Not Sleeping Through the Night Yet - Anyone Else?

Hi Gals,
I am wondering if I am the only mother on here who doesn't have babies who sleep through the night yet? I am going to be graduating into the Second Year Forum and I feel that this is something that I am doing alone at this point. I thought I could do CIO at night but I haven't had the heart to do it yet. I always said I would get up and give them their bottles at night until they were a year old, but they are getting very close to that and there is no way they will be sleeping through the night in the next week. My son used to sleep 12 hours straight but he hasn't slept more than six hours at a time since he started to crawl and walk around his crib! Anyways, I just needed to vent my frustation and perhaps find others out there in the same boat.

 

Mine woke every 3 hours until 8 months when I did CIO. That worked for about a week (well they were up for the day at 5AM, but they slept 7-5). Then, they went back to waking once a night. They woke once a night until about 13 months, and then I did CIO again.

They are now 15 months and they woke at night every day for the past week, and most nights for the two weeks prior. In fact, they have been waking for the day at 4 and 5AM this week.

It's a total pain in the behind. I've done CIOs several times. Anything throws them off--colds, diarrhea, traveling, teething, nightmares, you name it, and then they wake every night regardless of whether or not there's a problem. :headbang: :headbang:

 

I was in the same boat, though mine never slept close to 12 hours until 1 week before their first birthday. I also couldn't do CIO. I was nursing and my sitter/surrogate grandmother took them overnight 2 times right before they turned 1, the first time they each took less than 1 ounce from the bottle and the second time she let them fuss and they were back down within 3 minutes without really getting really upset. They slept through from then on (unless we go on vacation or something major).

I hope it gets better soon for you, the long term lack of sleep was really difficult!

 

Yup, Caleb is 10 mo and we're still hoping someday he'll sleep, but for now he wakes 2-3 or more times a night. I've tried cio, and I've tried lots of other things, but I think he's just a bad sleeper, no matter what I try.

 

:shok: :hug: :bow2: That's all I have to say!

 

What are they doing when they wake up? My cousin is going thru this right now with her one year old and I don't get it..

I don't understand what YOU can do for them when they wake up?

If it's bedtime, then it's bedtime so.. I guess I just feel like it's one of those things. They definitely do not need to eat in the night so I'm guessing they just want to see your face.

I'm pretty sure there's only 1 way to break that habit. As long as he/she knows that when/if he/she wakes up.. they get to see MOMMY.. party is over. It could go on until they're fifteen.

Good luck. I know CIO is hard but sometimes.. there doesn't seem to be any other option. Unless, of course, you're fine with getting up all night for the rest of your life. And I doubt that is the case.

I'm sorry this is happening and I'm going to work with my cousin on this SAME issue this weekend. She also doesn't have the stomach for CIO. I think I'm going to have to make her move into a hotel for 3 days. LOL.

Just kidding but you do what you think is right.

I would NEVER get up with my kids for no reason. I never have. The rules are the rules in my house AND at one year they are certainly able to follow them and not follow them..

Good luck and PLEASE keep us posted.

 

I agree...since mine stopped eating in the middle of the night (7wks) except in the very beginning we have never fed them to get them to go back to sleep. They are very good sleepers so if they are awake we let them get back to sleep on their own. Good luck!

 

I totally understand and I am there with you. DH and I promised to get the girls ponies this morning if they would just STTN. DD used to, but then once she got off schedule with getting teeth (at 5 months), she never really returned to STTN. We have also tried CIO, but no luck. DD1 cried for over an hour and we ended up with a house full of awake kids (she even woke up our 4 year old). So, that wasn't really worth it. For us, it is NOT an issue of wanting to "see mommy" because 9 times out of 10, their eyes aren't even open. They take the bottle and return right back to sleep. I'm hoping we grow out of this soon, but it seems that no matter what we do during the day, they are up 3 or 4 times a night.

 

We did CIO and they slept through at 7 months. If you still give them a bottle I'd switch to water... plus it's not good for their teeth to have formula at night.

 

My DS has slept through the night since 4 1/2 months. My DD is another story. She was getting up once in the night and then when we went to visit my mom a few weeks ago she slept through the night every night, took great naps, etc. When we got back home she was sleeping through the night but within the last week she has started getting up at least once a night, a few nights she got up twice. And I don't have the heart to do CIO. I have gone and put my hand on her back and eventually she goes to sleep but it is tiring and takes awhile. Sometimes (a lot of times) I break down and give her a bottle because that seems like the only way she will go back to sleep (if you see my other post you will see that this is my fault). My DH wants us to do CIO tonight with our DD but I don't think I can do it.

 

I was really hoping ours would STTN without CIO. They were waking up (usually briefly) several times a night up until a year. At one year, we went to work with a sleep consultant. I couldn't take it anymore, I was so sleep deprived! I still didn't want to do full CIO, so we came up with a modified plan and weaned them at night. My DD still has a bit more trouble STTN, but she generally will sleep 10 hours. Our DS is sleeping 11 hours in the night. They are both doing much better and we are much happier parents.

 

Both my babies started STTN at 5 months but in the last week Ryley has been waking 2 or more times a night. Not for a bottle but because of teething. It usually takes me an hour to get him back to sleep. I can't do CIO because my twins share a room and I am so afraid he will wake Kelsey. So I am back n forth giving him his paci and patting his booty till he falls back to sleep. I also give him another dose of teething tablets at the first wake. :grouphug: