With Julia, Rob and I were SOOO good! We always put Julia to bed awake and she learned very quickly to put herself asleep, be it naptime or nighttime. She slept through the night at 6 weeks old and we never looked back.

With Patrick, we were starting out on the right track, but then we were always so afraid that his crying would wake up Julia, that we started putting him in his crib after he had already fallen asleep (In our arms, while nursing, etc.) Well, we've created a monster. He was sleeping through the night, but for the past week or so, he's up at least once in the night and it's getting more frequent each night. Last night he was up twice, but each time was for hours and he was screaming like he was being stabbed with knives. Now, it could be a tooth or growing pains or something, but the fact is...he's not sleeping through the night anymore.

One good thing we learned, though, is that it didn't wake up Julia, so that gave us strength to start the whole sleeping learning process again.

So, today at naptime, when he started looking tired, I took him upstairs and put him in his crib. I let him cry for 5 minutes, then went up to pick him up. Once he calmed down and I had met his need for comfort, I put him back in the crib. Of course, he began crying again, and I was prepared to go back in in 10 minutes. After 7, he stopped.

So, for his next naptime, same drill and tonight, same drill if need be. I had forgotten how hard it is to listen to them cry (which, of course, is why I wasn't doing this before!) but I think it will be good in the end. Hopefully everything will be as easy as it was today!

Wish Rob and I strength!

Best of luck, I hope your little night owl soon settles into a routine that is beneficial all the way around. :hugz:

I'm sending lots of strength your way!!

Praying that he starts sleeping through the night again for you soon! My oldest was great about sleeping through at 6 weeks, but the twins just about killed me....they were almost 2 before they would sleep through the night!

Big hug, it's tough to let them cry for a bit but at least with my 2 they learned how to settle down & go to sleep. My sil on the other hand would have thought I was an ogre by not picking them up at every sniffle. But then again she was the one driving a 3 yr. old around in the car every night to get him to fall asleep then carry him to bed. Enough said.:D

Oh, Darlene, your sil!

I don't think it's anything you've done, Amy. I think it depends on the kids. My last 2 slept with me until they slept through the night, Gracie 6 weeks and Kevin 8 weeks.

I wonder if it could be a form of night terrors. I know all the info says it doesn't happen until age 2 or 3, but we've been through this with Kevin a few times and his physician confirmed that babies can and do have night terrors.

What worked best with ds was to take him outside for a walk or to sit on the porch until he woke up.

Hopefully it's a temporary condition. With us it was every night at 4 am for a week, then it tapered off. Now it's less often than once a month.

:hugz: how is it going now? Is he sleeping through the night? I know it's only been a few days I just thought I would check in on you guys.

Well, turns out Mr. Big Boy had an enormous molar pushing through. I just saw it yesterday. For the past four days, he's been sleeping all the way through from 7:30-5:30. He is also napping in his crib during the day with approximately 5 minutes of cry time. THANK HEAVENS! It seems to be all straightened out. (knock on wood!)