Lincoln has never been the best sleeper.
Before 2 weeks ago, I could count on one hand the number of times that he had slept through the night (according to the definition of 6 or more hours straight), and is naps were always around 30 minutes (or less).
Thankfully Lincoln's naps started to get better (sometimes up to 1.5 hours) which helped, but I still needed to get him to sleep at night.
When Derick went on a business trip a couple of weeks ago, I knew it was my chance.
It was hard to let Lincoln cry, but I knew that I just had to do it. The doctor told me that his baby daughter cried so hard once that she almost passed out and her eyes were swollen shut. If the doctor did that, I knew I could do it. After about 3 nights, Lincoln was sleeping through. He would go to bed around 8:30, wake to eat around 5, and then go back to sleep until around 8:30. This was wonderful! BUT...
The first night that Derick got back, Lincoln reverted back to his old habit of waking up like 4 times a night. I couldn't believe it. Derick didn't believe me that Lincoln had been sleeping through the night because why in the world would he just quit when he had been doing so well?
Anyway, I suffered through another week and decided that once the weekend hit, we would try again. Well, it didn't take as long this time, and by the third night, Lincoln was sleeping through the night again.
Until 3 nights ago.
Last night was the worst. He woke 4 times in 5 hours. It was a nightmare. Derick wasn't feeling well and I was so exhausted and we both had to get up early today, so I just dealt with it. I know I am just going to have to let him cry it out again this weekend and try to train him again.
What I am wondering is...has anyone else had this problem? What did you do?
Right now I feel like there is no end it sight. The other problem is that when he sleeps well at night, he doesn't take good naps. How can I find a happy medium? I have tried reading books and stuff, but not all of it works.
Lincoln is 7.5 months old now. We have to fix this!
Help me! :-)
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9 months ago
3 comments:
Totally sounds like what both londyn and Mav did. When they have a new routine going, it takes a few weeks for them to get the hang of it. But mav did the same thing when I got him to sleep through the night at 4 mo. He cried for an hour and a half!(I cried right along with him:-() but the next night he slept 14 hrs and has slept 10-12 hrs straight since then. I just think for me, its being consistent that helps. Especially when it gets tricky like what you're dealing with. I have a limit with my kids. A morning limit. I put them down at their bed time (Mav 7, londyn 8:30) and don't get them till 7 am unless they are sick or absolutely freaking out. So it gets so hard at times when you feel so bad and they are crying and you think that it won't make a difference if you go get him this ONE time, but for me at least, consistency helps! Hope I made sense! Good luck.
So Jaxon had the same problem. You are better than me. I didn't get him to start sleeping through the night until 10 months! But I had to do exactly what you are saying. Just let him cry. I finally got so sleep deprived I felt like I was loosing my mind. It took a week of letting him cry at night, but he finally got it. I think consistency is the biggest thing. If you start at a weekend do it during the next week too. It will probably make for a really crappy week, but in the long run you (Lincoln too) will feel much better. Oh, Jaxon did the 30 min nap thing too. Once i fixed his nights his naps fell into place too.
aw man, I totally know what you're going through. and it sucks, I know. I was determined to get Madden to sleep through the night at 6 months, so we let him cry it out. It was unbelievably hard...but it only took 3-4 nights and then he started sleeping through the night, 10-12 hours straight. But even now, sometimes he reverts back to waking in the night. its usually because something happens to throw him off his schedule...like if he is teething or gets sick or if we go out of town or something. Then we come home and I have to re-train him and make him cry it out again. it's so hard. But so worth it in the end. Just know that most moms go through the same thing, so you aren't the only one. All you can do is keep trying. ANd like other people said above, the key is to stay consistent. Or it will never work. Good luck!!!!
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