Brian is now almost 4 months old and we had been going through the same thing a few weeks ago. We were constantly going in and popping in a paci or picking him up and patting him but he kept waking up more frequently. Finally I decided that maybe the paci and the patting were hurting instead of helping. My son is on 22.5 mg of Prevacid and Carafate twice a day and he is fine now during the day (knock on wood) so I was pretty sure it wasn’t reflux. He also sleeps on the AR pillow (similar to Tucker sling) in his crib so I know he is upright enough. I recently decided to just put him in his crib awake when it was time for bed and let him learn how to get to sleep on his own. He cried for a few minutes for a few days but nothing too bad. Now he falls asleep easily on his own at nighttime (again, knock on wood). Once I was sure he could fall asleep on his own, we started letting him cry it out when he woke up outside of his normal middle of the night feeding time ( which is anywhere from 2-4am). Again, he didn’t cry for too long, maybe 15 minutes max and then he put himself back to sleep. Now he sleeps through from 8:00pm til about 2:00 or 3:00am, has a feeding of 6 oz and goes back to sleep an hour later and sleeps til at least 7:00am. We are all happier and better rested. Again, it hasn’t been long enough to say that this will last but for us so far this has worked and I feel much more confident at night knowing he is not dependent on us or the paci to fall asleep or get back to sleep. I know some people are philosophically opposed to CIO or any kind of “sleep training” and I respect that but it is working for us and did with our older son as well who is now 3 1/2 and still sleeps from 8:00pm til 7:30am and only occasionally wakes up crying at night if he has a bad dream. I also really like and use the book “Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child”. Good luck!
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