My mommy, the security blanket
Isabel has not slept through the night in her crib in about four weeks now. She falls asleep in my arms each evening somewhere between 8:00 and 10:00, and I lay her in the crib. Like clockwork, she wakes up about 3:00 a.m. and will not go back to sleep or stay asleep unless I bring her to bed with us. What's worse is that if I then have to go to the bathroom or get a drink of water, she howls until I come back. She has become completely dependent on me for comfort during the night, and Webhamster and I are at wit's end. I've tried sleeping on the couch in her nursery, but nothing will placate her except for being in bed next to me or having me stand over her crib with my hand on her. Please let this be a phase.
posted by webhamstress at 12:42 PM
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Maybe it won't work, but when Zack would wake up, we would sit in his room and let him howl--sit so he could see us, but don't make eye contact. We saw it on an episode of the SuperNanny. It worked. We knew of several other friends who warned us to never let him into our bed or he wouldn't want to sleep in his own. We have only put him in bed with us twice when he was sick. Otherwise, we let him cry it out until he wears himself out. It's tough. But eventually, he would go to sleep.
My friend let her son co-sleep for 10 months while she breastfed. When her hubby said it was time to put him in his crib, they had an equally tough time. They bit the bullet and put him in his crib and sat nearby until he cried himself to sleep--I think it took a good week of doing this, but eventually he would sleep in his bed. It's awful and sooo hard to listen to. But most of the problem is that they have to learn to soothe themselves without you.
I know around 18 months Zack got really clingy with me and we had to go through it all over again. But now, he loves his bed and his room and that's the only place he will sleep. Good luck.
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