Tips for CC

[MrsQ]

Hi there.

Right my son is 8 months and i have not had one night sleep.
He is up every hour or 2 hours if i am lucky. I dont feed him, i pat him down and i let him cry 5 mins before i go and pat his bum bum.
He is in our room but we cant move him as havent the room.


What am i doing wrong as i feel like i am dying from sleep deprevation!
x

 

[StarBound]

Have you tried a long night time feed ? Do you bath him before bed

 

[MrsQ]

yea bath every night but not tried long nt feed as he falls asleep after 2 mins lol. x

 

[Tiff]

You aren't doing anything wrong hun. Some babies sleep, some don't.

There's lots of resources on CC if you are wanting to go that route. Aside from that, is there any sort of white noise in the room? I found that helped with getting Claire to sleep longer as we live in a condo so have plenty of close neighbours.

 

[MrsQ]

whats white noise? sorry i have no idea what that is?
x

 

[Tiff]

No worries!

Anything in the background that has soft, constant noise. My LO is a very light sleeper, wakes up at the drop of a hat. In the summer we leave a fan to run in her room at night so she falls asleep to that and little noises and bumps in the night don't wake her.

In the winter we use an air purifer which does the same thing. She also falls asleep listening to a lullaby CD which helps as well.

Does that help with what it is?

 

[daisydoo]

Hun I know what you're going thru with the sleep thing exhausting isn't it . First off white noise is like background noise that baby can focus on to soothe - when Oliver had colic the hairdryer on would soothe him instantly. These days we use a white noise machine got it from TKMaxx for a tenner - but if you have an i-pod you can download white noise and just leave it on all night - our favourite is a rainfall one.

Now over the cc - I used it the night before last for the first time ever - I was just so exhausted and I was going in, settling him and he'd be awake ten mins later screaming again not letting me put him down - I think 8 1/2 months of no sleep made me think I have to do something about this (and its never an easy decision is it - I have never ever left Oliver to cry even for a minute so it was really new to us). What I did was go in, pop his dummy in and shhhh and rub him for 2 minutes, then go out the room and leave it 10 mins, go in and shhhh and rub, go out for ten mins and repeat - I only had to do this 3 times and he went to sleep for the rest of the night - BUT it wasn't pleasant and he went to sleep doing that breath gapsing thing you do when you've been sobbing it broke my heart to see - but I did get some sleep and so did he and last night I was prepared to do it but he slept really well. Not saying it's worked that quick could be a fluke.

I do feed in the night so my plan is this - ill try and soothe him with shhh and dummy as long as I can. When I know he wont settle Ill give him his bottle and settle him like I always have. Give him a good half hour of rocking and settling like I always do and if this isn't working will use a bit of CC that way I feel I have tried my hardest NOT to use it if I can help it.

Hope this helps hun sorry its so long The only problem I can forsee you having is doing it with bubs in your bedroom -I think it will be very difficult to lie right next to him and listen to him crying? Then again think this might be similar to the techniques used in sleep sense - perhaps ask the girls over there about it.

Good luck hun - let me know how you get on!

 

[MrsQ]

thanks guys. I will have to look into this white noise.

xxxx

 

[freckleonear]

Have you read the No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley? Lots of people have recommended it to me so I've just ordered it from Amazon, was quite cheap so I figured it was worth it!

 

[MrsQ]

Have you read the No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley? Lots of people have recommended it to me so I've just ordered it from Amazon, was quite cheap so I figured it was worth it!

no but i may order it to the library thanky ou.
xxxx

 

[muddles]

Have you tried baby massage? It can help relax babies and I know Oliver sleeps well if I do it after his bath. When Oliver has his last feed before bed I wrap his blanket around me and him so that it smells like me and is warm when I put him into bed.

Can't suggest anything about CC as I don't do it. Hope you get a decent nights sleep soon.