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Calling all Cecile-ers, when did you...

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Latest post on 09 April 2012 - 18:18

..find the project ended completely. As in, how long between when you started and when you could just pop LO into crib and leave with no worries? We started a couple of weeks ago and had great initial success. In the first patting bit, no crying at all. Now we've reversed she does great in the day with no complaint most of the time. Just plays, mumbles a bit and drifts off. But at night, for the past few days, she's been freaking out. Seems to know we're going to put her down to sleep even in the course of the bedtime routine and starts to sob while we're dressing her in pajamas and putting her in sleeping bag etc. Once she actually gets in her crib she stops in a minute or two and just goes into a complaining whine. But I'm wondering if anyone else had a similar experience with trouble for one particular sleep? Any tips/advice? Thanks!

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Latest post on 11 April 2012 - 00:18
Oh my, you could be describing me a year ago! DS was EXACTLY the same. After the first couple of months he started sleeping great at night, feeding once or maybe twice, then the wheels came off at four months bang on. Then we went to four wake-ups being a good night and a bad night with me banging my head against the wall when he woke up for the 15th time. I was a walking zombie. And daytime naps weren't any better - I'd be pacing the floor rocking and shushing him, or walking endlessly around jiggling the buggy! I can totally see why sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture. I know it's a challenge for you at the moment but when DD is better and you're back on track, you won't know yourself once she starts sleeping better.
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Latest post on 10 April 2012 - 21:40
I thought 2 weeks was long too, but Cecile did say an average of 10 days. And a month in a lot of cases because you have to progress slower for some kids. Yes, I've stopped all plans for now because of the illness. Spoke to C as well and she completely agreed. I still put her in her bed and patted her. She likes that. She has made tonnnnnss of progress in the 2 weeks though. Earlier, she would go to sleep with rocking and shushing and patting on a pillow on my lap. And wake up anywhere from twice (on a good night) to six times a night. Started suddenly at 4 months till when she was a brilliant sleeper and I did whatever I could to get her to sleep - making many mistakes. And in the few weeks before we went to C, she would take ages to sleep because she couldn't get comfortable. Too big to be held and rocked comfortably i guess. So would cry and squirm and generally take up to an hour and then be up in half hour! And we'd do over. From THAT, we've come to a max of one wake up and even then she goes off to sleep on her own if i give her 5-10 monites (no crying) unless she's hungry in which case she finds a way to tell me. *knocks on wood* And, she goes straight off to sleep in 10-15 minutes max with no crying for the rest of her sleeps. Its just the night for the past few. Thats probably why C thinks its going very well and we should keep at it after she gets better. Working hard on the time thing. Did the early bath today. No crankies :D! Took a long time for her to sleep but thats because of the illness. Needed lots of cuddling. Thanks for the advice DC much appreciated!
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Latest post on 10 April 2012 - 21:12
We worked with Cecile when DS was seven months so not far off your LO one now, and it only took two days - by the third day he was happily going in his cot and nodding off by himself. I know every baby's different, but two weeks does seem like a long time. Having said that, it's so hard to catch the tired signs! It's been mentally draining trying to catch DD's (I have been absolutely determined not to let us get into the state we got into with DS) especially with DS running riot while I'm trying to watch her. If she's ill, I'd abandon it until she's 100% better. None of us like to do anything that requires effort when we're under the weather!
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Latest post on 10 April 2012 - 18:24
How old is your LO? Both my two tend to end up yelling when it's time to get dressed for bed if they're overtired, so maybe if you're starting the whole routine when she's already past the happy awake time she might be getting upset because she's too far gone? Good point DC, thanks a ton. She's 8 months old. Did try putting her to bed an hour earlier the other day and she wasn't impressed but I guess just not sleepy enough that day and she took a long time so reverted. Her sleepy signs have been erratic lately and I haven't been very good at getting them. In the day its easier because when i do see them I just grab and go. But at bedtime theres a process. So maybe I'll move the bath etc a little away from bedtime and put in some quiet playtime (Cecile did say to do some more fun stuff at bedtime to keep her calmer). Plus, went to the paed today because her tummy was off since yesterday. Turns out she has a multisystem virus with that and a sore throat etc. So I'm guessing thats part of the problem. So going to do whatever she needs till she's better for a bit. Been searching on here and saw a lot of people say 3-4 days and its been way longer for us, so wondering if I was doing something wrong.
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Latest post on 10 April 2012 - 08:24
How old is your LO? Both my two tend to end up yelling when it's time to get dressed for bed if they're overtired, so maybe if you're starting the whole routine when she's already past the happy awake time she might be getting upset because she's too far gone?
 
 

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