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AZIAS_MOMMY
8/29/07 11:43 P
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| Yes she has gone back to waking once (sometimes TWICE) for a bottle at night and finishes it so I know she's hungry. She's 7 months old now and I would be happy just getting up once to give her a bottle...seems like every other night she is up 4-5 times. I think I will start writing it down and see if there is a pattern.... I have decided not to worry about the paci at the moment.
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AFINEBALANCE
8/27/07 9:15 P
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You should get the book by Elizabeth Pantley- The No Cry sleep Solution. I personally don't agree with crying it out, and this book is wonderful!!! I co-sleep with my 10 month old daughter, but she still wakes every 2 hours to nurse. We are both only half asleep, but I would like us both to get a better nights rest. This book has solved it fairly easily. It can also explain how to wean off a paci. if you just implement the information for comfort nursing to the paci. Also, the urge to suck is at it's strongest until 9 (?) months I think? So maybe you should pick one thing to work on for now. Having all these changes can be traumatic for such a little one.
Also, at 6 months is a growth spurt. She very well may be hungry! The other thing is (like someone previously mentioned) is all the developemental milestones that she is preparing to acheive. Those can really mess with her. Anyways, the book is great, at least take a look at it.
Good luck!
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AZIAS_MOMMY
8/27/07 4:01 P
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| I don't think the room is too hot/cold but it is an old house so it is sometimes hard to monitor temperature overnight. Yes she eats dinner around 5:30 and then has a bottle at bedtime. I don't know if it is teething or what. She only has her paci in her bed unless someone else is watching her (that has only happened 2 times in 7 months tho). I don't know why she is so upset or why she is waking all of a sudden... Now she is rolling over in bed so when she wakes, she rolls onto her tummy and gets upset because she can't get back onto her back (she knows how but her arm gets in the way and she gets frusterated). So I end up going in and helping her....
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Is it too hot or too cold in the room? This can make me wake up a few times.
Is she on baby food yet? You may want to try a bit of baby rice cereal or baby oatmeal around 6-7 and then the bottle before bed.
My 13 month old has been sleeping through the night since 1 month old. Goes to be around 7:30 and wakes up after 6 every day. I also have a 3 year old and he would wake up once in the middle of the night when he was under 1 and just needed the paci. We just ended up after 8 months old, let him cry it out to get back to sleep. Sometimes it took an hour or so. But we just shut both doors and less than a week he was fine. He was 2 when I took the paci away. Before that he only had it during naps, bed, and car. And when I took it away it was about 2 days of crying in the car, and then he was done. Give her a bit of time with that. Sometimes when teething it can be soothing to suck on that.
Beckie
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AZIAS_MOMMY
8/21/07 5:29 P
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| Yeah she WAS sleeping through...that is why it is so frustrating. She didn't wake while camping so I wonder if it is something I am doing at home???
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CINDYDAVIS04
8/21/07 4:07 P
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I once read that the best way to approach tackling a tough situation is to begin it the way that you want to end it. So you have to decide what your goal is: sleeping with no paci, staying in her crib all night, etc. and stick to your guns until it happens...that being said, here is what I did to get my son to sleep through the night: suffer and wait until he was ready to do it 
We tried every trick: a big bottle right before bed, cry it out, go back in every 5 seconds for three hours straight, you name it. He will turn 1 on Thursday and the longest run we've had of him sleeping for 8+ hours is 5 days. I'm not sure how old your little one is, but if she's only six months old, I think it's probably too early to expect her to be sleeping straight through. All kids are different, though.
I do sympathize with the lost sleep and exhaustion-I had to fake sleep at one point to get my hubby to wake up and tend to the baby. I was that tired, and he doesn't have that instant "mom" reflex when the baby cries at night.
My son still uses his binky, and the good thing is that he decides when he needs it, and those times are getting fewer and further between-he uses it when he goes to sleep, but when I check on him a hour later, it's out. If he wakes in the night, I give him a minute or two to sooth himself-usually he finds it, pops it back in and goes back to sleep.
I'm not sure how much help I was, but I hope you know you are not alone, and that we all wish you the best in getting through this!
