Friday, April 1, 2011
Help needed!
Well I tried the Ferber method one night with Rex. It was horrible. He tried to put himself to sleep, but every time he took a breath from crying so hard he woke back up and cried harder. It was too hard to do alone, so we are postponing until David is on vacation. I broke him of the pacifier for 3 whole days and then watched David put it in his mouth last night! Oh man! That was all it took and now he wants it all the time. So April 18th he is getting ferberized. So my question is when do you start putting your baby to sleep at a normal time? They are four months now, and can sleep about 6 to 8 hours straight. So do you put them to bed at 7 and get up in the middle of the night, or put them to bed at 10 and let them sleep til 6? The doctor says they should sleep 10 to 12 hours straight, but that just isn't the case right now. Any suggestions? I will take any advice I can get. Did anyone do the Ferber method and their baby screamed for almost 2 hours? Did anyone have a baby that needed the pacifier all night and cried when it fell out. Very frustrating!
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From what I'm hearing, you're getting this sleep training thing down. Congrats! I know it is hard to do, but you'll have two babies that can sleep soundly, thus you and David will be able to sleep soundly.
ReplyDeleteWe started sleep training at 6 months but he was only waking up 1 time per night at that point. And we modified it. We didn't really 'cry it out', we went in and gave him his pacifier, and after a few weeks, he could find his pacifier himself and then was sleeping through the night without needing us. If you want to bounce some ideas off me, I'm game!! It's tough because you hate to see your baby cry, but it's really just breaking a habit, and you don't want to be getting up in the night with them at 2!
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