Re: sleeping through the night...

[Guest guest]

,

I wish I could help you out w/this one, but all of my babies slept in

bed with me! Good luck getting him to sleep the night. I hope you all

have a good nights sleep.

--- In Plagiocephaly , " juloyes2003 " <juloyes@m...>

wrote:

> OK. I have a really hard time letting my 9 month old (I know he's 9

> months old, and he's still not sleeping through the night??!!!?)

cry

> it out when he has his helmet on. I've been just nursing him back

to

> sleep to avoid waking everyone else in the house (including husband

> and 4 year old), and I know this is a difficult habit to break and

> probably not a very good one to start, I guess. Anyway, I'm

> exhausted. Any ideas??? I never had this problem with my older one.

> He slept like a dream (ha ha). This one wakes up if I even open the

> door to check on him. If he does, I pat, pat him, then leave only

to

> hear the screaming again. Any and all suggestions would be greatly

> appreciated! In fact, please pray that the entire family gets a

good

> night's sleep!

>

> THANKS!

> julie

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I am doing the same thing!!!! I cannot bear to let my 9 month old boy

cry it out since the whole plagio thing started. I feel like I

deserve it. My two year old never had sleep trouble so this is all

new to me as well. I am not nursing but I have tried a bottle with

water. I just hand it to him and head right out the door and back to

bed. Last night he made it all the way through till 8 with no water.

Good Luck!!!!! Kathy (mom to JT DOC 10/30)

--- In Plagiocephaly , " juloyes2003 " <juloyes@m...>

wrote:

> OK. I have a really hard time letting my 9 month old (I know he's 9

> months old, and he's still not sleeping through the night??!!!?)

cry

> it out when he has his helmet on. I've been just nursing him back

to

> sleep to avoid waking everyone else in the house (including husband

> and 4 year old), and I know this is a difficult habit to break and

> probably not a very good one to start, I guess. Anyway, I'm

> exhausted. Any ideas??? I never had this problem with my older one.

> He slept like a dream (ha ha). This one wakes up if I even open the

> door to check on him. If he does, I pat, pat him, then leave only

to

> hear the screaming again. Any and all suggestions would be greatly

> appreciated! In fact, please pray that the entire family gets a

good

> night's sleep!

>

> THANKS!

> julie

[Guest guest]

HI ,

I have the same problem with my 9 months old boy. He does not wear any helmet yet, but he wakes up several times at night. I thought it was OK.. since I had to check on his head postition anyway. That way I could reposition hime more often. But now.. he moves around freely during the night.. so reposition him does not make any sense anymore. So I bought the book called no cry sleep solution. I think it is working. It is talking about gently remove nipple or bottole and shortening the period of feeding each time and eventually the baby will learn how to go back to sleep on his own. It takes about 1-2 week. and the important thing is that the baby should not fall asleep all the way while he is fed. meaning when he is drowsi... you have to remove your nipple or bottle so that he does not associate sleeping and the nipple. well, I guess reading is a lot easier than doing it. But the book gives you so much tips anout how to. If you want to know more, e mail me or buy the

book!

Kyung

mom to ethan (9months old)kathleenmb2003 <kathleenmb2003@...> wrote:

Hi ,I am doing the same thing!!!! I cannot bear to let my 9 month old boy cry it out since the whole plagio thing started. I feel like I deserve it. My two year old never had sleep trouble so this is all new to me as well. I am not nursing but I have tried a bottle with water. I just hand it to him and head right out the door and back to bed. Last night he made it all the way through till 8 with no water. Good Luck!!!!! Kathy (mom to JT DOC 10/30)> OK. I have a really hard time letting my 9 month old (I know he's 9 > months old, and he's still not sleeping through the night??!!!?) cry > it out when he has his helmet on. I've been just nursing him back to > sleep to avoid waking everyone else in the house (including

husband > and 4 year old), and I know this is a difficult habit to break and > probably not a very good one to start, I guess. Anyway, I'm > exhausted. Any ideas??? I never had this problem with my older one. > He slept like a dream (ha ha). This one wakes up if I even open the > door to check on him. If he does, I pat, pat him, then leave only to > hear the screaming again. Any and all suggestions would be greatly > appreciated! In fact, please pray that the entire family gets a good > night's sleep!> > THANKS!> julieFor more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Aww...it is so hard to hear them cry. I am not a cry it out

mommy...too much of a whimp..lol. Anyhow...have you increased his

food intake in the day? on went thru a period between 7 1/2-8

months when he would wake up during the night (early am) to have a

bottle...it was a phase...probably a major growth spurt. But the

nurse had suggested to increase his solids to help sedate his

appetite. I hope your family gets sleep soon.

