So we went for full CIO last night...and it wasn't too terrible. For the first time in a year, neither my husband or I got out of bed in the MOTN! (I of course watched he monitor like a hawk). I put an extra white noise in the hallway I try to block the noise coming through the doors. I really didn't want him to wake up his sisters.
At bed time, i gave him a bottle and I rocked him until sleepy. But laid him down awake. He cried hard for about 40mins than started to settle.
He was up fussing a few times throughout the night. Cried/screamed really hard for about 40 mins again around 1:30-2. He screams and cries so hard which makes this process harder. I think it is easier with his twin sister to let her fuss at night because she literally just fusses a bit and doesn't do the screaming.
He was up earlier than normal, but that was ok. I'm going to call it a decent night 1. Hopefully the next few nights get even better. (And being with my parents this weekend doesn't mess him up too bad!).
Post by silverspoon on Feb 21, 2017 13:14:20 GMT -5
Forgive me if it is in this thread, but have you tried the white noise in his room? My kid (14 mos) sleeps with his on full blast in his bedroom. He's been in there since he was 7-8 months old and we've used it every night. I turn on the noise, turn off his light and put him in his crib. I think it's become a good signal that it's sleep time for him.
The book no cry sleep solution has a whole section on fixing things for older than the newborn stage. Might be worth checking out.
Good luck.
We did a lot of things from this combined with extinction. DS has severe FOMO and needed a lot of reassurance that we weren't abandoning him. Schedule was a big key and using a phrase to let him know I was putting him down. But you need a plan going in.
Wake to sleep help might help with the wakeups every 2 hours. Also sometimes responding right away with a quick back rub can help them learn to settle themselves because some kids need a lot of reassurance.
I don't think some milk motn is totally crazy. Some people still nurse MOTN past 1 year. But I'd try to wean him from that bottle if you can and get only on sippy cups.
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