My daughter is 9 months old. We recently used PU/PD with her because she needed to be rocked to sleep for all naps, at bedtime and numerous times throughout the night. She now sleeps in her crib for all naps and at night, falls asleep fairly quickly and easily, naps are here and there - sometimes long, sometimes cat naps, but I can usually get her back to sleep fairly easily. The problem - she still wakes up anywhere from 3-5 times a night! I (or my husband) go in, reswaddle, maybe give her back her paci, and then sit with our hand on her while she falls back asleep - most times it doesn't take long at all, but she still needs us to go in there. I thought that we followed the PU/PD method correctly. It seems that the last part of it - where you sit with your hand on her and use your words to calm her - has become her new prop! It is frustrating as PUPD was not that easy in the first place. I need advice on how to get her off of this prop now - and also help with the fact that she still needs swaddling otherwise she just plays with the crib bars. We are tired.... tired of night wakings, tired of reswaddling....any advice will be appreciated - we need a plan!
