She's been co-sleeping for 4 months now. We've lowered her crib because she can stand up now. But after she nurses I cant find a smooth way to lay her on her back from her"cradle" nursing position smoothly..in her crib without waking her. Halfway down she wakes up and grabs me.. amlost pulling me in there... HELP!!
2007-12-28 17:10:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
she crys untill she gags and vomits while gasping for air when she gets really angry
2007-12-28 17:24:56 · update #1
AWWW!
I have totally been there.
We did the co-sleeping thing until our baby was 4 months old.
She did the same thing. Grabbing on to our clothes almost pulling us into the crib with her.
We had to be strong and allow her to cry for a bit.
We did increments - 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes.
She never cried longer than 15 minutes.
She is now 15 months old and sleeps AT LEAST 12 hours a night and has since she was 4 months old.
We just went back in there and patted her and loved on her for a bit, but left her in the crib.
She eventually learned that her crib was the place for her to sleep.
It is SOOO hard...but they need to learn to sleep alone.
2007-12-28 17:14:37 · answer #1 · answered by vhesponage 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is doing the same thing, including vomiting cause she crys so much and i have tried to let her cry it out, i go have a shower. Some nights that has worked but others she crys so hard it is hard to console her even when i pick her up and try nursing. Try putting her crib next to your bed with the side down (so conected to your bed at same level) then put the side back on but still next to your bed and gradually move her farther away. It is so far working for me but she is only by the door in our room so far. Each stage i took 3-4 days!
2007-12-28 17:43:56 · answer #2 · answered by Noodle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son does the same thing! I have begun slowly transitioning him. He has been falling asleep in my arms in the evening and I seem to be able to get him into the crib at that time. Of course when he wakes for a feeding, he refuses to go back into the crib, so for now I let him fall back to sleep with me. Many people say that it is best to put your baby in her crib and let her cry it out for 5-10 minutes, and babies do often fall asleep this way, but for me it is too heartbreaking to listen to my son scream for so long. I think you need to try something for a week or two, if it doesn't work, try something else.
2007-12-28 17:17:18 · answer #3 · answered by Reverend KT 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't ever take the sleeping pills route!!
1. They will damage your liver big time and you can get into serious health problems.
2. You will get hooked up on them and you won't be able to have a normal life any more if you don't take your pills everyday.
The sleeping pills industry is damaging our health by capitalizing on our ignorance, and by distracting people from effective and natural ways to deal with this problem. I had been taking prescription sleep medications [Ambien] for over 5 years. It stopped working and I simply took more. Still did not work. Nights were very difficult - medication put me to sleep but I would wake up after 2–3 hours with a strong sympathetic response (fast pulse, pounding heartbeat, wide awake alert). It was a very difficult cycle to break. I was really in bad shape due to lack of sleep.
After years of struggling I was able to cure my insomnia naturally and pretty fast. I followed the Sleep Tracks sleep optimization program, here is their official web -site if you want to take a look: http://www.insomniacure.net
Ohhh..and Good Luck!
2014-09-17 11:22:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a hard thing to do at first, but Winter Glory is 100% right.
When our twins were 6 moths old they started that, and because the only thing that seemed to put them to sleep immediately at any time was being in a moving vehicle, I ended up driving round Muscat Oman in a 40km loop to get one of them to sleep. Of course as soon as 1 was returned to the crib, the other one woke up and the cycle started again - twin telepathy?
This went on for 2 months before we took the approach that not responding to their attention seeking was the answer. After about a month of being deafened in stereo it was 8-10 hours of sleep.
2007-12-28 17:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by Dark angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her 'reward" is to have Mom pick her up. As long as she feels there's a chance, she'll keep doing it.
My son learned to climb out of his crib and come down to visit. We first put him back but out he'd pop. I put a expandable gate up but he learned to pull up the bar or would shake it loose. Finally I forced it in and put a C-clamp on the bar.
That night my wife and I took turns sitting on each other. My son made a crying racket for what seemed like forever. When one of use decided to go comfort him, the other stop them. When it was quiet we went up, slipped him into the crib. There were a couple more times but that solved the problem.
She needs to learn that you won't come running on demand.. Maybe Dad could put her in the crib? Maybe both of you?
I do like the 5, 10, 15 minute idea. The concern would be that she'd outlast you.
2007-12-28 17:25:40 · answer #6 · answered by icabod 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
try transistionally placing her in the crib, in the day when you see that shes rubbing her eyes for a nap. Warm up a bottle, lay her down and let her have her bottle. I mean bottle not nursing. This means you can have a chance to use up stored milk or store up milk, by pumping, and you could use a pacifier instead of a bottle.
This way they are already warm and comfy in bed, so there might not be that seperation anxiety when your about ready to leave the room.
2007-12-28 17:32:52 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ღαмαиdα♥ღ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have a 6 month old son with the exact same problem. I have a little trick, I hold him while feeding him, until he falls asleep. Then I slowly get up, and lay him down on his side in his crib. My arm is still underneath him when I lay him down, but I just pat him with my other arm and slowly move my arm out from under him. It also helps if you soflty hum or sing while feeding her, and then while you lay her down keep humming or singing, and get softer and softer as you sneak away. Hope I helped!!
2007-12-28 17:28:45 · answer #8 · answered by Heather J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to put your baby to sleep in 20 seconds you must get the "Instant Baby Sleep" MP3 sound track. Here is their official web-site: http://www.instantbabysleep.net
The sound track gently produces energy over the full human hearing spectrum with an embedded pulse that gently eases the brain to the Alpha state well known for drowsiness and sleep induction.
2014-09-25 10:18:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I think a crib for a baby is a huge waste of money. A baby that's too little to sleep in a bed alone is too little to sleep in a crib alone.
2007-12-28 17:18:47 · answer #10 · answered by rhea b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