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12-19-2012 at 7:59 PM
papeete
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how to teach LO to sleep on their own?

So, my SIL just said my LO might be waking up at night because she doesn't know how to put herself back to sleep.  She eats, so I thought she was hungry-- but she also doesn't sleep for the nice 6-hour stretches she used to.

How do we teach her to fall asleep on her own (sans nursing) without making her cry it out?

Thanks! 

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12-20-2012 at 9:46 AM
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Our pedi told us to put lo in his crib awake. He said to let lo fuss to sleep in the beginning of the night and he will have less trouble sleeping through the night. It has worked really well for us. Now he only wakes if he is teething or sick. It does involve some cio in the beginning. We have been doing this for a month now, and most nights he doesn't fuss.
 
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12-20-2012 at 10:30 AM
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Make sure to put LO to sleep when they are awake. As soon as we see LO rub his eyes we put him down in his crib. Sometimes he plays up to 15 mins before falling asleep, sometimes he passes right out.
We also let him fussitout. For example, last night he slept 830pm645am but he did start fussing at 3am. We left him, and within 5 mins he was back asleep.
It might take some work at first, but it gets easier! We had to rock him to sleep at one point but eventually just put him right down and I would rub his back/shush. Then we slowly stopped having to shush and then we slowly stopped having to rub his back.
Now we can put him right down with none of that unless he is sick/teething obviously.
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12-20-2012 at 11:23 AM
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I'm going through the same situation. Glad to know I'm not alone. Nice to see all the recommendations. DD is so used to being nursed to sleep, after the holidays we're going to start letting her cio when we put her down for bed. We can't do it with the ILs in town, I don't want to ruin their trip. For two nights this past week we let her cio at the beginning and she slept so good those nights so I know it will work. Hang in there, we can do this together! 
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12-20-2012 at 6:28 PM
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Thanks, ladies.  I'm okay with letting her fuss for a while, so I'll definitely give it a try once we're back home.

Thanks so much for the suggestions! :-) 

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12-23-2012 at 11:23 PM
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Curious to know how long your los cio for? Bc i need to start doing this.
 
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12-24-2012 at 6:49 AM
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Just be aware CIO doesn't work with all kids. My middle would just keep crying I mean screaming all night if we tried CIO to the point where he was gasping for air. Also my cousins son will make himself puke if you let him CIO.

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12-24-2012 at 11:06 AM
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I also let him fuss a bit. He isn't sleeping through the night by any stretch of the imagination, but it's helping with naps at least. I'll put him in the crib. He fusses. When I see the big lip I pick him up, and calm him down. Then I set him back in the crib and shush and pat him. After about 3 rounds of this he goes to sleep and naps much longer than when he nurses to nap.
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12-27-2012 at 12:35 PM
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In the middle of the night Ty to wait at least ten min before you go in there room normally by then they are back to sleep. My ds is 7 mo old and the first night we did this he woke up twice and was back to sleep in 3 min this first time and 10 the second and now he sleep thru the night 7 to 7
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