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SLEEP => Night Wakings => Topic started by: oliviarodd on January 10, 2011, 12:45:05 pm
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Why oh why is she getting worse and worse since doing pat/shh?
She is 11 weeks. Pat/shh worked so well the first night and I was so happy. But now it is worse , much worse, than when I started pat/shh.
She used to get up only one time in the night and fall back asleep while BF and settle into bed no problem for the rest of the night. Now she wakes up wide awake, wont fall back to sleep and needs to be shh/patted until she falls asleep and then wakes up every hour. It is so much worse now than before. I feel like I wish I never started!!
I was having problems with naps....she wouldnt sleep in her bed at all. Pat/shh helped her settle in her crib for a short nap (still cant get her to sleep more than 40 mins)....but it has ruined her night time sleeping.
I started using white noise, swaddling, dark room and pat/shh because I thought it would help her sleep longer at night (even though she was doing pretty good already). But it has back fired. I feel like i have made her depend on pat/shh and white noise and it is a prop now even though we have only started doing it 4 or 5 days ago. She used to sleep for 5-6 hours without any white noise, dark room and any patting/shhing....now she wont even sleep more than 2-3 hours....sometimes up evry hour.....wide awake!! WHy is this happening?? I feel like I shoud have left things the way they were.
Anyone have any insight/advice?? Any idea why this is getting worse instead of better? Yes, her naps are a bit better cause she goes down in her crib for a short sleep. But I would give that up to have my nighttime sleep back again!!!
Why would her first night of pat/shh be so good and then get worse and worse every night after??? I am gonna cry!! Will it get better?? Is there any point in pat/shh? Is it making it worse? Do I stick with it...or give up?? PLease help !
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any ideas? I am scared about what tonight will be like
Thanks ladies
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Can you post your daily routine? It's hard to answer without knowing what exactly is going on. It may be more about the routine than pat/shhh.
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E 7 am
A 7-8
S 8-930 ( have to shh/pat her back to sleep as she wakes after 40 mins)
E930
A 930-1030
S 1030-1200 (same as above)
E 1200
A 1200-100
S 100-230 (same as above)
E 230
A 230-330
S 330-500
E 500
A 500-600
S cat nap
E 630 or so
A 7-8
S 800 WD ...bath, breastfeed, book, lights out, pat/shh
This is the general EASY I try to follow....sometimes it is off because of her ahort naps or if we are out shopping or something
Before I implemented any of this...routine, pat/shh. white noise, dark room, swaddlling....she used to sleep better before all of these thing....not sure why!! I thought it would help her and it did the first night...but now it is making things worse....I cant figure it out....except she expects pat/shh when she wakes up....plus she doesnt settle at night with BF like she did just last week...
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I think you do need an EASY adjustment - what you're doing is a 2.5 hr routine and I think you should move to a true 3 hour.
What do you think?
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