10 month old not sleeping at night- Help?
bluestarlight19
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Hi,
My husband and I are super exhausted. My ten month old daughter does not sleep through the night and hasn't since she was born. She is very snuggly and likes to sleep in our bed. I have had enough. She keeps kicking us and rolling around. Her crib is right next to my bed and she starts the night off there but wakes without fail around midnight and will cry (for hours!, we tried crying it out but doesn't work with her). So we bring her into bed with us. On a normal night, she wakes twice sometimes 3 times, and other nights like last tuesday she was awake from 12:30am until after 2am. And both me and my husband get up at 5am everyday for work.
The long term sleep deprivation has destroyed my eating habits and though I am trying to incorporate exercise into my routine, by the time I get home from work every evening at 5:30-6pm. I'm just flat out exhausted! Something needs to change and I don't know what else to try.
We get home, she has a bottle then plays for a while, she is very active, I have to watch her constantly because she can already walk and she is a climber so she can scramble up the bed or the couch but she has no idea what an edge is so has a tendency to fall off stuff. So she plays, I get dinner, she eats, then has a bath most nights, and then a bottle around 7:30-8pm and starts to fall asleep.
We used to have her fall asleep on our bed and then we would place her in the crib. This week I have tried getting her to have her final bottle in her crib. She gets sleepy but then at some point realizes she is in her crib and jumps up and starts crying. So then we have to sooth her and get her to sleep only now she has had her bottle, she refuses it and gets crazy active from being overtired and zooms all over our bed. This has pushed her bedtime to 9-10pm some nights.
I'm at my wits end...I really don't have much experience with this since my first daughter slept through from 10 weeks old and is super easy with sleep. My sis just says let her cry but when she is crying for over 2 hours even though i'm right there and she is sobbing...I can't do it anymore. I'm just so tired myself.
If we could just get her to sleep I would have so much energy and would be jumping on my exercise instead of dreading it. I love to workout...I just need sleep.
Advice please?
My husband and I are super exhausted. My ten month old daughter does not sleep through the night and hasn't since she was born. She is very snuggly and likes to sleep in our bed. I have had enough. She keeps kicking us and rolling around. Her crib is right next to my bed and she starts the night off there but wakes without fail around midnight and will cry (for hours!, we tried crying it out but doesn't work with her). So we bring her into bed with us. On a normal night, she wakes twice sometimes 3 times, and other nights like last tuesday she was awake from 12:30am until after 2am. And both me and my husband get up at 5am everyday for work.
The long term sleep deprivation has destroyed my eating habits and though I am trying to incorporate exercise into my routine, by the time I get home from work every evening at 5:30-6pm. I'm just flat out exhausted! Something needs to change and I don't know what else to try.
We get home, she has a bottle then plays for a while, she is very active, I have to watch her constantly because she can already walk and she is a climber so she can scramble up the bed or the couch but she has no idea what an edge is so has a tendency to fall off stuff. So she plays, I get dinner, she eats, then has a bath most nights, and then a bottle around 7:30-8pm and starts to fall asleep.
We used to have her fall asleep on our bed and then we would place her in the crib. This week I have tried getting her to have her final bottle in her crib. She gets sleepy but then at some point realizes she is in her crib and jumps up and starts crying. So then we have to sooth her and get her to sleep only now she has had her bottle, she refuses it and gets crazy active from being overtired and zooms all over our bed. This has pushed her bedtime to 9-10pm some nights.
I'm at my wits end...I really don't have much experience with this since my first daughter slept through from 10 weeks old and is super easy with sleep. My sis just says let her cry but when she is crying for over 2 hours even though i'm right there and she is sobbing...I can't do it anymore. I'm just so tired myself.
If we could just get her to sleep I would have so much energy and would be jumping on my exercise instead of dreading it. I love to workout...I just need sleep.
Advice please?
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It's really tough when they're little, and unfortunately that's just the way some babies are. However she will eventually sleep through the night. Have you read the book "The No-Cry Sleep Solution"? It has lots of practical advice and tips and tricks to get your baby to sleep. Good luck, I know how hard it is when you're in the "blur" (says the mom of 4:flowerforyou: )0
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Sounds like both of my youngest! My daughter was 18 mos when she started sleeping thru nite and son 14 mos
Our thing hurting us was their cribs being in our same bedroom. Once we moved their crib out in another room we did the whole crying it out thing. With my son it only took one night, my daughter it took 3 nights of it. But it worked. Good luck0 -
Ok - I'm not a parent and I'm not a medical professional but...
