Please help ~ not sleeping

[Scarlet not logged]

Hi Ladies,

Please give me some tips/anything to help me get my 11 month old to sleep through the night. I know at the moment he's teething, but even when he's not he wakes up 6 or 7 times in the night (sometimes more).

He goes to sleep OK, but he's got used to having some milk each time he wakes up otherwise he screams the place down, and unfortunately I live in an appt block so I can't let him do this else he'll wake up the whole block. I've tried water, but it doesn't work, even rocking him doesn't do the trick. I really want to cut out the milk because his nappy is soaked by 6am and he's ready to wake up.

If there's anything you've tried and which has worked to get your baby back to sleep in the middle of the night please share, as I'm absolutelky sleep deprived these days, and it really makes my pni worse as I'm so irritable and it's like I'm going around in a fog all day. Also I find it difficult to nap during the day as I have tons of household stuff to do when he's sleeping and my mind isn't relaxed enough to sleep.

Thanks ladies

From a crabby, irritable, about to snap at any moment Scarlet
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[caterina]

Hi Scarlet
I know you live in a appt block but I really found that my own little version of controlled crying helped get bub to sleep through..she goes down about 7pm and is up about 5am now but it used to be 7am (think it's teeth at the moment!)
It started with daytime naps, I used to rock her to sleep but I wanted to change it, there's my thread called 'controlled crying' on here somewhere with full story! I tried putting her down for daytime naps awake first, but she was older, I think about 13/14 months.

At night I would bath her, give her milk, brush teeth, into sleeping bag and away to bed. She would protest but I find you know the difference between a 'real' cry and an 'annoyed I've been put to bed' cry? You know what I mean? If it was a real cry then I would go up but if not then she usually settled down to sleep quite quickly, although you do feel like a complete shite doing this!
Plus if she was up through the night then I didn't rush to her straight away, I would let her grizzle for a couple of minutes just in case she wasn't really awake, just turning over. As a general rule she gets nothing to eat or drink through the night except a small drink of water (providing she's eaten a good tea that is, if not then she gets something solid - banana, biscuit etc, no milk!) You might need to have grumpy neighbours for a while until your wee one accepts there is no more night milk feeding. Do you speak to them? Would they understand? Plus if his teeth are sore then I find a dose of calpol/medised works wonders, you know yourself there's nothing worse than sore teeth!
Hugs for you grumpy, and remember nap when you can to catch up on your sleep!! xx

[Scarlet]

Thanks hun, I appreciate this. With my eldest I have to confess that I did hold his hand each night to get him to sleep, after I read his bedtime story, until he was probably about 4 .

I just noticed today that bubs has 6 teeth coming through just now, 4 top ones and 2 bottom. He's getting them quicker than my eldest did, so no wonder he's not sleeping, he's probably in so much pain....poor luv.

I have some Calpol equivalent, so will use that tonight. As for the controlled sleeping thread, I'm going to check it out.

Hope you are well and happy hun and having pink days now...sorry about your computer problems, it sucks not to have internet doesn't it.

Love and huggeroooonies

Scarlet
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[caterina]

Hey Scarlet
6 teeth at once? Aw poor wee mite, how did you go with the calpol? Did that help at all?
After writing all that about sleeping my little treasure decided she wasn't going to bed tonight..she finally settled at 9.30 pm..I reckon she just wanted to see who was being evicted from Big Brother!!
Days are mostly pink..odd grey one pops in there sometimes but that's ok. How you doing? xxx

[scarlet1]

Caterina,

3 have come through so far, and I've put him back in his cot now (he was co-sleeping, but it didn't work because he rolls too much). I am sleep deprived to the max I can tell you, I could fall asleep right now. He's such an active baby, already pulling himself up to walk and he's taken a few steps already holding onto furniture. He's only 11 months as well, my eldest was 16-17 months when he started to walk (and I didn't have pni).

So glad you are having pink days now hun, my days are mostly pink now as well, with a few grey ones scattered in here and there ~

Here's to full recovery lass, and it couldn't come a day sooner.

Hugs

Scarlet
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[caterina]

Hey Scarlet
Putting him back in the cot will probably help you both get some sleep..can't even imagine co-sleeping with my wee squirmer! Sounds like he's going to be on his feet soon enough, might help with the sleeping if he's walking..maybe!! My small one has decided that 3am is a good time to howl and bawl for an hour..how did I ever do night feeds? Feel like death warmed up!!
Here's to recovery and a good night's sleep for both of us! ;D xx

[Scarlet]

Hiya Caterina,

Today he took his first steps unaided ~ at the ripe age of 11 months, I'm as pleased as punch.

As for sleep ~ what is that...*yawns*


He is in his cot, but stands up in it and screams at me periodically during the night.


Scarlet
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