night nanny pleassseeee????

... I think because the door is shut to stop DS2 (8 weeks old) waking his big bro up, DS1 wants to know we are still there because he can't hear the TV or anything like that anymore with his door shut. ... Maybe coincidence and maybe each was going to sleep through anyway once we started leaving doors open...but when you're knackered anything is worth a shot, right? :) oohhh how I envy your LO's!!! DS1 is the lightest sleeper on the planet. Open his door every so quietly and ping... he is awake. We tried keeping it open the first week DS2 was home but without fail DS1 woke when DS2 started crying. We tried again about 2 weeks ago but nope, still wakes him. DS1 was even waking when both bedroom doors were shut and DS2 was crying. I reverted to lying some blankets on the floor and a towel behind the door to soak up the noise!! <sigh> lol

... I think because the door is shut to stop DS2 (8 weeks old) waking his big bro up, DS1 wants to know we are still there because he can't hear the TV or anything like that anymore with his door shut. ... Sorry for chopping your post up. :D Three babies later, we took a while to work out that our children all sleep better with the door open and a distant light on somewhere. The older ones never even stirred when each newborn was doing the 2am scream...I was always envious of their ability to sleep through it! ;) My eldest was doing just what you've described and as soon as we stopped shutting the door, he started sleeping through again. Same is true of the younger two. Maybe coincidence and maybe each was going to sleep through anyway once we started leaving doors open...but when you're knackered anything is worth a shot, right? :)

Hi habibti My DS is has slept through 7-6am 30 times only (although may be more than others on the forum) in his almost 2 years. I can tell you most of those 30 nights he's managed to sleep that entire time is because he has had ear / throat infections and he was on antibiotics which helped him sleep!. We tried a lot of different sleep training methods and was nearly tearing hair out especially when I knew #2 was on his way. We ended up doing CIO it was the most horrid time of my life because he was rather stubborn and took a good week before he settled and listening to him cry and eventually scream because he was angry we weren't going in (we use to have to sit with him for 1.5hrs when he would wake up, if he heard us move he would wake instantly and cry as soon as we would get out the door). For one week after it, bliss! - no wakes ups... then a few nights after there were a couple of wake ups but because during the CIO time he attached to his glow worm teddy (finally!!) he would settle himself (YES!!! we were thinking)... now he is back to waking at least once a night and DH and I don't like to hear him scream so we go in tell him we are here and we love him and he lies back down and we leave the room. Unless we change his nappy then we are in there for no more than about 20 seconds. He settles instantly by himself, I think because the door is shut to stop DS2 (8 weeks old) waking his big bro up, DS1 wants to know we are still there because he can't hear the TV or anything like that anymore with his door shut. DS2... well I know he is only 8 weeks old but he is awake every 1.5 hrs from 7pm to 4am and then is very unsettled from 4am to 7am. I have just asked for help from friends and they have suggested a book called "Save Our Sleep" by Tizzy Hall. Not sure if it is here in Dubai but can be ordered online. I'm about to give this a go. 8 friends recommended it so think it may be worth a go. Good luck... might be worth trying Jo as well me thinks.

Try 'supernanny' Jo Holt, now working at Health Bay Polyclinic, email to [email protected], my friend recommended her to another friend as she is Australian trained and specialises in sleep issues, thats how i found the clinic to begin with. Good Luck!! x

Orchard, there are a number of books - you can google and I'm sure a few will come up. I never used a book but followed the advice of our paed and tweaked it to suit my family's needs. Here's what I did, bearing in mind I did this when both mine were older than 1yr: General "rules": 1. 1st take baby for a thorough check-up with paed to ensure their health is fine 2. Ensure that baby is eating enough, including protein, at each meal 3. Follow the same routine and be consistent (consistency is the key so that baby knows what to expect and is comforted by it) 4. If you're travelling, follow the same routine on the 1st night in your new destination, and upon your return. Night 1: - 5.30pm Dinner , playtime, 6.15pm bath and massage and then 6.45pm milk (I'm still BF my 17mth old) in the room where baby sleeps with the lights dimmed - Once baby has finished drinking, wind him, then put him down and tell him in a kind, firm voice that it's sleeping time and he needs to lie down. - Pat and shush for a minute until he settles and then leave the room and close the door - Baby might cry for an hour or more (I go in a couple times to pat, shush and reassure him. If he's really hysterical, I pick him up and hold until he's calmed down, then put him back down and leave the room. If you going in is making him more upset, you can leave him to cry for the hour without going in to pat him - this is dependent on you and how much you crying you can take. - Every time the baby wakes during the night, don't pick him up - say the same thing - ssshhh, it's sleeping time, lie down (or whatever your line will be when you want him to sleep) Night 2: Same as above with less visits to pat and shush, only baby should cry for shorter periods and wake less Night 3: Baby probably won't cry when you put him down and he should wake only once or not all Most books/docs will tell you it takes a week but it took 3days with both my kids. Expect a rough night 1 week later, but follow the same routine and he should then be entrenched in his new routine. The 1st couple nights are VERY tough. It's not easy hearing your baby cry, regardless of whether he is 7mths or 17mths. But, I think there comes a point when one is so sleep-deprived and on the brink of insanity, that sometimes we have to just do it - for both baby and our benefits. I cannot tell you the difference it has made in our lives - my toddler sleeps through until 6am these days :)

I really feel for you, dibdub. Sleep deprivation is the worst :( Before you try a night nurse would you consider sleep training him? My DS, at 16mths, was still waking every 1-2hrs... EVERY night, and had never slept for longer than 4hours ever! I recently sleep trained him (CIO method with a few tweaks that made it easier for me/him) and it took 3 nights for him to sleep through. I tried a no-cry method, and patting ans shushing for hours on end but nothing else worked. I had the same problem with my older DD who would wake up every hour to BF until 13mths and once I sleep trained her (which took only 2 days) she slept for 13hrs straight and has continued to do so for the past 2yrs. Worth a try? Good luckm whatever you decide. habibti i'd like to try this method, is there any book on this? how do u do it?

i am in the same situtation, DS is 7 months, and the longest he ever slept was for 2 hrs, his naps can be as short as 10 minutes. he wakes up so much at night that i have forgot the counting :(

I really feel for you, dibdub. Sleep deprivation is the worst :( Before you try a night nurse would you consider sleep training him? My DS, at 16mths, was still waking every 1-2hrs... EVERY night, and had never slept for longer than 4hours ever! I recently sleep trained him (CIO method with a few tweaks that made it easier for me/him) and it took 3 nights for him to sleep through. I tried a no-cry method, and patting ans shushing for hours on end but nothing else worked. I had the same problem with my older DD who would wake up every hour to BF until 13mths and once I sleep trained her (which took only 2 days) she slept for 13hrs straight and has continued to do so for the past 2yrs. Worth a try? Good luckm whatever you decide.

You could try Health Bay - they have night nurses who may be able to help. I've not personally used them but it could be a good option given your child isn't well...? Goodluck C