https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Jul 2026 04:25:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-611035 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:22:54 +0000 Mrs.M57 611035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is LO?: 10 months<br /> How many wake ups: prior to this regression which started about 2 weeks ago 1-2. lately a good night is 2-3, more commonly 3-6(as many as 8 bahhh)</p> <p>Bedtime Routine: bath, jammies, story, nurse or nights when hubby does bedtime bath, jammies, story, bounce</p> <p>How do you handle wake-ups: we co-sleep so wake-ups have always been just nurse back to sleep. Lately she is not wanting to always nurse back to sleep, so she will either fuss back to sleep, sometimes patting her back works, or my husband will get up and bounce with her.</p> <p>Methods you are trying/considering: We have tried the no-cry and it didn't work at the time. Tried CIO earlier on and its not the right fit for our family. Last week tried CIO while I stayed in the room once, did not go well. Thinking I'm going to re-read Pantley No-cry for older babies/co-sleeping and try again. She seems like she is trying to figure out how to put herself to sleep, but she gets it sometimes and other times does not, and wakings are so frequent I'm losing my mind lately! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-610733 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:52:05 +0000 NovBaby1112 610733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a question- is it considered CIO if LO doesn't cry, but just fusses for awhile? when DD woke up at 10:30pm after going down at 7, I just let her fuss for about 15 mins and she ended up going back down until 1am. is this considered CIO or just sleep training? I have been doing this for the last 3 days and it seems to work. I am not going in and feeding her if she wakes before midnight. if it is after midnight I will feed her, and then I will feed her again if it is after 5am. 2 night feeds is much more manageable for me than 4+. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-610718 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:49:06 +0000 NovBaby1112 610718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: those articles definitely make me feel better and put things in perspective, thanks!</p> <p>@Keppa: wow, thats awesome! i wish they had a service like that around where I live!</p> <p>@mynoahbear: oh my goodness, that must be so frustrating! maybe she does just need to adjust to that big move, I hope things settle down for you soon!</p> <p>@FutureMrsMcK: i just saw your other post on E STTN! yay mama!!!! I cannot WAIT for the day! hope he keeps it up for you!</p> <p>@Beebug: have you tried just taking away the paci at night and LO learning to use her fingers to soothe? or would that be a total disaster lol. </p> <p>@sera_87: awesome!!!! i LOVE days like that! i hope he continues to sleep magically for you! how did the rest of the night go? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-608785 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:20:42 +0000 sera_87 608785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just wanted to pop in and say we have had a DREAM day when it came to LO's sleep! He took 3 naps and each were over an hour long!!! &amp; went down for the "night" (fingers crossed) around 930. </p> <p>Holy hell! Today was just so EASY. No fighting with him to get him to sleep for naps! No stressing out! No whiny overtired crying (well, not excessively, anyway). It's 11pm and he's already asleep! I'm not sitting with him and begging him to just go to sleep already!<br /> Thank you, DS! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-606165 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:36:32 +0000 lovehoneybee 606165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How Old is LO: Almost 7 months</p> <p>How Many Wake-Ups Per Night: On a usual, good night 1-2, the first (sometimes) one around 1-2 hours after he went down and the second (frequent) around 2 hours before he's ready to get up for the day. The past two weeks, with one or two exceptions, he's been up every 1-1.5 hours all night. </p> <p>Bedtime Routine: Naked baby time, bath, massage with lotion, sleeper and sleep sack, nurse, book and song from me and/or DH, lights off, turn on Ellis the Elephant humidifier, turn on George the sleep giraffe sound machine, a few minutes of me just rocking/snuggling with him, paci, crib. </p> <p>How Do You Handle Wake-Ups: Depends. I'll watch him on the monitor. If it's a really tired, just woke myself up cry he'll sometimes fall right back asleep. Lately he'll sit up and scream bloody murder, though. If we're still awake I'll go in and check his diaper and then nurse him. If we're sleeping usually DH will get up, check his diaper, and then bring him in to me to nurse, and then I'll put him in the crib drowsy. </p> <p>Methods You Are Trying/Considering: Nothing really. We do a sort of CIO before bed, but usually he's asleep within 5 minutes. As for the night wakings he's been teething like a monster, though...his sixth tooth of this "session" is FINALLY cutting through, and he's had some big developmental milestones the past week...notably sitting up by himself and crawling. I sort of imagine his brain is on overload right now, and that's why he's having so much trouble staying