and she is overly tired she won't go to sleep. We stick to our routine strictly at night now. She gets her last bottle between 8:30 and 9pm. We wait about 20 minutes after that then we take her upstairs, change her diaper, put her in her pjs and lay her in her crib. She will usually only cry for a few minutes before she goes to sleep. If we keep her up for an hour or two past her bottle she will fight sleep and we have to rock her. Here is a website that talks about how if the baby is overly tired they get a rush of energy that will prevent you from putting them to bed. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parents.com/baby/sleep/issues/overcoming-baby-bedtime-battles/?page=2">http://www.parents.com/baby/sleep/issues/overcoming-baby-bedtime-battles/?page=2</a> <br />I am very tempted to keep her up at night if I got home late b/c I want to spend time with her, but it never works. I think babies know the routine and prefer it so we always do bottle, cuddle for 20 minutes, upstairs, diaper and pjs, then bed.
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wwilson89 replied to kfitz's response:
I agree kfitz. If Dre is overly tired, he goes nuts screaming in his room and then he won't let us cuddle him b/c he's hysterical. We've learned that the hard way too many times. I think also, when they have a routine, they know what to expect and so when you put them to bed, it's no big surprise. They just think, okay, it's night-night time!
Report This| Share this:So Sleep deprived!I agree kfitz. If Dre is overly tired, he goes nuts screaming in his room and then he won't let us cuddle him b/c he's hysterical. We've learned that the hard way too many times. I think also, when they have a routine, they know what to expect and so when you put them to bed, it's no big surprise. They just think, okay, it's night-night time!
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