re: Page 6 UPDATE: Baby is 5 months old.. waking up every time we put her down

Let her cry. I know it’s hard, but you either have the balls or you don’t. She might cry for an hour. It will turn into screaming. Do not give in. Before 90 minutes she will sleep and sleep for hours. The next night it will happen again. This time she will give in sooner - maybe 30 minutes. The third night 10 minutes and the fourth night next to nothing. If you give in - even once - at any time during this - you’ve gone back to square one.

Good luck. You might have to sit on your wife. I suggest you get her noise canceling headphones.

Stop going in there and acknowledging her. Go in, fix the paci and leave. Let her cry it out, she’s already learned to cry to get you in there.

Keep checking for wet diapers though it made me feel awful when my son would cry and I’d let him cry it out and it was something to cry about.

5-8 months is a hard time.

Agree with others. As much as it is going to suck, you have to let her cry it out.

Have you seen the Merlin suits?

LINK

Everyone hit the things we had to do.

1st was more food, and introduction of rice cereal.

Next we changed from a swaddle to a sleep sack

After that the only time we had issues is if there weren't enough naps during the day

5 months can be a sleep regression period, good luck

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It may be acid reflux

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Our little man had this issue.

The best way for him to sleep was in a rock n play that kept him somewhat inclined... we also tried a sleeping wedge in his pack n play, but he wouldn't stay head up in that one.

I know the rock n plays were recalled for safety reasons, though... fortunately for us it was a lifesaver helping him sleep.

Use this and trust me it works. I was a skeptic but not anymore

Cara Dumaplin - Taking Cara Babies

Ollie Swaddle - tuck that kids arms in tight so it can’t move

Wish my wife would've listened to me about the cry it out method. Now she doesn't get any sleep and hates her life.

I'm a lifetime subscriber to the cry it out method, assuming that the baby is healthy, fed, clean diaper, etc.

Go order the Mom's on Call book. We used that to sleep train both our girls and they were going 7-8 hours by month three when my wife returned to work.

Schedules and predictability in routine are so critical for young children. Its how they understand the world around them, knowing that they'll take a nap, wake up get a bottle, then play time, nap, repeat etc. Takes a lot of the unknown out of their day. Anytime they are upset, unsure, bored, or tired they cry. Anything you can do to reduce the cause of crying is a win.