I think we need an intervention. If anyone knows a sleep expert, please advise. I'd even take the Super Nanny at this point. Jo, where are you?? Here is my synopsis of last night:
Last night we probably put him down about 10 times between 7:00 and 9:00 pm, but I lost count. Then he woke up at 10:30, 11:30, ate at 1:00am, up at 4:00, ate again at 5:45. Then back to bed from about 6:30 to 8:00. Jeremy thought maybe he was cold. Not sure since he's never been that bad before, not even when he was eating every 3 hours. It has been getting worse slowly over the past couple of weeks, since he quit going 8 hours sleeping straight through.
I have done lots of reading and everything seems to recommend waiting until 5 or 6 months to let them cry it out. I tried it at naptime one day and he screamed for 30 minutes until he choked himself and I gave up. I was trying the Ferber stuff where you go back in and pat every few minutes, gradually extending the time. Do we just keep suffering through, hoping he'll get over his need for us in the night and go back to sleeping 8 hours? Unless he's hungry, he falls asleep almost as soon as you pick him up.
We are supposed to journey to Paris tomorrow and Jeremy and I have been planning to ride in the Tour de Paris but we'll have to see how things go tonight. This boy is lucky he's so stinkin' cute!
On a positive note, I started emailing around our church's home groups and the school I work for and I have gotten a lot of very nice responses so we may have something firmed up soon that is better for all of us!
2 comments:
hey, amy! hear are a few thoughts, although it has been a while!
i'm trying to remember:
could he be going through a growth spurt?
have you tried "ferberizing" him for 3 nights straight (not naps) without relent?
could he be overtired? if i'm remembering right...i'm thinking it was around 3 months...possibly closer to 4 months though, that mine were taking a solid morning nap (9-10:30 or 11), a solid afternoon nap (1-3) and then a cat nap around 5PM...then in bed by 7-7:30. we LOVED that schedule! they dropped the cat nap around 7-8mos, the morning nap around 12-15 months and then you just hope they NEVER drop that PM nap.
just a thought that maybe he isn't getting enough daytime sleep that is he super tired at night to the point that he can't get to sleep?
praying for you girl~call me if you want to chat.
isn't is good that they are cute!?! also, i DO think he is old enough at 3+ months to cry it out. you want him to get the hang of it sooner than later...they only get smarter as they get older (and more manipulative ;) )
Hey friend,
I bet he is going through a growth spurt. Every time Caroline grew she ate more and slept less and then she would get past it and things would go back to normal. My advice (don't you just love that people always want to give advice). If you know that he is changed and eaten then to let him cry it out. They do only get smarter and more manipulative as they get older. I would only go in his room to pat him give him a pacifier like every 20 minutes or so until he is asleep. Don't talk to him or pick him up because once you have picked him up he knows he has Won the battle. I do not think that you are going to cause him any damage by letting him cry. My sister in laws Doctor told her that it is good to let babies cry because it is how they use energy thus getting tired and going to sleep. It really does get easier and pretty soon this will be a faint memory and you will be giving someone else advice.
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