HELP! You would think by having three children that I would have this parenting thing down, right? Wrong! We have been doing things with G a bit different than with the other two. We co-sleep, nurse on demand, etc. Well, it is REALLY wearing on me now. He'll be a year at the end of this month and I feel like all I've done for the past year is hold him! Lately he's been attached to me all night long it seems. I feel like calling him 'Booby Boy'. I really love the bond we have but I am tired of sleepless nights. I am so ready to put him in his crib! It is in our room though! It is so hard to let him cry for very long- and much harder for Zach than for myself! I am at a loss of what to do with him! For naps he sleeps on the floor in my room and he doesn't go to bed at night until I do. Well, I NEED some time at night for me- without him clinging to me! He slept in a playpen for naps while in Michigan. Any advice???
Monday, August 01, 2005
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Well, hopefully you have learned what you DO like about this experience for the next one! - That way you can change what you don't like and keep what you do like! :) I slept with Jozie a lot when she was a baby - until she was almost 16 months old! But when Luke came along, things HAD to change! :) I started out by giving her a bottle and rocking her to sleep for naps AND for bedtime then after she fell asleep, I would put her in her crib. Once Luke came, I just had to start letting her cry because there was no way I could hold both of them at the same time! But, I DIDN'T let her sleep with a bottle, and it wasn't long before she knew that when she was in bed, it was time for her to go to sleep. Luke, on the other hand, would never let me rock him to sleep! I just had to put him in bed when he got cranky and let him fall asleep that way! Every kid is different so don't worry, you will figure it out and the next one will probably be completely different! :)
I don't really have any advice, none of our boys slept thru the night until they were weaned. What if you started moving him to the crib when he was already sleeping? Than he might start associating the crib with sleep.
Sorry I have no advice either. I quit nursing when Gracie was almost 5 months and I just moved her to her crib. She likes it and sleeps good. I'm getting there. I thought it was just time she started sleeping in her own bed. You do need sleep though, so you may not be able to get any until you wean him from nursing.
Good luck!
I am also a mother of three and also did it different this last time by co-sleeping with T and nursing on demand. He is now 14 months and in his own crib-happily! He stayed in our bed until he was about a year old. I felt like you do- completely exhausted. I also yearned for the privacy of my bedroom for my husband and me. So, I took him upstairs one night, where I had placed his crib, and told him we were going ninight. I told him,"See, this is for T, this is your bed! Wow- nice." Then I nursed him to sleep, and carefully laid him down, covered him with his blankie, and sneaked away quietly. I say this now, happy and glad that I did it. But at that point,I had told my husband I would not let him cry to sleep. I didn't have to. He seems to love sleeping upstairs, when he wakes up, he wants his mama. Back then, I remember thinking I had ruined the guy and he would never sleep alone until he was five!!! But when I took him out, it turned out fine. You may miss him a little at first, but think of you both sleeping through the night!!! Think of having privacy with your husband again!!!!!!! Put his crib out of your room, and try this- I bet it will work. If you are like me and worry about something happening and you not being there to help- I encourage you to remember. GOD is still on the throne, and has control. Our lives and our childrens' lives are safely in His hands. Have a good nights' sleep. If he wakes up crying, go nurse him back to sleep or rock him and when he falls asleep lay him down again. And go back to bed, the sooner you do this, the easier on you both. The longer you wait,the harder on you both, because he will become so used to sleeping with you that it will be a hard habit to break. You can do it! Enjoy the privacy with your husband and full nights of sleep!
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