Hi, I really need suggestion and help. We have a sweet 18 months baby girl. She is a happy baby. Since one month ago she wakes up every night in the middle of night and we started to sleep train her. Now her daddy read to her in her own crib and she falls sleep by her self but the problem is in 2 or 3am, OMG she is awake and keeps calling for us and if we don't answer her she starts to cry and we are so tired.. Actually when we started to sleep train her, my husband couldn't hear her crying and he walked in her room even he couldn't wait for 10 minutes.
Give me suggestion , we are so tired.
I really appreciated your help.
thanks,
E.
Thanks from all of you.
@Beth: She is not hungry because she eats her dinner exactly before her bed time and I offered her milk but she didn't want.
@Gretchen: Thanks for your sharing. It was worst before 3 -4 times, now it is better. We are trying our best way that it works for her.
@Courtney M.: I will buy that book for sure, Thanks
Please buy and read Elizabeth Pantley's book "No Cry Sleep Solution".
Is she waking up because she is hungry? Scared? Just hates being by herself?
Have you tried talking to her? Have you told her that in the middle of the night, everyone is asleep and she should be asleep too? Is she still in a crib? If she is, you are risking her climbing and falling out of it.
I second the No-Cry Sleep Solution, but 18mo is still relatively young to be sleeping 12 hours straight EVERY night. My daughter is also 18mo, and she goes in spurts where she'll have maybe even up to a week where she'll sleep through the night, then a week where she wakes once per night. Usually, she wakes because she's hungry, and I know she's hungry because she's nurse voraciously for 6-7 minutes, then fall right back to sleep. She even pulls off the breast herself and puts her pacifier back in her mouth, then rolls over to sleep.
I'm not one for sleep training, and seeing the differences in my daughter vs my son are just astounding. My son (now 4.5yo) at 18mo was waking 5-6 times EVERY night, but he wasn't nursing... wasn't hungry (aspects of No-Cry worked for him). For me, it's just easier to respond to my kids, and I've found that when I do it quickly, I get back to sleep more quickly :)
I've had my nights, though, where I just lay there and think, "If he/she is still crying in 2 minutes, I'll go in." Sometimes, they'd fall back to sleep on their own, sometimes not.
My daughter, who sleeps better than my son ever has, currently nurses for about 10-15 minutes, then asks to go to bed. I lay her down in her crib awake, and she falls asleep on her own. My son at that age.... I couldn't even lay him down until he was out cold! Part of me wants to tell you to enjoy the once per night and thank the heavens that it's not 5 or 6 that some parents go through. I actually have a cousin who's son still wakes 1-2 times per night, and he just graduated kindergarten. Poor mom....
"Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" saved my sanity and my sleep. My daughter did the same exact thing and this book was the only thing that helped. I liked Pantley's "No Cry" book, but this book was more effective in dealing with my daughter and learning what was happening and why she wasn't sleeping. We still occasionally will have nights where we are up, but I am happy to say that by following HSH, HC we sleep regularly. Good luck!
If you can take it and if you feel comfortable, just let her sit there. If she's not eating anymore at night then she should be fine. If you want to start slowly, go in and put he down on her back over and over again until she stops getting up, but that takes a while. You can sit with her while she cries with no eye contact and gradually move away night after night. But....that being said, if you just let her sit there for a few nights, she probably will figure it out on her own, but just get realy mad about it. But she knows how to put herself to sleep, because you trained her when she first goes to bed. It's not the most pleasant way for the parents because it is heartbreaking, but she most likely will be ok. Good luck. I hope that helped a little.
A.
My daughter is a lil bit younger 16 months but when she would wake in the middle of the night it was mostly because she didn't nap twice a day and would have a night terror episode and maybe it could be she is cutting molars my daughter hasn't woken up at early morning anymore but during the day she was miserable all she wanted to do was sleep and eat ice lol so maybe try some orajel for instant relief of numbing her gums if she hasn't already cut her back teeth hope you get some rest soon
