I never update my blog because I think I always have to update it with pictures....I would put more pictures up, but Brandon hasn't taught me how to do that yet and he doesn't have much time to help me do that. :( Time is getting closer to moving ....it is a bitter sweet feeling. I have never been that far away from family, so it will be interesting. I am getting excited for a new change of pace though! I know Cele' will enjoy being able to play with her cousins Savannah and Caleb more!
Oh yeah, does anybody have any advice on getting kids to sleep through the night??? AAAAHHHHHH!!!!! I feel like I am going to go crazy if I don't get more than a half an hour of sleep at a time! Cele' is 16 months old now and should be sleeping through the night by now! I have tried everything so many times....and I mean everything. And its not like she is getting up once or twice....it gets up to every hour at night. Any advice would be appreciated....maybe you'll have something I haven't tried yet!
Monday, March 10, 2008
Any Advice??????
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Well that's a tough one, but our advice would be to NOT GET HER AT ALL! It is a lot easier said then done, especially when it's your first baby. You kind of learn when you have more kids what type of cry they are crying. You can tell between a "hurt" cry and a "I just want to be hled" cry. I did not want to leave my baby in by herself and just let her cry, but finally I did and it worked. I mean I didn't even go in and pat her back. I would talk to her from our bedroom and tell her I was there and that it was ok, but I didn't even let her see me. You may have tried that already, but if not, you don't have much more sleep to loose!!! Good Luck!
Thank you Julie, but I've done that unfortunately:) I can get her to sleep through the night by using that method for about a week. Then she ALWAYS gets sick or something happens to mess up her schedule again, and then we get to start all over. :( I think she has insomnia. She was up walking around from 3am to 6am last night. Thank you though! I do appreciate it!!!!!
Well with Kaylee, it took 3 weeks to get her to sleep through the night. I am with Julie...it is hard, but so beneficial for you and the baby. We tried everything as well, and finally we just let her cry it out and eventually she slept through the night and is a great sleeper.
Another method is when she starts to cry, go in but don't pick her up and say okay go back to sleep. When she cries, wait double amount of time before you go in again and so on and so on. So wait 5 minutes, then 10, then 20...It just lets them know you are still around and that you are aware of them, but you are not getting them out of bed. I guess the method is called "controlled crying" if you don't want to let her cry it out. Some kids can kick a habit in 3 days and some it takes 3 weeks or longer. My advice would be do one method so she knows what to expect and stick with it even if it takes a while. If you don’t help her sleep through the night now, it will get even worse. Thet need good un-interrupted sleep. Good luck!
My advice is to let someone else watch her overnight. Brandon if he can handle it, or someone with heart strings attached. When Tobyn was a baby, I had to go out of town and let Brady stay with Tobyn. He did cry almost all night, but by the second or third night, he was sleeping through (from 10PM to 6 AM), if that's sleeping through. Good luck, I know how bad sleep deprivation is....:)
just get some warm buttery milk and some sweet lovin and she should be good.
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