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Baby Cries All Night?

I have a 10.5 month old baby boy, who doesn't sleep through the night, not even close. My husband and I can't handle him crying. It's so sad. :( He is my 4th child and my husbands first child.

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I know I screwed up in the begining not letting him fall asleep on his own, but my husband needed his sleep because his job is dangerous if he's tired. Xavier (the Baby) is nursing still at nap time and bed time and it seems like every hour some nights. I know there isn't much milk for that kind of nursing so he is using me for a big soother. He doesn't have a different soother.

I've been trying to up his solid food intake and lower his fluid intake. I would like to dicontinue nursing as he bites me often with those razor sharp teeth, I always give in though because he refuses to bottle feed and screams his lungs out when people are trying to sleep. Then I just want to cry for him.

This is our sleep routine. Any where from 7:30-10:00 pm he falls asleep, usually while I nurse him. I put him in his bed and go to my bed then he wakes up in 1-4 hours later. I get up take him to a bed in his room, nurse him.
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It is my plan to leave him when he falls asleep but I'm sleeping long before he is. Then he wakes up more times then I can count and I'm rolling over from one side to the other nursing him ALL NIGHT.

I have tried getting up with him and nursing him in the living room and then putting him back in his bed but he wakes up over and over again. It takes me up to 2 hours to get him back to his bed just to have him wake up an hour later. I have been advised to let him scream it out, I have tried that during his afternoon nap but the poor little guy will cry and cry sitting in his bed start to fall over and jerk himself up. I've left him for 30 minutes or I'll go in every few minutes, lay him down, kiss him but it just doesn't work and it rips my heart out. So I'll pick him up and he falls asleep right away but I can't put him down at all for his whole nap because now he doesn't want to be let go of.
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If someone has any ideas to help me fix this mess, please write. Thank so much for taking time from your busy days to help me.

Brenda from Canada

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April 6, 20110 found this helpful

Have you tried a white noise like a box fan or hair dryer. The constant sound really helped our baby sleep longer. When she wakes up too soon, the sound lulls her back to sleep. Worked like a dream for us. We since have bought a sound machine with ocean waves. My Friend recommended a little portable sound machine she found online at sleepybees.com that attaches to the car seat or stroller, Sleepy Bee. Now naps away from home are so much easier.

 
February 19, 20130 found this helpful

White noise definitely helps but oh my goodness not a hair dryer you'll burn your house down! Maybe try a more nipple shaped pacifier. This is not the best idea but lay him down with a bottle if he can hold it on his own.

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Then just do that less and less he won't starve overnight and ear plugs.

 
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April 18, 20160 found this helpful

I believe you may need to let him cry it out , but I suggest calling a family member or close friend that you trust to help you with the "heartbreaking want to run to his rescue" urge.....you WILL need their support in this time ....with each child being individuals, the time frame is unknown, but asking for a week of their time may help. Oh, yes and maybe giving hard working hubby a special gift of peace, with a week long rest in a nice bed n breakfast.....for bnb's usually offer set times for meals with guests being served together.....usually prices include all meals and stay period.....research is pretty easy online in your community.....just suggesting. As for your little angel, you WILL definitely need support of someone not of your own household to help.....my daughter came home to california from Missouri with her 15 month old and a VERY SPOILED TO CONSTANT CODDLING 6.5 month old....WOW was that a rude awakening....the "baby" was held by her aunt 24/7 since birth and WOULD NOT PUT HER DOWN.....personally, that was equally abusive as shaking her, this poor little baby not only had a hard time deciding who her mommy was .....but equally trying to understand.

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Mommy can't hold her 24/7 due to having another baby as well......trauma, trauma, trauma.....just watching my daughter's guilt ridden face was just as heartwrenching....I really wanted to cry for her.....but I, moreso ,needed to support her....so I set up the stroller with her favorite drinks ,snacks, fruits and the older baby's favorites, etc......and sent her down the road to the school ball field for 2 hours......by the time she got back , our little angel was exhausted from crying and was fast asleep.....and slept all night long for the first time in her short little life and has since.....sometimes our bad habits must be dealt with in Grace and patience while keeping a peaceful, watching eye......just sit back and let them get it ALL OUT!!!!! God bless and good luck....nis

 

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