6:00am-8:00pm = a fairly happy, busy little nova...who takes a good morning nap, yet terrible afternoon nap......but still fairly pleasant....
8:00pm-2:00am = peace and quiet in our home.
2:00 am-6:00 am = NO ONE sleeping in the household.
things we have tried:
*night light/no night light
*crying it out (both nova and mom and dad)....2 hours later....we gave up.....
*feeding her
*music
*rocking and singing
*tylenol/teething tablets
..........and NOTHING has been a success.......
suggestions?!?! (besides selling her to the circus.....i have a posting on craigslist but there have been no responses thus far....)
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Ohh yea that happens sometimes, you just have to hang in there cause one day she will go back t sleeping good. It can be soo frustrating, but just hang in there. Im really sorry I have no better advice :(
I have no helpful hints, but I do have a sympathetic heart.
One day, after I've married and reproduced, I'll ask YOU for some suggestions though, ok?
I'll pray for your little family...
That is so hard. Garrett wasn't the greatest sleeper for awhile and I tried so many different things. Eventually crying it out is what worked for us but that doesn't mean it works for everyone. We finally got to a point where he started to realize that we were not going to get him out of bed, we would go in and give him a drink or his binky but that was it. He finally figured it out but that was after many different stratagies. Just keep trying different things and once you decide to try something stick to it for a few nights, sometimes it takes a few nights to work. You have to just do what you think will work for her.
I am so sorry I am not much help but I can totally empathize. Raising kids is hard work ;)!!!
Here's my advice, which will totally go against all the parenting books you'll read and it may make you crazy. Ava did the same thing to us when she was 6 mo old. It sucks! I think the second she started teething she stopped taking the pacifier and so she stopped sleeping. I tried everything (like you listed) and then called my mom (who had 8 kids) and asked her what she thought.
She told me to get up and feed Ava. I was shocked. I thought, "Then she's won! Then she can wake up whenever." My mom said that sometimes her babies went through this and she would just get up and nurse them and then put them back to sleep. She said they'd eventually grow out of it. And she would get more sleep to just feed them and then go straight back to bed.
So I did what she recommended and sure enough, Ava grew out of it after about a month. That sounds like a long time, and it kind of is. But it seemed like it went by faster than those few days where I kept worrying about her getting back to sleep on her own.
I did do something in addition to just feeding her. I would hear her wake and then wait a few minutes before I'd go into feed her. The next night (or the next feed a few hours later) I would wait just a little bit longer before going in. It seemed like that helped to wait just a little bit longer before going in, and she eventually would put herself back to sleep. I hope that makes sense.
Anyway, however you decide to do it, good luck. Before you know it, it will be over and you'll almost forget the sleepless nights.
PS-I didn't burp her after feeding her at night. I know that sounds strange, but my SIL told me she never burped at night past 6 mo and Ava was fine with it. I don't know how Nova would do, but you can at least try it. That way, Ava would stay asleep after feeding.
So I read through those other comments and the last one is what I did too. I finally just started feeding him at night and Cayman did grow out of it too. It took him a lot longer (til he was 10 months) but I did get more sleep then letting him cry it out for hours. Eventually I could tell he was waking up out of habit and then I just let him cry it out and it lasted one night and he only cried for about 15 min. And he's slept through the night ever since. Just do what you feel is best even though it might be hard and annoying at times to be interrupted while you sleep.
Grandpa and Grandma Hall want to know about the listing on craig's list is. We're interested.
If it makes you feel any better. The same thing is happening at our house, only it is the 2 year old and parents AND grandparents who aren't sleeping through the night. I have too gone against all the books and started feeding her. Last night she had 3 bottles, but hey, she slept in till 11 am. My doctor suggested feeding her more food. I put rice in her last meal at night and it seems to help her sleep a little longer. Hang in there. Oh and give me a call one of these nights - you can bet that I am up doing the same thing!!
This might sound kindof stupid, but the hairdryer puts Zoe to sleep. I was drying my hair one day and it worked like a charm! I think it's just the noise.... whatever works though, right? :)
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