Live in 1 Bedroom Apartment and Baby Won't Sleep

Updated on November 19, 2009
C.K. asks from New York, NY
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My baby will be turning 6 months old this weekend. She is NOT sleeping. She is waking up very, very frequently. she is 100% breastfed. she gets one bottle of pumped milk at bedtime. she has been on cereal and that has not helped. she is happy as lark throughout the day. perhaps she is teething and if that is the case, what do i do to make it better? most importantly, we are in a one bedroom in NYC so the crib is in our room. i started putting her in the bed with us but she still wakes up and cries! i bought dr. weisbuth's book, happy baby , happy sleep ( or something like that). if we sleep train, how does this work in a one bedroom apartment?? i know my husband and i need to camp out in the living room but what happens when we move back into our bedroom? will our baby girl regress back to her ways? there's NO WAy we are STAYING in the living room as we have a comfy king size bed in the bedroom. has anyone used the "natural" teething tablets? how has anyone else handled living in a one bedroom apartment when your baby has sleeping problems? i called dream team baby today. they are SO expensive. i need help!!!! thanks, C.

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L.M.

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I too have the same set up as you! The one thing I figured out is that I can not feed her solids after 3 pm. She too is exclusively breast fed, but I started solids on Oct. 22nd. I was only feeding her in the morning in case she had a reaction. Then I started feeding her squash in the morning, then rice in the evening. She was not going to sleep until 11 or later! Then I changed it to just giving her "lunch" of a pureed veggie and rice. She now sleeps at 830 again. Mind you, I co sleep and just bought the "no cry sleep solution". We are trying to get her into the cosleeper and out of our bed.. the crib is in the living room.. LOL gotta love NYC

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E.P.

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If your bedroom is big enough to divide, I know a number of people who have had those temporary walls installed, they make them with a window at the top so that a/c and heat can circultate, the company installs and, I believe, paints the wall and you lease it from them for a nominal fee per year (plus the initial fee). You could also try a decorative screen room divider.
Good luck!

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Z.F.

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I wish I could give you better advice but my son is almost 3 and still wakes up at night. Like you, we live in a one bedroom apartment and we just can not let him cry it out. The best thing I can tell you is that some children grow out of it or eventually don't wake up as often. My son use to wake up 3 times at night and now he only wakes up once.

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D.S.

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Cathy my daughter went through the same issues. I am a firm believer of cry it out. However I would have her checked out by the doctor before I do anything. My daughter is 20 years old now but when she was your daughters age she did the same thing. I took her to a covering doctor when mine was on vacation and the doctor said she couldn't see her eardrum clearly. She pulled out a plug of was the size of my pinky finger. Behind it was blood and an abscessed ear. I was horrified. Like your daughter she was happy all day but once she went to lay down the nightmare began. I eventually had to get tubes put into her ear because after that she had constant ear infections. If I had done cry it out with her I would have felt terrible. So I am suggesting you get her checked out. She could just be teething, or it could be an ear ache, it could also be reflux which is very painful when laying down. The reason why I am saying this is because you said that she even wakes when she is in bed with you so that is leading me to thing that something is bothering her. Putting your mind at ease will stop second guessing yourself when you do decide to sleep train. Trust me when they are crying there are so many doubts that go through your mind. Once she gets a clean bill of health then I would do it. When you go back into the bedroom you will just have to not give in if she wakes. Once a baby learns to self soothe you shouldn't have a problem. Good luck I know how exhausted you must be I was a zombie!!!

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