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She kills me!!! I pumped her full of solids so her belly would be extra full- she ate a lot!
I'll take this down soon, but I haaaaaate making this little sweetpea cry!!! I hope she gets to zero crying soon!
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@PrincessBaby: what a cutie!!
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@PrincessBaby: It might take awhile, it took us 11 nights to get to no crying. Hang in there!!!
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@MrsCastro: Thanks! She was resting from eating so much:)
That's Mah Boo!!!!!
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@Smurfette: Did she cry less each night or did it go up and down? The up and down was not what I expected!
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@PrincessBaby: Food coma for sure...
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@PrincessBaby: It went up and down. The last two nights have been minimal to no crying.
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My N took 6 days, with a screaming regression on night 3 and 5. Threw up twice. You're doing great and she'll be better rested for it!
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You're doing a great job!! And Harper's doing SO well!
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@PrincessBaby: when we first sleep trained J at 4 or 5 months he was really hit or miss each night too, one night no problems, the next was a nightmare. You're both doing awesome!! You'd think she'd be more exhausted after working so hard on the pole
Ps j fell asleep with NO crying tonight (knocking on wood NOW)
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@babyjmama: Omg! Goooooo J!!!!!! I hope anyone who is miserable and reads success like that just bites the bullet and sleep trains!!! That's so awesome and I am so proud of him!!
Mmkay well thanks to all you peeps on here and my other freakout thread, I trucked along tonight. I read all of your responses and even though I wasnt able to respond to everyone from my phone (we did not hook internet up in our temporary hell hole), I hope you know how much all of your support means to me! Like I would probably have thrown in the towel after last night if not for you guys!
So here's what's up tonight...
Harper fell asleep in less than a minute.
Yes. Your eyes do not deceive you. That's right. Less than ONE minute.
We had a couple of talks today. I let her know how much I die for her a million times over, and I asked her to PLEASE not cry bc I can't handle it. She blew raspberries at me and farted, so I didn't think the message got through but maybe it did???
We'll see what happens with wakeups! Gah! The dread!!!
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@PrincessBaby: yayyyyy go harp go !
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Sounds promising!!!
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@PrincessBaby: Go H! As tough as sleep training/CIO is, it does wonders for everyone involved.
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@PrincessBaby: way to go, H! Great job to you and her! Enjoy your new-found silence
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Keeping my fingers crossed for you! This thread has been an inspiration!
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@PrincessBaby: I just did a 'go Harper, go Harper, go! Go!' Dance for you
yaaaay girlfran! J was THE SAME! Lets hope they both STTN!
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Woo hoo!! Go Harper!!
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@PrincessBaby: HAHA to her "response"; glad she fell asleep easily tonight
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Aaaaaand he's wailing.
usually I would fix him a bottle of milk to help him back to sleep but I'm trying to let him work it out. Ugh. My buddy sounds so sad!!
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@babyjmama: How long did he cry? It kind of sucks even more when you have to let them CIO for a wakeup bc it's a surprise you weren't expecting. At least at bedtime you're prepared for battle. Sleep training has taken at least 5 years off my life!!!
H woke up and cried for like, literally 2 seconds, a couple of times. It was like she was dreaming, I guess? It was weird. She let a scream rip that woke me up and made my heart beat fast bc I was like, "Oh shit. Here we go. How long will she have to cry for before she goes back to sleep?!?" And then there was silence after the one cry/scream.
So she STTN from 7:30 - 5a. She even slept through the wave of street sweepers (!!!!) that came by 4x between 4-430am.
For whatever reason, I've only heard one delivery truck. So dare I say this...It is relatively quiet this morning and I am drinking my coffee with a sleeping baby in her crib and it's nice to remember what peace and quiet is like.
Can anyone answer this question?
So H wakes up each day at 4 or 5am to feed. Let's just say that on a morning like today where it's quiet and I can put her back in the crib after the feed, is it detrimental to sleep training for me to nurse her to sleep? I am still nursing to sleep for naps, as Running Elley explained that nap training at the same time is generally not done (and I couldnt have handled that too!), but the 4/5am wakeup is still part of her night sleep, right? So I still need to do drowsy but awake? It's really hard to get her drowsy but awake bc she eats like a horse but is still super sleepy and just passes out cold. I couldnt really get her to wake up bc she was sleeping so hard. So I just put her in the crib passed out. She basically opened one eye here and there but she was not at all awake. I'm scared this morning session confusion is going to hurt our progress.
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I would nurse N during his early morning wake up and in the beginning it seemed like he was just awake enough to eat and would pass right out too. The older he gets the more aware he is during his early morning feeding but we haven't had any problems with him going back to sleep. She's learning HOW to sleep right now so she'll get it, I wouldn't worry about this early morning feed to sleep. Hopefully eventually her naps will improve and you wouldn't have to nurse her down then either!
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@MamaChin: Thank you!!!
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Charlie has been STTN from about 7:30-5am since 9 mos. unfortunately he won't go back to sleep at that time, even if I feed him (and I always do). I agree with @MamaChin that they start to become more and more aware during the early morning wake ups the older they get and its harder for them to fall back asleep. I wouldn't worry about it
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@babyjmama: I'm almost scared of MOTN wake ups for this very reason
did he settle back down ? @PrincessBaby: go Harper go !
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@PrincessBaby: I don't think it will. R will still fall asleep sometimes nursing at 5. But I just put her back in the crib. Sometimes she wakes up but most of the time she goes back to sleep. And I don't think that it has affected putting her to sleep at night.
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@PrincessBaby: enjoy that peace and quiet!! What a rock star she is!
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@PrincessBaby: @coacheswife123: he only cried for 15 minutes and then slept until 645! I decided that I was going to let him cry for 20 minutes before I went in. Luckily I didn't have to go in at all!
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@babyjmama: yay J!!
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@PrincessBaby: omg she is doing SO awesome! your DH is going to be so proud of you both!
as far as those 4/5am wake ups, M is sometimes still totally awake after I nurse her and put her in her crib and she might fuss a bit but go back to sleep. other times she totally conks right out. i think at that time, just do whatever works! as long as she is putting herself to sleep at the beginning of the night, that is the most important thing.
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@PrincessBaby: sooooo how is H doing? Pretty sure I'm starting all over again w/J tonight...wtf!?
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@babyjmama: What?!? Nooooo, J!!!! He just had a bad night? Or have things been rough a few days? I'n sorry:(. No one is supposed to have to do this more than once!
H is doing really well (I know- I hate saying that to someone in the trenches of cio! Smack me!)...She sleeps 630 or 7, for 12 hours. She will have 1 or 2 wakeups- usually bc of the mother f'ing street traffic-, but she whiney/sleepy cries for a minute or 2 and then goes back to sleep. I still dread every single night though. I'm still on edge about having to listen to her cry!
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@PrincessBaby: Yaaaaay H! You don't have to.worry about me haha, I think poor J is just having awful circumstances over and over again. This week he had his shots so that's been rough
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@PrincessBaby: PS how much longer until the house is done and you can move in and be settled and away from the rental from hell???
usually I would fix him a bottle of milk to help him back to sleep but I'm trying to let him work it out. Ugh. My buddy sounds so sad!!
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