Lori and on docgrad 9/19/03

--- In Plagiocephaly , " juloyes2003 " <juloyes@m...>

wrote:

> OK. I have a really hard time letting my 9 month old (I know he's 9

> months old, and he's still not sleeping through the night??!!!?)

cry

> it out when he has his helmet on. I've been just nursing him back

to

> sleep to avoid waking everyone else in the house (including husband

> and 4 year old), and I know this is a difficult habit to break and

> probably not a very good one to start, I guess. Anyway, I'm

> exhausted. Any ideas??? I never had this problem with my older one.

> He slept like a dream (ha ha). This one wakes up if I even open the

> door to check on him. If he does, I pat, pat him, then leave only

to

> hear the screaming again. Any and all suggestions would be greatly

> appreciated! In fact, please pray that the entire family gets a

good

> night's sleep!

>

> THANKS!

> julie

[Guest guest]

Is he possibly getting more teeth, or has he always done this?

Jordyn had a period where she would wake up every hour on the hour

for a straight week. She's normally a great sleeper (about 10 hrs a

night), but that week was horrible. She ended up cutting two teeth

at the end of the week.

I'm not a " cry it out " mom, either. I admit that I jump at the least

little noise from her. *g* I agree that you might want to increase

his food intake during the day. That helped us to finally cut out

that late night breastfeeding. I just feed her a few ounces from a

bottle right before I put her down for the night (around 8:30) and

she sleeps well.

Let us know how it all works out and I hope you're all able to get

some sleep soon!

& Jordyn (DOCband 10/13)

Dallas

--- In Plagiocephaly , " juloyes2003 " <juloyes@m...>

wrote:

> OK. I have a really hard time letting my 9 month old (I know he's 9

> months old, and he's still not sleeping through the night??!!!?)

cry

> it out when he has his helmet on. I've been just nursing him back

to

> sleep to avoid waking everyone else in the house (including husband

> and 4 year old), and I know this is a difficult habit to break and

> probably not a very good one to start, I guess. Anyway, I'm

> exhausted. Any ideas??? I never had this problem with my older one.

> He slept like a dream (ha ha). This one wakes up if I even open the

> door to check on him. If he does, I pat, pat him, then leave only

to

> hear the screaming again. Any and all suggestions would be greatly

> appreciated! In fact, please pray that the entire family gets a

good

> night's sleep!

>

> THANKS!

> julie

[Guest guest]

I have to say that I have let all 3 of my kids cio. has been sleeping

through the night for almost a month now (he's 5 months today *sniff*) and

goes down for naps and bed time without a peep!

There is a group called SleepTraining if you want some advice. There's

also a couple of good books, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Dr. Marc

Weissbluth, and the Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems by Dr. Ferber.

I won't lie and say it was easy, because it's not. I will tell you it's one

of the best decisions my dh and I made for our family. Feel free to email

me at cory6@... if you have any questions or anything...

Cory

[Guest guest]

Oh ,

I wish I had some helpful advise, but I have a 16 month old that

still gets up 2 TIMES a night. I am a wuss when it comes to letting

her cry it out. My son was like that too. He didn't sleep through the

night until he was 2. But he did eventually do it, just like I know

Makenna will. I have only myself to blame :-(.

This is how I rationalize it: Yeah, it sucks to get up, but she'll

only be my baby for so long and if she wants her mama at 12:00am and

then at 3:00am, so be it.... for now.

--- In Plagiocephaly , " juloyes2003 " <juloyes@m...>

wrote:

> OK. I have a really hard time letting my 9 month old (I know he's 9

> months old, and he's still not sleeping through the night??!!!?)

cry

> it out when he has his helmet on. I've been just nursing him back

to

> sleep to avoid waking everyone else in the house (including husband

> and 4 year old), and I know this is a difficult habit to break and

> probably not a very good one to start, I guess. Anyway, I'm

> exhausted. Any ideas??? I never had this problem with my older one.

