Thursday, December 18, 2008
any suggestions?
ok so marley is going though a phase where i will rock her to sleep and when i lay her down ten minutes later she wakes up in her crib, then i get up and repeat this. i did that from 10:30 to 3:00 last night. the child won't sleep in her crib. so i give in and have her sleep with me and she sleeps for hours in my bed with me. i would much rather have her sleep in her crib, but how do i get her to stay asleep? do i let her cry herself to sleep? she is only four weeks old, is that too young to start that? she did sleep alot the day before but this isn't the first night that she did this. i have tried the swing that worked one night but not last night. any suggestions??
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You know my advice- let her sleep with you! Ha ha. I love it and I don't care what anyone thinks. They are my cuddle babies. But if you don't want her to then yes let her cry. She needs to learn how to self sooth herself to sleep. It's tough but it's ok to let her cry for awhile. She'll still love you in the morning I promise. By the way- I can't believe she's 4 weeks old!
I know from experience how frustrasting this can be. You will get tons of advice here's a website I found. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/baby-sleep/FL00118 I definitely think routine is the key....remember dogs understand the routine after about 6 weeks...but that's 6 weeks behind you once you establish it. The longer you wait the harder it is. xoxo I wish I could make things easy!
Don't let her sleep with you because then you will have the problem I'm going through now. Averi will only sleep in her crib for 5 hours and then wants to be in bed with us. Let her cry her self to sleep.
When are you bringing Marley to work?
This could have been my post a few months ago. I was in the process of losing my mind from lack of sleep. In the end, Miss Sparky ended up being a tummy sleeper (which I can't recommend, but it happened with both her AND The Princess - I don't know if it's the reflux, or what it could be), and she's still not a good sleeper at 5.5 months old. But I think she's the exception, not the norm. :)
Personally, I think 4 weeks is a little young to let her cry for *too* long, but if you let her cry for a while, she may learn to soothe herself to sleep.
Do you swaddle her? The Miracle Blanket is great if she likes being swaddled. Sparky seems to sleep better if we have her white noise CD playing (The Happiest Baby on the Block - the heartbeat track).
4 weeks already?!? I know it's so hard to let them cry, but that might be what it takes. Does she take a pacifier? That always helped Matt, but Erica never took one. I agree with the swaddling idea, if she likes to be swaddled. Best of luck, and remember, one day she'll sleep through the night!
Hi Linz, so I totally feel you on this. Personally I don't like the whole "cry it out" thing at any age really, but especially that young. Sloan slept on my chest all night long for a month and a half and then one night I just retried the crib and she slept in it just fine?
In my opinion I would swaddle her really tight (swaddle me's from babies r us are great, I own 3) and try some white noise in the background (like a dryer or something). This really helped Sloan sleep well. I thought she hated to be swaddled because she fought it tooth and nail, but she really just didn't know what she liked at such a young age and I just kept at it and it was a lifesaver.
Also, I would read "Happiest Baby on the Block" by Harvey Karp. This book totally changed everything for me and gave me sanity after a month of a really fussy baby...now she is amazingly calm!
Lot's of info but I just know how it is to be sleep deprvived so I wanted to give you my two cents. Hope this helps a bit!
Halee still climbs into bed with us and she is 6, she now finally starts off in her room, but makes her way into ours every night without fail! It is a battle you will not win, they are who they are! Vance sleeps where you put him with no fight at all. Its just personalities! Love ya, you'll figure out what works for you, no matter how much advice you get!! By the way she is so cute!!
Yeah I agree with Jen the most! Only you can figure out what works for her. You can try a million things, but she'll still do what she wants. Just go with the flow- it is much less stress.....
Love ya!!
I am so excited to wear my new clothes!!
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