asleep. So we go in and comfort him, nurse him, whatever it takes to get him back down and otherwise are just rolling with it. I'm hoping that his sleep will improve on it's own when we're over this hump. That said, it's been horrible on my sleep, and I'm fraying. I can't sustain this broken level of sleep for too much longer, so if this sleep pattern continues on like this for another week or two we'll reassess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-605188 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:22:07 +0000 mynoahbear 605188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How Old is LO: 14 months </p> <p>How Many Wake-Ups Per Night: anywhere from 1-3 times</p> <p>LO is currently on a crib strike. She freaks out and all out screams if we put her in her crib. For the past month, we've had to put a comforter on her rug and DH or I will have to lie down with her. She drinks her bottle and then falls asleep cuddling. Once she's really asleep, I transfer her to her crib. She wakes up screaming and will stand at the end of the crib and if one of us doesn't go in right away, she will throw her pacifier across the room. </p> <p>Bedtime Routine: starts around 6-6:30... bath, brush gums/teeth, lotion, book, lights out, bottle, and pacifier</p> <p>How Do You Handle Wake-Ups: give another bottle (sometimes she'll only take a few sips) and pacifier</p> <p>Methods You Are Trying/Considering: we spoke to her new pediatrician. She said since this is something that started once we moved here to Beijing, LO is still trying to adjust to the change. Plus she just started getting her first teeth. The pediatrician told us to give LO a little more time and indulge her. Once her teeth (she has 5 coming in right now)have come in and she is still doing this, then we should think about trying to fix the situation. I'm not a fan of CIO but it this keeps going, we may have to try it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-605127 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:05:53 +0000 Mrs. Oyster 605127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: The woman at my mom's group who does sleep consults basically just sits with the parents and lets them go through what they do each night, what they've tried, etc and gives them a plan that will work for them and their baby in hopes of resolving whichever problem they have (many night wakings, trouble getting baby down, trouble moving into the crib, etc). I haven't been to see her yet, but some of the other moms I know that have swear by her. I think it's really just that she's a good listener and a non-involved 3rd party. I've heard her say before that a lot of time parents come in and start explaining their issue to her and halfway through a light bulb just kind of comes on and they come to realize the issue on their own....they've just never had to go through it piece by piece with someone other than their partner before haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-605089 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:57:37 +0000 runsyellowlites 605089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's likely a fluke but last night P slept from 10-7 with only one wake-up at 11:30.... I went in &amp; nursed her and she went right back to sleep! When she woke at 7 I pulled her into bed with us, nursed her and we fell back asleep until 8. Last time she fluked on the side of sttn was a little over a month ago (was the 2nd time since she was born)</p> <p>I know it seems most of us are actively trying to "resolve" these wakings but I thought this info from kellymom might help you other ladies feel better... I know it helps me tons when P goes through bad weeks or seems to "regress".</p> <p><a href="http://kellymom.com/parenting/nighttime/sleep/" rel="nofollow">http://kellymom.com/parenting/nighttime/sleep/</a><br /> <a href="http://kellymom.com/parenting/nighttime/sleepstudies/" rel="nofollow">http://kellymom.com/parenting/nighttime/sleepstudies/</a></p> <p>@NovBaby1112: I miss coffee dearly! I've gotten pretty used to not having it..... now I try and make me a green smoothie most mornings instead. Figure it's a healthier option anyways. =)</p> <p>@katyh: We co-bed &amp; P does spend alot of the night nursing.... I'm able to sleep though and it seems to be helping us all the way around as she learns, at her pace, how to sleep longer. (I silently hope it's sooner rather than later but know it may not be) *fingers-crossed* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-605062 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:52:27 +0000 anbanan15 605062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katyh: There is and waiting it was all we (I) could do. LO usual nursed all night long or screamed for hours on end...he has a really strong fear of his crib/toddler bed and even stepping a few feet in it's direction sent him screaming...co-sleeping ended up becoming a must and probably allowed me to actually get more sleep. We despiretly tried CIO but it didn't work. The kid never gave up and would just get more and more upset. It was horrible...but that magic moment came and knock on wood the last month has been so much better! He was totally boob obsessed too so I'm surprised he gave it up like he did! I find myself still waking up often just to make sure he is okay because I still cannot believe he sleeps now! Hang in there! There is hope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-604943 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:28:59 +0000 LulaBee 604943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anbanan15: So there is hope! I just have to wait it out... I would co-sleep if she would acutally sleep, but she just wants to play or nurse all night long. I'm holding out for that magic moment.... :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-604942 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:28:51 +0000 NovBaby1112 604942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kjn: did you see the post mrs bee wrote on best ages for sleep training? I forget if 8 months was a good time or not...