> He slept like a dream (ha ha). This one wakes up if I even open the

> door to check on him. If he does, I pat, pat him, then leave only

to

> hear the screaming again. Any and all suggestions would be greatly

> appreciated! In fact, please pray that the entire family gets a

good

> night's sleep!

>

> THANKS!

> julie

[Guest guest]

I agree with . Before we know it our kids will be asking us to drop them off down the block from their friends house, telling us not to hug them, saying the exasperated "mooohooooom". As much as I would like to sleep, I also enjoy snuggling with them and bringing them into the bed with me. Soon enough they will be independent. Not that I want my twins to be babies forever - the sooner they can change their own diapers the better!!

Deb w/ Aidan (DOC 10/21) and Ting

Re: sleeping through the night...

Oh ,I wish I had some helpful advise, but I have a 16 month old that still gets up 2 TIMES a night. I am a wuss when it comes to letting her cry it out. My son was like that too. He didn't sleep through the night until he was 2. But he did eventually do it, just like I know Makenna will. I have only myself to blame :-(. This is how I rationalize it: Yeah, it sucks to get up, but she'll only be my baby for so long and if she wants her mama at 12:00am and then at 3:00am, so be it.... for now. > OK. I have a really hard time letting my 9 month old (I know he's 9 > months old, and he's still not sleeping through the night??!!!?) cry > it out when he has his helmet on. I've been just nursing him back to > sleep to avoid waking everyone else in the house (including husband > and 4 year old), and I know this is a difficult habit to break and > probably not a very good one to start, I guess. Anyway, I'm > exhausted. Any ideas??? I never had this problem with my older one. > He slept like a dream (ha ha). This one wakes up if I even open the > door to check on him. If he does, I pat, pat him, then leave only to > hear the screaming again. Any and all suggestions would be greatly > appreciated! In fact, please pray that the entire family gets a good > night's sleep!> > THANKS!> julieFor more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Hi - I know exaclty what you are going through! My first son

was sleeping through the night at 6 weeks so when Xavier was around 3

months I was so tired of getting up with him at night and thought he

should outgrow this anytime. Well he is now 7 months old and he was

still getting up at night. He has been banded since 4 months and this

didnt change it one way or the other. Well last week my DH and I

decided it was time to let him cry at night and not go and feed him.

He usually goes down at 8pm and wakes up around 2-3 and I feed him

and he goes back to sleep until 8-9am. I feed him cause I dont want

everyone in the house to wake up including my 20 month old. Anyways

last Thursday he started crying and my hubby had to keep me out of

his room and it was so hard he cried for 45 minutes. I did go in once

and give him his binky but this just made him madder. He finally went

to sleep and that was the only night he cried until last night, and

he only cried for 10 minutes and went to sleep. So we are not doing

to badly and I am finally getting the rest I want )

I was never a cry it out mom but when my ped told me that it might be

the only way to break him of it I had to try. After all he is eating

3 meals a day and 4-5 8 oz bottle. HTH

Donna and Xavier DOCband 7/25 and 10/8

--- In Plagiocephaly , " juloyes2003 " <juloyes@m...>

wrote:

> OK. I have a really hard time letting my 9 month old (I know he's 9

> months old, and he's still not sleeping through the night??!!!?)

cry

> it out when he has his helmet on. I've been just nursing him back

to

> sleep to avoid waking everyone else in the house (including husband

> and 4 year old), and I know this is a difficult habit to break and

> probably not a very good one to start, I guess. Anyway, I'm

> exhausted. Any ideas??? I never had this problem with my older one.

> He slept like a dream (ha ha). This one wakes up if I even open the

> door to check on him. If he does, I pat, pat him, then leave only

to

> hear the screaming again. Any and all suggestions would be greatly

> appreciated! In fact, please pray that the entire family gets a

good

> night's sleep!

>

> THANKS!

