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I think this is what we were going through before we decided to sleep train...it was awful!!!

This sounds like what we went through, but around 10 months. For us, it was separation anxiety and it lasted around 6 weeks. It was horrible. We've always rocked to sleep, but whenever I'd go to lay her down, she's instantly wake up and scream until I picked her back up. If I tried to walk away and leave her to self soothe, she got hysterical. It was so terrible. It happened around the time she started crawling and pulling up for us. Has your LO reached any bigger milestones lately?

@NovBaby1112: I could have written this myself, word for word! Her beloved crib is now the worst place in the world, she hasn't slept through the night all week and just wants to sleep on me. We didn't have a 4 month regression so it's thrown me for 6!

Uhhhhhh I'm right there with you sister!!! We have always had to rock our LO to sleep but for quite a while now she's been great during the night. But the last week or do has been MISERABLE. I swear she's up every twenty minutes from when we out her down at 7:30 until about 11:30. Them she'll sleep ok until 3 or 4 and then she wants to eat and play!! The only way to get her back to sleep is to keep her in my bed. I have no advice, just sympathy.

@travelgirl1: We dodged the four month regression but definitely hit the six month one too!

In Miss A's case it was a combination of wonder week, six teeth cutting, transitioning down to two naps and a big advance in mobility. Our night sleep is still pretty average but we now have a two nap schedule that works quite nicely!

I'm really hoping that our night sleep starts to improve soon cos I'm tiiiired!

I was interested to see this old thread. My LO was a not terrible sleeper and then totally regressed about 6 weeks ago, at around 5.5 months old. I think we're going to have to try some sleep training soon, we are all exhausted.

@hilsy85: What did you do for modified CIO? I've been so anti-CIO for myself but I'm kind of at a loss at this point because everything has stopped working to get my LO to sleep and she's having these long wakeful periods at 3am...

@hilsy85: Thanks for the additional information and the suggestion of Ferber's book. We're just kind of dipping a toe in the water - I just feel like we have to do something because she's having trouble settling and sometimes ends up crying in our arms anyway, so I figure if she's going to cry she may as well be learning to sleep.

At this point I don't think we'll do extinction, but I didn't think we'd do CIO so who knows.

@Revel: yup that was how I felt. I never wanted to do CIO either but then things got really really bad and it started affecting hismood--he waas tired and cranky during the day. Good luck!

@hilsy85: Thanks, I appreciate that. I know I'm not the first mama to change course, but it's still tough.

@Revel: I'm right there with you in sleep hell. (Hugs)
If you look at one of the last threads I started, I got some really good advice from @Silva. NCSS just thoroughly pisses DS off now, so we are having to move on to trying something else.

Thanks ladies! I'm glad I'm not the only one, as much as it sucks that others are going through it.

I was very anti-CIO but I think I might have to do it it's just that he becomes a hot, sweaty mess soo quickly!

Thanks @NovBaby1112! Being able to put him down awake would be soo nice!

Omg. This is my life right now. I've been texting with dh (he works out of town) about how lo is freakin out every time I put her down. I haven't caved and nursed her, but I'm about to let her sleep on me so I can get some sleep. I just don't know what to do and I'm hoping we can figure it out soon.