</p> <p>@Keppa: aww I'm so sorry CIO didn't work for you, I couldn't bear to hear LO cry for hours :( what do sleep consults do? O they come to your house at night and sleep train? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-604917 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:24:35 +0000 Beebug 604917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>THANK-YOU for starting this thread. I definitely have envy when I see STTN threads, especially with LOs younger than my little lady.</p> <p>How Old is LO: 19w</p> <p>How Many Wake-Ups Per Night: 1-8 (shoot me)</p> <p>Bedtime Routine: Every other night bath, if not bath, cuddles, her getting to sleep is never a problem, she loves her bedtime, lol. Bath/no bath night cuddles/quiet time, bottle, burp, sleep sack, paci, and a kiss goodnight. She is in bed by 7:30 on a bath night, just after 7 non-bath.</p> <p>How Do You Handle Wake-Ups: If before 3am, paci back in, 3am onward (I try to push 4-5am) bottle. If I cave and bottle before 4am, guaranteed she'll be up early or need another bottle 5-6am and then I get too close to the danger zone of early up for the day.</p> <p>Methods You Are Trying/Considering: CIO, but not ready. Cutting the paci would be nice too as that's I think the reasoning for the wake ups (she quickly falls asleep, spits it out, and then wakes at whatever point and loses it. We have only recently switched to formula/bottle feeding from EBF, sleep habits haven't changed, but I am still really trying to figure out a solid feeding (amount/frequency) schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-604916 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:24:33 +0000 NovBaby1112 604916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: wow, that's awesome!! I might have to try that</p> <p>@hilsy85: I would suggest not going in at every sound and try to let him self soothe on his own. I was doing the same thing as you just bc I didn't want her to start crying and I honestly didn't think she would be able to put herself back to sleep and i knew i would get no sleep hearing her, but one night a few weeks ago she woke up fussing at 3am after just eating at 1:30am and I was soooo tired so I let her fuss for a good 20 mins and she actually fell back asleep on her own until 7:30am! Your LO might surprise you....another thing that helps is turning the monitor way down low so I just hear her cry. It definitely takes some patience tho bc I know if I just go in and nurse her, she will go right back to bed and we can all get sleep...however, I'm not doing her any favors by not letting her learn to put herself back to sleep either. Now we are able to put her down awake at bedtime and she goes right to bed.....but we are still dealing with 2-4 nightwakings still but she seems hungry each time so I dunno lol</p> <p>@twoofeverything: oh wow lol, we'll at least your DD goes down pretty good for you on her own! I couldn't imagine 2 babies that BOTH needed a lot of help to nap, it's hard enough with one!</p> <p>Last night was a pretty decent night for us, in bed at 7:15, up at 11:30 and 3:30 for feeds, up for the day at 7...much better than the 4-5 wake ups we were having, but who knows if it was a fluke, every night it's different gah!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-604885 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:15:33 +0000 sera_87 604885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is LO: Almost 6 and a half months.</p> <p>How many wake ups per night: This is where it gets confusing - he has a really late last nap, around 5pm. He doesn't nap well if not being held and/or slept beside, so his wake up could be as little as half an hour later, or 1.5 hours. Then he's up until 10 or 11. He's always woken up around 3am, and again around 5 (give or take an hour to all of this). That's on a good night. Bad night he's up 3-5 times.</p> <p>Bedtime routine: We don't really have one. If we did it would be nurse or bottle/rock to sleep. Some nights he gets a bath and I find he goes to sleep quicker on those nights. I need to start giving him a nightly bath.</p> <p>How do you handle wake-ups: If it's after we've gone to bed, I roll over and feed him (we co-bed). If it's before, I'll still nurse him. If he falls asleep, great. If not, sigh. He's up.