Did your DC sleep better once they were in their own room?

[olivo]

I'm in a bit of a catch 22 situation here. Co-slept with DD2 for the irst 10 weks pr so, and ever since, have been sleeping in her room, with her in a cot, and me on a matress. she is now 6mo, but for the last 6 weeks, her sleep has been awful. she wakes about every 2 to 2 1/2 hours, and i'm shattered. I'm not sure if we are keeping each other awake, and so i should move out, or if wshe's goignt o wake anyway, it'll be harder work to be in another room! if i'm in there, it's easier to settle her before DD1 wakes up but maybe she'd self settle if left for a few minutes!

Don't know what to do for the best! help!

I'd trial it - give it a couple of nights with you back in your own room and see if it resolves the problem.

TBH though, she's only 6 months old, so she'll probably wake through the night with teeth, hunger, boredom, fright any way. Both mine were good sleepers BUT we had phases where they woke in the night and nothing could prevent it so we just had to suck it up!

Are you weaning her? Porridge before bed worked wonders here! Kept hunger at bay until morning!

thanks, doodlez. have just started weaning a couple of days ago. tbh, she's not really that bothered, she have a chomp on a few things (we're doing baby-led) but judging by the mess and the nappies, nothing is going in! she has about 5oz of ebm and a bf at bed time, then another 5oz of ebm at my bed time though.

I know i'll still have to get up to her, DD1 didnt sleep through till she was 2, but having had a period of about 7 weeks where she could do a 7 hour stretch, i was lulled into thinking we might have a sleeper this time!
I think you're right, it's probably worth trying andd keeping the bed made up in her room in case it doesnt work.

my dd went through something similar at 29 weeks- I ended up cosleeping and so tired could barley function. Anyway- I decided as she was on 3 good meals a day to try CC- it worked and now she sleeps really well- we still have the odd night of 5 mins of crying at about 5am but thats it until 7am!

Oh aye - we tried controlled crying.

It was hateful for us. My DD is stronger-willed than either me or DH!

One night, we did the unthinkable and put her in the car seat. DH drove her around as the car had magic powers when it came to getting babies to sleep.

So, she finally nods off, he parks in a layby and gets into the passenger seat, reclines it and goes to sleep himself. Right next to the main road.

8.00am - rush hour queue stretches for miles right past the car. DH wakens, has to stumble around the car, in FULL VIEW of stationary cars, wearing dressing gown and slippers!

We gave up with CC after that

doodlez!

I'm not keen to try CC, partly because of DD1 - she wakes when DD2 cries and then is much harder to get back to sleep. at least with DD2, i can just feed her back to sleep. maybe she'll be better when she takes in more food?

she doesnt sleep much during the day either, maybe 20 mins in the car if i'm lucky. , i always thought that if you got a non sleeper the first time, you got a sleeper second time round

"I always thought that if you got a non sleeper the first time, you got a sleeper second time round"

I always thought motherhood was about throwing laughing, beautiful, rosy-cheeked babies in to clear blue skies whilst wearing cashmere sweaters in pastel colours because that's what the pictures in the Pregnancy magazines looked like!

No bloody mention of not getting out of your coffee stained dressing gown til 3 in the afternoon, roughened hands from washing them all the time, sick on one shoulder, snot on the other, Cheerios splattered up your back and crispy hair you don't want to even think about, let alone check in a mirror

I hope she settles again for you Olivo. Like I say (and you know from having an older one), it's all a phase....just keep clinging to that thought.

Co-sleeping might be an option actually. Mrs Vidic also mentions three square meals a day and I do think food helps once they get started on it properly. I love BLW though. I mixed that with a bit of help with spoons and sloppy dishes like porridge and the combo seemed to work for us.

Good luck with her tonight

DS co-slept till about 6 weeks, then in moses basket by our bed until about 5 months then moved into his own room next door - and slept SO much better. He's now 12m and if we share a room when we're on hols he sleeps so much worse - I think you just disturb each other without meaning to. As others have said worth giving it a go and seeing. We saw an improvement from the 1st night.

A friend of mine whose baby still sleeps quite badly at 12m once said to me 'can I take him back to the hospital and ask them to give me one that sleeps?'!!

Hope things improve for you soon olivo

thanks.am going to move out midweek for a trial.
oh yes, that reminds me, we have a holiday comingup with all 4 of us in the same room.....eeek!