Here are some thoughts:
I have a friend, a registered nurse, who cares for several foster kids, all of whom have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and several other diagnosis, and she has them all on a diet that's all natural, no preservatives, no dyes, etc. and says it does wonders. One kid has been diagnosed with Autism as well and the "professionals" were suggesting that he be institutionalized. After a few weeks on the diet he certainly still has some problems, but he's a totally different, very sweet kid and very functional. She's done a lot of research on her own and believes that the gut isn't processing proteins like it should, sometimes to the point of a "leaky gut", and so the protein goes to the brain without being broken down and acts as an opiate. She has said to try going gluten free, dairy free, and sugar-free for a few days - each in turn so you know which one is having the effect. The sugar-free is looking for the possibility of a systemic yeast infection, again, because the body may not be processing it like it should. Because their bodies are so small, if something particular is the problem you should see a result in a day or two. The diet she has them on was started by Lisa Belkin who wrote First Do No Harm - it was made into a movie later on.
Also, I have a great-nephew who's 18 months old and he was only sleeping 4-5 hrs at a shot, and like you, his parents were exhausted. Their Dr. prescribed Benadryl, but it had the opposite effect (like it does for a lot of kids) and made him even more wired. Now he's on a small dosage of melatonin (also under Dr's care) and it's working wonders for him.0 -
With our daugther we had the same experience as alyssa92982 - she needed to be in a room other than our bedroom.
She was so imprinted on my wife and she could her my wife breathing when she woke up at night (which they do at least 3-4 times a night), she would reach out for my wife and wake up fully.
When we moved her crib to another room she could not hear my wife when she woke up and just went back to sleep. And when she needed help I (not my wife) went to check on her and help her find the passifier and so on as she would react more heavily to my wifes precense.
I'm not saying that this is THE solution, just that it workd for us (and at least one of our 2 kids)
edit: Oh and by the way - for a period of time we let her fall asleep in my arms and then tucked her to avoid all the ruckus about her not wanting to fall asleep in the crib......it took about 3-4 months before we could actually tuck her directly in her crib/bed, but it was worth it.0 -
One thing you said was "we tried letting her cry it out...but she couldn't do it, so we picked her up and soothed her." Are you waiting it out long enough? Sometimes it will take HOURS the first time(s)...if she knows that eventually, if she cries long and hard enough, you will come and "rescue her," she will continue to cry. It's hard - super hard - I know from experience (both as a mom and a professional child care provider) but if you truly want to break her of the habit, you need to be strong. She will not hate you for it and she won't remember it. It may take a few nights, but it's well worth it. AND - the longer you wait, the harder it's going to be. Good luck!!!!0
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BTW - do not, under any circumstance, rely on Benedryl to help your child sleep. Yikes. What a horrible habit to get into!0
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My youngest didn't till 18 months when I did cry it out... It was 2 plus hours the first night and 20 minutes the second and then... bliss............0
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My daughter was a horrible sleeper until she was about 14 months old. Much of that was the fault of me and my husband!
She slept in our bed with us from the day she was born, until we moved her into her own crib, in her own room--at 14 months old.
We tried a pack and play next to our bed for ONE NIGHT when she was about 9 months old and immediately gave in the first time she cried!
I nursed her until she was a year old--and found myself feeding her in the middle of the night when she'd wake up--because the only way she'd settle again is if she was nursing! (Yes--she had us wrapped around her finger...)
Are you giving her a bottle in the middle of the night? One thing that helped us greatly was to give her a sippy cup with WATER in it when she woke during the night. She eventually learned that she wasn't getting milk in the middle of the night anymore--she was getting water--and that helped her to sleep through.
One night we decided she NEEDED to get out of our bed--for our sake and for hers. When we tossed and turned, it would wake her--and when she tossed and turned, it would wake us. So one night, we put her in her own room, in her crib, with MY pillow--and she slept through the entire night--without a fuss! I think having my pillow in her crib made her realize it was time for sleep, and she still had my scent, etc. (I know there are differing opinions on having a pillow in the crib with a child but it made a world of difference with our daughter!)
Sorry--I know how exhausting it is to have a bad sleeper! It WILL get better. We could tell our daughter was ready to be in her own room, and I think we timed it just right. We went from a girl who woke up 2-3 (sometimes 4) times a night for her first 13 months of life, to a girl who goes down in her own crib in her own room without a fuss and sleeps through the night every night of the week!
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Wow! thanks for the suggestions! I think I will order that no cry sleep solution book and see what its about.