</p> <p>Methods you are trying/considering: I would love for him to stay asleep when he goes down for his last nap (and I would love for his last "nap" to shift later to about 7 or so), because it's really exhausting to basically deal with him from 6am to 11pm every day, especially on the days he doesn't nap well. I'm against CIO and would like to continue to co-bed....I'm just not sure how to make that happen? Right now he sleeps when he's tired, and I don't really want to impose an arbitrary schedule on him just to suit my needs. (really bad explanation...sorry). </p> <p>I can deal with the night wakeups, especially since I'm on mat leave and can always nap with him if I really need it. It's naps that are really stressful - if he's not being held or napped with, I'll be lucky to get a half hour nap out of him. I can get an hour if I hold him and longer if I sleep beside him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-604849 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:04:16 +0000 twoofeverything 604849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: Haha! Veeery patiently. I usually wait until they are both reasonably happy. At that point, I put one in the swing, (usually DD, who is WAY easier to get to sleep) then take the DS upstairs to do the nap routine and rock. Usually DD is asleep by the time I get back downstairs. Depending on how much I want to battle, I either leave her in the swing, (which is bad, but it works), or I transfer her upstairs to her crib. DRAMA.</p> <p>So bedtime took freaking 2 1/2 hours last night. I finally went in and woke up DH at 9:30pm in tears and made him do the dream feed with me, half an hour early. It worked, I guess...they slept straight through until 4:45! On the other hand, they are now wide awake after their first feed and won't go back to sleep. Le sigh... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-604817 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:54:37 +0000 hilsy85 604817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So last night was crappy again...he was up 4 times (12:50, 2:30, 4:50, and 5:30). I think part of the problem is that with our monitor, I hear every little sound. So I hear him when he's "talking" (fussing, grunting) in his sleep and I'm afraid that it'll turn into full on crying, so I go in there to try to pre-emptively soothe. But maybe if i left him, he'd work it out on his own? Or he might need to cry for a few minutes. I don't know...I don't want to wake DH up, who needs to go to work in the mornings, and if he's fussing in his sleep, I'm not getting any sleep either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-604801 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:49:37 +0000 anbanan15 604801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katyh: I'm so sorry your LO is waking up so often! My LO was very similar waking up every 1-2 hours on a good night (sometimes every 15 min!) until he was 21 months when he decided to self wean. Since he wakes up 1-2 times and settles right back to bed. Huge improvement. DH works an off shift so being in survival mode I ended up having to co-sleep early on. Not sure if that made things worse or not. I tried everything! And every trick in the book. It takes 1-3 hours to even get him to sleep and then he would wake right back up! I don't have any real advice because nothing worked for us :( but like magic one day he just slept! Now if only I could get him in his own bed... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-604774 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:38:45 +0000 mediagirl 604774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: Last night was a little better! It took the same amount of time to fall asleep but she only woke up one time! It was 11pm so I let her cry a little bit but her crying was not stopping so, I went in and fed her. She fell back to sleep and slept until 5:30 (after my alarm went off). I'm excited that this seems to be working right now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-603362 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:10:07 +0000 immabeetoo 603362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure we have sleep problems at this point and seem to be moving in a positive direction so I'm not going to join in (unless this is also for naps.. HA!!) but @Keppa that is our toughest time too. It's so tough after 4:30 for him to fall back asleep - this morning was the first time ever that he made noise, opened his eyes, and fell back without intervention until 7. It stinks when it's so close to morning but too early to start the day!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-603297 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:00:46 +0000 Mrs. Oyster 603297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I'm so happy this thread exists....</p> <p>How Old is LO: 6.5 months</p> <p>How Many Wake-Ups Per Night: 2 on rare nights, usually at least 3-4, 5+ on bad nights.</p> <p>Bedtime Routine: Starting somewhere between 6:30-7 - Nurse, bath (every few days), PJs, swaddle arms, sit in rocking chair and read a couple of songs, white noise on, music on, lay down in swing and hope he falls asleep haha!</p> <p>How Do You Handle Wake-Ups: If it's been less than 3 hours, DH will try to go in and soothe him back to sleep (shhing, patting, or walking around/bouncing). Other than that I always feed him, and he always eats. Usually around 4-5am I bring him into bed with me because getting him back down at that point is tough.