I feel a little embarrassed to blog this, but I'm desperate! I need HELP! Frank is almost 9 months old and does not sleep more than 5-8 hours at night without waking up. If you do the math, this means I get anywhere from 3-6 hours of uninterrupted sleep each night. This has been the case for almost 9 months now! I'm done. I've been done. And Nick is done hearing about it! :(
I have read many books, articles, blogs about what to do to get a baby to sleep through the night. I feel like we have tried it all! If you can think of something we are missing...PLEASE let me know! I think I'm willing to try anything! ;)
Here's the scenario...Frank wakes up and starts to cry/whine/scream and he'll do this until we come up there. Once we are up there he will want held. If you don't pick him up he screams! If you try to put the paci in his mouth, he screams! If I pick him up he leans and reaches for the chair I nurse him in or tries to attack me to eat! If you lay him back in his bed, he screams. I know he can put himself to sleep on his own, b/c he does it and has done it! UGH! He's so stubborn! :)
We have tried...
giving him a bottle of formula (but he won't drink it from a bottle)
nursing right before bed to get a full tummy
eating solids before bed to get a full tummy
special toys in crib
special cuddly toy in crib
4-5 pacifiers in crib so he can find one easily
blanket
no blanket
running the heater for warmth and sound
changing diaper
teething medicine
Tylenol
putting him in the pack-n-play
crying it out (last night is was an hour and a half of crying before I gave in. last week it was an hour with Nick)
holding him/singing to him/rocking him
not holding him and just soothing him from his crib
giving a bath before bed
not giving a bath before bed
music/no music
mobile on/mobile off
etc...
Basically, what we have concluded is that he needs me to comfort him. He wants to nurse. ALL THE TIME! haha
What am I missing? What should I try? How do I stay sane? :) haha
If anything, I needed to vent this! Thanks for allowing me to do so! I'll let you know when he kicks this habit...hopefully! :)
Oh Karmen, that's terrible! Sorry, no wonderful ideas to share with you...just know I'll be praying that little Frank snaps out of it!
ReplyDeleteKarmen, I completely understand how you feel! Kinsey was the exact same way. We couldn't do anything to soothe her during the night. She would have screaming fits and I remember rocking her and crying with her in the middle of the night, every night. We were desperate to find something too. We finally decided to try a soy formula thinking it had something to do with her tummy because she would cry and scream like she was in pain. After we switched, she began sleeping through the night.
ReplyDeleteYou are doing all the right things! Good luck...we will be praying for you all!