Baby not Sleeping (sorry so long)

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By any chance is she getting some big teeth coming in. they could be

bothering her and if so give her a little baby tylenol to help with the pain and

she

may sleep better. I hope she sleeps soon for you. Also if it continues it would

not hurt to check her earss. Maybe she is getting fluid when she is laying

down and it bothers her, You could try elevating her matress a little by putting

a folded blanket or thin pillow UNDER the mattress, NOt in the crib, to get

her head up more. i had to do that with my boys and it worked well. good Luck,

wish I were more help.

God Bless,

Robin, NorthEastern, NY

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Emerson Roger

[Guest guest]

I haven't been checking posts in quite some time, so if this has been

addressed lately, I apologize. This is a long one, but I wanted to

give as much detail as possible. I'm at such a real loss. My

daughter is exactly 8 months old. She has never slept through the

night. I was nursing her up until 2 weeks ago...she wheened like a

pro...didn't seem to phase her a bit. I had thought that might help

her, but it hasn't. So, here's the situation. We have had an

excellent bed time routine since she was about 2 months old. She

gets a bath (loves it, plays in tub for about 20 - 30 minutes), then

we do the sleepy time lotion, jammies, turn on the lullaby CD, and

she gets a bottle, I put her in her crib and goes right to sleep

(8:00ish)...it's awesome. However, some time between 12 and 2, she

is up, crying...she wants to go back to sleep, but needs to be rocked

back to sleep...usually with a bottle (4oz). She's usually always

back up by 4 or 5 and we do the same routine. But, for about the

past month as soon as I get her back to sleep and put her back in her

crib, she starts screaming. I've even tried just letting her cry

herself to sleep, but she can go for over an hour...(I give in before

she does). And now she can sit or stand in her crib, so she's

standing at the side just screaming. I don't know what to do. I

know that she needs to be able to sleep on her own. But she seems to

want to be held all night long. I can't do that. This week I have

started putting rice cereal in her bottle at bed time, but that

doesn't seem to help either. I'm at such a lost. I work full time,

and the sleep deprivation is really catching up with me. I would

welcome and advise I could get.

Thanks

Jodi

Olivia Kennedy Berta 9/9/03

[Guest guest]

Hello Jodi,

My son is 4 and still doesn't sleep through the night. HE was also breastfed.

But when he was a baby what helped him and us was the " family bed " theory. We

would put him in his bed to sleep and when he woke up we put him in ours. He

loved being inbetween mommy and daddy and still does.

I know some people will not agree that this is a good thing but I actually felt

better and slept better knowing exactly where my son was and I think he liked

and still likes knowing where we are.

I know this probably doesn't help but alot of kids act out their insecurities at

night time and from what our pediatrician says it starts very young.

Chrystal

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[Guest guest]

Jodi,

Have you talked to your doctor about this? My daughter was like that and she was

very colicky and then developed croup. Could this be the problem? I hope that

you get some answers as I know what it is like to not get any sleep on top of

the fact that you can't seem to comfort your baby. Best wishes to you!!

DE

EDD#2 8/2/04

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