Xoxo

Thanks Amy!

One week in and so far so good! Half the time, she is so knackered, she is 99% asleep as I am lowering her into the crib. The other half of the time, I have sat there making myself as boring as possible and the time it takes her to settle down as diminished from an hour to 40minutes and recently 20minutes. So fingers crossed it continues this way!

Now to get her to sleep through! (we tried the sitting next to her at 2am… but after an hour I couldn’t keep my eyes open and she was in full bouncy mode – so I relented, gave her a bottle and within minutes she was happy to go back to sleep!)

Happy sleeping indeed!

Hi Maxine!

Just wondering how your new method worked? I love it that you can tell that she is “playing’ you a bit. If the above article and print out didn’t perfectly fit the sleep bill for your little one, it sounds like she would be a good candidate for scheduled, timed checks. In other words, you  are checking on her regularly rather than trying to let her CIO for too long. That could be too hard on her AND you, for sure! Poor mama….

So here’s the deal, you will be setting a timer for every 7 minutes or so (once she starts crying) and quietly swinging in to reassure her that you are there, but that you still expect her to go asleep. Give a hug, “I love you”, “go back to sleep…” and leave the room again. Since she stands herself up, you may not even bother laying her back down because she will likely pop right back up, which will lead to a little power struggle and that’s never productive! So,  leave the room and set your timer to go back in and check on her again, the same way. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Until she is asleep.

Hope this is helpful! Happy sleeping, Amy

Then came the teething – so we did lots of cuddling and a bit of co-sleeping (sleeping on my chest in the evening).

The moment she could sit up, crawl and pull herself into standing position (8months) – she refused to go down in the crib without a fight each night.

Now at 9.5months… every night is a battle of wills. We tried our previous routine with us walking out of the room the moment she went into the crib – but this has resulted in hysterical crying while standing up holding onto the crib bars and throwing her pacifier across the room (we thwarted this by placing more pacifiers in the crib) and she could CIA for over an hour – but I couldn’t.

I know I am being played… because after 20-30minutes of hysterical crying (snot, tears, saliva all over her face) – the moment I return to the room, she stops and smiles at me.

tonight we try the above method… because I don’t know what else to do.

Any other suggestions?

No it’s not too late, Kayla! Also, the Napping Webinar may be helpful in teaching you how to extend those naps. Let her roll around – she could be nesting herself. If she starts screaming, feel free to pick her up to calm her, but try to wait 15 minutes before doing another pickup.

I have slowly weaned my 9 month daughter from being nursed to sleep now to just being rocked to sleep but it seems like this sleep association is keeping her sleep cycles extremely short as she wakes up from each nap after 30 minutes… not able to put herself back to sleep?

While doing the shuffle and she is rolling around and trying to move… do I just allow her to move around hoping she will eventually settle dowN?

THANK YOU!