Thursday, September 25, 2008
The sleep saga continues
I am DONE with crying. Done, done done! I have decided that cry it out does not work for Ellie. It has been about a week or so of serious letting her cry with no improvement. We are still crying for 45 min to over an hour a night. I decided last night that I cannot take anymore. She is getting no better and her naps are getting worse. She doesn't sleep for anymore than 10 minutes at a time for a total of about 30 min a day. She should be getting 3-4 hours of daytime sleep for her age! So, we are trying something new. I am trying to follow The No Cry Sleep Solution. For the first few nights you are just supposed to keep a log of night wakings. I think this is just so that you can notice subtle improvements. You are supposed to right down quite a few things every time you wake up. Well, since I am not coherent enough in the night to even notice what time it is most nights, I just tried to keep count of how many times she woke up last night. I think it was around 5. I lost count a few times :-) So, my new plan is to get her to take a nap no matter what it takes. This morning I pushed her back and forth in her stroller until she fell asleep. Whenever she started to wake up (sometimes about every 2 min) I would push the stroller again. We did this until we got to an hour. Hopefully, once she gets used to napping at certain times and isn't so overtired I can transition her into her bed. As for nighttime, I am going to feed her to sleep and put her in her bed as many times as it takes (it may take hours the way this has been going! She wakes up before her back hits the bed) Once she gets used to that I will gradually put her down more and more awake. This is not a quick fix. It is going to take lots of time and TONS of patience. Please pray that I can make it :-)
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Oh dear...Jessica, you are a strong woman. You are an awesome mom. You will get through this. I'm very proud of you. Keep it up.
I know you've tried everything, but will she sleep on her tummy?
She usually rolls herself onto her tummy to sleep. If I put her that way she crawls to the side and stands up. I should have gotten serious about this long before she could stand!
oh goodness! well they do say that the cry it out method isn't for every baby. you will find something that works for precious ellie! i pray that it's sooner rather than later for both of you.
what about trying to ease her down onto her side? that's her position when she's nursing...maybe she won't wake up quite so quickly. or what about a pacifier? do you guys use one? maybe you could try sticking one in as soon as she unlatches from you? if that works, and you don't like the idea of her sleeping with one, maybe you could try pulling it back out once she is in the crib and asleep.
just some suggestions from another novice mother with no real wisdom of her own yet :-)
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