So who's still on the non-STTN train with me?

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Anyone else still up 2+ times a night?

Does LO want to nurse/have a bottle? Or do you do other things to soothe?

Any plans to sleep train?

[creamsiclechica]

Haha, you know we are! And, we can't nurse anymore overnight, so we're just trying our best to soothe when she gets up. We bed share though now. The crib was just not working at ALL for us. I can't offer much as far as advice or future plans, because we'll, we're just trying to survive and then see how things go once C is born and go from there.

[TrudyCampbell]

Sept 10, 2013 13:44:04 GMT -5 creamsiclechica said:

Haha, you know we are! And, we can't nurse anymore overnight, so we're just trying our best to soothe when she gets up. We bed share though now. The crib was just not working at ALL for us. I can't offer much as far as advice or future plans, because we'll, we're just trying to survive and then see how things go once C is born and go from there.

Oh man, I was *hoping* that a side effect of the weaning would be better sleeping. I just feel so awful that you guys had to wean that I was praying for a silver lining!

[shevacc]

We cosleep and most nights I nurse when I go to bed (10pm), sometime in the dark dark (1 am?) and sometime in the twilight (4 am?) before nursing when we wake up ~7am. I stopped checking clocks since that would involve opening my eyes. I've redefined STTN as nursing peacefully and falling right back asleep to distinguish from the nights with lots of restless flailing or midnight partying. Luckily we haven't had many of those in a while, though we've had more difficulty at bedtime lately.

No plans for sleep training. One ray of hope I have for more sleep is that I've heard that the 18 month sleep regression isn't necessarily a regression in all kids, sometimes it's a change and could even be a change to sleeping *more* for our little ones that like to wake up so often at night.

[monkeybabe]

Zoe woke up four times last night, but at least she wasn't bouncing off the walls at 2 in the morning. We nurse back to sleep and have no plans to sleep train.

[creamsiclechica]

Sept 10, 2013 13:50:14 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

Sept 10, 2013 13:44:04 GMT -5 creamsiclechica said:

Haha, you know we are! And, we can't nurse anymore overnight, so we're just trying our best to soothe when she gets up. We bed share though now. The crib was just not working at ALL for us. I can't offer much as far as advice or future plans, because we'll, we're just trying to survive and then see how things go once C is born and go from there.

Oh man, I was *hoping* that a side effect of the weaning would be better sleeping. I just feel so awful that you guys had to wean that I was praying for a silver lining!

The good news is, she's going down a lot easier FOR bed, and at a more reasonable hour.  So I'll take that as a silver lining!  She goes down a lot easier for Matt after her bath than she ever did for me, it would take me an hour or more.  Now, he can get her down in 20-30 minutes, and we get to have some downtime together, which is a relief.  She's not begging to nurse when she wakes, which is good too.  But she does want to snuggle on top of me, which is a downside.  She climbs on me and says "baby" and wants to lay directly on my huge stomach, lol.

[katie]

Well some nights she does STTN like last night, but the night before nope. It's a 50/50 shot that she STTN. When she wakes up it usually takes a good hour to get her back down if not more. I offer her the sippy of water, pacifier, music from her little monkey. I first start by laying on her floor and if that doesn't work I bring her into bed with me. I will also bring her to the living room if she keeps trying to escape my bed. Basically each time she tries to escape I move locations. She wants to play, go say hi to the dog, anything but sleep usually.

I try to let her cry sometimes but depending how she is crying I will go in and get her. Right now she has a bad cough, runny nose and teething so I don't let her go for but a minute just to see. Ugh, I really hate CIO and I have done it but most of the time I fold. I also let her fall asleep on the couch next to me at night. I had broken that for a few days but she started crying more. I really feel like a failure with this and that it's my fault for not sticking to something.

[katfco]

He still wakes up one to two times a night most nights, but it is getting better. I'm just waiting him out and trying to encourage him more to take the pacifier instead of the bottle of water. No plans to do anything else.

Anyone else have a LO who's not falling asleep on his/her own for bed/naptime?

[eav2c]

No plans to sleep train. We are up 1-4 times a night but it's getting better. I do nurse him back down.

[creamsiclechica]

Sept 10, 2013 13:57:38 GMT -5 katfco said:

He still wakes up one to two times a night most nights, but it is getting better. I'm just waiting him out and trying to encourage him more to take the pacifier instead of the bottle of water. No plans to do anything else.

Anyone else have a LO who's not falling asleep on his/her own for bed/naptime?

A has to be put to sleep for naps and bed by one of us.  I keep wondering how this is going to work out with a newborn, lol.

[thedahliharpa]

We were back down to 2-3 wakings but she's sick and I'm happy to keep her hydrated every two hours. Well not exactly happy but glad I'm nursing while she is sick. We go on vacation soon and will try getting her in another room after we get back.

[shevacc]

Sept 10, 2013 13:57:38 GMT -5 katfco said:

He still wakes up one to two times a night most nights, but it is getting better. I'm just waiting him out and trying to encourage him more to take the pacifier instead of the bottle of water. No plans to do anything else.

Anyone else have a LO who's not falling asleep on his/her own for bed/naptime?

Usually I nurse her to sleep at night and for naps on weekends. DH will rock her, rub her back, etc. -- last I heard daycare also helps her fall asleep at naptime. She'll sometimes fall asleep in the car if it's near naptime but even then I often sing to her to help her relax. She'll get there eventually.

[Deleted]

Laney is up 2-4 times a night. Sometimes she makes it until 2am before she starts her 2-3 hour pattern. I nurse because I tried one night of not nursing and it did NOT go well. She also needs to be put to sleep for bed and naps by me, justlikes to be held until she falls asleep then she transfers to the crib fine.

Her room should be ready in 3-4 weeks so I am planning on doing something then to help sleep but I haven't decided what.

[rainbowchip]

Lyla was on an awesome stretch of about a month of STTN then she had shots and has been a bear again. She wakes up a lot in the first 2-3 hours and then has a pretty decent stretch until 6am.

She quit nursing 3 months ago so its usually cuddling back to sleep. Sometimes we have to bring her in bed with us again to keep her sleeping.

[Deleted]

Us! We tried sleep training Labor Day weekend but failed. Still sleeping with us but might try the toddler bed in our room this weekend. Dh is starting to be more comfortable with him putting B to bed. Last night he was up at 1130 4, 530, 645,

[lauranicole91]

We are so far from STTN. She used to for about a month around a year old.

We bed share now for 90% of the night and she stirs/gets up at least 4-5 times a night to nurse. I am so over it.

She started refusing her crib after MOTN nursing sessions. So we gave up and let her stay in bed. She slowly started spending more and more of the night with us.

I think the only fix would be to transfer to a toddler bed and have me fall asleep in her bed with her and then sneak out. But I am just too nervous/not ready for the amount of babyproofing and trust that it will take to do that.

[jsillyfun]

Still up 3x and nurse back down. I plan to night wean when she is 2 if she is still waking.

[jenbelle]

Still up 3-4 times a night- trying to wean him from formula to water- he does ok with it. We kind of cosleep too, starts out in his crib, then moves in with us around midnight.
I'm ready to sleep train, but we are room sharing as well (1 bedroom condo) so I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Hugs to all of you who are dealing with this!!!

[kkfeb04]

She's up about 3 times a night. The 3 year old is up 1-2 times a night. They both have been in our bed since last Thursday. I have a permanent kink in my back from toddler ass.