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AZIAS_MOMMY
8/21/07 1:01 P
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| Well not so good. She woke at 10 and I gave her a paci. Then she woke at 3, 3:30 and 4. Then I brought her in my bed and she played until 5:30....then slept until just before 7. I really don't know what to do.
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AZIAS_MOMMY
8/20/07 11:44 P
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| Thanks for all the great advice! I have started putting her favourite stuffed animal to bed with her (he is a bit bigger than a beanie baby) and that has helped. We just got back from camping where she was sleeping through the night (I think it was the fresh air!) so we will see how tonight goes.
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My son is almost nine months, I agree with eveyone else - this too shall pass (I know so cliche...) Whenever my son is teething or has an ear infection he doesn't sleep well, sometimes he partially wakes up, crys for a second and falls back to sleep; other times he's wide awake sitting in his crib fussing. If you think it's the teething that's waking her up there's nothing wrong with giving her tylenol or motrin (motrin's OK for 6+ mos) prior to bed. It may or may not help with the night waking.
I'm not a tough it out mom, when my son crys (which is very rare for him to truly cry) I'm there. I've learned there's a very big difference between "complaining" and "crying". If your daughter's truly upset/ in pain etc the best you can do is comfort her - the teeth will come in and you will sleep again!
As for the paci, I don't know what to tell you, we don't use one. 6 months might be a little early to chuck it, I know the sucking reflex decreases as babies get older but I think it may be closer to 9-12 mos (hence why some breastfed babies wean themselves). Maybe do some research on the subject?
If the night waking doesn't stop I would go see your doctor, my sons had several ear infections that would have been very easily missed. Whenever he seems fussier than normal, I take him in and it's always an ear infection. Good Luck!
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YETTERBIUM
8/18/07 9:01 A
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| Ok...I too got my daughter off the pacifier at age 6 months...I just threw them in the trash and haven't looked back since...it took about two weeks of her crying and whinning but if you can make it through that it will be worth it...she doesn't even suck her thumb...so my advice is just deal with the crying it won't last long she won't hate you...you have to be consitant with what you do and if you don't cave in then you have a chance...kids go by habits and as far as the middle of the night waking up...if she is feed and changed let her be up in her bed, she will learn to get herself to sleep...it is hard but so worth it...I have two girls now 2 1/2 and 15 months and both sleep all through the night even if the baby does wake up my oldest will sleep through it...it wasn't always that easy but everyone gets adjusted....its just being consitant thats the key...don't brake down remember the habits are easier to brake now before she gets older so hang in there and its ok to be a "tough" mom...good luck
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SCHNOOGLES
8/17/07 3:11 P
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You are so lucky that your daughter has been such a good sleeper up until now. Our daughter never slept more than 2 hours at a time until she was about 18 months! Man, that was exhausting.
If she's teething and particularly cranky some nights, talk to your pediatrician about maybe giving her just a bit of Tylenol before bed. That helped our daughter during some of the worst teething phases. I put a half dose of it in her bottle with her formula, and she never complained.
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AZIAS_MOMMY
8/7/07 11:32 P
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| Yes she is teething. The last 3 nights I have put her to bed with her bottle and then went in later and took it out so no paci!
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Is she teething? When my daughter is teething, she never sleeps well at all, and is up throughout the night. She may be going through a growth spurt.
I don't have much advice on the pacifier, my daughter is 20 months old and still gets the paci at night, I don't know how to wean her from it!
Good luck!
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| Believe it or not but what worked for us was putting DD to bed earlier. Our baby was getting overtired and had a hard time staying asleep. GL , I also agree with the growth spurts. They happen frequently especially the first year. A great site that I frequent is tcoyf.com, they have an awesome parenting forum on there.
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| Good luck. It is hard being exhausted all the time.
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AZIAS_MOMMY
8/4/07 1:51 P
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I stopped feeding her at night because she stopped waking at night. She obviously didn't need it anymore. Then 2 months later she is waking again. I didn't think she was waking because she is hungry because my daughter is very stubborn I can tell when she is hungry she WON'T go back to sleep. It has only happened a few times (usually when it was a busy day and she ate less) and I feed her then.
