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 !
