Sleeping Problems - Any Ideas

[mtjt25]

OK we went to the Dr's today as DD has been crying from around 8.30pm until 2-3am each night for tthe last 10 days so felt it best to get her checked out. We co-sleep so felt that if we are in with her cuddling, soothing etc maybe there was something medical wrong. Anyway the Dr checked her over but feels there is nothing wrong and that we should start control crying - as we are AP's we are clearly not willing to do that so does anyone please have any ideas on how we can calm her down and try help her to sleep. Because of the nightime problems the days are also pretty bad at the moment - I know sleep promotes sleep but how do we break the cycle!

Any advice welcomed!

[KLTN]

depending on how you feel about your Dr and the advice you recieve, try a second opinion (perhaps they missed something - some Drs seem to think that us mothers are all paranoid :yes: )
perhaps a change in your nighttime ritual - i don't know what you currently do but I have always found that bathing my little ones before 'bedtime' had helped, then a quiet read of a book and cuddles with the light out.
i hope it all sorts itself out and is just a 'phase'
good luck

[Rainbowbrite]

Do you Breastfeed? We do, & I find the only way to get sleep is to attach MJ throughout the night to make her sleep. I've tried cuddling, so has DH & MJ refuses a dummy, wants to use me as one instead. But cuddling is not good enough 90% of the time, she wants a bf.

Hope that helps :hugs:

[zactyl]

Is she sleeping much during the day? Maybe she's just not tired at 8:30pm and needs to stay up a bit longer? When my daughter was that age I usually just let her play until she dropped, and then put her to bed! :laughing:
If you've eliminated everything else (she's not hungry or wet, getting plenty of cuddles) and you're still worried about her, get a second opinion. You need to find a better educated doctor anyway... :rolleyes:

[*Chels*]

If you dont want to do CC-dont do it!Good on you for not going down that track.
Maybe its teeth?My son has been upset lately too,the other night he screamed the house down!!hes got top teeth coming thru so I guess thats whats upsetting him.
Have you tried using Brauers Calm?Its all natural so you can give it to them every half hour for 2 hours,then they have it 4 hourly i think?
You could give it the couple of hours before bedtime and see if it helps.
It really sucks when they are so upset and you dont know why!!breaks my heart when they cry!!
Good luck!

[Goosie22]

Hi,
Have you tried chiropractic. As they start to move around (or even just changing nappies can do it) sometimes things can get out of alignment and put stress on different parts of the body causing non specific pain in general.

[Milliner]

We had the same prob with our ds when he was around 2 months and went to sleep school and he was not sleeping enough during the day! he is much better now!! sleep better feed better good luck!!