My baby has no problem falling asleep on her own but still wakes up a few times durring the night. I'm trying some new methods to help her sleep and i know that sometimes you just have to let her cry, but i sleep in the same room and i also share a home with other people. I'm afraid that they will get mad if i dont tend to my baby right away when she starts to cry.
2007-02-06 14:45:28 · 10 answers · asked by Y Y 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I should've written this! I'm going through the same thing. So I don't really have any advise, just know you are not alone! You should talk to the people you live with and see how they feel about hearing her cry.
2007-02-06 14:49:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't really "train" a baby, but do talk to your roommates. Also talk to her Dr about it. Depending on the baby's age is really how the answer should be. If she's over 4 months (this is what my Dr sd) you can start giving her baby cereal (rice to start-- it's easier on their belly) either in a bowl or a tri cut nipple for a bottle. If she's breast fed she will get up, because the milk protein in breast milk is easier for them to break down and burn through making them hungry sooner. Also if she's waking up because she's wet, you can get the more expensive diapers that really do pull the moisture away from the skin and put her in them only at night if you're tight on money. My case is similar, I do have a baby, and I do live with my hubby and older daughter, the baby is 1 but still will get up on occasion, I try to quiet her as soon as possible. Just think, you get up once or twice 15 minutes each, which is better, because you get to have better quality sleep, so will your roommates and it's not hurting her to do this.
2007-02-06 23:20:37 · answer #2 · answered by brandyswilkes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the child's age.Young children need to wake up and eat in the middle of the night however older children you could try putting them to bed later at night.If a child goes to bed to early that may be the reason they are getting up in the middle of the night.Not all children require 8 hrs sleep.Good luck.I totally understand what you mean by living with people and agree with you when you say they may get upset if you let the child cry.I have a roommate and my 4 yr old still gets up in the middle of the night and screams her head off.I take care of it right away as it is bother some to the roommate.I would feel the same way if it was someone Else child.Good Luck!
2007-02-06 22:54:13 · answer #3 · answered by amber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree w/ the person that said it'd be easier to train the others. We got evicted from our apartment while I was in the hospital, so we had to put all of our stuff in storage and move into a friend's 2 bedroom trailer while we waited on our local housing authority to find us an apartment. Babies doing what they will, will be up a lot at night sometimes. Swaddling works, lol, my daughter has to be fed, then swaddled, then we have to put her in her bouncer seat w/ her binky, or put her in the swing. Sometimes she still stays up, so it's hard to tell. Do you bottle or breastfeed? It's harder when you breastfeed because then they're up even more. My daughter is lazy and I ended up w/ a flu, and the meds my ob/gyn prescribed made me dry up, go figure. But we always put an extra ounce or so in her bottle at bedtime, and she'll sleep a little longer, with a nice full tummy. The others in your household will get used to her quickly and sleep right through it, just talk to them about it and get their feelings on the subject. They live w/ her too and are getting to know her personality, so they should be understanding. Good luck!
2007-02-06 23:22:24 · answer #4 · answered by heartlostangel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as your baby gets older she will start to sleep through the night.
Is she waking up for a feeding? does she have night terrors?
She is just being a baby and this is what babies do, you cannot train her to sleep through the night on command, her clock is different than yours or mine. At this age and for the next couple of years it's just a simple case of instant gratification. As your child gets older and begins to comprehend her world than you can start teaching her all the cool stuff and learn a few things along the way. This is just life as you accept it as it is, and remember, you get to rediscover the whole world again through her eyes!
Best of luck
Peace
2007-02-06 23:00:01 · answer #5 · answered by nmp948 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can play some soothing music,
or my fav. when my girl was a baby, i bought a hammuck and rock her slowly to sleep........... it work for me and some of my friends...
if you have a rocking chair that will work....
Other have to understand that theres a baby in the house,
2007-02-07 15:03:34 · answer #6 · answered by *Cutie* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be easier to train the "others" to live with the baby......It's a baby doing what babies do.
2007-02-06 22:50:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO THE COUGH SYRUP, WHISKY COMMENT. IT COULD KILL YOUR BABY.
Talk to your roommaates and ask for thier advice. You never said anyone complained.
There is always a way to work things out.
let me know what happened.
hardingbigspring@yahoo.com
2007-02-10 22:34:06 · answer #8 · answered by andreamarie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ear plugs (for us...not the baby). That's what we do.
2007-02-06 23:27:06 · answer #9 · answered by versican 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Give it some cough syrup or whiskey.
2007-02-06 23:02:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