My 16 month baby refuses to sleep in her crib and insists on being rock to sleep @ all hrs of the night. Help!

Answer 1

I know the feeling - but rock the baby to sleep, just make sure you make the baby sleep in her own crib - the longer she continues to sleep you with you the harder it will be to get her to sleep in her own bed.

I slept with my mother until I was 10 it did nothing to help my parents marriage.

Answer 2

Point 1. You are the parent
Point 2. At 16 months, it's silly to say she insists on being rocked to sleep at all hours of the night and refuses to sleep in her crib. A 16 month old can't make those sorts of demands unless you let her. A 16-year old can certainly make your life miserable with her demands, and unless you start taking control of things, that's what lies ahead of you.
Point 3. Babies like to be rocked. That's a given. So here's what you do:
Put her in her crib, gently rub her back, sing a lullaby to her, and let her know you are there, but you aren't going to pick her up.
Eventually, she will get the idea. It might take a couple of nights to get past this hurdle, but you have to do it sometime because it won't get any better by itself.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Is the baby sick or hurting? If not, then it's a simple matter that the baby has gotten used to this and now has to be retrained. It's going to be rough at first. Put the baby in her crib at bedtime, when she cries, don't immediately rush to her. Let her cry for a little while, then go check her and reassure her that it's ok but don't continue to rock her at all hours of the night. As time goes by, allow more time before you go to her. Say you start out checking her every 5 minutes, increase to every 10 minutes, etc. She will relearn what the "rules" are and adjust her expectations. My suggestion is start immediately or it will get worse. You have to sleep too!

Answer 4

I know it sounds horrible but she has to fall asleep sometime and with all that crying it is going to make her more tierd faster. Lay her down in her crib and let her cry you can speak to her for a few min. do this every night and she will get used to it after a while and just go along with the new system. My sister has a baby and he's 2 1/2 now but when he was that age he allways wanted to be rocked he grew out of it with a bit of help. I say try this it should work and she will pay you back when she is older. Grandchildren are a mothers greatest revenge anyhow.
Good Luck!

Answer 5

Ah you sound like you have borrowed my daughter. SHe was the first grandchild on both sides of the family and a horror of a baby. She was not happy unless she had 24hr attention. I wish that I hadnt worried about the looks on the grandparents faces with seemed to say 'someone should pick that child up' I also wish that I had shoved a dummie in her mouth the minute she was born. You really need to break the cycle and use a controlled crying method or you will be facing this problem forever. My daughter is a wonderful girl, but I dont think she ever grew out of the need for endless attention and now she is 18. You will have a few bad nights using a controlled crying technique but it does work. Let her cry for first 10 minutes before you go in. Then go and check all is okay then let her cry for 15 minutes. Keep checking and extending the time.

Answer 6

As you do not need to be mean, you do need to be firm. You are the adult, and the boss, she is not. This means that you set a bed time, and nap times, you hold and comfort her and rock her as she shares a bedtime story with you. Then kiss her , hug her and lay her in her crib, leave on a night light and tell her that you love her and it is night night time. Then walk away and do not fold to her crying or tantrums...and definatly do not set a poor example by throwing your own tantrum. Just be strong, eventually she will fall asleep..and it may take a few weeks, but she will get past this and except that this is her bed. Good Luck, and buy some ear plugs :)

Answer 7

If she is climbing out of the crib; just keep putting her back and shut the door. After a week or two she'll get it. If she is not climbing out of the crib; sad to say- you have to just let her cry and it won't be long before she understands that she must stay in her crib. Thats why you never rock a baby to sleep no matter how cute it is.

Answer 8

Let me guess... if you don't rock her, she'll cry. Wait until you have some days off, then MAKE her sleep in her crib. She'll cry, throw tantrums, ect., but YOU are the parents, and YOU are the bosses. She needs to learn the word NO. The longer you put this off, the longer you'll have trouble with the baby. I wish you the best of luck.

Answer 9

My first child did the same thing, but I eventually found it easier to just put her in my bed with me. Now 10 years later... she's still is in the bed with me just about every night. So don't start that! I had my second child 7 years later and he started out the same way. My sister is a pediatrician and told me to let him cry for about 15 minutes or so and open the door and let him hear my voice (to let him know I was still around). We did this for about a week all during the night, and he finally felt secure enough after a few nights and did great. I felt like a dog, but it worked. He is 3 now, and most nights we are all in my bed. ha. They will grow up one of these days and we will all get to rest again! Good Luck!

Answer 10

One of the hardest things to do is to establish a bedtime. One school of thought says that you are going to have to let the baby cry it out one night so that she will learn to sleep without all of the attention. It is hard because it means that you are going to have to listen to these wails and not go running in there as usual. To check it out, get to your local bookstore and get some good parenting books that talk about this issue from all directions. Call your pediatrician and ask for advice. Check in with other older women that you know and respect; see what they did. Then make your choice and go for it. You must break this pattern one way or another some time.