Is everyone here having problems with there baby sleeping?

Jessie - posted on 08/21/2011

I have the exact same problem!!! My daughter jaiden is suck a light sleeper...always thrashing around and gets up several times a night! I am now 8 months pregnant and cannot deal with it anymore. We went on vacation and she slept with me in a bed for about6 nights...now I can't leave her side. Even when I get her to sleep in the rocking chair which is our routine after reading books, she wakes up the second I turn around to leave the room...as if she was never asleep!!! SO FRUSTRATING, and then the crying begins and she is so stubborn, she will not quite. she stands at her door and crys and crys and says she is "so upset" and she "needs help" and that she is locked in and can't get out". It breaks my heart, but we are trying the tough love thing because nothing else works! As soon as you try to leave she is awake and crying for you to come back. PLEASE HELP!

Lori - posted on 11/15/2008

I found a bib today that said, "All Mommy wants for Christmas is a Silent Night". I had to have it! Niklas is completely confusing me. He slept all night, then was up every hour for the next 2 nights. Last night he slept for 5 hours straight. My first 2 were so different. This child has no schedule at all. I'm so confused!

Danielle - posted on 11/12/2008

Same here, my son Cohen is up repeatedly, i am beginning to think i'll never fully sleep again :)

Amy - posted on 11/10/2008

I think that babies waking up all night long IS NORMAL, as opposed to those few babies who actually sleep through the night. We use the Amby Baby Hammock so when he wakes up at night, I try and bounce him back to sleep in the hammock rather than feed him. sometimes, he wakes up every two hours, sometimes he will sleep for four hours. He just hates to sleep so I just go with the flow. and do whatever it takes to get my own sleep :)

Jill - posted on 11/08/2008

My little man has been sleeping through the night for minimum 10 hours since he was 4 1/2 weeks. I didn't realize how lucky we were til I read this. I honestly have little advice. He was born 4-5-08. Right now we feed him about 1/2 jar veggies, 3 oz of cereal and 8 oz formula around 7:30. We give him a bath. We play for a little bit and around 8:45 he goes to sleep and sleeps till 8:00 or 9:00 the next day. From the start, I let him cry for at least a couple minutes before checking on him, and now if he does wake up, he is right back to sleep within a minute or so. He does not take a pacifier so we don't have to worry about it falling out. He's just a good little sleeper, and he does go days without ever crying, so I don't know if this will help anyone. I honestly think we just got a content baby, because I am not that skilled..ha ha

Erin - posted on 11/08/2008

You're not on your own hun. My first son, Daniel (now 8) was such hard work with regards sleep. I was at the point of collapsing because he just would not sleep well at all. When people used to say 'Oh it will get better' I'd think 'yeah yeah'. However, it really does. I was very lucky with my second and third, as they slept/sleep very well.



I wish ou all the best!! xx

Lori - posted on 11/08/2008

Christina,

Thank you so much for your explaination. I guess I haven't ever thought of it that way. I'm going to TRY to try it this week. Wish me luck!

Christina - posted on 11/07/2008

one more thing...
I know its excruciating to see your little baby crying it out but you just need to realize you are helping him/her. She/he wants to go to sleep but doesn't know how. By soothing him and letting him/her do it on his/her own you're teaching him/her to sleep on his./her own. Remembering this really helped me stay with it.

Christina - posted on 11/07/2008

UPDATE: I'm happy to report, Emily has been sleeping through the night (8:30ish - 7:30ish) for the past 4 days!!! This is what we did which appears to be working.
Establish a routine of bath, then books, then bottle (husband feeds breastmilk from bottle while I read book to keep her awake but drowsy).
When she is very sleepy, but still awake, we put her down. She would cry and we would pick her up only long enough to settle her down...then put her back down in her crib. She would cry again, we sooth her again, put her down....repeat as necessary.
The first few days took a very long time but we stuck with it. Also, we would do the same when she woke in the middle of the night.
After a couple days, I would pick her up once or twice at the most and then let her cry it out - while I sat next to the crib, rubbing her chest and tummy. At first it would take a while but she would eventually go to sleep. I did this method for a few more days. The good news is, it took less and less time for her to go to sleep. Now it only takes a few minutes.
The BEST part - she'll stir a little in the middle of the night and sometime cry a little but after about 30 seconds she's able to sooth herself back to sleep. I can't believe she's doing so well now! This method worked really great for us. It took a total of about a week, and you have to be consistent, but it worked! Good luck to everyone!! (and keep your fingers crossed for me)

Lorelei - posted on 11/07/2008

Our son loves to go to bed...(We start bedtime rituals at 5...and he is asleep by 6) I think its because I set up a very strict ritual that we've been doing since he was a tiny guy...a bath, lotion, roll around in the crib, play with his cuddle blanket..then together we quietly close the shades and whisper about night time, and turn on the fan..off goes the light..and then I nurse him..a few times lately he doesn't even want to nurse... he just wants his thumb and off he goes..cuddling with his blanket.. We have never given him a pacifier, so he was forced to find his thumb. and when he could hold things we introduced a little cuddle blanket.....At six months our dr said he should be sleeping through the night, so I had my husband get up if he cried to change his diaper and this is usually all he wanted...If I go, I WILL nurse him...so send your husband who can't..... Now he is waking up around 5..which is perfect, because I have to get up to go to work....



