Yeah,I went through that with Evan at around 4-7 mo.'s...20-30 minute "power naps" resulting in my actually thinking I was very possibly going crazy. It's gotten a little better, most recently two 45minute naps a day. Oh, and Evan's favorite is rasberries. It was cute at first, and it still tends to make me laugh at times, but it's ALWAYS: When he's hungry, when he's full, when he's tired, when he's happy...and my personal favorite, when he has a mouthful of food. Lovely :)

4-7 months you say? I quit. 3 more months of this insanity? This is like POW torture. I drift off to sleep and wham! She's awake and crying...I think she can sense when I finally fall asleep. Not to mention the "sleep" CD my husband made for her has the freaking Overture of 1812 on it...ridiculous. I hear it through the monitor and I just about fall out of the bed.
Heh, raspberries. How cute. Especially, yes with food in the mouth. We're dealing with the constant drool over here. I'm sure raspberries are next on the agenda.
3-7 months.....ughhhhhhhhhhhhh

the first few years are so very short....i want as much time with her as i can get...and myself i cant let her cry...its important to me to know that she knows i am always there for her..

I agree. Don't like the crying it out method---at least not for this one. I think, however, that some babies ARE able to soothe themselves after a few moments of whimpering and have the ability to either go to sleep or go back to sleep. And there are some who do not. Ellorie is one who does not. Nor does she lower the decibel of her cry to anything known as a whimper. Her cry is the same if she is hurt, tired, angry, bored, hungry, full, annoyed...it's a blood-curdling shriek. Quite fantastic when she does it out of no where and you end up spilling hot tea on your lap. 0-60 in a matter of 1.1 second.

try standing by the crib and talking to her while you soothe her by stroking her hair or face. also try giving her a binky or wrapping her up tight in a blanky. and when she gets to the point of crying til she sounds like shes gasping or choking, by then she will be so tired shes bound to fall asleep wherever she is. thats all I got. good luck!

I think this was the very first post that I wrote here on DS.

A year ago.

And how time does get the better of you when you aren't looking.

My little "co-sleeper" is now almost a year and a half and is no longer a 'problem sleeper'.

I suppose you can view this as hope to all of those moms (and dads) out there that are currently dealing with little ones who have no desire to sleep on their own (or, for that matter, sleep at all.)

It was a rough few months and I always did start her out sleeping in the crib, only to bring her into bed with me when she awoke later in the night. I remember as soon as she's lie down with me, she'd fall immediately back soundly asleep.

(Which, I will have to say, I do miss a little. It was sweet and cuddly...)

Until she got bigger and woke me up by poking my two eyes in or ripping my lips off. And when she fell off of the bed.

I was too much of a softie though, in the early months, to try the crying it out.

But by a little after 9 months of very uncomfortable sleeping, she awoke, and I was exhausted--so I turned the monitor off and let her cry. I am savvy to a pain cry and a cry that needs immediate attention, and what she wanted was to sleep with me.

I fell back asleep, and apparently, so did she. She slept all the way through the night until 8am.
Eureka!


Never again did I allow her to sleep in the bed. (I guess that sounds a bit cold-hearted...)

There have been a number of nights in which I'd have to get her back to sleep in my arms or in the rocking chair after she had woken in the night. (Teething like mad has been the main catalyst for this)
But I just placed her back in the crib.

So those going through something similar---don't fret.

It will get better!

You should buy a co sleeping bed for her. The co sleeping bed connects to your bed, so the baby feels like she is sleeping with you, but it really is her own separate bed. Babies r us probably seels them.

I had the girls sleeping in the pack nplay next to the bed from day one and in the bed if need be. they were preemies and I wanted to be able to glance over at them any time to make sure they were okay. they did pretty well switching to the crib, but what I might suggest is getting a co sleeper and then slowly start moving it bit by bit farther away from the bed each day and then down the hall and then into her room and then into her crib as she becomes accustomed to each stage. Good Luck!

we just have our son sleep with us, he sleeps on my side and my husband on my other side. we use a gaurd rail so he can't fall off. have you tried swaddling your baby when you put her down? that always works for me.

My little boy sleeps with me at night only. During the day he falls asleep on his own after playtimes in his bassinett. You could try one of the cosleepers that attach to the bed, so she still feels the warmth but isn't at as much risk as on the pillowtop.

I have to wonder, too, do you think the bassinet is part of the problem? I wonder if it's uncomfortable b/c it's so firm versus, like a regular mattress?

I relate to this b/c already I've got my 1 month old daughter in bed with me and husband on the couch, too. I'm trying to plan a transition back to her own independent sleep and wondering if we should forgo the bassinet and just jump right into a bigger crib?

Once they get used to sleeping with you it's a VERY hard habit to break... my 4-year-old would still be in bed with us if we allowed it...

Good luck - sounds like things are improving somewhat??

here my 5 cents..I went the route of not letting my baby sleep with me for various reasons (the primary one- I did not want to end up with a toddler in my bed.)I let my son sleep in a cosleeper.. however I cheated frequently. He slept with me for naps and after a midnight feeding I just let him sleep with me. Well before I knew it within like 2 weeks Kaden refused to sleep anywhere but with me... and like you this did not work with my lifestyle.. so we moved Kaden to his crib in his room. I started out with rocking him sleep and then laying him in there for naps.. then slowly at night.. he would scream.. i would let him do this for like a mintue (cant handle the crying it out thing either) then I would go and hodl him give him like 1-2 ozs of formula then lay him down again.. i had to do this a few times, but within a few days he was sleeping mostly throught the night with a 2 am feeding or soo.. good luck !!! I was able to get my co sleeper in his own crib.. so best of luck !!!!

with my baby, i try to take the pacifier out very gently while he is still sleeping in my arms. then i wait to make sure he stays asleep for a few minutes, and then put him in his bassinet. he is 7 weeks old and sleeps for up to 4 hours. i do NOT suggest the cry it out method, as this only works because babies get tired and fall asleep after experiencing trauma. when they cry its like how you feel when you cry. horrible, hot, flushed, helpless, alone, and eventually sick. it's not right. that is not how i would want my baby to fall asleep. anyway ... other than the pacifier thing, maybe you could let her lay her head on something that smells like you (just position it safely so it doesnt end up over her face). and maybe one of those heartbeat machines? good luck.

Oh the traumas of sleeping babies. My little guy is turning a month here in a few days and this is my story. I sleep with him all the time. I'm a light sleeper and am really attentive to him. He sleeps really good with me. I cannot let him cry either and I don't care what anyone says. It's breaks my heart to hear him upset. If he wants to be held and loved so be it. It definately is not the end of the world. He does not like his bassinette it's too hard. He does however sleep REALLY good in his basinette playpen because it is not hard....I would love to crawl in it if I could fit! I have a hard time getting him to sleep sometimes so all I have to do is pass him to Daddy and he conks right out! Daddy has the magic touch. He also falls asleep relatively well in his swing or last resort I will rock him to sleep in the rocking chair. I loved the swaddler with my daughter and it kept her asleep but my little guy does not like it. He sleeps with his hands and arms reaching up above his head...he likes to be spawled out. My daughter would not for the life of her sleep in her crib. She would be sound asleep and as soon as I put her in it her eyes would open. I had a fisher price rocker/chair that she would only sleep in. Babies love to feel close to their parents and as long as you are comfortable with it and trust your self I think sleeping with your babies is ok.

2 words. Ear Plugs. lol the cry it out method works, AND you get your sleep