She is definately in tune to me, but she reacts more when daddy takes her and I don't. She gets upset because he is "not the mama!" We have some space issues at the moment and only have one other room we could move the crib into...which is back into my older daughters room...I may still try it, but it does run the risk of waking up my 2 year old and then...well....that will be fun. She is a really good sleeper though so hopefully not many issues will come up.
Ok...so maybe we will go back to having her fall asleep on the bed with us then moving her to the crib. I do think we are disturbing her, we both snore and I know she doesn't like the air conditioner so we get hot sometimes at night just so we can sleep more. She had never been interested in a binkie like my oldest is so she soothes on her bottle sometimes which I would like to break that habit as well but one thing at a time.
As for the benadryl...OMG!! the doctor really told her to do that?!! I have only done it once with my oldest for a few weeks after asking the doctor and it was only because she had been super sick for weeks and was left with a cough and was having a lot of trouble sleeping, she had bags under her eyes like you wouldn't believe. You can't give kids under 6 cough meds so she said use a little benadryl to see if it would relax her enough and it did but it was only for a few days for her benefit, not ours. and melatonin...wow.
One of my sister's son's has autism and her youngest is now suspected as well but its too early to tell and he won't be as severe as his older brother so I know how all this goes.
As for food...she is only 10 months old and I had to stop breastfeeding around 6 months, she has been combi fed since 5 months and also early weaned because she was just so active she wasn't gaining weight and dropped percentiles. She beat me up while inside, could lift her head a few hours after being born, learned how to roll and do a weird back scooting thing to get where she wanted to at 3 months old, crawled before she could sit up at 5 months and is now walking at 9.5 months and tried to run yesterday. She is like the energizer bunny, generally very happy but super active. She gets formula and then some of our dinner chopped up for food. She is too young for any refined sugar or snacks or anything like that. Fruit is the only sugar she gets.
Ok...so....Plan of action....move crib back into older daughters room. Go back to having catherine fall asleep on the bed and move her to crib. In the meantime, get book and read and think hard about crying it out (it is really hard for me, it just breaks my heart) and....be prepared that this may last longer....zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......0 -
Hi, yes she does get a bottle at night but I know she isn't hungry, she uses it to sooth back to sleep. She can use a sippy cup but is still working on it so maybe I will try wo work with her on that and switch to it at night. Would water in a bottle work? Or would she just drink too much water and flood her diaper?
We did try the pack n play too but she refuses to sleep in that at night at all, so we had to move the crib into our room but she still won't sleep in it all night but she will sleep until about midnight in it. Maybe I will try the pillow thing or a blanket with my scent on it instead of a pillow. She will sleep really well in bed with us, its us that don't sleep...she is super cuddly and will flop back and forth between me and my husband and will slowly push us off the bed at night, lol.0 -
I'm sorry, I wish I could help! My daughter is 18 months and is still up 3-5 times per night. We've done all the things we're 'supposed' to do - her own room, lovely bedtime routine (she goes down no problem) a lovely item, water to sip in the night, wearing her out in the day,never feeds to sleep, white noise, not speaking or turning the lights on when we tend to her in the night etc etc. We were told by the health visitor to only go in briefly to reassure her we were there, then leave her to cry for a few minutes, check on her, leave her a bit longer and so on. We did this for two weeks with zero improvement (and an exhausted child in the daytimes) and gave up.
I think some kids are just wired that way.0 -
My youngest did not sleep through the night till almost a year! It's SO hard! There is hope though! You said her crib is next to your bed...is it possible to move her to another room? That was a huge tipping point for us. She went from crying for over an hour until I picked her up to crying for 10-15 minutes and going to sleep. I have 3 and have been through my share of sleep issues and bad sleeping habits...PM me if I can offer any advice! I know how hard it is to get motivation for ANYTHING when you're sleep deprived!0
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Hi, yes she does get a bottle at night but I know she isn't hungry, she uses it to sooth back to sleep. She can use a sippy cup but is still working on it so maybe I will try wo work with her on that and switch to it at night. Would water in a bottle work? Or would she just drink too much water and flood her diaper?
We did try the pack n play too but she refuses to sleep in that at night at all, so we had to move the crib into our room but she still won't sleep in it all night but she will sleep until about midnight in it. Maybe I will try the pillow thing or a blanket with my scent on it instead of a pillow. She will sleep really well in bed with us, its us that don't sleep...she is super cuddly and will flop back and forth between me and my husband and will slowly push us off the bed at night, lol.
