MonicaH
11-06-2006, 11:08 PM
So in the past month, 14 month old DD has experienced the following:
1. moving to a new city
2. no more babysitter (only person for whom she ever has napped well)
3. 2 road trips, total 12 days away from new home in new city
4. mom being with her 24/7 for a month, then being away from her all day (new job started last week)
oh yeah, a cold and a new molar to top it all off.
She's not sleeping well. She was down to waking just once per night before the move. Now she is waking usually twice, and will only fall asleep again if nursed. The killer for me is that it takes up to an hour to get her back in the crib. She will be almost asleep but as soon as the nipple leaves her mouth she is rooting and crying again. I only read part of "No Cry Sleep Solution" but I did try her technique of detaching the baby from the nipple as she seems to be drifting off but it is not working for us, maybe making things worse as she seems to wake up a little too much each time I try that.
Also, she has never napped in her crib for us but DH was slowly working on this, and had her up to almost an hour in her crib until about a week ago, but now he says she screams if he even takes her near it.
I know she's had a lot of turmoil in the past few weeks, but how long will this unwillingness to sleep last? Thanks for reading about our lack of sleep.
Monica
1. moving to a new city
2. no more babysitter (only person for whom she ever has napped well)
3. 2 road trips, total 12 days away from new home in new city
4. mom being with her 24/7 for a month, then being away from her all day (new job started last week)
oh yeah, a cold and a new molar to top it all off.
She's not sleeping well. She was down to waking just once per night before the move. Now she is waking usually twice, and will only fall asleep again if nursed. The killer for me is that it takes up to an hour to get her back in the crib. She will be almost asleep but as soon as the nipple leaves her mouth she is rooting and crying again. I only read part of "No Cry Sleep Solution" but I did try her technique of detaching the baby from the nipple as she seems to be drifting off but it is not working for us, maybe making things worse as she seems to wake up a little too much each time I try that.
Also, she has never napped in her crib for us but DH was slowly working on this, and had her up to almost an hour in her crib until about a week ago, but now he says she screams if he even takes her near it.
I know she's had a lot of turmoil in the past few weeks, but how long will this unwillingness to sleep last? Thanks for reading about our lack of sleep.
Monica