Still waking!!!!!!ARGHHHHHH

[Wish_Bear]

Ok...so I have been doing contolled crying for 5 nights so far. He goes to sleep after a some screaming but is still waking up every few hours!! I don't know what to do! I took the dummy away because I thought it was that, but now I'm not too sure. He's not hungry, not dirty so I'm without a clue. I haven't had a full night sleep in months (like most mums I know) but it's really affecting me.

Can anyone shed some light? Does anyone know of a sleep school in Sydney??

Thanks for always listening to me whine.


Taryn.

[Mrs Little]

Hey Taryn,

:hugs: to you. It looks like you're having a hard time.

There are a number of sleep schools in and around Sydney. Tresillian is one and Karitane is another.

Do you have MSN? I can give you the contact details for a Tresilian nurse. Means you can talk to them online Tues-Fri.

Also, if you go to your local community nurse ( or a GP) they should be able to write you a referal to attend the sleep schools i mentioned above. They are often able to fast track you and get you in within a week if it's necessary.

PM if you want some more details.

Sorry that it's soo difficult at the moment. Hang in there...you're doing a good job!

Mrs Little & Son.

[V8]

Sorry, i have no answers, DS is 8 months old and still the same. He never wants to sleep for some reason, even at the day time we are having struggles atm. So, i can only sympathise with you, i know what it's like getting very little sleep and it sucks. Thankfully i have a wonderful DH who gets up in the morning so i can sleep in! I really need the extra hour or two to get me through the day! With sleep schools my girlfriend went to Karitane in Sydney and said they were great for her 9 month old. Goodluck, i hope you find some answers!!

P.S - Personally, I hate the controlled crying method, i give up too easily as i hate hearing him cry, so i guess i'm going to be stuck with little sleep for some time longer!

[mummybl]

i would definatly do what mrs little suggests and get your clinic nurse to give you a referel to Tresillian or Karitane. You go there and stay for 5 nights and they are suppose to be very helpful. Also there is a day cottage run by Karitane in Liverpool (not sure where u live) but if you call them it would probably be quicker to see them and then go from there.

I sympathise with you my little man wakes in the night and it is so hard to function on little sleep.

good luck:fingerscrossed:

[Nan]

Hi Taryn.
Hang in there. :hugs:
Do you think he could be waking due to too much day sleep?
Love,
Nan. xx

[bindiloo]

I find my little one wakes alot when she gets reflux,she has silent reflux and when she keeps waking up crying and i go in and pick her up i here it come up her throat then i smell the vomit on her breath as she gives a small burp. (poor thing) so maybe it could be that waking him.

Dunno just trying to help but id try karitane ive heard rave review and my local clinic nurse who is fantastic and came to the house and taught me how to self settle my little one, worked at karitane and she swears by them. You go there and stay for a week and she said its set up like a motel with your own room and the foods great and what they teach you is fantastic. Works out about $150 maybe abit more.

:thumbsup: Goodluck,i know how you feel,mine still has those nights here and there and you just wanna pull your hair out.

[Sonja]

We did CC for a while - we had immediately okay results and then the crying started again. Some believe that how a baby falls asleep is often how it wakes (ie if goes to sleep crying will wake crying). I stopped CC as it made Lucy hate going to sleep and any time we went even near the cot she'd start crying. I also took her off the dummy when we did CC but reintroduced it as the crying started to get worse. She still wakes once at night (she's almost 11 months) but she resettles after 15 minutes - when we did CC it was almost always an hour.

My point - you might want to let you baby go to sleep initially without the dummy and the give it to him when he wakes. Sometimes you need to tweak the method to your little boy's specific needs.

[SnoozesWithCats]

It's possible he might not be quite ready for it?

We did CC with DD1 at 6months ... it took her about 6 weeks till she wasn't waking (yes, we're very stubborn :o ) - it was a nightmare.

With DD2 I tried at 6 months (she was waking every hour and a half) and after four days things were going downhill so badly that I just stopped and went back to feeding her every time she woke ... tried again at 8 months and it took ONE crying session of about an hour, and that was basically it - she still wakes occasionally but we just go it, tuck her up and leave and she's back asleep in 5 mins

I also did a sort of "halfway step" with dd2 - making her go to sleep on her own the first time, but then comforting her as usual during the night. That by itself seemed to reduce the wakings (still every 3 hours though...)

Hope you find something that works!

[Tingles]

G'day,

We started CC on Sunday...worked a treat the first couple of nites... last two nites:eek: feeding her (IN MY BED) just to get sleep & not wake the rest of the house....

Today I noticed a little toothy :D starting to come through!!!

Maybe your little one is teething? Panadol!!!