ok so i have a bad problem. i have a bad back from my pregnancy and i sleep in the couch some nights so it will help me.and when i slept on the couch about a week ago i let my 6 month old sleep on the inside of the couch with me and i had to do it 2 more nights in a row. i tried to go back in my room and sleep in my bed and her in her crib but now she cries her eyes everytime i put her in the to go to bed for the night she will sleep in there at nap time but not no way at bed time i think i have tried everything and nothing seems to be workin i really need help on this one.i dont know what to do i dont want to just put her in her crib and let her cry her self to sleep because then she gets gas and will be up all night anyways. if anyone has and advise please help me!!!!!PLEASE!!!! I just dont know what else to do so if you know sometime i willing to try pretty much anything...thank you...
just wanna say thank she is sleepin in her crip most of the time.sometimes i let her sleep with her father and i...but thank you
See a chiropractor and get your back fixed. Life will look differernt.
The International Chiropractic Pediatric Assn will give you a referral.
Do that 1st.
Next check her nutrition- lack of B vits will cause difficulty. WestonPrice.com is what we use.
Best, k
One thing I've noticed with a LOT of older babies... is that as soon as they get a chance to sleep somewhere soft, there is NO WAY they want to sleep on their rock hard mattress anymore.
There are 2 fixes:
1- Time. Keep them on their firm crib mattress enough nights in a row, and they'll forget.
2- Make their bed softer. This can be accomplished quite easily with eggcrate foam.
Infant mattresses are hard on purpose, to keep them from smooshing their little faces in and suffocating. Once they're mobile, though... rolling over/crawling/etc... this is nowhere near as much of a concern.
If you want her to sleep in her own bed/crib and not with you, then you will need to require her to do so. To say that "she won't" really just means that you don't require her to. She is 6 months old... it's not like she is getting out of her crib on her own.
Assuming that she was sleeping in her crib nicely before the sofa episodes, then you just need to go back to what you were doing before. Don't ignore her while she cries (and she will cry some), but don't give in, either. Comfort her (without picking her up) and then leave for a few moments/minutes... if she cries again, go in and comfort again (without picking up). Continue this process (going in to comfort without picking her up and then leaving again) until she goes to sleep - on her own without being removed from her crib. Yes, it will take a while. But she will fall asleep. And after a night or two, possible 3, she should be going to sleep on her own in her crib with no problems.
The reason she cries at bedtime is that she knows that it works to get her out of the crib. You've been teaching her that. Now teach her that she sleeps in her crib at bedtime, not just naptime.
Good luck.
Dear D.,
I have 2 boys and I once read in a book about how this one family had several children and how the mother believed in having the children sleep with her and her husband until they were ready to go in their bed on their own. This, she believed, help them develop a sense of security on their own, like help them become more secure. Well, after I read that (and feeling the opposite before this) I decided to try it with my boys, and wala! she was right! they do leave your bed and want to sleep on their own and I believe it does make them more secure.
If it isn't a big deal to you, have your daughter sleep with you. If this is a problem then maybe try putting her to sleep with you and then transferring her to her own bed after she is in a deep sleep (about 10 to 15 mins after she crashes out).
good luck!
blessings,
L. G :-)
We have cried it out with both of our kids- believe it or not, they do sleep eventually.
