My LO has basically never slept in his crib for more than 20 minutes. There were a few exceptions, but now he wakes up after 5 minutes in the crib. He is almost 6 months, and I'm wondering if it's even a realistic expectation at this point. I am not interested in CIO-type methods, I'm just curious to know if other people have had a similar experience. We only get good naps if he is in my lap. If he's sleeping alone, he wakes up and never gets deep sleep.
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My LO sleeps good in the crib at night, but not for nap time. She'll sleep in her stroller, swing, or carseat.
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@artbee: How do you get her to sleep in the carseat? Take her for a drive?
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@chopsuey119: Yes, she has to be moving. If we want her to sleep in her stroller we take her for a walk.
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@Downward Dog: I had my LO sleep on a floor bed since the day she was born. It was great for the first 9 months of her life. Then she learned how to crawl off the bed. -.-
She still gets 12+ hours of (interrupted) sleep a night, but it's because I co-sleep with her. I haven't gotten a good night's sleep in over 3 months.
I'm not a fan of CIO either, but from what I've heard, you can sleep train relatively quickly. I think a week of pain is worth good sleep habits for your LO and good sleep for you.
If your LO can't sleep on his own in the crib, have you considered co-sleeping? What do you do at night? -
@artbee: That's so weird that she needs movement for naps, but sleeps through the night. It's amaazing.
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@chopsuey: yes, we co-sleep at night. He starts out in a co-sleeper and then joins us in bed. He wakes up to eat often, but I know that is normal for breast fed babies. I'm just wondering how much energy to invest in getting him to nap on his own. We are trying some of the methods in The No Cry Sleep Solution, but my LO is having a lot of trouble gettin good naps.
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I used the Baby Whisperper's method of Pick Up/Put down at around 6 months because he all of a sudden hated his crib. It was a lot of work (it was exhausting) but it actually worked and he slept in his crib until around 12 months. Then we decided to co-sleep on a floor mattress until 21 months. Now he sleeps on his own on the floor mattress (he's 23 months)
Before we did the PU/PD method, he hated his crib! We never wanted to let him CIO which is why we used the PU/PD method. I hear from other moms that it didn't work for them (it was too exhausting, which I agree). But for me (like what @chopsuey119 said), it was worth the week or two of exhaustion to have him sleep soundly without using CIO. I guess I'm a softie when it comes to sleepy time. lol
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Oh, and I used the same method for naps (PU/PD) at 6 months.
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@Downward Dog: My pediatrician wasn't pleased when I told her that I co-sleep and nurse my 1 year old 1-2 times during the night.
According to a lot of the other bees, they stopped night feedings really early 2-4 months.
I don't have much advice since clearly I don't have it all figured out yet (HAHA) but I would try figuring it out now while he's still young. It's gets harder when they get older.For naps, I'll nurse my LO to sleep lying down with her. When I see that she's fallen asleep, I unlatch and get out of bed. Her naps usually last 40mins-1hr20 mins.
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RJ slept in a bassinet in our room for the first month, and when we moved him into his crib in his nursery, we BOTH slept so much better. I think some babies are just naturally sleepier. He would sleep in our arms as well, of course, but he'd sleep for longer stretches when we'd put him down (once he was nursed or rocked into a deep sleep) and leave him alone.
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@Banana: Thanks, I will look into pick up/ put down.
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@chop suey: Yeah, my pediatrician told me that if I didn't do cry-it-out, my son probably wouldn't sleep through he night until he was in first grade. I like her a lot as a doctor, but the parenting advice, not so much.
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@downward dog: Good luck! Hope it works for you. After the third night, I was beginning to lose hope and thought about abandoning the method altogether but it eventually worked. It first took 45 minutes for a few days, then 30 minutes, then 20 mins, etc. Eventually we just laid him down while using the "code word" and shushing while patting and he would just soothe himself to sleep. We started with using the method at night time only and then eventually used it for naps.
