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Posted by Marie W. on August 01, 2003 at 15:19:45:
In Reply to: Crying it out? posted by Lee on August 01, 2003 at 13:51:18:
: My baby doll is 9 months old and sleeps terrible!! ALWAYS has! Fusses and fusses every hour. Used to use pacifier, stopped that at around 6 months old. Now she wants you to place empty bottle in her mouth or she wont go back to sleep. I let her fuss, and cry for 45 minutes a few times, she wont give in! She is just the happiest, sweetest most lovable baby when she's awake, BUT SHE'S DRIVING ME CRAZY! Yes, she sleeps in our room w/ us in her crib. Because she has Reflux, and she projectile from time to time, caught her girgling on her back many of times. Should I do the "crying it out thing"? It seems so cruel, and she doesn't seem to give in, AND I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO SLEEP? Ok, I asked for it, let me have it, LOL! Crying it out - CIO - works miracles on babies - atleast it did on ours. God gave us one of the world's worst sleepers for a baby. That perfect angel by day would turn into a screaming monster by night. He just HATED sleeping. We had to rock him for 30 minutes at the very least to get him to go to sleep (in the day or night). The moment I would gently lower him into his crib, he would scream murder. Then we decided to let him CIO when he was 4-5 months old. The first couple of times it did NOT work. He screamed at the top of his lungs in the middle of the night. I gave up. Then I tried again during the day and it started working. He learnt how to fall asleep by himself in his crib. After being successful with daytime naps, we tried it at night. He still used to wake up 2-3 times at night, but now since the past few weeks he has been sleeping almost 10-12 hours without waking. My boy is 9 months old too. I think you should try it. Good luck.
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