CIO Is Not Working, She Pukes Are 5 Minutes She Is So Worked Up

Alot of times when babies first become mobile they are so excited and want to try everything out and have a hard time falling asleep or stand up and then can't figure out how to get down etc. You haven't said how long this has been going on, but I know with my son it only took like a couple weeks and then he was "old hat" and went back to the routine. My son also was waking up for at least one feeding at night till he was almost a year old. Have you tried laying down with her in your bed? Pick her up, give her a bottle in your bed and maybe she will drift off to sleep with the comfort of Mom nearby?

Hi T.,

I haven't had this problem with my kids, but my sister had this problem with her daughter at around the same age as yours. Her daughter is now 4 years old and one of the best sleepers ever.
I can remember her calling me and complaining about her daughter throwing up while she cried herself to sleep. She didn't know what to do. Someone told her that kids will do just about anything to get their parents in their room. I'm sure your daughter didn't mean to throw up the first couple of times, but once she realized that when she did throw up you came running in the room. She decided to keep doing that. Kids are smart...you can't put nothing by them. I can't imagine doing what my sister did, but here is goes. When her daughter would throw up she would go into the room clean her crib up and change her daughters close if need be. And the whole time she did this, she never once made eye contact with her and never spoke a word. By doing this you are showing your child that this won't work for her anymore. It took about 1 week before she stopped resorting to throwing up when she would cry herself back to sleep.
Like I said at the beginning, her daughter is a fantastic sleeper now. You just have to show your kids that this won't fly with you. It's always tough at the beginning, but it will be over soon and you will be glad that you put your foot down. Don't get into the habit of feeding her because then you will have to ween her off of that as well.
I've found that the "tough love" is the best way to go for me. But it's different with everyone. You do what you can handle. But my experiences with tough love have been all successful. If you have the time to sit in her room while she falls asleep, then by all means go with that one. I think it takes longer if you do it that way. If you just let her cry it out and clean up the mess in the mean time, she will be done before you know it. And I think they become a better sleeper as well.
Good luck with all of this! Dealing with bad sleep habits is one of the toughest parts of raising a baby. Get through this and you can get through just about anything (smile).

When we did cry it out with our son, he puked the first 5 nights and then a few more here and there after that. It took about 2 weeks before he would go to sleep with little or no crying. But it doesn't last. Any little thing, teething, illness, etc. would cause a need for re-training. One time it took over a month to get him to go to sleep without crying again. Then that only lasted a couple of weeks and he got sick again and by then I was so exhausted I just started laying on an extra bed we have in his room until he falls asleep. He never cries and usually is out within 15 minutes. I know it's not the "right" way to do it but I couldn't handle the crying anymore. I'm not sure what I'm going to do when our next baby is born and I won't necessarily have that time to spend in his room every night but I guess I'll figure that out when the time comes. You'll find something that works for you and your baby, there really isn't any right and wrong as long as you are happy with it.

Good luck!
L.

You say you have tried everything but that's really vague so forgive me if my advice is a "Been there done that" deal. I tried a series of tricks when my son was little. It was all trial and error. First you can hold her/rock her, feed her until she is asleep and then put her down in her crib fast asleep. Do that for about 2 or 3 nights. The next time put her down when she has JUST fallen asleep but not limp arm yet. Again 2 or 3 days. Then move on to put her down just BEFORE sleep then put her down awake. You may have to adjust how many days you do this for.

The other trick I used you have already done which is sit next to her crib and soothe her (Starting out with her asleep and then a few days later put her in awake) then every few days move your chair closer and closer to the door. Then when you get out the door tell her "OOPS I forgot something!" and come right back like 5 seconds. Each time you leave be gone just a bit longer but COME BACK! At some point she gets tired of waiting and goes to sleep. It took awhile with my son but he did go to sleep on his own.

I would check out www.askdrsears.com and the book The No Cry Sleep Solution. See if anything new is in there. I have "The Happiest Toddler on the Block" if I see anything in there I will post back.

Hang in there!!!!!! It gets better!

It is a phase, one of my daughter's used to wake up too and it took forever (up to 2 hours) to get her down again. We never did the CIO because we couldn't risk waking her brother and sister since they share a room. It was tough but eventually she started sleeping through the night again and so did we.

Sorry I do not have solutions for you, but misery loves company! We are going through the same thing in our house. We used to be able to put our daughter in her crib awake, and she would go to sleep on her own. Ever since she learned to pull herself up, it's over! Now we are back to rocking her to sleep for every nap and at night (she' up 2-3 times at night too.) Our pediatrician encourages us to let her cry it out, but she'll cry for at least an hour and has yet to successfully cry herself to sleep. I just can't do it! Maybe when she gets good at getting down from standing up, I'll feel better about it. Until then, I feed her and rock her at night. It makes for some long days at work! Let me know if you find anything that works for you.

Hi T.,

Like the other laides said it could be teething or this or that. However, what I found with my daughter is that she had GERD, that's why she woke up crying and screaming - the acid reflux, once I gave her prevacid she stopped waking up in the middle of the night completely.

It starts back up when she's sick again.... The milk may be soothing. Some signs of GERD are excessive drooling, spit up or throwing up, crying within 45 mnts to an hour after laying them down... look it up, then check with your Dr to see if this could the cause.

My son started suddenly waking in the middle of the night also and once we started him on some medicine it got much better and far less frequent.