There are so many other methods to try and it's so different for each child. I'm sure you will find something that works for you soon!!!! Hang in there mama!
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@Downward Dog: Oh lovely. I'm pretty sure your LO will sleep through the night fine even if you don't cio. My parents never used the method on us and I slept really well.
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LO started out sleeping in a bassinet in our room but now at 3 months, she's outgrown it. We moved her to her crib in her own room a couple of weeks ago. The first two nights, I slept on the floor next to her crib, but she was fine and slept through the night. When she was sleeping in the bassinet, we had to rock her to sleep, then put her down, naps and bedtime. Now that she's in her crib, we put her down when it's sleep time and she falls asleep on her own, with a pacifier.
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@chopsuey119: It is weird. I think she tires herself out so much during the day that she's just too tired to care.
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@chopsuey119: @artbee: my LO is the same. they are twinsies in the sleep department! she did have a long period of time where she slept great in her crib for naps, too, but not anymore!
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@Andrea: When did that stop? LO would never sleep in her crib for naps. She'd always scream, and I'm such a sap I would just pick her up.
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Baby Y is a decent crib sleeper. We swaddled until almost 6 months; I think it helped. But he does still wake up twice at night to eat at 9 months.
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@artbee: 15 months. She seriously woke up one day and decided no more napping in her crib. Blech!!!
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@Andrea: Oh no! At least I was prepared for it from the start.
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@artbee: i know, we have been driving her around ever since. crazy.
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@Andrea: Soon LO will grow out of her crib and that will be me. I'll just have to find a drive through starbucks
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@Andrea: Yeek! I would just have her skip naps if I were you. How does she nap at day care?
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@artbee: gas is so expensive. it sucks!
@chopsuey119: she doesn't nap at all half the time. it's a nightmare. the other half of the time they push her around daycare in a stroller and she falls asleep. she really does still need to nap or else she is sooooooo cranky. so i drive. *sigh*
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@Andrea: Very true. And it's so hot here that you have to leave the car on for the air even after she fell asleep and you stop.
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@Andrea: HAHAHA dang. Seriously, don't you wish LOs had an off switch? Or a nap time switch..?
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@Andrea: Get a prius
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@artbee: i normally leave the car on for a while, too. girlfriend likes the continued vibration. crazy girl.
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@chopsuey119: no prius. i want a range rover. hahaha <---- not smart.
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@Andrea: My mom is watching LO now since I can't pick her up. She'll take her on a walk, she'll fall asleep, then she comes home. And of course LO wakes up. I keep telling her YOU CANT STOP MOVING!
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@artbee: Can you hold LO while you're sitting at least? Or no contact at all?
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@Andrea: Dood. I have a prius and we fill the tank up.. once a month? Once every 1.5 months?
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@chopsuey119: After I feel a little better I can. Right now I'm just really stiff and in pain, so it would just hurt. Plus, I'm not supposed to strain my neck. So when she starts getting wiggly I have to give her up
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@artbee: i know, when my parents were visiting i made them drive her! poor grandparents, too.
@chopsuey119: haha. that should be added to baby gear. prius!
*sorry, we have threadjacked!!!!*
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@Andrea: Lol, I feel bad for my mom. But I'm glad she knows what I go through every day though. She's always wondering why I don't answer my phone, but now she knows if you answer it during a nap, LO wakes up. And if you talk on the phone while she's awake, she gets upset because attention isn't on her.
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@mrs. wagon: did he transition well from the bassinet to crib? My LO has been sleeping in a bassinet next to our bed. He's 6 weeks now and i've been thinking about when to transition him to his crib. I was thinking of starting slowly by having him nap in his crib. He still gets up at night 1-3 times to nurse.
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@enjollah: We had our LO in the bassinet until 6 weeks. She did better sleeping in the crib, less noises to disturb her.
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I'm also part dreading the walk to his room when he wakes in the middle of e night...I'm already so tired!
According to a lot of the other bees, they stopped night feedings really early 2-4 months.
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