Infant sleep?
Jamie asked:
My daughter is 7 months old. Her sleep has been fine for the last few months, until recently when we started visiting family for a few days at a time. Now when I bring her home, I do our whole bedtime routine with my son who is 3. I lay her down as I did before and then lights out. Some nights she would fuss a little and then go right to sleep. Well, now she cries for over 2-3 hours. She is full, clean, and other than teething some has no other major problems. I have treated the teething and she still cries. BUT..I have noticed that she stops and starts kicking and playing when I walk into the room to check on her. Could she be spoiled a bit? From all of the holding and rocking that the grandparents have done? I just don’t see what else it could be. Also, for those of you who are going to hop on that “I’m not giving her enough attention…” & “pick her up everytime” …don’t bother. I am a stay at home mom who gives my children tons of attention. I want what is best for them.
For those of you who can relate to this…how exactly do I break this little cycle she has for us? It can’t continue..we are all so tired. I am here alone with a deployed husband and another child to take care of. I feel very tired. What is the best way to get her back on track?
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My daughter is 7 months old. Her sleep has been fine for the last few months, until recently when we started visiting family for a few days at a time. Now when I bring her home, I do our whole bedtime routine with my son who is 3. I lay her down as I did before and then lights out. Some nights she would fuss a little and then go right to sleep. Well, now she cries for over 2-3 hours. She is full, clean, and other than teething some has no other major problems. I have treated the teething and she still cries. BUT..I have noticed that she stops and starts kicking and playing when I walk into the room to check on her. Could she be spoiled a bit? From all of the holding and rocking that the grandparents have done? I just don’t see what else it could be. Also, for those of you who are going to hop on that “I’m not giving her enough attention…” & “pick her up everytime” …don’t bother. I am a stay at home mom who gives my children tons of attention. I want what is best for them.
For those of you who can relate to this…how exactly do I break this little cycle she has for us? It can’t continue..we are all so tired. I am here alone with a deployed husband and another child to take care of. I feel very tired. What is the best way to get her back on track?
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My daughter is 8 months and she has started doing that too. I work so I’m home at 11:30 at night. I think she knows that so when I have days off she wants to stay up with me. I start playing with around bedtime to get a little tired, give her a bottle and then off to bed, or I might give her a night time bath and then a bottle anf off to bed she goes, she talks a little bit and falls asleep. I don’t know you’ll try some of these but maybe I helped. Crossing my fingers for you and good luck.
i go through the same thing after any change in the daily routine my daughter did the same thing i think if this is something you are continuing to do (visiting) then it will pan out and she will get used to it i found with my daughter it took anywhere from 1-2 weeks of not her normall sleeping i am going through it right now wiht her going to the sitters a couple of time a week to get ready to go full time its hard and frustrating because you know that everything is taken care of fed changed clean etc . Just try maybe tiring her out more before she goes to be but stick with waht you are doing I see nothing wrong with what you are doing i let me daughter cry it out for 10-15 min before i go get her then i try it again and again throuh out the night well good luck it could just be her changing her routine my daughter did that around the same age as well
That’s a hard question to answer. I know whenever we go somewhere it takes my son a few nights to adjust back to his normal schedule. Are you planning on visiting family a few days at a time still? Because if this is contributing to the problem you can’t really remedy it for a few days because the cycle will definitely keep repeating, as you said. You just need to try and keep her on a schedule even when you are at other relatives’ houses. Tell them it is her bedtime and then take her into another room to put her down. Try to simulate how you would put her down at home even though I know that will be difficult.
Has she self soothed before this? We have a fisher price light up aquarium in our son’s crib and this has taught him more than anything to self-soothe. Even in the middle of the night he will reach over a hit it a few times until he gets sleepy and falls back asleep. It is amazing. Maybe something like this could help her.
the grandparents could have spoiled her, also if your visiting place from place for a few days at a time, where is sje sleeping when your visiting family? if she’s sleeping in a pack and play than when your putting her in her crib it may just be unfimilar to her, or if you were putting her in bed with you, she could’ve gotten use to sleeping with you… for my son (who occasionally cries himself to sleep) I take his favorite blankie(well i actually have two of them but they’re exactly alike that way i can take one and wash it and he never knows the differance lol) I wash it with extra fabric softner that way it’s extra soft, and than the night that i wash it, i sleep with it that way it gets my scent on it, and when he goes to bed ,not only does he have his favorite blankie but he has something like smells like his mommy too… he also likes to sleep with his daddies hat, which his daddy wears all the time (we also ended up getting another one just like it that way he always has one to sleep with)… try doing something like and giving her a security item that she always has with her no matter where she is or where she’s sleeping. …. other than that, continue to let her cry it out, she’ll learn that crying doesn’t mean mommy or daddy will always come running and give her what she wants… i’ve also learned with letting them cry theirselves to sleep that going in to reassure them that everything is okay and blah blah blah doesn’t work, they only cry harder once you leave the room again and its like teasing them, i do not go in my sons room while he is crying… as long as he’s still screaming or crying, i know he’s still breathing and that he’s fine, once he is done however, i do go in and check on him while he’s sleeping to make sure that he is okay but i’m very careful to stay very quit that way he doesn’t know i’m in there and i don’t wake him up