</p> <p>Methods You Are Trying/Considering: Well, he's tough because he doesn't take a paci and doesn't suck his thumb - so he basically has no way to self soothe himself back to sleep. If I let him CIO - he will cry for hours....literally, hours. So that's out for us. We tried the No Cry Sleep Solution - but it didn't end up working well for us. We're currently trying out putting him back in the swing to sleep but slowly lowering the speed on the swing during consecutive nights. The hope is to get him down sleeping in a still swing and thus putting himself to sleep. If he can do that then he should be able to put himself to sleep in his crib.<br /> We had originally transferred him from a Rock n' Play to the crib, but every time we put him down in the crib he would wail until we picked him up again (yes, he's got it all figured out). I'm pretty sure we'll be seeking out a sleep consult from my local mom's group soon too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-603046 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:27:48 +0000 kjn 603046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man this post was made for me, especially this week.</p> <p>How Old is LO: 8 months</p> <p>How Many Wake-Ups Per Night: The best we've ever had is one. It can be as bad as 4 or 5.</p> <p>Bedtime Routine: Bath around 6pm then lotion, change, put into sleep sac, white noise on, breastfeed, into crib awake around 6:30.</p> <p>How Do You Handle Wake-Ups: We have been attempting to let him cry it out with varying success. Usually I feed him and he goes back to sleep.</p> <p>Methods You Are Trying/Considering: We did cry it out for falling asleep at 3 months and it was really successful in the end. We are trying to do CIO for wakeups but now that he is older he is so stubborn so it's definitely tougher. So I don't really know what we're trying right now. Such a tough situation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-602978 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:17:30 +0000 NovBaby1112 602978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: omg no coffee?? I would die lol....coffee is all that gets me thru the day! Is that bc of allergies?</p> <p>@twoofeverything: wow, I give you major props!!! I can barely handle getting 1 baby down to nap, let alone 2! How do you rock both babies at once? Or do you not rock to sleep? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-600813 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:30:58 +0000 twoofeverything 600813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is LO: 13 week-old twins</p> <p>How many wakeups per night: 2...3 if you count the dream feed<br /> How do you handle wakeups: DD has recently started waking up about 20 minutes before our 10pm dream feed, so I just go in, put in the paci, and try to keep her quiet until I can start the DF. One or both of them wakes up again between 3 and 4am...DH usually goes in and gives them a paci or reswaddles them if necessary. They then wake up again between 4-5am ready to eat, and DH handles that feeding before he gets ready for work.</p> <p>Method you are trying/considering: We are doing the whole "drowsy but awake" thing, but I sort of cheat because they are reeeeeeallly drowsy before I put them down, and they do nurse on the bottle while they're getting drowsy. We are honestly not that unhappy with how things are going so far, since they are still technically sleeping 7-8 hours if you don't count the dreamfeed, (which I don't...they are totally asleep during that whole shindig). At this point, we're going to wait and hope that they eventually stretch that early morning feeding. If they don't, there's probably some sort of modified CIO in our future.</p> <p>Naps are rough. They happen at any time of the day and last for anywhere between 30 minutes and 4 hours. Ugh. Naps stress me out way more than bedtime these days, but it's partly because I"m trying to get two babies to sleep simultaneously. I refuse to give up on that dream.</p> <p>@katyh: OMG, girl. I feel so badly for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-600792 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:27:39 +0000 runsyellowlites 600792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is lo: She's 10.5 months</p> <p>How many wake ups per night: 1-2 before we go to sleep and 1-3 after DH and I go to sleep</p> <p>Bedtime routine: Bathtime, dress, nurse, sleep. We've tried adding a massage in there while dressing her but it just makes her mad and she prefer to nurse.</p> <p>Methods you are trying or considering: None. When she wakes I nurse her &amp; if we're already asleep I bring her into bed with us &amp; nurse her there. I know that these are common sleep patterns for her age &amp; don't expect her to sttn at this point, although it would be nice... If I could drink coffee again I'd be golden! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-600738 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:19:25 +0000 NovBaby1112 600738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: thanks! 