No Cry Sleep Solution- that’s by Pantley I think
& here’s http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T070800.asp
& try all cotton bedding & sleep clothes!
from another post from an archived/cache on TBW:
other things that helped:
1) temperature changes – DS1 had a low body temp, and needed the room much colder than we liked it. Once I cooled it down, he slept better. Some kids need it warmer, instead.
2) track feeds. Any feed that is a nibble just to get back to sleep, offer a bottle of water, instead. Even having me do that helped. If he rejected the water, I’d nurse, but often he’d take a few sips of water and go right back to sleep. After a few days of doing water at the same feed each night, he stopped waking for that one. I pruned two night wakings that way, it took about 3 weeks to do it, but it was worth it.
3) take control of the wakings. This method is supported by sleep researchers – if the wakings are at set times each night, they MAY be habitual (may also not be, but this method will help if they are). Set an alarm to wake you 15 minutes before each normal waking. Wake the child at the alarm and comfort them the way you usually would at that time (nurse, cuddle, etc.). After about 3-5 days of the new timed waking, where YOU are in charge of waking them, their brains will automatically start expecting YOU to wake them then, rather than waking themselves. Then, you start moving the alarm later and later, spreading out the time. If they go back to waking at the usual time, there’s a genuine need there, and you’ll have to deal. But often enough, at least one or two night wakings will be movable, and you can just move them off the end of the night. (This is, I believe, is from valid research, and it does not include crying it out.)
4) try the separate room, or white noise. Breastfeeding increases the arrousability of children. It is normal, and scientifically demonstrated (finally – so yes, breastfed babies do arouse more easily at night – BUT, that doesn’t mean necessarily wake, it means they get close to wakefulness, at which time sounds or movements or smell of mommy may wake them more easily). Being away from mom can make for fewer wakings due to less stimulus. It also may make any wakings much less happy. You’ll have to see if it helps or hurts. (I spent a lot of time in my oldest’s room, sleeping in the recliner…)
Good luck. The difficulty of getting to sleep suggests to me that this may be a physical comfort issue. Reflux, allergies, chiropractic need, apnea, etc., all may play a role.
hellbennt2007-6-21 10:19:7
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