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do not force her to fall asleep, some babies are not really into schedule sleeping during night time not like adults who should sleep during night and awake on daylight. they seems to adjust more of the sleeping habits while they are still infants. that is why a lot of mothers out there are having trouble with sleeping at night time with babies they should take care of all night long and wide awaken. |
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I had this issue too when my little one was younger. We'd start the bedtime deal: bath, pjs, and eat around 8:00 but it'd be 11 before he'd finally go down. What we changed was the environment when we started to feed him to go to sleep. We would go into the bedroom, with the nightlight on, and then I'd play that yoga CD from Target, rock him while he ate, and he started conking out within 30 minutes. Now, at 5 months, he goes down like a champ. Eats his bottle, then we put him down. No issues anymore. I think alot of babies go through this stage where they get overtired, but they don't want to sleep, so they just are beside themselves. It will get better and you are not a terrible mother! I think the fact alone that you keep trying to do comforting things, rather than just putting her down and walking away speaks testaments to your dedication and love for her. Hang in there! |
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Move the bedtime up. I wished someone had helped me out when my little one was that age lol. Have a stick to a bedtime routine, start it at least 30 minutes BEFORE her FIRST signs of tiredness, get her fed and into the crib before she is tired. Just try and pay close attention to her tired signs, which change all the time. For naps and for bedtime try and start the routines before she is actually tired, if she gets overtired she will fight sleep more. And if you don't have 1 start a prenap routine now, I didn't until lo was 6 months and wished I had started earlier. And another important thing is don't blame yourself, the more upset you are the more upset she will be. Babies have so much changing in their lives its a wonder they sleep at all. For my lo at that age we did a bath, then swaddle and nurse and put down, swaddling helped a lot until he hit 4 months. Thay all have phases where they sleep better and worse, and remember that they are just that PHASES, it will pass, I say try and pay attention to tired signs for naps so shes well rested throughout the day and move her bedtime up to closer to 7pm, do your routine and relax. |
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Routine routine routine! I would recommend spending a few days tracking her routine and writing it down when she starts rubbing her eyes, yawning, fussing etc etc. My LO acts like the world is coming to an end...and as soon as that happens he is down for a nap or the night! It works soo good once you know the signs! Try moving her bedtime up and keeping it calm and quiet for an hour before her bedtime. |
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We had the same problem with our baby. She would be overtired(this was before we knew what signs to look for) and cry. A friend told us about using the sounds of hairdryer to calm her. It was amazing! It really works. We turned the hairdryer on and she relaxed immediately. My husband even ordered a CD of hairdryer sounds, just in case we were somewhere we didn't have one handy. LOL |
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Have you tried lying on your side in your bed and nursing to sleep that way? This saved my sanity when I started doing this and he began to sleep through the night. If you don't want to co sleep you can simply move your little one to her own bed after she's asleep. |
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