southside852
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From birth-6 months, my son had the perfect sleep habits. He slept in his crib in his own room without being rocked or being nursed. His habits naturally followed the gina ford routine so we just stuck with it. Bed at 7:30pm and up at 7am - amazing considering our first son's sleeping habits were a total nightmare since birth.
Now my son is 10 months old and this last month has been miserable. His day naps are fine (9am-10am, 1:30pm-3:30/4pm). He cries for about 2 minutes, then is out like a light. But bedtime is a totally different story. He We put him to bed at 8:30pm, cries for no more than 5 minutes then sleeps. The rest of the night looks like this:
1am wakeup - cries hysterically, sitting up, we changed diaper, give pacifier, if teething we give him teething pill etc...he can cry on and off for an hour.
3:30/4am wake up - cries for about 30 minutes before we then bring to our bed
6:30/7am wake up in our bed
When I go to pick him up, he stops crying and wants to be put in our bed. When we put him into our bed, he immediately falls asleep again. This is so strange b/c for the first 7 months he never slept in our bed as we were very conscious to not start that habit.
How do we break this habit? CIO the only solution? the walking in and shushing method doesn't really work with him bc he thinks it's playtime? Anyone have an experience with this type of situation? We let my first one CIO at 26 months when he transitioned to a big bed.....would love some suggestions!
Now my son is 10 months old and this last month has been miserable. His day naps are fine (9am-10am, 1:30pm-3:30/4pm). He cries for about 2 minutes, then is out like a light. But bedtime is a totally different story. He We put him to bed at 8:30pm, cries for no more than 5 minutes then sleeps. The rest of the night looks like this:
1am wakeup - cries hysterically, sitting up, we changed diaper, give pacifier, if teething we give him teething pill etc...he can cry on and off for an hour.
3:30/4am wake up - cries for about 30 minutes before we then bring to our bed
6:30/7am wake up in our bed
When I go to pick him up, he stops crying and wants to be put in our bed. When we put him into our bed, he immediately falls asleep again. This is so strange b/c for the first 7 months he never slept in our bed as we were very conscious to not start that habit.
How do we break this habit? CIO the only solution? the walking in and shushing method doesn't really work with him bc he thinks it's playtime? Anyone have an experience with this type of situation? We let my first one CIO at 26 months when he transitioned to a big bed.....would love some suggestions!