> julie

[Guest guest]

,

I see you got a ton of responses already, but I haven't had a chance

to read them yet, so I apologize if I'm repeating... We use a " wave

machine " for both of my girls - the constant " white noise " seems to

help them stay asleep during the night, and they aren't as sensitive

to the noise of their door opening if you check on them. I bought it

at drugstore.com (I forget the brand name, but I think it was around

$10 or $15 - Sharper Image and the likes sell similar machines for

MUCH more money)...

Kerri from NY

's mom

--- In Plagiocephaly , " juloyes2003 " <juloyes@m...>

wrote:

> OK. I have a really hard time letting my 9 month old (I know he's 9

> months old, and he's still not sleeping through the night??!!!?)

cry

> it out when he has his helmet on. I've been just nursing him back

to

> sleep to avoid waking everyone else in the house (including husband

> and 4 year old), and I know this is a difficult habit to break and

> probably not a very good one to start, I guess. Anyway, I'm

> exhausted. Any ideas??? I never had this problem with my older one.

> He slept like a dream (ha ha). This one wakes up if I even open the

> door to check on him. If he does, I pat, pat him, then leave only

to

> hear the screaming again. Any and all suggestions would be greatly

> appreciated! In fact, please pray that the entire family gets a

good

> night's sleep!

>

> THANKS!

> julie

[Guest guest]

,

One more thought - do you still use a monitor?? If you do, ditch

it! At 9 months, unless you live in some 10,000 sq foot house,

you'll definitely hear him if he really needs you, but otherwise you

may be rushing in before he has a chance to try to settle himself...

Kerri

> > OK. I have a really hard time letting my 9 month old (I know he's

9

> > months old, and he's still not sleeping through the night??!!!?)

> cry

> > it out when he has his helmet on. I've been just nursing him back

> to

> > sleep to avoid waking everyone else in the house (including

husband

> > and 4 year old), and I know this is a difficult habit to break

and

> > probably not a very good one to start, I guess. Anyway, I'm

> > exhausted. Any ideas??? I never had this problem with my older

one.

> > He slept like a dream (ha ha). This one wakes up if I even open

the

> > door to check on him. If he does, I pat, pat him, then leave only

> to

> > hear the screaming again. Any and all suggestions would be

greatly

> > appreciated! In fact, please pray that the entire family gets a

> good

> > night's sleep!

> >

> > THANKS!

> > julie

[Guest guest]

--I would make sure the helmet is not bothering your little one

and causing the sleep problem first. You may have to leave it on for

gradually longer periods at nite. I can't say my 10 month old is the

best sleeper in the world, but when he does not have a cold or cough,

he sleeps pretty good (about 11 hours). We did a " kinder, gentler "

version of the cio technique--we let him cry for no longer than 15

min at a time, then went up to pat, comfort, etc. but did NOT pick

him up out of the crib. Bedtime and naps are usually no problem now--

he just rolls over and goes to sleep. When he wakes up in the middle

of the nite and can find a paci on his own (there are about 10 laying

around in the crib) he also goes right back to sleep. We are now

finding that he wakes up and then stands up at the edge of the crib,

then cries for us to come get him. We usually cave in and go get

him, but are getting ready to do the 15 min thing again (it seems

like 2 hours though, esp in the middle of the nite). You know the

best advice we ever got was " whatever works for you " !

Best wishes for sleep for all of us!!

Kim--Gus' mom

DOC Band 8/21/03

--- In Plagiocephaly , " juloyes2003 " <juloyes@m...>

wrote:

> OK. I have a really hard time letting my 9 month old (I know he's 9

> months old, and he's still not sleeping through the night??!!!?)

cry

> it out when he has his helmet on. I've been just nursing him back

to

> sleep to avoid waking everyone else in the house (including husband

> and 4 year old), and I know this is a difficult habit to break and

> probably not a very good one to start, I guess. Anyway, I'm

> exhausted. Any ideas??? I never had this problem with my older one.

> He slept like a dream (ha ha). This one wakes up if I even open the

> door to check on him. If he does, I pat, pat him, then leave only

to

> hear the screaming again. Any and all suggestions would be greatly

> appreciated! In fact, please pray that the entire family gets a

good

> night's sleep!

>

> THANKS!

> julie