fighting sleep

Yes i totally agree with Stephanie if you think it is an ear infection go to the doctors and get it checked out. If you need a second opinion go to another doctor. I suggest this because Due to the stupidity of my nephews pediatrician he had to get tubes placed in his ears. for four years when my sister thought that Jaylon had an ear infection the doctor just brushed it off and told her that he will be fine as long as you give him tylenol. finally just three weeks ago he had to have surgery on his ears so that he would be able to hear.

 

I have a 6 month old baby girl and she currently is not sleeping also. IF we lay her in her bed to cry herself to sleep she just cries for hours and hours, even when we go check on her . Something that has sort of helped the last few nights is a bedtime story and a nice warm bath, then she nurses for about 20 minutes.. then i hold her for another 5-10 minutes and then (even tho they say not to) we put her in her crib on her belly. she sleeps so much better that way.. we tuck a blanket around her and she sleeps at least 5-6 hours before waking to nurse again.
I admire you for doing this by yourself. i know i would be going crazy if i had to do this alone! good luck

 

Try a rubber mallet.... JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!! Seriously though, Skye sleeps so much better on his tummy than he does on his back. If he is 4 1/2 months, he might be starting to teeth, which could be the reason he is screaming, and also might cause ear infections. I don't know though, your baby is older than mine, so I am sure you have a bit more of a clue than I do. As far as the people saying to never let your baby sleep on his tummy, in my opinion, they are the same people who told my parents that breast feeding isn't healthy for the baby. Doctors most usually don't know what they are talking about. Also, we co-sleep with Skye, which makes him sleep through the night. He doesn't get up untill we do.

 

hehe... trey has slept on his tummy since he was 2 months old. he always napped like that and never tried to smother himself. Not to mention I slept onmine and I'm sorta normal he's doing much better now. Though he wakes up again when he manages to roll over

 

joey absolutely will NOT sleep on her back. she rolls over onter her tummy if i even try for a moment to lay her on her back. so, instead of worrying about her rolling somewhere i don't want her to go, i just place her on her tummy, make sure nothing is going to disturb her breathing, and leave it alone. i'm always nearby anyway. she's totally capable of moving her head should anything bother her, so we've had no problems. i've just given up fighting her.

 

the reason that people say don't put the bub to sleep on it's tummy is from research into SIDS, I think they found an increased rate in babies that were put to sleep on their tummy...there was a greater risk co sleeping so I broke all the rules!

 

co sleeping reduces the rate of sids, they just tell ya it's riskier cuz they think the parents will roll on the baby & smother them. back sleeping also reduces the rate of sids. and most amazingly to me, after being told for years that a pacifier was bad, they've recently come out with research showing that using a pacifier during sleep reduces the rate of sids!!!