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[Raquel]

anyone else?
since we got back from mexico sleep in non-existant. we got back and they got strep so they just wanted held so i gave in and would hold them. last ngiht k was up 2-3x and h 2x. i need them to sleep. dh leaves around 4-6am to plow snow so i'm alone with them. and they ALWAYS think they need to wake aroudn 5-6 but they eventually will go back to sleep cuz they are still tired you can tell. how do i get them out of this stupid habit. i just want kids that go to bed and i dont hear from them again until morning (7am at least!) HELP!!!!!!!!!

[Marissa]

Oh man sorry Raquel :hug:

Well I have an all night sleeper, but ever since Thanksgiving week when I stayed home and G was sick he got on a new schedule and refuses to sleep before midnight..........he is up playing happy as can be.......finallly last night he fell asleep around 10:30 ish......I hope he gets back on track of going to bed between 9-10

[Stacey]

I've NEVER left just haven't been posting :pout:

Trevor has been awful getting up every 3-4 hrs on the norm :( I've even tried feeding him REAL oatmeal at night to fill him up....I think I am going to have to try ignoring him in the middle of the night and see what happens......

[Raquel]

sometimes i wish i just had one so i could let them just cry it out. cuz when one wakes i have to hurry in there before he wakes the other up. ugh!

[Stacey]

Ya but even sometimes the CIO doesn't work so who knows if it would :( It worked for meto be able to get him down at night but a couple times that I have tried it during the night it didn't :( Then I think about him getting out of his covers and getting cold when I know he's standing at the rail screaming for me.

[Raquel]

i can finally get them down w/o screaming too long. they know they have to put themselves to sleep its just staying that way

[Stacey]

same problem here...he goes down fine 99.9% ofthe time it is getting him to stay down :( and my guilt that he is waking up cause he is hungry.....

[Raquel]

he isnt hungry. he shouldnt be by this age. we stopped giving bottles about 3-4 months ago cuz everytime i would try they would drink 1-2 oz if that and that was it so we were just wasting bottles. they were doing great when we first started. they would wake at 6 and then i'd just put them back to bed, but grrrr this is getting old!! i just dont see why they think they need to wake at 5-6 when i can tell they are still so damn tired

[Kimberli]

Nicholas wakes up between 5:30-7a but will go down between 9-11a again for an hour nap. I think their little internal clocks just tell them that 5a is the time to get up! Good luck - my only advice would be to try to sleep train them again with CIO but I know it's hard with two...good luck!

[Sarah]

Sometimes babies sleep schedules can get off with new milestones (sitting, crawling, walking etc). Are they doing something new?

Logan is back to waking once at night. I think it is hunger because it is usually 6 hours after he last nursed.

[Raquel]

they have been doing this for MONTHS! but when you hold them they will go back to sleep

[Sarah]

Here's a link from Kellymom

http://www.kellymom.com/parenting/sleep/sleepstudies.html

[Jennifer]

Madelynn woke up between 2-3 am every single night last week. Well, she was working on four new teeth all coming in at the same time!!! I would change her diaper, and then rock her for about five minutes, and then lay her back down in her crib. She would cry off and on for about an hour. It was horrible!!!!!

[Raquel]

i hate teething. holy cow. 4 at a time thats crazy. k is still working on his 7th but it still hasnt broke yet

[Jennifer]

Yep, two on top, and two on bottom. She has slept all night, the past three nights, so hopefully, we are back on track.

[Stacey]

Trevor is walking.... no new teeth on the horizon but we have been back in this bad night sched for awhile now prob 2+ months :pout: He has NEVER slept all the way through the night but was atleast making it till 4-6 am to wake and eat andthen go back down. I worry he has a high metabolism and is hungry even though he shouldn't be by the 'books.'

[Sarah]

I'm 34 and haven't slept through the night in about 10 years!

It is frustrating when Logan wakes more than I think he need to. I have to stop and think that maybe he has some "need" that need to be taken care of. Maybe its hunger, diaper, or he just needs a little snuggle.