It's 2:00 in the morning. Leyla's been waking up every night for the past week, and I've just been giving her a bottle to make her go back to sleep, and it does indeed put her right back to sleep for the rest of the night. But she's almost a year old, and I know she doesn't need another bottle. With the exception of the past week, she start sleeping through the night about a month ago. So I decided tonight that I'm not giving her a bottle. I can't keep doing this. Enough is enough. She's been screaming for almost an hour now. I checked her diaper, I gave her some tylenol (we've all been suffering from a cold the past week, so I know she could be in a little pain from that), I tried rocking her, and I gave her some chamomile tea. And she just now stopped crying. I really hope this is for reals. I put playdough in my ears about a half an hour ago because she screams so incredibly loud and I don't have any ear plugs.
I'm sure we'll have a repeat of this scenario tomorrow. Does anybody have any suggestions for how I can get Leyla to start sleeping through the night on a regular basis??? Please!!! I'm back in school now, so I can't afford to keep going through this every night. Plus, my temper is bad enough when I get a full night's rest, do I don't want to add sleep deprivation on top of my already short fuse. And although she might not know it, Leyla doesn't want that either. Suggestions please!!!
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I was given a book written by a couple of doctors and this is how I got Dominik sleeping all night. It says that once they are past 8 months old there is no reason for them to eat at night as it doesn't provide them with necessary nourishment. They are waking up for the companionship and that's pretty much it (unless they are sick of course). Anyhow, we just had to let him cry and we resisted going in there until the morning when he woke up. Within 3 days he was sleeping all night and has been ever since. This book even said it would only take 2-3 days for this to happen so it really works. If you can resist going in there for a couple of nights, Leyla should get back on track. Hope this helps!
Them not sleeping when they are "supposed to be sleeping" is seriously so so frustrating!! With Carter we just tried to be consistent with our "plan" (i.e. bedtime routine, how much we let him cry etc) and I think that's the most important thing...consistent. I am by no means an expert, but it just worked for us. I also feel like you gotta find something that you feel comfortable with. If you can't let her cry it out, then don't cause it will only work if you can do it too you know? We also had to let Carter cry, but we did it our own way...the way we felt comfortable with. I am a total believer in motherly instincts. It's hard cause every kid is so different. So frustrating though, good luck...hang in there, she will sleep eventually. You can do it. :)
Jaron did that when he was about 9 or 10 months. I was so sleep deprived I wasn't making rational responses and I wanted to... yeah. So after making sure it wasn't another ear infections (he had themconstantly) and consulting a number of people/resources, I made sure he had had plenty to eat before he went to bed and then when he woke up I had to let him scream it out. The first night it was almost 3 hours- I thought I was going to die! The next night it was about an hour. the third night it was about 10 minutes. After that there were no more problems unless he was ill. It was SOoooo hard to do!!!
If you decide to do that - get some good earplugs, put the pillow over you head - do what you have to do to survive. She isn't going to die crying and it doesn't mean you are a bad mom. It's just hard.
Good luck to the both of you.
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