I am a broken record about this, but I don't know what to do. Maybe I just need tough love about it?
Details: My daughter hates to sleep. She is 19 months and has always hated it. She rarely naps. Hasn't napped longer than 45 minutes since she was a newborn. We got in a groove where she would sleep well once we got her to sleep, but then teeth hit. We were nursing to sleep. We quit nursing and bedtime took longer, but was ok. It is now taking like 2+ hours to get her to fall asleep (laying with her, rocking, singing, everything).
Problem/question: I feel like I am enabling her bad sleeping habits and want to CIO or something. Our problem is that when she cries at night she gags and throws up. We then have to change her, her sheets, and restart. We then decide to go back to the old ways. What can we do? I'm pregnant and can't keep this up when the baby comes.
I'm sorry, I think my kid is the same and it freaking sucks!
I was going to recommend the sleep lady shuffle. It is not completely no cry, but I think it could be less tears/crying than Ferber. We did it around 16 months and I was pretty happy with the results.
I appreciate the support. I will do some more research and keep trying. I keep hoping one day it will just click. It is amazing how well she functions during the day with no sleep. It is nice to know that some kids are just like this.
One small success though! Last night she woke up at 3am and just sat in her crib and then went back to sleep on her own! At least that made the long bedtime worth it.