somebody help!

I had the same issue with Brianna and her nighttime nursing. When she was about 7.5 months old, my mommy instinct just told me that she didn’t need to eat at night anymore…and that in the end it was causing more rucus than it was doing her good. So one night we decided to let her CIO…I will admit it was the hardest thing I ever did, but she did go back to sleep…and was her smiley self in the morning. Now she still does ususally have about once that she wakes up in the middle of the night (probably becuase she sleeps on her side and has her arm underneath her, so I would imagine that her hand falls asleep.) but she knows how to get to sleep on her own, so within a minute or two, she is asleep.

Also, around 10-11 months, Brianna’s naps were just like your LO. it took me another month to finally realize that she wasn’t a bad napper, she just needed to be on one nap a day…could you try that? Brianna takes one nap that is anywhere from one hour (very rare) to three hours (also rare), with about a two hour average.

How about trying what “Good Night, Sleep Tight” recommends? You stay nearby on a chair next to the crib until he falls asleep. I haven’t read the book but I saw the author on Oprah and her plan seemed very reasonable to me.

I think Shelby just had success sleep training Justice by sitting in the room with him until he fell asleep. I think she said she would lay him back down everytime he got up, but she didn’t pick him up. That’s kind of what I did when my babies had sleep issues.

Supernanny does the same thing (although it’s usually with older children, I saw her do it with a one yr old once). She tells the parents to sit in the room where the child can see them, but not to interact. They are there to help the child feel safe since sleep issues are often due to separation anxiety.

I could never let my babies CIO while I was in another room either. Not that I’m opposed to it; I just couldn’t do it, so I can relate to you giving up after 35 minutes. I never made it passed 10 minutes! I hope you find something that works soon.

I did exactly what Christine said. I don’t nurse Justice at night anymore. When he wakes up I just lay him back down and he goes right back to sleep. I do wait a few minutes because sometimes he does go back to sleep on his own. We are down to him waking once a night and me having to just lay him back down. You could try laying him back down and then rubbing his lower back. A massage therapist told me that when you rub the lower back in large circles it induces sleep. After a few days of that maybe just put your hand on his back and then just stand there and then maybe the waking will stop. I’m not an expert, but I think maybe first cutting out the nursing and not giving in could help. Good luck. Let us know how it goes.