When I started giving my daughter water during the night, she would really only take a couple sips and then go back to sleep--she never had a significant amount to make her wet through her diaper or anything.
It's so hard because we LOVED snuggling with her!! But we were all ready for the change. I am certain that if we had tried any earlier than we did, she would have cried and cried and cried....but we waited until we felt she was ready...and it worked! She was such a terrible sleeper that she would literally have to be HELD for every single nap....after we transitioned her to her crib with the pillow, she has taken naps no problem, without being held!0 -
Hi there. I know how you feel when it comes to having a bad sleeper. When my son was first born the only place he would sleep until he was almost 2 months old was on my chest. Some weeks I only got 8 hours of sleep. Now about 99.8% of the time he needs to be on my chest to fall asleep. Here's what I suggest:
DO NOT DO THE CIO METHOD (cry it out). There is a reason why when your baby cries parents find it damn near impossible to ignore. Your baby's cry is meant to be responded to. You are such a good mom for responding to you baby when she cries at night, because you are teaching her that when she needs to be soothed you are there for her. Imagine crying your eyes out as an infant for hours and you know your mom is only a few feet away and she won't come. Think about how upset you would be if you were balling your eyes out and your husband saw you crying, heard you crying, and just kept walking.
Not a pretty picture is it. Now amplify it by a thousand, since baby is helpless and has nobody to depend on for her needs than you.
Children need comfort. They need it from the time they are born and they are gonna need it when they turn 50. I commend you for not following through with the CIO method for too long. Sometimes my 6 month old still wakes up at night and I have to nurse him back down. It comes with being a mom. I'm sorry, but I could never let my son just cry.
Have you tried just letting her sleep in bed with you all night? I know co-sleeping is such a chore, but it seems to me that her waking up every few hours is her realizing she is no longer in bed with you and she wants to be. You might get more sleep if you co-slept.
As far as exercising, do you have a travel system stroller so you can go on walks with her. Babies love to be outside. If my son isn't outside once a day he's ready to scream all evening and probably won't go to bed until midnight. If you walk with her you'll get your exercise in as well as give her fresh air. Fresh air=tired baby, and a tired baby at nighttime is a good thing.
Also, speaking of tired baby, if you don't wanna co-sleep at all, you may have to work on tiring her out more. She sounds like a very energetic little girl! If she's not burning off that energy then she's gonna be more apt to wake up at night. At night I can tell when my son wasn't tired out enough the previous day cause he'll wake up and start talking to his pacifier or practice crawling around in his bed! It's so cute, but not as cute at 3 o' clock in the morning. Plus, wearing her out will be a workout for you, I'm sure.
Those are just my suggestions. I hope sleep comes to you all soon.0 -
As with everything on MFP...you're going to get very different opinions on all the topics. You're going to have to choose what works best for you. I could've never imagined co-sleeping...but to each his/her own. We let our daughters self-soothe and although it was hard (harder on us then on them) they were fine. They don't remember it - it's not going to scar them for life or make them feel abandoned. So anyway, take everything with a grain of salt (or not, if you're watching your sodium intake lol) and pick what feels right for you. ;-)0
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I'm not opposed to CIO, we have tried it before, but she keeps going, my limit was 2 hours one night, I was just so exhuasted. And then it took forever to settle her. Right now we have a sort of half co-sleeping arrangement going on. Its been like this since she was born. With breastfeeding when she was younger it was the only way I got any kind of sleep, especially during growth spurts. When we switch to formula she did have less wake ups but still wakes 2-4 times a night.
As for going outside in a stroller, its hard to do at night. 1. because of my 2 year old...she will want to be in the stroller and walking with her and a baby by myself is challenging. 2. I get home around 5:30-6pm and have to start the night time whirlwind= gettting dinner started, having them play/keeping an eye on them/ exercising/attending to thier needs (my toddler is always hungry after daycare, she gets very cranky the later dinner gets but if I give her a snack she refuses to eat dinner), baths and then my husband gets home around 7:30-8pm and its time to start getting the kids to bed. 3. When my 10 month old sits in a stroller, she isn't moving much which makes it worse because she still has all her energy. I just try to get them to run around in the house, play games or play with toys in between doing my weights and cooking dinner....its....fun...to say the least.
