Re: More Baby Woes: Sleeping Like a Baby

April 21, 2005

Does your baby co-sleep? I nursed all 3 of mine, and all 3 of them had

different nursing temperments. My 3rd child co-slept beautifully until about

12-15 months, then started getting up more frequently to nurse and play, etc.

She was eating solid foods by then, and gaining weight just fine. For us, we

had to move her out of our bed, to a crib in our room. I think our nighttime

movement was waking her. She fussed a bit for about 3 nights, and then did

quite well. That helped for a while, and then she began to get up even in the

crib, and want to talk/play/nurse, so we eventually moved her into a room with

her sister. Though we weren't adverse to her sleeping with us, she did better

with her own space. Just a thought !

Rebekah

More Baby Woes: Sleeping Like a Baby

Yep, I'm that lady whose kids never sleep. My 1 year old is still

breastfed. Just like her sister before her, she is waking every 45

minutes to 1.5 hours.

My older daughter did this until she was almost 3.

Her diet? You name it, she eats it. Gets an eye yolk every couple

of days, yogurt/kefir daily, table food, CLO. Like 5 cherios a day.

Water.

I supplement her with biotissue salts besides - been trying this to

see if it helps this month.

I know all about infant sleep research and the controversies of

crying it out, and breastfeeding. I lean more towards attachment

parenting. No, I can't give some of the nighttime parenting to my

husband - this is one of those things where he seems cooperative and

just isn't. Also, I have a desk job and he has a trade job - I'm

less likely to kill myself by accident due to sleep dep. I'd like to

concentrate on the possible nutritional aspect.

When she backed off eating for a week, I tried reintroducing solids

one at a time to see if it is an allergy. Did the same with my

previous daughter. None to speak of.

I've tried to add formula to her diet to see if she'd sleep better.

Didn't work.

Our ancestors are mostly celt (Irish/Scot), some anlgo-saxon, some

nord, and some native american. She's got 6 teeth. She, just like

my older daughter, is 95percentile for height, and 50 for weight, and

50 for head circumference. So basically, she is tall and lean with

some baby fat. So it isn't like she isn't doing well in the growth

department.

Any insights? The thought of working full time and having a baby

that awakens every 45 minutes for another 2 years is making my head

hurt - I've done it before. Oh, the sleep dep! The pitying stares

from co-workers! I know that there probably isn't a solution but

time, but I'm willing to ask to see if anyone has one!

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April 21, 2005

I sympathize! I found the book " Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems " by

Ferber to be very helpful. Even if you don't agree with his

methods (and I know lots of people don't), much of the book is

information about sleep patterns, sleep environment, what's normal,

etc. It can make it easier for you to decide what to do that will work

for you and your child.

All the best,

Jan

April 21, 2005

I found Dr. Jay Gordon's 12 steps to sleeping through the night, or

something like that, enormously helpful and reassuring. He says to wait

until the child is 12 months old to encourage them to sleep through the

night. I managed to get my 2 year old to do a few months ago and am a much

happier, healthier person with all that extra sleep under my belt every

morning. We still cosleep and i am not a proponent of CIO, but the first

night she did cry furiously for about 30 or 45 minutes. It was more anger

than sadness and we just reassured her and loved her through it. The next

night she fussed a few minutes. For a couple of months she would wake up

once or twice and fuss for a few minutes when i told her she had to wait

until morning to nurse. Now she sleeps the whole night, whoopee!

From the very beginning, after the initial temper tantrum, she would fuss a

little but repeat " no baba till morning " or something like that, to indicate

she understood and accepted the ugly truth (in her mind). She'd nestle in

and whimper then nod off. I still nurse her to sleep and nurse her awake. I

liked Dr. Gordon's thing bc he says they WILL be mad when you cut them off,

and that is entirely acceptable. My going through life sleep-deprived for

years on end,, however, is not. We made a compromise and it's working well.

Elaine

April 25, 2005

Hey BrassyPep!

Feed her warmed cow's milk, homo milk will do, in a jug with a lid and

straw . . . not a sippy cup. Give this to her right before she goes to

bed. Make it available when she wakes in the middle of the night. That

jug would hold 2 cups which my 18 month would suck back in 5 mins, and

go straight back to sleep. Your child is not getting enough of

something . . .

I remember waking every 1.5 hours. It was hell but that was with two

kids, a newborn, and an 18 month old.

Gayle

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