| Sleep Issues
Hello All...my 6 month old has been sleeping with the helper(baby in her own cot, helper in her own bed) since birth. She sleeps thru the night once in a while if sleeping thru the nite is considered 5 hrs straight. I'd like to stretch this to 8 hrs if possible.I have been sleep training her but the biggest problem seems that she will cry herself to sleep after 15-20 minutes and then sleep for about 30 minutes and then continue to cry after she's had a quick nap. She'll do this all night long. Usually if the helper is sleeping next to her, she'll wake much less...only once a night This is GREAT except I'm afraid my baby will be too reliant on "someone being next to her" in order to sleep. So I guess my question is, should I move the maid out of the room and then sleep train her? Also, if she keeps crying to sleep and then only sleeping for half an hr to an hr then crying again, should I just not enter the room until 6am or do the Ferber way and keep checking on her? I'm so confused...I've read all the books and not one way really works. I have been exclusively breastfeeding until just recently with starting solids. I've tried taking her into bed with me to sleep and she'll suck the night away until she gets a tummy ache and a few big poops which then require me to get up to change. Either way, I'm not getting as much sleep as I'd like. Does anyone have the same problem here? Sorry for the long note........  |