I have tried all the methods and honestly, the only thing that works is letting him sleep with me and getting up
sometimes several times a night and going into the other room while he calms down.
Not exact matches
Sometimes (rarely) my little guy sleeps 10 hours straight on his own but most
nights we are up
several times.
Despite changing diapers
several times a day (and
night),
sometimes practice does not make perfect.
We're going with the «don't offer don't refuse» weaning method and it works pretty well - although I still nurse him
several times a day and
sometimes once at
night, it's far less than I used to.
(3) The authors of this paper note that simplistic advice to avoid bedsharing may actually cause harm, commenting «Parents of young infants need to feed them during the
night,
sometimes several times, and if we demonise the parents» bed we may be in danger of the sofa being chosen.
But of course she stills wakes up a lot,
sometimes only 20 minutes after,
sometimes its much later but
several times a
night and requires a lot of intervention from me in order to go back to sleep.
Sometimes a working mom will find that her baby drinks only enough during the day to take the edge off his hunger, but then spends the evening nursing non-stop and wakes
several times throughout the
night to nurse.
Why I love sleeping with the baby is the closeness to her (i never roll at
night, no danger), it feels so right.We went through the stages her waking up
several times at
night to now 0 - 1
time (
sometimes she is thirsty and
sometimes she sleeps till morning).
Sometimes you do need another pair of arms to hold baby for certain things -
several times when I was visiting my parents (without hubby) and had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the
night with a tiny it was really tricky to carry and maneuver, and I found myself wishing I'd traveled with that bouncy seat!
I was being bitten
several times weekly,
sometimes several times in a single
night, for years.
«I used to always sleep through the
night, but lately I wake up
several times each
night, and
sometimes can't get back to sleep for hours.»
I've always thought of myself as a light sleeper, waking up
several times a
night, and
sometimes even sleeping in little shifts, like 3 - 4 hours, then up for a couple of hours, then back to sleep for a couple of hours, etc..