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i let gabs cry it out tonight to go to sleep....its the 1st time...it killed me..only took 6 min but i feel like a bad mom ↓
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| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Apr 12th, 2008 1:21 AM |
| We have tried it before, some times it works other times it doesnt, but i dont like doing in, but now that hes older he plays in his crib and then goes to sleep... most of the time! today he played for about 30 minutes and then wined for 20 min before we got annoyed and walked back in and fed him gave him his pacis and then laid him back down. he has a habit of spitting his pacis over his crib and then cries because he cant reach them and now he wants it lol ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Apr 12th, 2008 1:21 AM |
| Name: DRB | Date: Apr 12th, 2008 1:41 AM |
| gabby weaned herself off pacifiers...she will hold them but not use them..im glad she did it herself i think i will have to fight for her to stop using bottels though...we hve tried alllll kinds of sippy cups to no effect ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Apr 12th, 2008 5:15 PM |
| Same with Tyler he hates sippy cups, he only uses his pacifier when he sleeps, but most of the time he falls asleep and then spits it out but he always holds one in his hand ↑ |
| Name: Lola | Date: Apr 12th, 2008 9:15 PM |
I know sometimes I feel like letting Mia cry it out, but it's more frustrating for me than it is for her.
It's good though that you're doing it now. Perfect timing really. Because with another baby ya won't have time to be shoosing her to sleep as well as a new baby. Ya know.
You should be proud of yourself for thinking ahead and putting it into effect.
Don't feel bad :) ↑ |
| Name: Loritolay | Date: Apr 13th, 2008 3:41 PM |
| I had a really hard time when trying to get my son off the bottle too. What finally worked was that I would offer him both bottle and sippee cup but put just water in the bottle and his sippee would have either his milk or juice. It took a week or so but eventually he wanted nothing to do with the bottle. ↑ |
| Name: ..RoSey.. | Date: Apr 14th, 2008 4:54 AM |
Danese, theres a difference between letting them really CRY it out and letting them grizzle it out..
If she was screaming and REALLY crying then i dont think i could ever do that with izzy..
Sometimes i let izzy grizzle a bit and put herself to sleep.. it just teaches them that when its bedtime ITS BEDTIME! and learning to sleep on there own.. Plus gabby is like 10 months right ??? I would have growled at you if she was alot younger than that =P at this age they understand alot more than younger babies. ↑ |
| Name: KarenM | Date: Apr 14th, 2008 5:07 AM |
Awwww you're a tropper Danese, but really, 6 minutes is great - you aren't a bad mom at all. In fact, it'll be better for both of you in the end imo.
I remember it was so hard to do it with Wyatt and we never really followed the Ferber rules, but we did manage to do about 5 minutes then caved, then 6 minutes, then caved...it was funny and not so funny at the same time. But now, it was all worth it. Wyatt plays in his bed for up to 30 minutes sometimes, but he hardly ever cries...he knows it's bedtime and that's it. Congrats - and even if you caved after 1 or 2 minutes, you'd still be the awesome mummy you are! ↑ |
| Name: mother2five | Date: Apr 14th, 2008 12:54 PM |
| I always used to pick all my kids up each time they did that and put them in bed w/ me !!!!!! HUGE mistake!!!! I made Emilee cry it out and I'm loving life at night!!! I felt bad at first but now it doesn't bother me as much you'll get used to it.....except for when they're sick ya kinda feel bad! ↑ |
| Name: DRB | Date: Apr 14th, 2008 2:19 PM |
| yeah i usually end up with her in bed with me by the end of the night....she actually seems to be sleeping better when i let her cry it out......weird? ↑ |
| Name: christiansmommy | Date: Apr 15th, 2008 5:10 PM |
when i do this, my husband goes and gets her and says "i don't feel like hearing her fuss!"
it drives me nuts b/c she'll never learn to sleep in her crib in her OWN room! shoot, she has a cradle/bassinet in our room next to our bed and she has YET to sleep in there too!
our son too.....he is 5 yrs. old and when before chloe was born, he had been sleeping in our bed since a baby (never used his crib either) and when chloe came, we bought him a bunk bed set. and he loves it and wants to sleep in his own room every night WITH THE EXCEPTION that someone sleeps in his room with him. i don't like this either. and of course, my husband runs to his demands. it drives me nuts!
christian needs to sleep in his room alone-he will be 6 in dec.
chloe needs to cry herself to sleep (as long as shes not sick, hungry, wet, etc.) and sleep in either her bassinet in my room or in her crib in her own room.
hubby needs to sleep in our bed with ME!!!!!
but i will never win, b/c he just doesn't like the hear the kids crying about anything. i tell him they will never learn on their own! i can't win this battle. ↑ |
| Name: LindsayK | Date: Apr 15th, 2008 9:16 PM |
| Gabbie still sleeps in our bed too. She's 18 months. She never liked her crib and would scream if she was put in it. She's been in our bed since like 5 months. It's getting difficult though b/c she's getting bigger and is always squriming and kicking us. To go to sleep I lay with her and she drinks a bottle of milk. So we'll have a lot of habit breaking to do! I'm not sure what will happen when #2 arrives. ↑ |
| Name: NIKKIS | Date: Apr 16th, 2008 3:22 AM |
| oh my god, so i decided to start letting brooke cry it out. last night was the worst night ever! she screamed all night even when i brought her to my bed like usual. she would fall asleep and wake up screaming, it made me wish i had never taken her out of the crib. we will see how tonight goes. i am trying to be strong, because i feel like she is 10 months old and should sleep just fine in her crib all night long. mommy doesn't need to rescue her anymore, but god it is hard. ↑ |
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