--no pacifers...

yes to cuddle blankets....and specific rituals they leatn mean "yummy sleep" ahead.

Erica - posted on 11/07/2008

My 7 month old son was sleeping for 14+ hours at night from 6 weeks to 5 months old. Then he started teething. Now, he's up 4-6 times a night and won't go back to sleep without nursing! He shouldn't be hungry as he eats every 2-3 hours throughout the night. He eats oatmeal & veggies for dinner, too. My big boy will eat anything he can get his hands on. I've eliminated all gassy foods and he doesn't have gas so I don't think that's the issue. I can't let him cry it out for too long as he shares a room with my daughter. Any ideas?

Courtney - posted on 11/06/2008

You are not the only one and if ANYONE has any suggestions on how to help with this... i'd be sooo grateful!!! My daughter (she's 6 no) was sleeping through the night at 6 weeks and by 6 months I could set her in the crib and she would go right to sleep... my son on the other hand HAS to be rocked, slees in 10 or 15 minutes intervals and gets up 2 times at night then wants to be WIDE awake at 5 am!!! I'm exhausted!

April - posted on 11/05/2008

Yes, we are having an issue with sleep. Willow slept through the night, going to bed at 8 p.m. and staying asleep until 6 a.m. But, lately, she is hard to get to bed. Once she is down, she is down, but its sometimes not until 11 p.m. Last night was the worst--she would not sleep in her crib. We put her down--she would cry. Finally she slept in my arms for part of the night. I am not sure if this is teething related or growth spurt related or what. Tonight we are really going to concentrate on getting her down before 10 p.m.

Lori - posted on 11/05/2008

UPDATE!!!! For the past two night Niklas has been sleeping 5 1/2 hrs waking up to eat and then sleeping again! That puts us up only once a night!!! What did I do? I started waking him up in the morning while the older two are getting ready for school. He eats breakfast, nurses, and then we play for awhile. It's been great. He's napping, somewhat. Well, it's a step in the right direction!!!!!

Kimberly - posted on 11/04/2008

Bailey has been sleeping all night in her own room and bed since she was 3 months old!! Im very lucky!!!

Jackie - posted on 11/04/2008

I thought I had the best sleeper ever until just recently. He used to sleep from 8pm to 8am but just lately he has been waking up at 5 am. I work late so it has been really hard on me lately. We also went through a phase when he would wake up in the middle of the night wanting to be held. I knew he wan't waking up because he was hungry because he was never hungry any other nights before that so I would let him cry until he fell back asleep. I would check on him every 5 minutes or so but it wouldn't take long at all before he would go back to sleep. He doesn't do that anymore so I guess it worked!

Danae - posted on 11/04/2008

Elijah slept through the night for 9-10 hours when he was 3 months old but for the past month solid it's been at least 4 times a night waking up. I know it's teething, but I'm going nuts! It wouldn't have been so bad, but I was lulled into a false sense of security that I'd get to sleep again, and yanking it away has been cruel. I feel your pain.

Miranda - posted on 11/03/2008

yes my baby is going to be 7 months and she is up like 5 times a night,trying to stand up in her crib.i think her eating is backwards she drinks more bottles in the night than she does during the day

Jennifer - posted on 11/03/2008

You are not the only one!! Jack is up at least 4-6 times a night. It is really frustrating because he doesn't have a problem going to bed, it is staying asleep. I really am at a loss because his routine is solid, bottle-bath-book-bed, and he goes to sleep on his own. I don't understand why he can't do it in the middle of the night. Neither of us can do the "cry it out" method, we tried. He is not a good napper either. He isn't getting enough sleep, I am not getting enough sleep, no one is getting enough sleep. I can only hope it gets better.

Ashley - posted on 11/02/2008

Little miss Lexi Loo, has not slept through the night but twice in 7 months. She gets up at 3:30 on the dot to eat, then again at 6:30. Keep in mind this little one refuses bed time until 11:30pm, and she has to be rocked for at least an hour before she goes down! She's only slightly spoiled!! But she is our last one, so might as well enjoy her!

Serianna - posted on 11/02/2008

i am so lucky! my little sunshine has been sleeping through the night for months now. once in a while she'll want 1 feeding at night, maybe once a week- otherwise it's 8-12 hours sleep for her uninterupted. now before you start throwing rotten tomatoes at me... my son (who will be 5 on xmas) NEVER ONCE slept through the night until he was over 2 years old. when he was little he really had days and nights screwy and then it was just lots of little naps, and between 1 and 2 he still woke up 1-3 times a night (for a drink) and comfort. and now he sleeps like a log- but both my kids have extensive nighttime routines that they EXPECT to be followed, lol. Each is different and i promise, you'll make it through somehow and look back with a sense of accomplishment :)

Amanda - posted on 11/02/2008

Yep, Isaiah is up usually two or three times a night, sometimes more. It gets to be exhausting because it's not a set pattern. Sometimes he'll sleep one hour and then be up or sometimes he sleeps 6 hours and then he'll get up once an hour after that.

