We are trying to move our 9 month old into his crib which is in my 23 month olds room. Our 23 month old is a light sleeper and our 9 month old is waking up at 2 in the morning wanting to eat or unable to get himself back to sleep. If we take him into our bed, he falls asleep, we want to teach him to self soothe, but we don't want him to wake our other son up. Suggestions please!!!
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I am hoping that this is the right way to just respond to everyones comments. My 9 mont hold WILL sleep thru the night if he is in our bed or in the playpen IN our room. We only have our room and 1 other room which both boys will eventually share. We would like to get our 9 month old into his crib soon, so that we can bring our playpen downstairs. We ar elimited with the space we have so we can not buy two playpens, and would prefer not to have a baby in the room with us. My 9 month old does not NEED to eat (although I think he may be going through a growth spurt), but feeding him 2 ouces seems to make him go down again with relatively no problems. The othe rthing is that the 9 month old does not seem to respond as well to the cry it out method. We did use that method with my older son, but with my younger one, he will SCREAM not just scream for hours. That would certainly wake the 23 month old. I contamplated doing the cry it out method and letting our 23 month old sleep with us, but he would like that too much and then it would be difficult to get him back into his crib. I am so desperate! Any other suggestions?
Can you put the crib somewhere else? You could keep the crib in your room, or even in a hallway? Your 23 mo should definitely have uninterrupted sleep, so until your 9 mo can sleep through the night, I wouldn't make them share a room.
Hi,
I hope this will be a little more helpful. I have four, ages 4&2 (boys that share a room) and 9 month old girls that share a room.
First off, I'm a big believer in getting them back to sleep sooner so if two ounces does it, go for it. My two year old woke in the night until around 10 months or so and we did feed him and contrary to popular belief after he decided he was done, he became a great sleeper and we never have to work at putting him down.
He too shared a room with his brother and we did keep a pack & play in our room for way too long but a time comes when it's got to go. At that time he cried and woke his brother for about a week then my older son just adjusted and started sleeping through it. He sort of acknowledged him and rolled over and went back to sleep.
Someone else suggested water when the baby wakes, I've never done that but have had friends who have had success with leaving a sippy cup of water in the corner of the crib.
I guess my advice is put him in there, do what you do when he wakes and wait. It should get easier in a week or two.
Then things will be smooth sailing until the two are in big boy beds in the same room.
Good Luck, you really probably only have another month or so of this issue so just hang in there.
I would love for my 9 month old to share a room with my 28 month old, but I know they would keep each other awake. The baby goes to sleep about an hour before my toddler, so we wouldn't be able to read books and sing songs in bed without waking the baby. Plus the baby still wakes up around 3am for a bottle, which would wake the toddler up. So, for right now I have a crib set up in my room for the baby. Hopefully I can move them into the same room eventually, but not any time soon!
I would wonder why the 9 month old wants to eat in the middle of the night - baby should be sleeping thru the night. If you are feeding during the night I would say that is the first thing to go. Baby won't like it at first, but ultimately it will help baby sleep thru the night.
hi-if possible move crib in your room and teach him to get back to sleep. i have 2 girls (13 mos apart) and older is a light sleeper too. but, they can sleep thru more than we think
I have an answer, you may not agree, but it's only going to get worse if you put your 9mth with your older child, since your older one is a light sleeper, you're going to be stuck in the middle of the night with two kids awake ! Not only that, it'll take not just 5-10 min. to get them both back to sleep. I think if you can put them into seperate bedrooms if only possible. give the 9mth old a few sips of water in the middle of the night, why i say this is because my son used to do the same thing. until we stopped giving him milk at 2 or 3 am...it's hard but sometimes they're still actually asleep, crying from a bad dream or unsettledness. his sleeping patterns creates memory and he just knows he's suppose to wake mommy up and get a warm bottle, het i'd do it too if i was a baby. many a times we were actually spoiling him without realizing it. He has a twin sister, 15mths they are now. There were nights, between teething or just waking up for numerous reasons, they'd be up and on top of it all, us mommy's and daddy's too, both are up for work full or part time, being a mom there is no part time jobs, we live it, full time, 24/7 ! I wish you the best of luck and please post onto how it works out for you and your son. Many blessings ~
A.,
