JP is waking up EVERY 20 MINUTES throughout the night. He FINALLY settles down around 3:00 or so. He is never really awake--he just screams his little head off. Real tears and everything! It brakes my heart. We thought it was gas at first, but now the gas drops are not working. We've tried Benadryl, infant Tylenol/cold, infant Tylenol, Motrin......you name it, we've tried it. Scott and I are both so cranky during the day. ANY SUGGESTIONS????
During the day, he's an angel. He naps well and is extremely happy. I hate this for him (and us!) If any of you can help us out, we'd be forever grateful!
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Victoria was getting up 4-5 times per night too. I was going in and comforting her and she was waking all the way up. We finally figured she was waking her self up so I would come in. We ended up doing a modified cry it out, I would go in every 10 minutes or so and tell her it was ok and pat her back only. It took her about 3 nights to get herself back to being able to sleep. Now she only wakes once and goes right back to sleep herself. Good luck!
I agree with Nancy...sometimes if you go into their room and talk to them or pick them up, it actually makes things worse...then they wake themselves up every night just so you will come in and comfort them. The biggest thing we learned with our first daughter Mackenzie and now our second daughter Savannah, is that you should not pick them up at all when they wake during the night (unless they are sick, but that's different). What we do is go in the first time and say "it's night night time" and lay them back down. Then the next time you go in, don't say anything at all, just pat their back & lay them back down in their crib and walk out. The next time you go in their room lay them down and don't say a word. Eventually, they stop waking up at night because you are not doing what they "want" you to do which is pick them up and comfort them. Savannah just did this the other night and we did the cry it out thing that Nancy mentioned too. Then, after a little while, she fell back to sleep all by herself and slept through the night. I remember Kenzie doing the same thing and finally, we were so exhausted from months of her waking up at night (she was about 11 mos old), that we let her cry for about 2 hours straight and that was the last night she woke us up every couple of hours! It was a miracle and I wish that we had done it much sooner, it would have saved us months of sleepless nights and cranky days! Good luck with JP! Blessings, Keely
I'm sorry I don't have any advice...we're struggling with the same darn thing. You know I'll be watching to see what works for you though.
I have to ask...what the heck is a captain wafer?!!!
Oh girl, I'm sorry to welcome you to my world! We are putting her back in her room tonight and letting her work it out. We are all zombies!
Well, it's good to know I am not alone! Maybe, if nothing else, we can form a "Zombie" support group!
Thanks for the advice----I never talk to him when I go in. I either pat his back or rock him for a minute. We'll see what happens tonight. I will post and let you know.
Natalie, a captain wafer is a cracker that you eat with a salad. It's along the same kind of lines as a saltine cracker. You do know what that is, right??!! You would like them---right along w/ some good ole' sweet tea!!! love ya!
Will he take a passy??
Hello, I just wanted to let you know that lavander essential oil can really help JP sleep and relax. A 15ml bottles goes for $20. I can send you some if you would like to try it.
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I wish he would take a passy---tried that! At this point to force it, I wondered if it would be harder to get it away from him later??!!
Thanks, though!
What a cutie he is!!!! We don't struggle with sleep issues with Amelia ... AT all, the child loves to sleep. Honestly, I say, you want to go night night and she goes running to her room. BUT, Isabella around 1 started having sleep issues, which really were just her wanting us to go pick her up, cuddle her, etc. (I'm sure of this now, because at 3 1/2 she still has issues of going to sleep, trying her best to convince us to let her sleep with us. :) Same as you said, happy as can be during the day. We struggled so much with her for a while. Then when we moved her into her big girl bed, we had other issues as well, I was reading all kinds of books to try and help. (Sorry, not to discourage you with that. :) I would say to let him cry it out a little -- I had a hard time doing this, but after several nights of no sleep it gets a little easier to try. :) We play music for her, we made sure to have a bedtime routine of reading books, etc -- anything to try and get her tired and anything we heard that might help. The other thing that we did (when she was closer to 2) she would want us in there and someone told us to stay in her room for a while (not talking to her or anything) then the next night move a little farther out, etc. until you are out of the room one night sitting in the hall, then I guess they just think you are out there. Sounds, crazy, but it worked for her. Also, does he take really long naps during the day? -- sometimes they say if they sleep alot during the day they are not going to be as tired at night, especially if they start "working" themselves out of 2 naps a day. The only thing with letting him cry it out, make sure he's not a little climber, Isabella climbed out of her crib at 11 months -- and it was down low, praise God we have carpet and she wasn't hurt, she just has always been part monkey. :) I've been a little absent blogging, but glad to see he had a happy birthday too. Hope things are going well for you guys, well other than the lack of sleep. :)
About the passy. . . JT would not take one when he was little until the daycare forced him to do so. It was awful - we had to have extras where ever we went because if he lost it, life ceased to exist until he had another one. Never would let another child have a passy.
I agree with the cry out method. Also, a bath in night with lavender oil does help relax kids. I think Johnson's even makes a bath bath with lavender in it now.
I am going to ask probably a stupid question now - is he eating enough at night? JP is a big baby - and with the boys being so big, I always had to make sure their tummies were full before bed or else they woke up hungry.
Good luck.
I second the bath. After dinner Victoria gets a bath with the Johnson's bath time with lavender. She loves her bath. After bathtime she gets a body massage with Johnson's baby lotion and pj's. She is then allowed to play for about half an hour. Then she gets her bottle and is asleep within minutes. We try to be very consistent with our timing every night and is has helped her alot.
I hope his sleep gets better. The first couple of nights of cio were the toughest, but she did relearn quickly. I also feel alot better too as I was not waking up several times per night.
Good Luck!
(nice to know so many of us are in the same boat :) )
I second what Jen said about eating. JP may be going through a growth spurt. Lilly does this from time to time. (she's nine months old and has been sleeping all night since about 3)Like I said, she'll wake up. I try to comfort her by going in and patting her on the back and talkin to her softly, when that doesn't work after several trys I may go get a bottle. She'll usually take it like she has never eaten in her life. I didn't want to set myself up for 3am feeding again, so we almost always have a snack before bed. Cracker, Goldfish, even instant oatmeal sometimes. It seems to help and we seldom have these little episodes.
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