So..... I have a question for all you moms (well I guess anyone can share their opinion). This is my dilemma: To put Bailey to sleep I swaddle her and giver her a pacifier. Up until a couple days ago she was sleeping in a bassinet by our bed. So she sleeps 11 hours at night but partly because every time she stirs I quickly reach over and put her pacifier back in her mouth. I just moved her over to her crib in Rachel's room to sleep at night and I still swaddle her and giver her a pacifier. Well, she is getting too big for the swaddling blankets and usually wiggles her arms out in the night which wakes her up. Then she needs the paci to go back to sleep. So I wake up hearing her crying and go in to rewrap her and give her the paci. she then wants to stay awake and play because she sees me (where as before it was just my arm reaching over the side of the bassinet). This happens several times a night. I end up getting up with her at 3am to give her a bottle which puts her back to sleep. I've tried putting her to bed without the swaddling blanket a few times when she was in our room but she seemed to wake up more often without it. Since her arms were free she would yank the paci out and not know how to put it back in.
So my question is how do I get her to sleep through the night not needing to be swaddled or have a pacifier? Do I let her cry it out? it breaks my heart to let her cry for more than 10 minutes. Thanks for your help!
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you are so lucky she was sleeping through the night before!! :) I got up to nurse both of my girls probably 2 times a night until they were 6 months. Then I let them cry it out. It was hard to do but it only lasted a few nights. So I guess it just depends on what you think she needs. Obviously she doesn't need to eat if she has been sleeping through the night already so if you feel she is old enough, just let her cry. It won't last long. (hopefully) :)
I am not a good one to ask. Our kids didn't sleep though the night till they were 8-12 months. I don't like crying and would rather hold them when they are babies. About 8 months is when I would stop feeding them at night. I never talked to them at night since I didn't want them to think it was time to play. Eventually they just stopped waking up. To me, about a year was worth less sleep. Like I said- not helpful to you. Good luck!
10 minutes of crying was about all I could take, too. Sarah was the only one that I had to let cry after she was 10 months old and still waking up. The other ones I would give a bottle until about 6-9 months and then they would sleep through the night ok. If they would wake up, I would just keep the lights off and either pat their backs until they went back to sleep or rock them in the dark if they were being stubborn about it.
tape the pacifier in.
And THAT'S why I'm not a mom yet haha
great, now im the mean mom! hahaha
I loved Heather-weather's suggestion. My suggestion would be to leave her in the bath tub with some blankets. Pile enough of those suckers on top of her, not only will she be warm and comfy all through the night, but if she does cry she won't be heard due to the insulation and thickness of the blankets.
If you are worried about her breathing, just put in a straw. She'll figure out why that's useful, and then it will also teach her where her mouth is! :D That's bi-winning!!
There G's Heather, you're no longer the "mean" mom :D
I think bathtubs make excellent substitutes for busy, tired mothers! :D
Oh, and Peter isn't home to tell me if this was going too far, so I hope everyone understands I'm being facetious. Love you guys!
Seriously though, I'm all for letting them cry it out, but for you and Bippe's sake, invest in earplugs!
thanks for all the input. She is slowly getting better at sleeping on her own without being swaddled. Sometimes she cries it out and sometimes she goes right down without fussing.
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