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Tiredprobably · 13/01/2012 03:18

I have an almost 11 month old ds who is very very lovely, but does not sleep through the night, we eventually tried cc at 9 months after everything else and after 2 nights was brilliant he slept all night for about 2 weeks. He then got ill and spent a lot if time in our bed. He's breastfed and all he had day and night was milk. Now he's better though he's still feeding at night it's all he wants and he scratches and shouts and hairpulls if my dh goes to settle him or does the same if I go in to him. Now we are back to the stage that led us to cc in the first place which is him wanting milk every hour and a half all night, it got to every 40 mins before. Im not as tired as when we first tried cc so maybe he senses my hearts not in it but it doesn't seem to work this time. He did go to sleep but then woke up 5-10 mins later everytime so the process was going on for too long and we all got too upset, also now he can stand up the instant you put him down he's up and screaming, there's no in between stage where he could possibly fall asleep and whenever dh goes in he just gets angrier, if I go in it's even worse. I can't bring myself to do cc for a long time last time it took 30 mins altogether for 2 nights which actually led to less crying than him waking every 40 mins. I also don't know how to put him down awake as he's always fed to sleep and just gets furious if I try to stop before he's asleep. Sorry this is long and rambling, obviously it's the middle of the night! You were all so helpful when I wrote on here before, any ideas this time?

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Jnice · 13/01/2012 03:32

Hi there. I have 3 boys, ages 9, 4 and 12 wks. I did cc with the oldest. What I discovered (like you) is that it works until you hit a milestone or sickness or something disruptive like travel. So if you take that route it's not unusual for you to need to use it again and again.

Personally I wouldn't advise doing it half heartedly - it's all or nothing. Otherwise it's just a lot of upset for nothing plus an older baby will discover your limit and fight harder.

I don't have much advice other than stick with one method and be consistent. Aside from cc you could just offer comfort and water but no milk. This will be really hard. There is a method called 'pick up put down' which can work. If you're not aware of it google (I don't want to misadvise you on the details). This method is back breaking and really can take a long time. I prefer it to cc though personally.

Really you just need to come to some decisions with SO and then persevere.

Good luck!

Tiredprobably · 13/01/2012 03:39

Thanks nice, we did try the pick up put down method but he got so angry with us to be honest it was worse than the cc the first time round. I think you're right with being consistant it's just hard when your tired! I think maybebil only feed every 3 hours and we will limp along between feeds, maybe il slowly get them to spread out.

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Jnice · 13/01/2012 03:47

I can see what you're saying an out pupd, I think there comes an age where it just winds them up more.

I hope someone else comes all g with something more useful!

Hope you get some rest soon.

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