jonahs mommy
12-04-2003, 11:45 AM
I have started the CIO method (as much as it breaks my heart) this week and he's responding well to FALLING ASLEEP on his own. But a new problem has emerged for our 10 1/2 week old son...
When he starts crying in the middle of the nap or in the middle of the night, it's not because he wants to be held, rather, he wants to suck. This happens if he goes to sleep without his pacifier or if he goes to sleep with it.
He is not sleeping through the night so I'm used to responding to his cries at night by nursing him. On a good night before this problem started, he was up at 3 am and up around 6-7 am. Now he will awaken at any given moment when he realizes he doesn't have his pacifier.
We've thought through many different options: don't give him his pacifier at all (but does he still have a need to suck at this age?), ignore his cries during naptime/night altogether (but what happens when he continues to cry until it's time for him to eat again and I take him out of his crib to nurse. Isn't that defeating the purpose of letting him cry?), comfort him by picking him up without giving him his paci, comfort him by giving him his pacifier and placing him back in his crib hoping that he won't notice it's missing?
We need advice.
When he starts crying in the middle of the nap or in the middle of the night, it's not because he wants to be held, rather, he wants to suck. This happens if he goes to sleep without his pacifier or if he goes to sleep with it.
He is not sleeping through the night so I'm used to responding to his cries at night by nursing him. On a good night before this problem started, he was up at 3 am and up around 6-7 am. Now he will awaken at any given moment when he realizes he doesn't have his pacifier.
We've thought through many different options: don't give him his pacifier at all (but does he still have a need to suck at this age?), ignore his cries during naptime/night altogether (but what happens when he continues to cry until it's time for him to eat again and I take him out of his crib to nurse. Isn't that defeating the purpose of letting him cry?), comfort him by picking him up without giving him his paci, comfort him by giving him his pacifier and placing him back in his crib hoping that he won't notice it's missing?
We need advice.