2 wake-ups a night is what i consider a great night lol, i would totally be happy with 2 wake-ups a night if she was consistent with that...however these are few and far between. most of the time it is 3-5 wake-ups, and since starting back at work it is very hard to function on such little sleep </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-600690 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:11:03 +0000 sarac 600690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's one to make you feel better - </p> <p>How old is LO: 17 months</p> <p>How many wake ups per night: 0 on a good night (and then up very early) or 1, and up a little later. It's about 50/50 at this point. </p> <p>Bedtime routine: Bedtime book, family snuggling on her floor bed, and then I nurse her either to sleep, or for 10 minutes, and then my husband snuggles her up until she falls asleep. </p> <p>How do you handle wake-ups: My husband goes in and snuggles her back up. We night weaned at 13 months. Sometimes he'll spend the rest of the night with her if he can't get up without her waking. Thankfully, he sleeps pretty well like this.</p> <p>Methods you are trying/considering: This method is what we eventually settled on. Nursing overnight for long periods was really impacting me. Sleep training isn't for us, so we settled on this method. He doesn't sleep perfectly, and I sure don't like sleeping without him, so it's a less than perfect solution. But it meets everyone's needs in general, and it's working. </p> <p>You did not do anything wrong. 2 wakeups at 16 weeks is good, to be honest. Some babies are crazy and sleep all night at this point (mine did). Some will do that forever, some will stop (mine did!). Some people will have successfully sleep trained at this point. But it is absolutely, biologically normal for a baby to wake twice over night at 4 months. It isn't about you at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-600414 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:26:06 +0000 NovBaby1112 600414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: thats a good idea to set time limits for feedings. my LO sometimes gets up within an hour after eating so i KNOW she cant be hungry! I may have to try that. let me know how the shush pat goes...I have never tried that method before</p> <p>@katyh: oh my goodness every hour...that is rough mama...I have heard with CIO you need to be consistent so they do not get confused, and I also heard it is toughest the first 3 days....</p> <p>@hilsy85: i really wish my LO took a paci as that would prob cut down the nursing sessions at night. but alas, she wants nothing to do with it :) and funny you mention the freezing hand...my LOs hand is always very cold at night (we dont swaddle) I'm not sure if it is from her sucking on it at night or what, but I feel so bad :( we turned up the heat and that seemed to help... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-600371 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:15:03 +0000 hilsy85 600371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! good idea!<br /> How old is LO: 4 months</p> <p>How many wakeups per night: anywhere from 2-5<br /> Bedtime routine: Bath, read a book with daddy, swaddle, white noise, nurse to sleep, pop in the paci. Bedtime is between 6:45 and 7:15. </p> <p>How do you handle wakeups: Usually the first wakeup I'll nurse, as long as it's 1am or after. The next few, depending on when they are, I'll either try to offer the paci or I"ll nurse. </p> <p>Method you are trying/considering: I'm happy do do 1 nursing session a night, I'd like to just cut out the others. I would consider doing ferber's method, but we need to swaddle wean first. We started that yesterday, but then his hand was freeeezing in the middle of the night out of the swaddle. I then swaddled him for a nap and he slept for 3 hours! So maybe he's not ready yet...</p> <p>Naps are really more of a challenge in terms of getting him to sleep...we still have to rock to sleep for naps and they're very very short, resulting in an overtired baby!</p> <p>@katyh: ugh that's awful :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-600341 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:10:02 +0000 DillonLion 600341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katyh: Oh my gosh I am so sorry </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mamas-of-babies-with-sleep-problemsregressions-come-on-in#post-600337 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:08:28 +0000 LulaBee 600337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is the thread for me!</p> <p>How old is LO: 7 months</p> <p>How many wake ups per night: 5 - 10. typically every hour....</p> <p>Bedtime routine: Bath (every other night), diaper, pjs, nurse on one side, sleep sack (start crying), nurse on other side, read a book, her dad rocks her to sleep with a paci. She is usually in bed by 6PM, but we are hoping to push back bedtime when the time changes. Maybe it'll help??</p> <p>How do you handle wake-ups: If it's been less than 3 hours, I'll send my husband in to put her back to sleep. She usually wakes up screaming, this typically starts about an hour after we put her down. If he can't soothe her, I'll go in and nurse her back to sleep. Sometimes she wakes up when i put her back down or wakes up 5-10 minutes after I put her back in crib. </p> <p>Methods you are trying/considering: We don't know what to do at this point. I have read all kinds of sleep books but we haven't been consistent with anything. We have let her CIO on occasion, but it hasn't helped. I am going to start putting her to bed awake and staying in the room with her, but I can't imagine she'll like it. I don't expect her to STTN, but waking every hour is getting old quickly. She just gets ANGRY if we go in and don't pick her up, and she usually cries more when my husband goes in there. She just wants comfort from mama. </p>