How the heck to get a 4 month old human baby to sleep PIC UPDATE

[kees]

tell yourself that each time it happens, it'll be one minute less next time. It worked with my daughter even though I suffered from severe sleep deprivation for more than four months.

OR

a long car ride. But you might not want to do it every time the baby cries.

Suzy

 

[teach1rusl]

And I have to add...not as a regular thing for certain...but if you ever get truly desperate, put her in a crib or playpen in one room and just walk away into another room for a while. If she's crying and crying, and you've tried to address it (colic or whatever) to no avail, another hour crying in a crib isn't going to hurt... and it may give you the sanity break you need. Good luck! I sure don't miss those days.

 

[rainplace]

You can also act like some nursing mothers do and keep her in bed with you with the bottle stuff (instead of the nursing apparatus

) nearby. That way if she wakes up you can make the bottle, use your body to prop it up and let baby drink while you go back to sleep. I don't recommend this for the long term, but it might help her feel close to you and allow you to get the sleep you need.

And I agree with others, sometimes you just need to walk away to where you can't hear them and let them cry why you pull yourself together. I don't know the detail of your situation, but I'm praying for you and your new (?) one.

You can get through this.

 

[ChickBond 007]

There's always bundling up and going for a car ride. My sons both fell magically asleep to the hum of the car.

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

Yes the lovely peaceful car ride.....for us when the kids were young hubby would get a good sleep and i would try and get my son to sleep and if nothing worked I would wake hubby up and we all would go for a car ride and I would sleep also !!!

We were talking about colic the other day and since my kids are older 11 and 15yrs old ..Yikes !!!..two of the moms were dealing with colicy babes and the doctor said they needed to get more protein in the baby ....either by formula or by the breast feeding mom to eat more protien ...they seen alot of changes ...

and imagine this one ....the doctor also told me with my son when he was a babe to have my son in his diaper and place him on my stomach ...skin to skin ...so I would either lay on the sofa or i would turn on the country music channel and rock him/lightly bounce him stomach to stomach ...imagine what the neighbours thought....I knew every word of every country song back then ....at 3 in the morning ....

Plus i would strap him in his car seat and place him on the floor by the washer /dryer and do my laundry during the night ...mind you I had a good sleep during his nap time also...

and as a mom that has a teenager son now....trust they will someday sleep through the night .....and sleep to noon when there a teenager !!!!!!!

Deep breaths and alot of patiences...

 

[AHappychick]

judging from the posts did you just adopt? if so the baby is probably very confused. just try to keep holding it and reassuring it. I would co-sleep with him/her if you can as it may sleep better then, just keep some bottles close to the bed so when its hungry you dont have to move much.

I am sorry I am saying it, I missed whether its a boy or girl or not, but you need to create a bond believe iot or not much of that will happen if you sleep together. Also put the baby in button down nightgowns Carters makes some that are called convertable nightgowns, they make night changing a breeze and they dont have to be girls to wear them. I have a bunch and can send one if you like they are a god send.

If you can get a baby sling then do so and try keeping it straped to you during the day to give your arms a rest.

I am a firm believer that you cant spoil a new born.

 

[McCord6]

I say co-sleeping is GREAT! My kids never touched a crib...They stayed right inbetween hubby and me until they are 1 years old then transfer to toddler bed right next to me. DD2 is now in toddler bed but soon she is transfering to the big kids room. I found it a great way to get some sleep but not only that. Hubby and I are both hearing impaired and cannot hear the baby if cries in the middle of the night so it works great for us. I breast feed too but still when I switch to bottle feed at about 6 months old, I still "mock breastfeeding" like AHappyChick stated.

 

[rainplace]

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[McCord6]

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I Second that.

 

[deb1]

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I Second that.

I will third that also. It used to annoy to me to no end when people would tell me that I needed to hold any of my newborns less so that I wouldn't spoil them. Hold the little, bitty ones all you want. They grow up very, very quickly.