Matilda - posted on 11/02/2008

yes my little girl is teething and the pain can keep her up some night, i cope by thinking it a phase and it won't last long

Maria - posted on 11/02/2008

Hi all,

Constantine is up at least 3 times a night and cries inconsolably until we bring him into our bed. Then we put him back in his cot and he starts again a short while later.

He seems to want to sit up in his sleep and is often rolling over. He wakes by hitting himself on the head in his cot quite often.

Am so glad it's not just us.

We started operation sleep ;ast night, which means that one of us sleeps in the same room as Conny and one on the sofa. I did last night and he was OK.

The main thing is for us to keep him in his cot so that he can go nto his own room and we can start to feel like we have some privacy again!

Sara - posted on 11/02/2008

My son was sleeping through the night at about 12 weeks for about 6 weeks. Then he started with an ear infection and has had them on/off since. Being on antibiotics and not feeling so hot....he typically gets up once a night. I can relate to all the moms feeling exhausted, especailly being abck at work now. Hang in there. All my friends tell me the teething thing isn't helping either and it DOES get better.

Lori - posted on 11/01/2008

I did the crying method with the first two, but I just can't bring myself to do it with this one. He always starts the night out in his own room. Then he wakes up and no matter what I do, he refuses to sleep in there again. I used to let him nap and nurse until 11 am, but we are stopping that in the morning. I'm hoping maybe we can establish some sort of routine. I haven't had a full nights sleep since I was 4 months pregnant!

Sarah - posted on 11/01/2008

We are having a hard time lately too. Riley started sleeping through the night at 3 mos., but then the teething started, and we moved. Lately she has been getting up every hour and a half. We can't find the baby monitor in the sea of boxes, so she is sleeping in our room in the pack n' play. I just can't do the cry it out method, but I do want to get her sleeping in her own crib. I am happy that we are not alone.

Rebekah - posted on 11/01/2008

My Peyton slept thru the night at 6 1/2 weeks and did so until about 41/2 months. every since we've had trouble! We finally let him cry himself a few nights ago and he did great with it. i waited until there was no teething, no growth spurt, no tummy problems though. I knew it was time when he just came to bed with us and instead of nursing, he just fell asleep, taking up my whole side of the bed. We put him in his crib and he tried for all of 2 minutes. if nothing else is bothering him, it's worth a try. We said we'd give it 10 minutes and he's never cried longer than that unless he truly needs to be fed or comforted. Then I just enjoy the time with him and figure we'll try the sleeping thing another night. ;o)

Jaime - posted on 11/01/2008

I FINALLY got my son to sleep in is own crib in his own room. When he got his first 2 teeth at the same time when he was 4 and half months old, he was hungury all the time so I would just keep him in bed with us. We moved from our one bedroom apartment to a house were he would sleep in our bed til his crib was set up but he never wanted to sleep in a seperate room from us so I made my husband move his crib into our room I thought that would help...no he would just wake up screaming bloody murder until I put him back in our bed. Then he cut 4 more teeth pretty much at the same time so I felt so sorry for him I would leave him in my bed all night. it wasn't helping either of us so finally I decided to move his crib into his own room and let him cry it out whenever he would wake up, it took about 3 nights for him to finally break his habit now he goes down without a fuss and he sleeps all night. I balled the first night but after a while he would go back to sleep. I swear it was harder for me than it was for him but I an thankful I stuck to it.

Melissa - posted on 11/01/2008

Marley used to wake up once a night to nurse. Then we started with Rice Cereal, and it made her so gassy, she'd wake up in the middle of the night fussy and farting! I quit feeding her cereal soon after and she has not been gassy since, but has had a hard time kicking the bad habit of waking up. I gave in to co-sleeping for the last half of the night, and now I'm not sure how often she wakes up. I hear her start to wake up and I automatically pop a boob in her mouth and fall back to sleep! I think we're down to doing that 2 times a night now. Hey whatever works!!!

Shawna - posted on 11/01/2008

My daughter is up 3-6 times a night to eat, only as many as 6 if her teeth are bothering her but I have a hard time making it through my day with out a break down if I dont have a nap.

Lori - posted on 11/01/2008

My baby, Niklas, was doing better, sleeping in his own bed at least. Then we took a vacation and he ended up sleeping with us for a week. Now I can't get him to stay in his own bed. He sleeps better in our bed, but I don't!

Christina - posted on 11/01/2008

oh yes! My daughter Emily is up several times a night. She was doing fine until about a month ago when she got a bad cough. She would wake up several times a night and my husband or I would get up to comfort/rock/nurse her. She got used to it and now that she's better she still wants the VIP treatment. We're having a bit of luck using a combination of the Pick Up/Put Down method by the baby whisperer and the Ferber method. Its slow but seems to be working. We're also trying to get her on a napping routine which is also challenging as she has never been a napper. I'll let you know of any progress.