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My son is 8 months old and still sleeps in our bed. I am ready for him to sleep in his crib. I have tried several times, but he just screams his head off. My will power is no match for his!! How do I make this easier for him... and me? |
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Is he used of his crib!! I mean being in there? Try letting him have play-time in there i have my daugther one winnie the pooh toys that plays music and shows the images on the ceiling which helps alot. make sure hes well fed before bed and try that i started with her by just letting her nap in there cause she'd get so tired ide just stick her there she slept with me since birth up until 6 months. believe me once you get him in his crib. it'll be better for both. :) hopefully this helped a lil if you need anything let me know
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| posted by *Angela... on 08/13/2009 |
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| i've been in a similar position before. it killed me inside, but i had to just let my son cry. sometimes he would cry for the longest time! it came to a point where he finally stopped, so i bursted in the room thinking something was wrong. the only thing that was "wrong" was he cried himself to sleep. just remember, you are the stronger one, that's why you're the parent, not him. i never said it would be easy, but you have to do something. if you know in your heart that there is absolutely nothing wrong with him, there is nothing to feel guilty about. try asking his dr. |
| posted by Chevonne on 08/14/2009 |
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| I do agree with Chevonne! If your sons crying is making you feel as though you are going nuts just put him to bed a little earlier than you normally would so he can cry it out. While he calming down just take a breather and watch tv or read a book or magizine outside for a little bit and periodically just check on him to make sure he is ok!! He WILL get used to it. Just have faith! |
| posted by Amy on 08/16/2009 |
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| You could try slowly getting him used to his crib by letting him go to sleep with you and then putting him in his crib for the night. |
| posted by Sherry on 08/18/2009 |
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| At 8 months old, I also tried to get my daughter to sleep in her crib. Shes now 15 months and we still sleep together!! I was/am nursing her, and she's always been a terrible sleeper, and on top of that teething since 2 months. I did successfully get her to nap in her crib for about 2 months though, letting her fall asleep in my arms first. Night was a different story. She would bang into the sides of the crib and wake herself up, rolling around like a pinball. I had a hard time with the crying out method and felt wrong about it, I have suffered for it as well. I have forgotten about the crib and accepted the fact that we all sleep better together. People always seem to make it out like its a bad thing to have your child with you in bed, but I feel now that the child feels safer with another body there, especially if thats all they have ever known. Good luck and peace |
| posted by jen on 08/25/2009 |
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I agree with Chevonne too. I tried everything for my son to sleep on his own. We never let him sleep with us until he was about 5 months old (i know weird) But we went on leave and he did not like covers and at my mother in laws house it was to cold to have him sleep in his playpen, so being a mommie i put him in bed with us. Let just say thats was a bug no no, it took me 5 months to get him back into his bed after that. I did everything, gave him a bath and read and the put in bd, i put him in bed half asleep, fully asleep, i stayed by his bed and inched my way out of the day every night so that i was at the door at some points. But has hard has it sounds, letting him cry is what worked best. I had my husband hold me so that i would not get up. I have to say that i cried just as much as he did. But I also felt that I tried everything that i cod think of and read about and this was the last resort. The first night he cried for 4 hours and the 3rd nght it was maybe a hour and by the end of the week it was 30 min or so.Now is sleep like a baby and he tells me night night and blows me a kiss and suggles with his stuffie and goes right to bed. Granted he is 2 now and he knows that crying will not help him. The best thing I can say is the crying does stop and it does get better. So hang in and try not to think that you are doing something wrong, think that it is time you have your bed to yourself. I was never able to sleep good in fear that i will roll over or cover his face with a blanket so i felt that is was better for him to sleep on his own and it better for my sanity to actually sleep. haha
I hope everything works out for you
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| posted by amanda on 10/14/2009 |
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I agree with Chevonne too. I tried everything for my son to sleep on his own. We never let him sleep with us until he was about 5 months old (i know weird) But we went on leave and he did not like covers and at my mother in laws house it was to cold to have him sleep in his playpen, so being a mommie i put him in bed with us. Let just say thats was a bug no no, it took me 5 months to get him back into his bed after that. I did everything, gave him a bath and read and the put in bd, i put him in bed half asleep, fully asleep, i stayed by his bed and inched my way out of the day every night so that i was at the door at some points. But has hard has it sounds, letting him cry is what worked best. I had my husband hold me so that i would not get up. I have to say that i cried just as much as he did. But I also felt that I tried everything that i cod think of and read about and this was the last resort. The first night he cried for 4 hours and the 3rd nght it was maybe a hour and by the end of the week it was 30 min or so.Now is sleep like a baby and he tells me night night and blows me a kiss and suggles with his stuffie and goes right to bed. Granted he is 2 now and he knows that crying will not help him. The best thing I can say is the crying does stop and it does get better. So hang in and try not to think that you are doing something wrong, think that it is time you have your bed to yourself. I was never able to sleep good in fear that i will roll over or cover his face with a blanket so i felt that is was better for him to sleep on his own and it better for my sanity to actually sleep. haha
I hope everything works out for you
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| posted by amanda on 10/14/2009 |
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my son is 17 months now and he just recently started sleeping in his crib. I was ok with him sleeping in our bed until he got so big that I started to wake up with a stiff neck from lying in weird positions to let him have some space. I read a book by Tracey Hogg and kind of adapted one of her techniques to suit my son. What I did was put the crib mattress on the floor in the corner of his room and blocked off the third side of his mattress with his crib and a cushion. the other two sides I put a long skinny cushion and a rolled up blanket. the fourth side I blocked by a blow up bed that I slept on beside his for 2 weeks. Every night I gave him a bath, read him a story and gave him a bottle and then I had three rules for when I lay him down on his mattress:
1) no standing on the mattress (when he did, I immediately lay him back down)
2) no climbing off the mattress or being picked up (but hugs are ok)
3) very little eye contact, but soothing words like: you're just going to sleep, or mommy's staying here until you go to sleep
first night he cried for 1 hour with me by his side, and woke up twice (then I would do the same thing as when he first went down). second night was 35 mins, third night 25 then fifth night 18. by one week, he would take either 45 mins or 18. and he is getting better!! main point: adapt a plan based on your child's personality. my son needed to be near me, so I came to him until he got used to his own bed. |
| posted by Melissa on 10/15/2009 |
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