Well, last night Ava went 6 1/2 hours
without waking up, but.........she was in
bed with me.
I've been putting her in her crib and
keeping her there all night or most of the
night. Sometimes when she wakes up at
night she won't go back down in her crib.
Anyway, last night Jesse was working, so I
figured I'd put her with me.
Another breakthrough -- I couldn't find
her pacifier today and she was really
tired and hungry, so I just went in the
room and fed her without it. I usually
give her the pacifier after her bottle to
help her sleep. Well I figured I'd wing
it. After the bottle I just rocked her to
sleep, which is a breakthough within
itself b/c she never liked to rock. When
I put her down she started crying and
started to get up, so right when I was
going to get her and look for a pacifier,
she rolled on her belly, scooted to the
corner of the crib and never moved. She
went back to sleep by herself without a
pacifier! Now how many times did I pick
her up in that same situation that she
would have gone to sleep by herself???
I've never given her the chance to fall
asleep without my help. It's something
that I need to do more often. Duh, if I
never give her the chance, she'll never
learn. That's something I never realized
until now.
I'm so proud of my girl! She's learning
to sleep without having to cry.
Oh, and lately she hasn't been falling
asleep sucking her bottle, she's been
drinking it then climbing up in my neck
and falling asleep.
This may sound silly, but this was a baby
that would fight her sleep until the very
end and only go to sleep with her pacifier
while we walked her up and down the house
forever and she had to sleep on us or with
us in bed until she was 4 months.
I'm very proud and excited about her new
ability to sorta put herself to sleep.
aww ya that has got to be nice, sometimes
when i know jordynne has eaten burped etc
i let her cry for 10 min if she screams
loud or doesnt stop i get her for alittle
bit, lately sicne jasons on leave shes
been staying up till around 9, she used to
go to bed at 8 today was 8:30 but she had
a late nap. i still do the pacifier after
eating, joseph never had apacifier though
he hated em so its odd, i cant wait till
they sleep all night, although tonights
the first night she drank her entire
bottle befor ebed wich she hasnt done
lately at all and then shes up 4 hrs
later.
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 07-13-07 21:04pm
How old is she now? Does she ever just
fall asleep after letting her cry a
little?
Yay Ava! I know any progress feels like
such a big accomplishment! Rowan use to
need to be held, with me walking around,
for AGES to fall asleep. I realized
something though, when it was time to
sleep she wasn't crying for me, she was
crying because she was tired. I know this
because she would keep crying even though
I held and rocked her. She was actually
just fighting sleep, and I wasn't helping
like I thought I was by holding her and
rocking her. Now I put her down and let
her cry. Not frantically cry it out, she
just cries a little and I sing and stroke
her cheek and I put my hand on her body
and rock her a little bit or pat her
little butt. At first it still took a
while and I would need to leave the room
and take little breaks, but she started to
eventually fall asleep faster and faster.
Sometimes me leaving the room for a couple
of minutes I think calmed her down more,
because I wasn't in her face trying to
"help" her sleep. I think a lot of times
I just made it worst by constantly picking
her up and trying different things to help
her and what she needed was just to lay
alone unbothered and have a little bit of
time to unwind and fall asleep on her own.
It really got a lot better when I stopped
scooping her up as soon as she made a
sound and trying to assist her. I've read
a lot of your problems with getting Ava to
sleep and my problems with Rowan sound so
similar. It really did get better when I
let her cry a little. I didn't let her
frantic cry, she normally didn't get to
that point, and I'd go back in every few
minutes and give her her pacifier back if
she dropped it. She did the same amount
of crying whether I held her or not,
because like I said, she was crying
because she was tired not crying for me.
The change was quick and drastic.
How old is she now? Does
she ever just fall asleep after letting
her cry a
little?
she is 6 mths old, she usually gets cranky
when she gets tired. sometimes she falls
asleep eating though then its easier other
times when she is crying i lay her in the
room and she usually falls asleep 5 min
later after whining/crying for a lil. she
likes the dark lol
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 07-14-07 08:01am
tanyaface
wrote:
Yay Ava! I know any
progress feels like such a big
accomplishment! Rowan use to need to be
held, with me walking around, for AGES to
fall asleep. I realized something though,
when it was time to sleep she wasn't
crying for me, she was crying because she
was tired. I know this because she would
keep crying even though I held and rocked
her. She was actually just fighting
sleep, and I wasn't helping like I thought
I was by holding her and rocking her. Now
I put her down and let her cry. Not
frantically cry it out, she just cries a
little and I sing and stroke her cheek and
I put my hand on her body and rock her a
little bit or pat her little butt. At
first it still took a while and I would
need to leave the room and take little
breaks, but she started to eventually fall
asleep faster and faster. Sometimes me
leaving the room for a couple of minutes I
think calmed her down more, because I
wasn't in her face trying to "help" her
sleep. I think a lot of times I just made
it worst by constantly picking her up and
trying different things to help her and
what she needed was just to lay alone
unbothered and have a little bit of time
to unwind and fall asleep on her own. It
really got a lot better when I stopped
scooping her up as soon as she made a
sound and trying to assist her. I've read
a lot of your problems with getting Ava to
sleep and my problems with Rowan sound so
similar. It really did get better when I
let her cry a little. I didn't let her
frantic cry, she normally didn't get to
that point, and I'd go back in every few
minutes and give her her pacifier back if
she dropped it. She did the same amount
of crying whether I held her or not,
because like I said, she was crying
because she was tired not crying for me.
The change was quick and
drastic.
I felt the same way. I always felt that
she needed me to sleep, so I never gave
her the chance to put herself to sleep.
Last night was a terrible night. She
didn't sleep longer than a 2 hour stretch.
I can hardly functin anymore. I spoke to
my college professor. She has a doctorate
degree in child development and she has a
15 month old that slept worse than Ava.
After reading 3 books, she made a little
plan of her own to get her little guy to
sleep. She said all it took was one night.
She's mailing me some info so I can try
it too. I just can't function like this.