Both my girls only want to sleep on me for the first couple of months and then next to me, my oldest daughter decided one night to just sleep through for 12 hours and never looked back (the first few nights scared the crap out of me) This one has never slept through though. They have a good night time routine, after dinner its bath for both of them most nights which they love and then we do quiet activities like drawing or reading to settle down. She is relatively easy to get to sleep at night, just hand her a bottle and out she goes. Its her wake ups that are getting us.0 -
"This too shall pass" is all I got
. IME it's somewhat common 10 month olds don't sleep well thru the night. 0 -
My hubby and I co/slept with all three boys 13,7, 2 yr old until my hubs and I started having problems in the love area. All my boys slept in their own beds and room by age 1. Although my two yr old time to time still wakes up, we let him cry it out. He needs to realize it is night time, time to sleep. But if we continued to cater to his crying he will not learn. You can peek on them for reassurance for yourself but dont let them know.
Start a night routine: shower, banana ( serotonin) ,milk (also serotonin)and a book. NO music. Music is a stimuli.
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I swear by cry it out. Especially by 10 months. Letting your kids sleep with you will end up being a disaster especially the older they get. Both my daughters have been sleeping through the night since 6 and 8 months old, and when this baby gets to 6 months old, we'll be doing cry it out again. You have to think of you guys too and lack of sleep affects so much, and if she's waking so often, it's probably not that good for her either.0
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I am strongly against CIO for my children for lots of reasons, and found the No Cry Sleep Solution to be very helpful.0
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I'd say, solve the short-term problem of the kicking first - get some pillows or something so that YOU can sleep when she's in your bed. It's a long haul, but you have to break it down into small steps, and each kid is different.
My sons, we used to comfort them in their own room on our lap, get them sleepy, and then plop them back into their crib as soon as we could get away with it. Yes, you might have to do it a few thousand times. Alternate nights so someone gets sleep.
I never did "Cry It Out" unless they were much older and obviously just throwing a tantrum.0 -
Sounds like both of my youngest! My daughter was 18 mos when she started sleeping thru nite and son 14 mos
Our thing hurting us was their cribs being in our same bedroom. Once we moved their crib out in another room we did the whole crying it out thing. With my son it only took one night, my daughter it took 3 nights of it. But it worked. Good luck
I was going to say this same thing...move her crib out of your room. She can hear you and know you are right there to get her when she wakes up. And while this is great for security reasons, it doesn't promote sleeping through the night.0 -
My daughter started sleeping through the night much better when we started taking her out for walks in the stroller in the evening. Something about the fresh air seemed to help, and it was good for the rest of us as well.
The other thing that helped was a hazelwood necklace. I don't understand how it works, and for the most part - I still think it's mumbo-jumbo, but for some reason, she sleeps better with it, even now at almost 5 years old, we make sure she's got one. The natives around here recommended it to me, and I was glad they did.
http://www.purnoisetier.com/en/6-babies-and-children0 -
I agree with moving the crib out of your room. I also don't think you should start with her in the bed with you and then move her over later. If she wakes up in her crib instead of where she fell asleep with you, that could be scary and disorienting and could lead to more crying.
I would continue with the nighttime routine you have for your oldest, but incorporate your youngest. Then work on it from there. My youngest cried and would get so worked up that CIO wasn't a great option for us. But we would go in and soothe her, rub her back WITHOUT picking her up out of her crib.
That's what finally worked for us and got them sleeping through the night and in the same room.
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Below is the experience that my wife and I had with our's. This may not be the case for you but something to consider.
In addition to moving the crib out of the room which we found was also part of the issue.......
Have you considered diet? Pending on if you are breast feeding or formula will make a difference. Since my wife was not able to breastfeed, due to medications she was on, we had to rely on formulas. We found that the regular formulas like Similac and Similac II were too harsh on our son's stomach and he cried all night long or when he laid down. We discovered that this has to do with him being slightly lactose intolerant and after switching to a Soy based formula, things subsided and he began to sleep through the night. In order to get him around this we put him on Soy based formulas and then slowly introduced regular formulas back in over about a 6 mos period. After that he was fine and we didn't have any issues.
IF you are breast feeding, also keep in mind, what you eat and drink, your baby gets as well. So if you eat a mexican meal with beans and cheese, onions, the little one gets as well. (Learned that one the hard way too.)
