My son is 5 months old. He STILL wakes up every 2-3 hours. Since he was born, we've only had 5 - 6 nights where he's slept well (from 8:00 to 4:30 am). We have a well established bed time routine. I feed him rice cereal @ around 6:30, bath at 7:00, book @ about 7:30, then I nurse him and have him to bed by 8:00. He's usually not asleep when I put him in his crib--and has no problem falling asleep on his own (at the 8:00 bedtime). But, then he almost always wakes up between 10:00-11:00, and then repeatedly every few hours throughout the night. Last night, I was up 5 times with him! I've tried the cry it out--he did cry himself back to sleep (we did it for 7 nights)...I'd come to his crib every 10 minutes or so and reassure him. But, he just KEPT up with his same schedule. I finally gave in, figuring it was quicker just to pick him up, rock him (and/or nurse him) back to sleep than to let him cry for a half hour or more each time he woke up. I'm sooo tired and soooo frustrated
2006-10-04
09:27:23
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Riley's Mama
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