Sleep training.. about to go mental!

Crawling wow she is young.

Tricky, it depends on what you are comfortable doing - have you thought of a safety sleep or something to keep her still in the cot.

Sleep training basically involves you choosing a method of getting them to sleep or in your case back to sleep, there are so many options, crying and none crying ways to go, so you probably need to think about what you could handle.

Its a bit random she only cries then, so i doubt its separation - you could try the verbal reassurance thing, go to her pat until she calms down but don't pick up, walk away for say 5 mins, if she starts again go in pat until calm or say ssh until calm or something, then go away for 10 mins and so on

hmmm have you tried white noise? that is the only thing that has worked with E when she hasn't settled, we had a bout of that but only for 3 days and she got herself sorted thankfully, i feel your pain... wow a month of it. could be dark room as well, have you tried a wee nite light? or a snuggly friend could be a good time to try introduce a special bed pal like a blankie or good sized teddy?

Ouch, a month of it!

Could it be related to her learning to crawl? I'm sure I heard somewhere that sleep turns to custard and they're more unsettled when they're learning a new skill. Though a month seems like a long time for it to be that.

I tried the rouse to sleep with DD when she was about 3-4 months to try and get her to string a couple of sleep cycles together. Even though every bone in my body was screaming not to wake a sleeping baby it seemed to work pretty well. Not so sure how we'd go with it now she's more aware though.

try not feeding her. perhaps it is just overfilling her belly and giving her wind. according to babywise which is what I followed with my girls if she is having 6 milk feeds during the day they dont need one at night at 5months, if she is on solids she only needs 4 milk feeds during the day and nothing at night.

a month of waking definately sounds like a habit to me, but hey im no plunket nurse, you are the mum, so you try what you think might work for you and your baby hun.

I couldn't handle the crying which is why I failed at sleep training.

I agree the waking is totally a habit - not so sure about the crying though, which is why i want to sleep train her but don't know where to start!

What has (or hasn't) worked for other people? I would love to go to the library and get some sleep training books but i'm snowed in today

I think she might be sleeping just a little too much during the day and is therefore not sleepy enough at night. Try cutting back one of the sleeps and see what happens.

newme wrote: Girls Rock wrote: try not feeding her. perhaps it is just overfilling her belly and giving her wind. according to babywise which is what I followed with my girls if she is having 6 milk feeds during the day they dont need one at night at 5months, if she is on solids she only needs 4 milk feeds during the day and nothing at night. No offense Girls Rock - but this is bad advice. Babywise has been linked to 'failure to thrive' and dehydration many many MANY times! Your baby may be going through a stage where she is more active during the day and needs a night feed. I would just try and give her what she needs at night for a bit longer, and she will probably grow out of it soon. It is probably just a stage.

Agree. I would avoid Babywise cos it ain't. Wise. lol

oh I see the babywise haters are at me again.

oh yes chikkyd i failed to mention that BABYWISE is very controversial, but is up to you what you want to read/follow you will find this book in your local library or on trademe. And at 5months those day naps sound perfect to me, as in I dont think she is getting too much sleep during the day.


Im not sure what you mean by BABYWISE wreaking havoc with your supply as i used nipple shields (also meant to demission your supply) and followed babywise from when a friend told me the tips and gave me the book from 8weeks onwards and never had any breast milk supply issues, baby never cried to sleep after the first 2-3 days.

So many people would comment on what a happy/bonny baby I had and when she started preschool at 8.5months all the teachers just couldnt believe she went to sleep happy and woke happy ie never cried to sleep and never woke up crying. They thought it was amazing she wasnt feed to sleep. Also she was 75% for height and weight all the way thru so that is certainly not failure to thrive.

but hey different strokes for different fokes. Not like Im holding a gun to your head saying do babywise now, it was just a suggestion on what worked for us.

Oh yeah and too add to the controversy she never had solids till 8months, (dd1 was 10months) no one believed me that a breast feed baby could sleep thru the night and be so content. (this was something recommend to me by plunket nothing to do with babywise by the way)

Hope you work out something that works for you and bubs and you get your sleep back soon.

Girls Rock wrote: oh I see the babywise haters are at me again.

No was it 'at' you. I provided further information about known and recognised medical complications that can arise from the BabyWise system.
Also I don't 'hate' babywise. I have just read a lot of literature about the negative implications that the system can create.

I am glad it worked for you. Like you said - each to their own.