SO here is my problem. Ty is a horrible sleeper. He still only will sleep around 4 -4 1/2 hours at night. It is like he is a new born still. It is starting to get really frustrating. SO my question to EVERYONE is, what can I do to help him sleep longer at night. Now I know some of you will say let him cry it out. Trust me I would LOVE to do that, but I can't for two reasons...1. Dahl and Ty now share a room, and although Dahl sleeps like a rock I think if Ty cried for long enough it would eventually wake Dahl up.
2. We can't let Ty cry for very long because of his breathing condition. When he cries too long, or too hard he has a really hard time breathing after.
So if any moms out there have some fancy tricks up their sleeves, please pass them this way. It would help out a ton.
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stac my advise is always cry it out, but since that is out.... would he sleep better with noise? like a humidifyer or soft music? maybe try to change his schedule and bed time? warm bath before bed? full tummy when he goes to sleep? OK i dont know, maynbe those are things you know already but that is all I got!
Hey Stace, Every time i've done this with Noah it's worked but every kid's different right... Feed him his regular amount of food and then feed him the baby custard. Do it about a half an hour to an hour right before bed. (Noah won't eat double his food but the custard seems to get him interested in eating more) Every time I've done this he sleeps through the night it's just being consistent at it that's my problem. HAPPY SLEEPING:)
I obviously don't have any advice for you because I don't have any kids, but I just wanted to say Stacey, that I think you are such a good mom! It must be so hard to take care of such a sick baby but you always seem so positive. I really admire you. :)
I totally sympathize with you but I don't have any advice. MK is almost 4 years old and still rarely sleeps through the night. We had some similar issues with letting her cry it out because her acid reflux and asthma. After about 10 minutes of crying she would be vomiting, choaking and having trouble breathing. So the only advice I have to give is to take heart in the fact that it most likely won't last forever and he will start sleeping more. I just try and remind myself that when she's a teenager I'll probably have to drag her out of bed in stead of it being the other way around these days!! Take care and good luck, Jen Gilchrist
Liv was the WORST sleeper, but I borrowed this sleep book (which I didn't think would actually help) but it did! Liv's now my best napper and sleeper!! I hear ya on not letting them cry it out. Liv and Ella share a room and Ella's not the deepest sleeper either and I hate having both of them up through the night. I'm gonna find the name of the book, 'cause it goes through all different ages and different problems and really helped me out!
Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth. Great book. Check it out. Good luck!
When he wakes up does he want to eat? I've heard if they are waking up to eat and you stop feeding them then they'll stop waking up. Who knows if it works. I'm very sorry for you, I felt like it took forever to get Parker to sleep, but now I feel blessed!!
I've heard the healthy sleep habits is a great book too...but I don't know from experience. What about Ferber? It's not a full Cry it out thing...but I've heard of success that way too. Who knows though - good luck!
do you have to feed him every time he wakes up? man...with Madeleine when she woke up I would just slowly each night feed her less and less until eventually one night she didn't wake up! Sometimes she wakes up and I will just hold her and give her her soother and then she goes back to sleep. Of course, I can let her cry sometimes, too. Maybe you should move him into the study for a week until he gets into better sleeping pattern and then you could move him back.
good luck!
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