Anais has been having such a hard time going to sleep!!

[jmamom0709]

 Well where do I start... Anais has always had a hard time going to sleep since day one!! She would be up all night crying & wouldn't go back to sleep til 5am for me to get up at 6am to get the kids ready for school!!!

 Fast forward 20mths. Anais is still having a hard time going to sleep. If she takes a nap for longer than 45min thats a lot & thats IF she takes a nap. When I put her to bed at 9pm she will cry im sorry scream for me to go get her. On time me & Ray let her up with us to see if she would fall asleep on her own, it was 11:30pm & she was still wide awake!!!

 I've tried the whole cry it out but it dosen't work!! She still cries every night when I put her to bed. Sometimes she will cry for 5-10min b4 falling asleep, other times she will cry for a good 30min. -45min. b4 going to sleep. Ive tried rocking her to sleep but she just wants to get down, ive tried nursing her to sleep & that works once in awhile if shes been up really late, ive put soft music in her room, she has a night lite.

 She's also been waking up in the middle of the night several times a night. If I go  in to calm her down & get her back to sleep she thinks its play time & wants to play. I would bring her to bed with me to nurse her to see if she falls asleep & NOPE all she does is nurse for a lil bit then wants to play or move around in bed. Ray dosen't like that b/c he has to be up at 5am for work.

 I don't know what im going to do!!!!!! She needs her sleep how the heck do I get her to sleep without such a big drama!!!

 Im also 17 weeks prego & im worried that she will keep this up when the baby comes & be up all night too. I couldn't handle trying to get her not to wake up the baby with her crying all night!!!

 Im sooooo worried that there is something wrong with Anais not being able to fall asleep w/o such a big drama! =(

 PLEASE somebody give me some advice or suggestion... I wold greatly appreciate it.

[momoflukas]

Oct. 6, 2008 at 9:24 AM

Can you call the ped and get some suggestions? Have you been consistent with one method? Or do you do one day CIO and it doesn't work so the next day you get her out? She may just need you to be consistent with a method and tough it out for a few weeks. Now that she is older it might just take a little longer for her to change her habit. Does she have a consistent bed time routine. Like with Lukas we give him a bath then he has milk and a snack and watches t.v. or reads books with us then when I go put him to bed we feed his fish and then brush his teeth. When he is in his crib he kisses a picture of Jesus and then we say prayers and then I sing you are my sunshine to him. This is what we do every night so he knows it is bed time. Some people say that the routine is key for little ones.

[malaynasmommy]

Oct. 6, 2008 at 10:31 AM

Wow. I dont even know what to suggest. You may want to read the book "The No-Cry Sleep Solution" I haven't read it but I have heard wonderful things about it!

 http://www.amazon.com/No-Cry-Sleep-Solution-Gentle-Through/dp/0071381392

 

[caitlins_mommy]

Oct. 12, 2008 at 12:54 PM

We started a routine with Caitlin. I found that once I did that she has been much much better. What we do is after bath we brush teeth and go directly to bed. I do not budge on the routine. We do it at the same time every night now. Before the routine we had the whole screaming, wanting to play bedtime. It was very frustrating. I too thought I am not going to be doing this when the baby comes. So I would suggest you get a routine and stick with it. Set a time that works for you and Anais. The other thing I noticed when reading your post was that you let her CIO and other times you give in and such. It is confusing her. So whatever you decide to do make sure that it is something that you can stick with. It will not be easy from the start. I wish that I could say it would be. The great thing is the sooner you start a routine and stick with it, the sooner things will be in order. Anais needs her sleep, and so do you. I wish you he best of luck. I know what you are going through. I went through that with Caitlin. HUGS