Recently I’ve moved my ten month old’s bedtime to almost an hour later than usual, praying she’ll sleep better due to pure exhaustion. We’re on day four but so far, she still seems to be waking up at least twice a night. (Sometimes she will self-settle but mostly I need to soothe her for a few minutes or risk her waking up completely, which is a total nightmare.)

Just want to extend a hug from another zombified Momma. I miss my sleep. 🙁

Glad to hear it’s working better this time. I’m sure age is a factor. With little ones, it never hurts to try something that didn’t work at one point, because they change so darn fast!

Hi Pam — Thanks for pointing that out. Sometimes it takes a long time reader to remind me of the obvious 🙂 We are trying a fuss it out method with him and for the past two nights we’ve had success. As I mentioned in a comment above he used to wake up for hours if we left him to fuss it out on his own, the past two nights he fussed for just two or three minutes (not even a full on cry) and then fell back to sleep. I’m hopeful that now that he’s 8 months we’ll be more successful. You are correct. With my health issues I don’t want to add any other troubles to the mix! Thanks for reminding me!

I have read this one 🙁

We are considering a ‘fuss it out’ trial. We tried it the last two nights and it seems to have worked. In the past when if he woke and we let him cry he’d wake himself up and not want to go back to sleep for hours. The last two nights when he fussed we just left him alone for a few extra minutes and you know what he fell asleep! Thanks for the advice and for letting me know how you’ve handled the situation with your daughter. I’m not sure if it’s working better because he’s now 8 months or if it’s just a fluke these past two nights, but I sure hope we are turning a corner!

Oh and I’m not worried about waking to feed him once in the night. It’s more these short moments when I know he just can’t seem to fall back to sleep on his own.

Hi Tamara – Unfortunately, this isn’t a new thing, though the number of times he’s waking has increased. Since he’s so active and strong I suddenly feel the urge to nip this in the bud now. As he gets bigger I’m sure it’ll be that much harder to break bad habits.

Thanks for the sympathy! I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who faced this battle, but I’m sad to hear your son still doesn’t sleep well.