So we're still waking/crying a few times a night....do I let her cry?

I'm sure it has to do with teething and milestones and a touch of seperation anxiety because naptime is perfection.

Now I'll go in, rock her (because the minute she hits my shoulder, she's out cold), lay her down, and she's good for 20 min-1 hr before she does it again.

2 nights ago we started letting her cry, because quite frankly, I'm exhausted. I NEED sleep. And once she's cried herself out, she's done till she wakes up the next morning.

Do I continue the combo of rocking a few times then after 3 or 4 visits she can cry? I'm at my limit by midnight (she goes to bed at 7, starts the waking around 10 or so)

Re: So we're still waking/crying a few times a night....do I let her cry?

My little one will wake up once a night (not every night) and I'll go and rock him because he'll go right back out and that's "easier" for me than to listen to him CIO, BUT, if he were waking several times like Aly, then I'd probably have to let him cry. I couldn't handle getting up more than once!

Re: So we're still waking/crying a few times a night....do I let her cry?

If you are going to let her cry, you might as well start with the first time she wakes up.

Maybe then she will stop waking up.

I think that going to her sometimes but not others sends mixed messages, so she will never stop waking cause sometimes you come, KWIM?

Re: So we're still waking/crying a few times a night....do I let her cry?

I'm dealing with that myself right now and quite frankly I'VE HAD IT!!!

Last night he went to bed at 10... (we were out late at a family function) and he fell right asleep, (had to rock him though) and was up at 11. Would not go back and i refused to pick him up. That took an hour of me standing next to the crib and laying him down over and over... Finally after an hour i left the room and he cried and cried and cried.. this was about midnight. He continued crying for 2 hrs.. until 2 am. He finally gave in to exhaustion and passed out. But was then up at 8 am this morn. So he only slept for 6 hrs. It broke my heart so badly, but i did not go in to him.

He is very strongwilled and hard headed. Takes after his good ol mommy!! But i seriously cannot take this anymore at one year old. I am turning over a new leaf in 07, and I am laying the smack down on bedtime. Its gotten ridiculous.

I know his nightwaking is due to a) bad sleep associations ie: rocking..) and b) he has major major major separation anxiety. And as much as it hurts my heart to hear him cry, I have no choice.

I would stop going in to Aly, as Stephanie said going in and not going in other times is sending her mixed messages. I find that not going in at all from the get go lessens the overall length of crying. Well not in Jacob's case, but normal babies that is..

Good luck, I'm sure you need your sleep more than me as you are busy growing baby #2!! Good luck!

Re: So we're still waking/crying a few times a night....do I let her cry?

I would not go in unless she is crying for over a specified period of time...so I give it 10 minutes OR level of cring..so if he is crying quietly for 10 minutes, odds are he is goin to settle himself down, if he gets hysterical I go in, but I give him the chance to settle himself down

Re: So we're still waking/crying a few times a night....do I let her cry?

Re: So we're still waking/crying a few times a night....do I let her cry?

Our 7m/o DD was sleeping fine through the night, with only occassionaly wake-ups. She was sick recently (what baby hasn't, it seems!), so we would go into her, take her temp, give her some medicine, rock her to sleep, etc. Now that she's basically over her cold, she's gotten used to all of the attention. Just last night we started to let her CIO. Once she went down on her own, she was fine for the rest of the night. Hopefully, she'll catch on quick that this is how it has to be. Mommy and Daddy need some sleep, too. I wish I could nap as often as she does....