mamainflorida
03-31-2010, 12:51 AM
Hi,
This seems to be pretty common in the posts I've read here, so I take some consolation in that! :) It looks like 7-9 month olds suddenly change their sleep habits, but we don't know what to do.
Our DD slept beautifully till about 7 months. Then suddenly one night, that was it. She was waking up again during the night. I can't remember when or how we started bringing her into our bed, but pretty soon, she started sleeping with us 75-100% of the night... we just needed to do anything we could for her (and us) to sleep.
I shouldn't even be writing this in the past tense... we're still doing it, but starting tonight, we're trying to change this pattern by Ferberizing (which we're horrible at and inconsistent with). The issue is that now that she's learned to pull herself up to standing, we're really worried about her getting hurt, so one of us is always there in the room with her while she's screaming! Totally not the way Ferber works, I know!
So my question for all of you is what do/did you do when your little one started pulling up and falling down and getting hurt?? Is there anything I can put on her crib railings to protect her? Last week, for example, she pulled up to her knees. She had been asleep and then all of a sudden started crying. When I went to her room, I found her on her knees holding on to the railing. When I approached her to pick her up, she let go and fell backwards and hit her head on the side of the crib! My heart dropped...! Thankfully she was ok, but I don't want her to keep doing that.
Any advice would be appreciated!! We're all exhausted!
Thanks!
This seems to be pretty common in the posts I've read here, so I take some consolation in that! :) It looks like 7-9 month olds suddenly change their sleep habits, but we don't know what to do.
Our DD slept beautifully till about 7 months. Then suddenly one night, that was it. She was waking up again during the night. I can't remember when or how we started bringing her into our bed, but pretty soon, she started sleeping with us 75-100% of the night... we just needed to do anything we could for her (and us) to sleep.
I shouldn't even be writing this in the past tense... we're still doing it, but starting tonight, we're trying to change this pattern by Ferberizing (which we're horrible at and inconsistent with). The issue is that now that she's learned to pull herself up to standing, we're really worried about her getting hurt, so one of us is always there in the room with her while she's screaming! Totally not the way Ferber works, I know!
So my question for all of you is what do/did you do when your little one started pulling up and falling down and getting hurt?? Is there anything I can put on her crib railings to protect her? Last week, for example, she pulled up to her knees. She had been asleep and then all of a sudden started crying. When I went to her room, I found her on her knees holding on to the railing. When I approached her to pick her up, she let go and fell backwards and hit her head on the side of the crib! My heart dropped...! Thankfully she was ok, but I don't want her to keep doing that.
Any advice would be appreciated!! We're all exhausted!
Thanks!