Just my .02 from the experience my wife and I had.0 -
I have two suggestions 1. There is an all natural teething tablet that contains herbs for soothing and it promotes sleepiness 2. There is a brand at walmart that makes a chewable melatonin tablet. Both of these options are all natural and safe. I've had to use the melatonin with my son. His energy levels are so high, that even with a good bed time routine, he just couldn't fall asleep. He would be up constantly. It didn't help we had several life change events right at the age where they start to form their own sleep patterns and habbits. With my oldest we ferberized. He went down about 2 hours our expected bed time so that hopefully the crying was done by the time we wanted to sleep. It was a hard month but it worked. Good luck! I know every child and situation is different.0
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Love the responses telling someone what not to do and how terrible this and that are. As for people opposed to CIO, that's for you to decide for you and your own children. But it does not make someone a bad mom if they choose to do CIO. Just like someone is not a bad mom if they don't co sleep, breastfeed, or baby carry. EVERYONE is different, as are all kids.
OP: Just try new things and see how they work for you and your family. I'm sure it is hard to be so sleep deprived, and I hope it gets better soon. This too shall pass is true. I've never seen an 18 year old sleeping in bed with mom and dad, using a pacifier, or wearing a diaper, LOL
Also: I did use CIO and my son has slept through the night since 6 days old (yes 6 days) and he is now almost 3, in a big boy bed, and one of the sweetest, most caring, and cuddly boys you will ever meet. So that whole, "If you do CIO then you are harming your kids because they need to be responded to every 5 seconds, that is a sham, IMO "0 -
6 days old doing CIO??!! Not even the experts on CIO say to start it until at least 6 months!!!! At least that's what I thought..... I could be wrong though.
You're right, definitely your child and your decision.
Anyway, I hope it all works out for you. Like everyone else has said, eventually this will pass. I just wanted to add that since your life is that hectic at home, have you considered cooking enough food to last a few days at a time? That way you would only have to cook 2-3 days a week. Your off cooking days could be the days you do some exercise when you get home. It seems like my stroller idea was no good? How about a workout DVD? I know Tae Bo has a children's version of he workout. It'll be a nice way to start really slow with something and your daughter can do it with you. Just a thought.0 -
Hi, Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!! We are planning to move her crib back into my daughters room but have to wait til tomorrow because its a 2 person job, we have to take it apart and reassemble it.
We did try the bottle of water last night instead of formula. It worked well I think. She woke up a few more times than normal but they were very brief wake ups and she took 2 sips of the bottle and then threw it (lol) and laid back down to go to sleep that is definately an improvement on the bottle front. She still ended up in our bed after midnight but I'm hoping that with the water, she wakes up less tonight hehe!!
As for exercising, its not the time, I usually throw a dinner in the oven and steam some fresh veggies using steamer bags. Its the kids....I usually just do weight sets while I'm cooking and it allows me time to take breaks to get the kids what they want or need. I do have dvds and would LOVE to be able to do them but I can't right now because they are mostly cardio and I get interrupted a lot, usually by my oldest. She tries to exercise with me for a few minutes but then its "I want juice!" or "put these stickers on me". Mostly she just wants my attention because we have just gotten home and she was at daycare all day, So doing weights lets me do both. Also...we dance its really fun and she loves it so I just throw on music and the 2 of us dance and I toss her around.
The exercising comes down to motivation from sheer exhaustion.
Lol, I know....this too shall pass....I just wish it would pass faster....
I will update this weekend at some point to let you know how the crib moving went.
I really really thank everyone for thier suggestions!!! My husband and I are discussing all of them and seeing what we can do (minus all the drugging our kid ones....)0 -
6 days old doing CIO??!! Not even the experts on CIO say to start it until at least 6 months!!!! At least that's what I thought..... I could be wrong though.
You're right, definitely your child and your decision.
Anyway, I hope it all works out for you. Like everyone else has said, eventually this will pass. I just wanted to add that since your life is that hectic at home, have you considered cooking enough food to last a few days at a time? That way you would only have to cook 2-3 days a week. Your off cooking days could be the days you do some exercise when you get home. It seems like my stroller idea was no good? How about a workout DVD? I know Tae Bo has a children's version of he workout. It'll be a nice way to start really slow with something and your daughter can do it with you. Just a thought.
I didn't do cry it out at 6 days. He automatically slept through the night. I had to start cry it out when he moved from a bassinet into a crib. But I don't really listen to "the experts" anyway, since the views on what is best for a child change every year or so. But yes, my child, my decision, hence why I was saying no one should tell someone what is "right" or "wrong" because it can vary (besides the drugging the children thing, that's not good).
OP: Awesome job last night, glad it was a bit easier! Definitely progress not perfection And I always try to remember that these phases won't last long, and usually we miss the good and the bad when they pass, so i try to enjoy every minute. You are obviously a great mom, trying to do the best for you and your family 0
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