Yeah we had crappy naps today too... I have a very cranky overtired baby screaming in her crib now. Literally have a timer set for every 5 minutes. My heart is breaking.
Oh and she was totally asleep after nursing. Put her down asleep. Now it's twenty minutes later and I'm wrangling a wide awake baby. I hope white noise& nursing again will help!
Post by holliberry28 on Oct 16, 2015 6:59:50 GMT -5
M went to bed at 7:30 after his bottle but the second I put him in his crib he was wide awake. DH turned on the mobile which has lights and music and I think it woke M up even more. Cue 5 min of crying, coming in, followed by another 5 min but this time when I came in he was screaming at the top of his lungs and wouldn't take the pacifier or calm down so I just picked him up and rocked him for 5 minutes and he fell asleep. And slept til 3:15!
Does my picking him up after 10 minutes undo the "work" of CIO? He did skip his 11 and 1 am wakeups!
He only took 3 ounces from the bottle at 3:15 and then H put him in the swing bc he was freezing in his crib (despite pjs and a sleep sack on) so that he could put a blanket on top. Need to get a room heater asap bc they're still not heating our apt. Oh yea, he then slept til 6:45.
M went to bed at 7:30 after his bottle but the second I put him in his crib he was wide awake. DH turned on the mobile which has lights and music and I think it woke M up even more. Cue 5 min of crying, coming in, followed by another 5 min but this time when I came in he was screaming at the top of his lungs and wouldn't take the pacifier or calm down so I just picked him up and rocked him for 5 minutes and he fell asleep. And slept til 3:15!
Does my picking him up after 10 minutes undo the "work" of CIO? He did skip his 11 and 1 am wakeups!
He only took 3 ounces from the bottle at 3:15 and then H put him in the swing bc he was freezing in his crib (despite pjs and a sleep sack on) so that he could put a blanket on top. Need to get a room heater asap bc they're still not heating our apt. Oh yea, he then slept til 6:45.
From what I have read. Do not try CIO if you are going to end up picking them up. It sends mixed messages to the baby. You need to be 100 percent ready to do it or do not do it.
M went to bed at 7:30 after his bottle but the second I put him in his crib he was wide awake. DH turned on the mobile which has lights and music and I think it woke M up even more. Cue 5 min of crying, coming in, followed by another 5 min but this time when I came in he was screaming at the top of his lungs and wouldn't take the pacifier or calm down so I just picked him up and rocked him for 5 minutes and he fell asleep. And slept til 3:15!
Does my picking him up after 10 minutes undo the "work" of CIO? He did skip his 11 and 1 am wakeups!
He only took 3 ounces from the bottle at 3:15 and then H put him in the swing bc he was freezing in his crib (despite pjs and a sleep sack on) so that he could put a blanket on top. Need to get a room heater asap bc they're still not heating our apt. Oh yea, he then slept til 6:45.
From what I have read. Do not try CIO if you are going to end up picking them up. It sends mixed messages to the baby. You need to be 100 percent ready to do it or do not do it.
I know, I feel like I've read this somewhere too. Problem with reading too many sleep books at once. The thing this crying seemed different, like he was in pain. But if he calmed from me holding it, I guess I was imagining it.
holliberry28 I have done that too. I have had times where I felt bad and wondered if maybe she didn't eat enough or if she had a dirty diaper or something. I hate CIO but it seems to be the only thing that will get her to sleep at night..... Not ready to do it for nap time though. I rely on the swing, the car/stroller, and wearing her. Otherwise there would be no such thing as naps EVER.
Me too. I can deal with his crying as long as he doesn't actually sound like he's in pain. For the most part, letting him cry even a little bit does seem to help with him soothing abilities for the next time around...We also use the swing and stroller outside for naps, too!
Post by carolyngrace on Oct 16, 2015 19:54:53 GMT -5
holliberry28, I do think you can do a version of "cry it out" even if you pick them up once in a while. It just may take longer and not work as consistently. We know our babies cries at this point! Sometimes Oscar cries pretty long before falling asleep but I can tell he's just exhausted. Other times it's more frantic/loud/whatever and I just know he's not going to be able to calm down from that. There are times I've ended up nursing him to help him calm down and go to sleep. And other times I pick him up and calm him, and then put him back down, and that works too.
Maybe I'll have to start being more consistent now that he's getting older, but overall my goal has been to teach self-soothing and putting himself to sleep at naps and as often as possible at night. So I think so far it seems to be working! The last week he has fallen asleep without crying most nights.
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