So i know I've posted about Dawson sleeping all the way through the night, which he really has done several times. But since I last posted about it, was the last time... I'm pretty sure its been over a month. I am DEAD tired. He wakes up around 4 or 4:30 and I have tried
letting him cry himself to sleep. 2 reasons it hasn't worked- J.D. doesn't get sleep and so he gives in, and Dawson throws up everywhere which makes it worse to just let him cry.
I have tried sleeping on the floor by his crib, and in the rocking chair just after he wakes up to let him know I'm there. He tries to come lay by me, or climb to have me hold him and I'm very strong, I tell him, "No, you need to lay down. Mom isn't going to hold you." So I sing to him, or read another book, play primary music without words- NONE has worked. I have done this method for 8 days straight and i had no improvement.
I tried making a bed for him on the floor by our bed and practicing multiple times with him, to show him that he needs to come from his room to the bed on the floor and lay down. This only works if I lay on the floor with him. So I did this for 5 days or so and then tried having him do it on his own....nope. He just cries until he throws up or until I get him.
I've tried rocking him back to sleep, and holding him, but once I go to lay him down he wakes up. So I rocked him for 1 week straight for a whole HOUR and then laid him down. Well, he started crying after I had laid down in the bed for 10 min.
So, the last resort we thought of so far was just bringing him in to let him sleep with us. This results in J.D. moving to the couch, and Dawson waking up SEVERAL more times in the night because every time I move, he wakes up. He also feels for me and my hair, if he can't feel it immediately, he starts screaming.
I have limited the amount of candy and pop he's drinking and eating, making him eat more solids and less sippy cups, and have limited TV/Movie time and the kind of shows he's watching. i have given him benedryl ..yes sadly I have done so, but I think he metabolizes it so fast it doesn't work-(I have this problem with all medication and especially anything the is an anesthetic.)
In the end after he wakes up, we are both awake for 2 hours almost, and then he sleeps so good from 6-9. He doesn't go to bed til 10 usually, so the problem is the 2 hours being awake. I end up breaking down more times than necessary. I just need my sleep too so I can function properly.
I am asking for some serious advice. I will try and do anything. All you moms out there- help another mom in need please! :-) Thanks!
letting him cry himself to sleep. 2 reasons it hasn't worked- J.D. doesn't get sleep and so he gives in, and Dawson throws up everywhere which makes it worse to just let him cry.
I have tried sleeping on the floor by his crib, and in the rocking chair just after he wakes up to let him know I'm there. He tries to come lay by me, or climb to have me hold him and I'm very strong, I tell him, "No, you need to lay down. Mom isn't going to hold you." So I sing to him, or read another book, play primary music without words- NONE has worked. I have done this method for 8 days straight and i had no improvement.
I tried making a bed for him on the floor by our bed and practicing multiple times with him, to show him that he needs to come from his room to the bed on the floor and lay down. This only works if I lay on the floor with him. So I did this for 5 days or so and then tried having him do it on his own....nope. He just cries until he throws up or until I get him.
I've tried rocking him back to sleep, and holding him, but once I go to lay him down he wakes up. So I rocked him for 1 week straight for a whole HOUR and then laid him down. Well, he started crying after I had laid down in the bed for 10 min.
So, the last resort we thought of so far was just bringing him in to let him sleep with us. This results in J.D. moving to the couch, and Dawson waking up SEVERAL more times in the night because every time I move, he wakes up. He also feels for me and my hair, if he can't feel it immediately, he starts screaming.
I have limited the amount of candy and pop he's drinking and eating, making him eat more solids and less sippy cups, and have limited TV/Movie time and the kind of shows he's watching. i have given him benedryl ..yes sadly I have done so, but I think he metabolizes it so fast it doesn't work-(I have this problem with all medication and especially anything the is an anesthetic.)
In the end after he wakes up, we are both awake for 2 hours almost, and then he sleeps so good from 6-9. He doesn't go to bed til 10 usually, so the problem is the 2 hours being awake. I end up breaking down more times than necessary. I just need my sleep too so I can function properly.
I am asking for some serious advice. I will try and do anything. All you moms out there- help another mom in need please! :-) Thanks!
