6 Month Old has been waking every 30-60min frantically at night for over a month. HELP?! Any advice, I'm a new mom and crying it out doesn't work.

Brittany - posted on 09/19/2012

I tried to look up ways to do that but didn't find any...but I never knew it was called side car..I'll look that up. Thanks!

Lise - posted on 09/19/2012

Brittany - have you looked into sidecarring a crib? That way, the baby's crib is attached to your bed. We co-slept in a queen sized bed safely for over 2 years, and my daughter will still come in our room in the early morning.

Brittany - posted on 09/19/2012

Hi Amanda, I currently act the same accept for letting her sleep with me. It would work no doubt but I am so paranoid and she has outgrown cosleepers. Is there another product/co sleeper product that works for a 6 month old? I have found nothing.I thought I may feel better with a king bed. Did your little boys have issues with screaming for their binkies? during the day, my little girl can put it in herself--at night she is frantic and won't even try. Constantly spitting it out and screaming until we replace it.

Amanda - posted on 09/19/2012

I did cry it out with my first child... I haven't done it with my other 2 children. I didn't like it, there were nights when I cried listening to my baby cry. If I could go back and be more patient and nuturing I would. I guess that's why I began sleeping with this baby. Some nights he does really great and wakes only one or two times and goes back to sleep in his crib with no problem and on those nights I get to sleep alone. On the nights where he's cries and just can't, or won't, sleep alone I keep him with me. There are occasions where I won't go pick him up though, when I can tell he's fussing and not actually crying I let him fuss himself to sleep, if it escalates to crying then I get him. There are times when he's with me that he get fussy, because he wants to roll over (I don't let him sleep on his stomach when he's in bed with me) then I take him to his crib and he falls to sleep on his own. It's really been touch and go, all I know is I'm getting some sleep and that's better than the alternative.

Lise - posted on 09/19/2012

Can't really say. We bedshared until she was 2.5 years old and wanted to go to her own room. It was great and helped me sleep. Maybe she just misses you during the day!

Brittany - posted on 09/19/2012

Hi, sorry I'm new and missed these posts. She just wants me--wants to sleep in my arms. I'm a stay at home mom and she is very very social and sleeps very little and loves her mommy a little too much (if possible!)...not even during the day. I've tried EVERYTHING. I just met with her Dr again and she thinks I should try the Ferber method very strictly. But Ferber won't fix her binkie issue. She spits her binkie out and needs us to replace it. She sleeps sooo lightly and only needs a few hours and is WIDE awake. I really don't want to do the Ferber method. Her teething is under control and I keep her room perfect temp, sound, etc... Did your children do this? The Dr said she is just relying on my to get to her sleep and keep her asleep.



I'm too afraid of co-sleeping although we have a King size bed being delivered soon..so I may in a couple months if things continue.

Amanda - posted on 09/18/2012

Is your baby teething? You could try orajel, or teething tablets. There are nights when my 6month old does the same thing, on those nights I let him sleep with us. It's easier to nurse him and I get more sleep.

Lise - posted on 09/15/2012

Is your lo uncomfortable? hungry? wanting to be held? What do you do when she cries? It always helped me to keep my daughter close (we chose to bedshare). Usually, I could nurse her at the first whimper and she wouldn't even wake up.