Having a difficult time with my daughter sleeping. I have been Co-sleeping since she was about 6 months, and in the last few months we have been trying to smooth her in to sleeping alone and in her own bed. It is very difficult because she freaks out screaming and kicking and throwing herself around. I don't really know what to do, It was terrible tonight so bad the neighbor thought I was beating my kid apparently because the police were here. I really don't know what to do besides give in to her and go to bed every night with her. She fights sleeps so bad just to stay up with me at night, and I am aggravated with it because I like to use the time to get my house cleaned up and relax a bit but I rarely get it, only way I ever get that is to lay with her until she falls asleep, then 2 hours later she's awake and freaking out again. I am calling the doctor on monday. I haven't had one peaceful night since before she was born and I am not mad about it just concerned about her not getting a restful sleep. Anyone have any Idea what could be going on with her? or any helpful tips or tricks to share? I am stumped. o_O
A friend recommended a book to me called "Solve your Child's Sleep Problems" by Richard Ferber. I'm in the process of reading it and so far it has been extremely uselful. I just started trying to implement what he suggested for my daughter's problems two nights ago and it seems to be working so far. My fingers are crossed though.
BUMP! Good luck momma.
Is she in a crib or a big girl bed? If she was in a crib I would say do what we did. We co-slept till my son was 16 moths old. We kept him up late the first night till he was almost asleep and then we put him in the crib. He started screaming. We let him scream for twenty minutes. Then we went in, picked him up and calmed him down. Once he was drowsy again we put him back in bed and left the room. Came back 20 minutes later and did the same thing. The first two nights we didnt get much sleep at all but the third night we only had to calm him down three times and so on. By the end of one week he would cry a bit when we put him down but would settle down and fall asleep within the twenty minutes. Now he goes to bed and sings to himself till he falls asleep. We also piled his crib with stuffed animals and pillows so that there was not alot of space around him...he hates open space. My pedi reccomended this plan and it totally worked. Good luck whatever you decide to do!
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- sickgirlelle
on Feb. 4, 2012 at 4:00 AM