8 week old night wakings

[ATCgirly]

I'll try whatever!! Thanks!

[summersusu]

Good luck, I worked myself into a frinzy trying to do "the right thing" at that age but my LO wasn't having it.  It always resorted in him crying and me ready to scream.  Give yourself a break...yes stick to the EASY schedule but when nap time comes, do what you and the baby are comforted by.  Some may disagree but at that age my baby slept the best swinging in his swing.  After I knew he was good and asleep I would cut the swing off and he would take a good long nap.  Once he was four months he easily went down in his crib after changing him, giving him a paci, reading a book and putting him down.  "Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child" says that at that age, 8 weeks, you can do what you need to help them nap.  It is not until they are about four months to start helping them learn to fall asleep.  Your LO is so young.  I worried myself to death until my husband said that it was just rediculous why I wouldn't just let him sleep in his swing.  I would take him out and put him in the crib and he would wake and cry and never go back down.  Anyway, I envy those who could get theirs to nap like champs but my wouldn't until he was much older. 

[ATCgirly]

Summer,
  Perhaps you are right. Maybe she is a bit young to be trying to really force her to fall asleep on her own in the crib. I think the scheduling part is right on, but, as I posted elsewhere, my DD is suffering from sleep deprivation due to the fact that I have been trying to "make her" independently sleep and I am afraid of what the consequences of that will be later. Yes, I think it to be very important to help her do this on her own, but not so sure that right now is the time. My focus should be on her getting some rest instead of my compulsion to get her to sleep in her crib.

[Colin Macs Mom]

My lo didn't sleep in his crib until he was about 3 mo I think. Before that he slept in a bassinet either in the living room with DH or in our room. Then we moved him to his crib for nights which was a very easy transition. Naps however were another story! He wouldn't nap in his crib at all if his life depended on it. It took us 2.5 months of work to get him to do it, and now he won't sleep anywhere anytime except his crib. Go figure.

[ATCgirly]

Really!! Go figure!!

[Colin Macs Mom]

I know, it's the funniest thing. He was fine sleeping there at night but would have a holy fit if he even SAW the crib during the day. We transitioned him from napping only while being held    to either that or napping on the couch. Then, couch only. Then finally the crib. It was a long process but worth it in the end! Now he loves being in his crib. And of course it was total AP that got us in the whole situation in the first place.      But you know, like you said, sometimes a lo just isn't ready for change. There's nothing wrong with waiting until the time is right to fix something.