When she wakes at night she starts with fussing and then it turns to crying and eventually to screaming. My hubby was waking at 4am for work so I would go in right away when it turns to crying before it got to screaming. I don't talk to her, just pick up her pacifier and put it back in her mouth. She immediately turns her head to the side and closes her eyes and goes back to sleep...not another peep....for an hour or two.... It is at 5:30am that this reassurance and pacifier no longer works and she gets more and more upset.
She is on bottles.
Yes I realize it is probably a phase (I hope! :o)) I was just frustrated with getting no sleep.
After all this last night she woke 4 times between 12 and 5 but she just fussed and went back to sleep. I didn't even go into her room. Hopefully she is learning.
Now I just have to find a way around that pacifier!
Tawnia
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My daughter didn't sleep through the night for two years. She had a lot of health problems though.
Kids go through stages. I'm not sure why you quite feeding her as babies have growth spurts and from time to time, they need more food.
My kids usually had a reason for being awake. It took a while but I finally came around to this conclusion and once I did, I realized I had to search for a reason. A lot of the time it was an ear infection. Teeth can be a problem too.
My best advice is to get a good movie going and then flick it on in the middle of the night when your daughter wakes you up and enjoy the time with your baby. I went through my entire video collection (which is extensive) with each child and the really neat thing is, you only remember the cuddle time later on.
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You don't say why you stopped feeding her at night -- was it for your convenience. The whole night is a long time for a young tum to go without food. It may be that she is still needing just a little through the night. If you are breast feeding thats no problemo -- but if it is that you want the bottles to stop, try just a small amount of milk in a feeder the first time she wakes -- its surprising how young they can get used to them.
Changes at 6 months are huge, we are getting into 'pre' everything, that is crawling, teething, goo-ing and gah-ing...lol, and all those little changes don't just happen overnight -- they 'creep' up on you. I am sure one is creeping now, if her sleep pattern is susbstantially changing.
One trick I learnt - about ten years to late, is that 'everything is a phase'....of course you don't appreciate that at the time, its not till its over that is becomes 'just a phase' -- but I am sure that it will pass -- eventually.
You don't say whether your baby cries when she wakes. And what you do if she does. If she doesn't cry, and lays and plays with her toes - then let her. She will nod off when ready, but if as I suspect she bellows fit to wake the dead, then the good old 'Nanny's favourite' of 'just go back in, reassure, and leave' is the best policy. Even if you have to do it fifteen times. To get into changes that mean you move her from her bed, or sit with her, or pick her up, and all those 'interactive things, are making problems for later on. Reassurance is often all that is needed...'Yep Mum is still around'...and although the transition from the 'horror from the deep' to 'my little angel' takes a lot of consistent repetition, its the best policy in the end.
My son...dear soul that he is, had me sitting on the stairs for about a month - nodding against the stair post..but eventually we both decided that he would go to sleep when I put him in his bed lol.
Good luck -- and remember....one day you WILL smile about it :).
Elyssande.
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AZIAS_MOMMY
8/3/07 11:20 P
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Ok up until this past month I had a wonderful baby that slept through the night until 5am and was slowly outgrowing that wake-up as well. Then this week everything changed. We are going on week 2 of this...
I put her to bed at her regular time (8pm) and she goes to sleep fine. BUT she has been waking at midnight, 2am, 4am and 5am. Each time she wakes up I give her her pacifier and she immediately closes her eyes and goes back to sleep. At 5:30am she WILL NOT go back to sleep in her crib. At first I was bringing her in my bed where she would go back to sleep until 7, 8, 9 sometimes even 10am. BUT the last 2 days once she is up at 5:30am she won't go back to sleep. Now I don't feed her at night anymore she gets a bottle at 8am (7 if she is up at 5...6 if she is really awake and fussy). I don't care if she is an early riser...that doesn't bother me. What I am trying to figure out is why she is waking 4-5 times between midnight and 5:30 and how I can stop it!!!
Also has anyone weaned an infant (6 month old) off of a pacifier? Is the only way to do it to encourage thumb/finger sucking? I don't want her to get to dependent on it (she already is at night) but I think thumb sucking is worse.
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