How Long to Let Baby Cry?

[Anonymous]

My almost 8 month old son does not sleep and never has. He will scream bloody murder for almost 1/2 hour before I give in and go upstairs and get him. He doesn’t nap well…..and of course is terrible at night. He used to sleep about an hour then get up, hour then get up…you get the idea. Well we have made great strides to get him to sleep from about 7:30pm-12am then feed him, then he is up screaming at 2, then 4, then up for good around 6. I can never tell if he is hungry, angry, in pain….or what.

After reading so many of the posts I wonder if he has gas??? This might sound really dumb…but how can you tell if it is gas? He is so constipated (but getting better since I removed rice cereal from his diet). So…how long can you let a baby cry it out at his point??? My daughter slept through the night at 6 weeks and has been an incredible sleeper ever since so I know I am getting payback 🙂

[hellbennt]

I didn’t let my refluxer cry until I was CERTAIN that he wasn’t in any pain, wasn’t hungry, etc…

to make sure, I experimented a LOT.

when I did let him cry, I let him cry his weight in minutes (16lbs=16minutes, etc)…then I went to him.

This link should help w/ books:

http://www.thebabywearer.com/cgi-bin/bookshop.pl?locale=us&cat=sl

you can also search this (infantreflux.org/forum – the search button is on this page- go to the upper right hand corner & search for sleep training)

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[Anonymous]

If you aren’t sure why he is crying then I wouldn’t let him cry. I am a softy though and my almost 1 yr old gets rocked to sleep for naps and bedtime… I do enjoy the rocking but I do want him to go to sleep on his own, but I am going to tackle that later. He is getting better at night and all I have been doing recently is putting his blanky down and patting the mattress and he will lie down and then I rub his back for a few mins and he is usually back to sleep. But there were times when I rocked him 4-6 times each night. I figured I would do whatever it took to get sleep. But do what you feel comfortable with.

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