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how do i get my 6 month old to sleep all night?
my 6 moth old sleeps for 2 to 3 hours then she will fuss till i come to rock her back to sleep them i get no sleep because i am the only one how wakes up. How do i get her to sleep for at least 8 to 10 hrs?
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When you place her in the crib to go to bed the first time - is she awake? If you rock her to get her to sleep the first time, she will more than likely continue to need to be rocked to sleep each time she wakes up. However, if you begin a routine of placing her in the crib drowsy so she learns to soothe herself back to sleep when waking... your life will probably be a lot easier.
This isn't abnormal that she is waking in the middle of the night, especially if she is teething. Just take some time to teach her how to fall asleep on her own and before you know it, you will be waking NO MORE.
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Try to teach her how to self-soothe. My son is 6 months, and he has a bear that's his favorite toy. As long as he has the bear with him, he's pretty good about falling asleep/falling back to sleep. Try placing a toy she likes in her crib with her, and even if she's not falling asleep with it immediately, leave the toy in there with her. You'll notice that eventually she'll play with it when she wakes up, and will grow more and more comfortable with it.
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I agree with the above two comments. But you may have to deal with your baby crying it out for a few nights before she learns how to soothe herself totally. Especially since she is 6 months old. But the earlier you start this with her the easier it will be for her to learn how to do it and soon your life at night will be bliss. Now every baby is different. But she should be at least sleeping 6-8 hours in a stretch. Hopefully you will have a baby that will sleep10-12 hours once she learns to put herself to sleep. good luck and stick to a routine and after about a week at most your child should be sleeping longer. It may be rough at first but it will get better! (Ask your pediatrician for advice if need be)
I agree with the other three posts, especially the last one. You will probably have a few very sleepless nights on your hands in the beginning, your baby has learned that if she fusses you will come running and she is NOT going to want to give that up. She is probably going to cry. But dealing with a few sleepless nights is going to more than pay off long term. when she learns that you are not going to rock her every 2-3 hours. It's not good on her and not good on you to be falling into that type of a sleeping pattern, so you have to change things while she is still young. Best of luck...hang in there!!!
Hello,
This what my pediatrician recommended. As long as your child's needs are all met, this is what you do. You put your child asleep however you normally do. When the child wakes up go into the room. Don't pick up your child but soothe your child any other way you want. Sing, touch, whatever you want but the key is not to pick up the child. The child may scream, get mad, cry or complain. As long as the child's needs are met, do not pick him/her up for 45 minutes. If the child is not asleep after 45 minutes you may pick up the child and go about the routine that he/she is used to. You must stay in the room with the child so that the child isn't scared. At any time you can decide to pick up the child earlier than 45 minutes. That is your choice.
The next night do the same thing. The time will be greatly reduced and it shouldn't take 45 minutes for the child to calm down. Now remember at ANY time the 45 minutes is TOO long and you can't take it, pick up the child and resume other bedtime rituals. The key is that you are teaching the child to soothe itself and you are in the room so it isn't scared.
Also you will need to repeat for a few nights in a row. Eventually the child will fall asleep on its own and will be able to fall back asleep if he/she wakes up throughout the night.
It isn't easy but I did it and my child doesn't have insecurity issues. With my first born, I left the room and he did have some issues that had to be worked through regarding feeling safe. The doctor felt it was related to leaving the room.
I hope this helps!
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I am having the same problem. The odd thing is, my daughter USED to be a good sleeper. We (her daddy and I) are both deaf, so we started her out in a tiny co-sleeper bed that you place between the two parents (thank god for king-sized beds!) This way when she woke in the night, because we couldn't hear her, we would at least feel her thrashing around or a tiny fist would bop us in the face and wake us up and we would feed her or change her or whatever. She learned to sleep through the night (well...from 1 am to 7 am, which is good enough!) VERY early...between two and three months. Because of this, we felt safe placing her in a bassinet next to my side of the bed (needless to say, for a while I still kept waking up every few hours to check that she was ok!) She started to sleep longer periods of time and we got her on a routine where she would get to bed between 8 and 9, and usually be awake in the crib at 7 am when I would get up and go check on her, but she wasn't crying...she was usually just playing with her favorite stuffed animal. She rejected pacifiers early. Now, at 6 months, she's still going to bed at the same time, but she wakes up at 3 am and screams her little head off! Nothing I can do will stop her...I've tried nursing (which usually puts her back to sleep) walking about, putting her in the car and driving (works WHILE I'm doing it, but she wakes up the instant we move her!) singing, etc etc. She's in bed with me right now, trying to grab for the laptop (she's always been fascinated with it.) She's not crying at the moment but she's clearly not sleepy. I've been up for an hour and I need my sleep! I'm not a believer in the "cry it out" method so I need some more help if anyone has any suggestions...
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
let her cry. 6 months old is old enough to were if they are fed, changed and already asleep put them in the crib and if she wakes up you know shes okay, let her cry, first let her cry untill shes asleep it could take 15 min+ with a stubborn child even longer. After a week of doing that she will only cry for a min or two and then stay asleep. Make sure she is changed burped and fed for your sake and just let her cry. Wakeing up ever 2 hours because she wants to be held makes you insane, exhausted and mad at the world. I didnt do that untill my son was 10 months and now he knows i can cry but 9pm is sleep time. It keeps you and the babys father sane. do it please hunny1 it works!