Getting my nine month old daughter to sllep in her own bed...

Question

My daugher is nine months old and we are having problems with her sleeping at night. she goes to bed around 8pm. She will get up three or four times at night and just want to be covered backup and get her pacifier, but at 4:30 she will not o back to bed unless she getsin bed with us...all this up and down and getting in bed with us is killing me I am sooo tired..please help!!

Answer 1

i agree with the post re: creating bedtime rituals.  however, my 7.5mos old girl has the SAME issues and we do have a bedtime ritual.  I give her warm rice cereal, a bath - warm bottle - cuddle time etc...and she falls asleep.  however, she is such a light sleeper that she wakes as soon as i put her in her crib.  i then rub her back and stand over her until she falls asleep but she wakes every hour until about 3 - 4am when she wants a bottle. she hates her crib but loves sleeping with us----i am an advocate of coosleeping ( but we have 2 dogs that also sleep in our bed).  i think we just need to accept the situation and co-sleep sp we can sleep too!  good luck - i need it too!

Answer 2

My little girl did this two but I just keep putting her in her own bed and at one point or a nother she will ware out. But its going to take time and a alot less sleep. But now it was so worth it. I would take her into the living room rock her back to sleep and then lay her in her bed. She would sleep a while then wake back up and I would do it over and over untill one night I guess she realized that she wasnt going to win and just went to sleep and slept all night. Now she sleeps alnight in her bed on her own.  

Answer 3

There's a lovely book by Tracy Hogg - Baby Whisperer. She examines this situation and explains how to deal with it. Basically it is going in - settling the baby and going out without picking her up, and it will be hard for the first 1-2 days, as there will be tears involved , but considering she might be going though separation anxiety stage, this might be just a phase.

Try the suggestion: Go in, soothe, sing, cuddle without picking up, reassure you are there and leave for a while. Of course you shouldn't wait for the baby to get very emotional, but persistence and consistency is the key.

Unfortunately I had to go through this also, but it took me 3 days of hard work and with every day I could see it getting better and the habits changed. On the third day she woke up once, grizzled for 4 minutes without me getting up to her and fell asleep again by herself.

I never let her cry it out, but I do ensure that her cries are not just "I'm sleepy, but it would be nice to cuddle instead with my mommy" before I get in.

Answer 4

Here is a great website that will help you every step of the way.  It tackles the sleep problem and is packed full of info you will need as a parent.  A lot of great little tricks and tips.

http://parentspackage.org/

Answer 5

Your daughter definitely needs a bedtime ritual. Creating a ritual can ease her into a sleeping pattern more suiting to your needs. You can start by rocking her and singing a song. Then you can feed her before you place her in bed. An added plus is to play soft lullaby music until she falls asleep. This works for the kids I nanny for very well. Hope this helps and Good Luck!

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Answer 6

thats why i always found co-sleeping much easier

but you can look into this

http://www.pantley.com/elizabeth/books/0...