KellyTheChef
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Oh my goodness, I am going to pull my hair out! My 18 month old little boy has been sleeping (basically) through the night for as long as I can remember. Even when I was nursing him, and even since I have finished nursing him overnight, if he wakes up and gets crying hard enough that I know he isn't going to fall back asleep, all I had to do was go in his room and lay him back down and cover him back up and say "good night" and walk out. He would then go back to sleep.
For the past week, he will NOT do that! Neither over night, nor at naptime! Let me tell you just how little he has slept in the past 24-48 hours: Saturday overnight, he woke up at 3 AM and never went back to sleep. I laid him down for a nap at 9am, and had to keep going back in and laying him down (doing the SuperNanny thing....first time kisses and goodnight, second time goodnight, third time say nothing but continue to lay him back down) and he didn't fall asleep till about 9:45. Then, he slept for about 2.5 hours. Whew! Knowing he was still dead tired, I tried to lay him down in the afternoon and it took about 1.5 hours to get him down and he slept for about 45 minutes!! Ugh.
So, Sunday night comes and he goes to bed at 8 like normal, and actually sleeps through but wakes up at 5:15 and WILL NOT go back to sleep. He took about a 1.5 hour nap around 9:30 AM and would NOT take another nap in the afternoon. (Even though he was dead tired.)
Monday night comes, he goes to bed at 8 and wakes up at 10:20 and thinks he is staying up. This time I do the SuperNanny thing, but I am waiting in between going in to him. First time I wait 5 minutes, second 10, third 15, 4th 20 minutes. Now, he woke up again at 4am and I am doing the SuperNanny thing again. I waited 5 minutes, then 10 minutes, then 15 minutes and now he is sleeping (or at least he is not crying... )
Has anyone else had to cope with a little one like this? My husband keeps telling me that he is too young to understand what I am doing. (Basically thinks I am being mean by letting him cry and cry.) I do NOT want to start the sleeping with us thing. We did that with our 12 yo. son (because we felt bad for him, since my husband and his mom were divorced when he was 2) and that was a pain for YEARS. HELP!
For the past week, he will NOT do that! Neither over night, nor at naptime! Let me tell you just how little he has slept in the past 24-48 hours: Saturday overnight, he woke up at 3 AM and never went back to sleep. I laid him down for a nap at 9am, and had to keep going back in and laying him down (doing the SuperNanny thing....first time kisses and goodnight, second time goodnight, third time say nothing but continue to lay him back down) and he didn't fall asleep till about 9:45. Then, he slept for about 2.5 hours. Whew! Knowing he was still dead tired, I tried to lay him down in the afternoon and it took about 1.5 hours to get him down and he slept for about 45 minutes!! Ugh.
So, Sunday night comes and he goes to bed at 8 like normal, and actually sleeps through but wakes up at 5:15 and WILL NOT go back to sleep. He took about a 1.5 hour nap around 9:30 AM and would NOT take another nap in the afternoon. (Even though he was dead tired.)
Monday night comes, he goes to bed at 8 and wakes up at 10:20 and thinks he is staying up. This time I do the SuperNanny thing, but I am waiting in between going in to him. First time I wait 5 minutes, second 10, third 15, 4th 20 minutes. Now, he woke up again at 4am and I am doing the SuperNanny thing again. I waited 5 minutes, then 10 minutes, then 15 minutes and now he is sleeping (or at least he is not crying... )
Has anyone else had to cope with a little one like this? My husband keeps telling me that he is too young to understand what I am doing. (Basically thinks I am being mean by letting him cry and cry.) I do NOT want to start the sleeping with us thing. We did that with our 12 yo. son (because we felt bad for him, since my husband and his mom were divorced when he was 2) and that was a pain for YEARS. HELP!