https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 07:56:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-and-sleep#post-2048278 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 20:59:10 +0000 CakeLady 2048278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ScarletBegonia: I know what you mean! seriously it is so exhausting. there have been some nights recently where I cannot get up. We do some CIO and for MOTN wakeuos we give him at least 5 minutes before we go in and if he is just fussing and not really crying we leave him and most times he falls back to sleep. That doesn't mean I'm not awake though... Also when it's gotten really bad we just bring him in our bed for a night or two. Then try again with our usual bed time routine. Sorry I don't have better advice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-and-sleep#post-2048121 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:50:55 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2048121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CakeLady: Thanks. Its so dramatic but when I'm in the moment I feel like he will never sleep well again :crying:<br /> Thats a good point about the ear infection - he doesn't have a fever anymore but its definitely a possibility.<br /> How do you cope with the sleep stuff? Have you figured out anything that works? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-and-sleep#post-2048112 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:36:41 +0000 CakeLady 2048112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Your situation sounds a lot like ours - good sleep after sleep training, then travel, illness and daycare throw a wrench in things. It's so hard! Sorry mama! </p> <p>I'm not sure I have any helpful suggestions, but how long ago was the ear infection? Is it better? DS had had 3 rounds of antibiotics but he still has an ear infection and I am pretty sure his sleep is suffering because lying down is uncomfortable and his ears hurt :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-and-sleep#post-2048107 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:29:35 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2048107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've already done a few posts about daycare, but I'm putting this one in sleep because that's where most of the impact of daycare seems to be showing itself!! My son is 10.5 months old, and has been more or less consistently sleeping through since he was 6.5 months. I went back to work then, but he had a nanny in home who got him on an amazing routine and who he loved, I'm pretty sure, more than me. Around christmas we travelled home to Canada from Australia so there was jet lag, and he went back to waking up once a night on average for the month we were there. He got an ear infection when we got back, and that affected his sleep as well. We finally had 2/3 nights of back to sleeping through, and then we put him in daycare. He's now having a massive regression and waking after every sleep cycle, for naps and nighttime. We have to shush and pat him back to sleep every time, but it only buys us about 45 minutes. We sleep trained around 6 months and he got the picture in 1 or 2 nights. We've let him cry a couple of times on this go around and he just goes and goes and goes. We let him cry 30 minutes last night before I slept with him in his room - but even that didn't work, he still woke every 45 minutes, but didn't fuss as much cause I was right beside him.<br /> ANYWAY - if you are a CIO-er, would you stay strong and let him cry it out, even if it might take hours? Would you keep co-sleeping and hope it improves? What would you do? I'm on night 2 of no sleep and I'm dying. </p>