Sleeping in Crib

I put at least 10 pacifiers all around the crib. My son could locate one nearby and put it in his mouth himself.

The same thing happened to me with one of my twins. Since they too share a room those pacifyer runs as we called them were a must. Those runs were horrible especially when they happened often. We did try to lengthen the time between going in when she cried and that seemed to help her soothe herself. After a day or two she became used to us not running in each time. Then by about seven months I put in about two or three pacifyiers in the crib and she would find them herself. She would fall asleep with them either in her hand or on her stomach so she was aware they were there each night. Good luck and hang in there it gets better!!!

hi J.; my experience is this; my 2.5 yr old son only started sleeping thru the night about 3 months ago and it's not even totally consistent yet. my daughter is almost 1 and she wakes up for her paci or to nurse 2-3 times per night. i just deal with it. i think it's the best and safest and fastest way.

a lot of people are going to tell you to let him cry it out and i'm glad you don't want to do that for your 9 yr old's sake; but its also best for the baby sake NOT to let him cry; it's really dangerous. they can choke or throw up or hurt themselves in other ways.

why not put the baby in your room for now? since you have to get up anyway it would be much faster for you to get to him.

you could look at the Dr Jay Gordon website for tips, or the books No Cry Sleep Solution, but the bottom line is your baby might not sleep thru the night no matter what you do till he's ready.

meanwhile at least you get the warm, yummy late night baby hugs!

good luck,
jesica

Can you keep his crib in your room?

I'm actually having the same problem with my 10 month old son. He wakes up 3-4 times, I get up, give him his paci, and he falls back asleep. I'm going to try what some of the other moms advised: putting a few pacis into the crib with him. He knows already how to put the paci into his mouth, so I can't wait to see if this works.... Good luck

I had the same issue and unfortunetly everyone in the household was disturbed a bit while the baby adjusted. If it gets too bad and you want to stick with the pacifer, you may want to move the crib to your room, so you won't disturb your 9 year old. The other option would be to let the baby cry some, as it doesn't hurt. Its very hard to do, but I had to learn, in order to break the habit of the pacifer at night. As long as you know that all bases are covered as far as the babies needs, not wants, then you should be ok.

Hope this helps!

You need to get him to fall asleep in the crib without the pacifier or anything else - he is waking up because he wants the pacifier. I used the book - How to Solve your Child's Sleep Problems by Richard Ferber - it worked like a dream for me. Good luck

I had a similar problem with my daughter - my pediatrician actually recommended scattering pacifiers around the crib and eventually the baby will find one (maybe not right away, but over time). This worked great for my daughter and continues to work great - she's now 14 mos and we still put about 3-4 pacifiers in her crib each night. Sometimes I hear her moving around looking for one - it's pretty cute. Good luck.

My DD is now 14 months and still wakes once or twice a night for her paci. I have just resolved to get up and give it to her. I have tried leaving more in her crib to find but she just won't even try. I will not take her paci away until much later. Just thought it might help to know someone else has dealt and is still dealing with the issue.

Hi J.,

Provided nothing else is wrong, like teething or tummy trouble, it sounds like the pacifier is the problem. The baby has to learn to self-soothe. I understand the fear of thumb sucking but it is nature's way. Most children to not suck their thumbs past 1 or 2. Maybe you could go without the pacifier on a Friday and Saturday night and by Sunday, the baby will have gotten the message to self-sooth.

All the best,
Ana M.

Each child is different
Try giving the baby a little to eat.
the pacifer may not be enough

From: Mother of four
and two grandchildren

Try putting the baby in your room until this phase passes.

This was us with my son. Eventually they are able to put back the pacifier themselves. I put about 7 pacifiers in his crib and by seven months he was doing it on his own. Good luck!

you'd be surprised what siblings can sleep through, I have 5 lil boys and they have all shared a room at one time or another...we've gone in to deal with vomiting or bed wetting, nightmares you name it, we've even turned on the lights to change the top bunk before and the sleeping sibling has never woken up. MAM makes glow in the dark binkis...but it seems to be a phase that most binki users go through, eventually he'll be able to find it and replace it himself....I used to have 3 or 4 binkis in my baby's bed at a time that way if one was thrown or fell out he had backups...

It only took my son 2 nights to get used to Mommy not coming to the rescue. (I have another son, and didn't want the baby to disturb his older brother's sleep.) I also didn't want him to "cry it out"; however, I admit I was wrong. He was getting up more and more, and I knew he wasn't getting the amount of sleep he needed anymore either. On a Friday, say goodnight and let him cry it out..without the pacifier. The first night my son cried for an hour. It was awful. He got up once in the night and cried for another 20 minutes. The next night he cried for 20 minutes, then got up and cried additional 10. Since then he never gets up or cries, except if he's sick. He now goes to bed happily at 8pm and sleeps until usually 7am. If he wakes up, he may whimper, but then goes right back to sleep. All you need is Friday-Sunday and you could be good to go! Best of luck.

i'm sorry i don't have any ideas for you...but from what i went through with my daughter...she was waking up MANY times throughout the night for a couple months at a time, every couple of months or so (sometimes i barely got 1 hr straight of sleep for close to a month). at hard as it was on me, i just had to deal with it. her dr. (and many other moms) told me that they go through changes in their sleeping many times until you can get them to sleep through the night. though, there are some lucky parents out there who get the miracle child who sleeps through the night from very early on. the only thing you can try, is maybe keeping him up a little earlier to make him more tired and sleep through the night, i had to do that a couple times to help her adjust to her body wanting a new sleeping schedule. i just wish you luck and say try to be patient about it, hopefully it's just a quick thing he's going through and will go back to sleeping through the night once he figures it out.

If the baby is physically fine--One idea -if your 9 yr old is waking up also- have him/her -soothe -pat the baby or replace pacifier. This forms a bond. If not, move the baby in with you for a while. As the baby ages and exercises more etc.,,- he will sleep through the night better.

We were up to 5 times a night with our daughter to put her pacifier back in. I tried a lot of things, but teaching her how to put the binky in on her own was the only thing that worked. It won't take that long for your son to learn ( with us it was only a couple weeks) and before you know it your son will be putting that pacifier back in all on his own. Now we just put 2 or 3 binkys in with her and she is all good!