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Having trouble getting baby to fall asleep at night!

Jennifer - posted on 02/15/2009 ( 3 moms have responded )

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I am having trouble getting my little girl to fall asleep at night. During the day she will fall asleep pretty much anywhere without problem. We do have a bedtime routine, bath, massage, pajamas, nursing. Most of the time she falls asleep nursing, but not always. Then I will lay her down and she will be ok for a few minutes and then she will start crying. This goes on for awhile, I will go in calm her down lay her back down, and she will be fine for a minute then it just repeats. Sometimes it takes her as long as 2 hours to settle into sleep. I have tried rocking her to sleep then putting her in bed and I have tried putting her in bed while she is drowsy. And she is definitely tired, sometimes she is even crying with her eyes closed. She is also on prevacid for acid reflux and she sleeps on a crib wedge so her head is elevated. Once she falls asleep she sleeps a good 8-10 hours every night...

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Melissa - posted on 02/20/2009

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Hi ladies, I also have the same problem but I've figured to just go with the flow. No use stressing bout it. Sorry to hear about your little one Taryn. Are you breastfeeding or formula feeding?? How often are you feeding?? Have you spoken with your doc??

Taryn - posted on 02/17/2009

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I don't have a solution to your problem but I would like to make you feel better and tell you that my son has reflux and I struggle to get him to sleep day and night, I have to walk for hours sometimes, and at night he sleeps for an hour and a half at a time and some nights not at all, so when you putting your daughter to sleep and it's taking a while be thankful that she will sleep for 8-10 hours after that... I would do anything for my son to sleep just for 4 or 6 hours...

Sharon - posted on 02/16/2009

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Hi! I have this problem some nights. (Last night was one of them...) My daughter doesn't have acid reflux, or anything else I know of that might cause the 'ups and downs', but she still does it. Most nights, I'll change her into her PJs, nurse her, rock her til she's asleep, and then put her down in her crib, and she'll stay down for about 7-8 hours. However, on some nights like last night, I'll do the exact same routine, and she'll wake up 5 mins to 45 mins after being put down, crying to be picked up. If she wakes up after only a few minutes, I'll either just give her a soother or (if that doesn't work right away) rock her again. Sometimes she needs another feed (I'll feed her just one side). It can be frustrating, knowing that she normally stays down on most nights! On these 'bad nights', she might do this 3 or 4 times until finally settling herself for the night. I have no idea what to do about it - I figure she'll eventually stop this little habit...if not, I'll probably start leaving her alone to cry for a bit after giving her a soother (step 1 of my 'get her to fall back asleep' routine). Good luck!

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