Alright, listen to my story and if you have any ideas, please feel free to tell me. I'm all ears.
So, Cooper goes down at 8:00 or 8:30. He goes down so great. We walk up the stairs with his binkie and blanket, he lays his head down on my shoulder and closes his eyes. I cuddle him for a few seconds and lay him down. Then he goes to sleep. Sounds ideal doesn't it? Not quite. Exactly 45 minutes later he wakes up and has a really hard time going back to sleep. So we go give him his binkie and he calms down. Then I go downstairs and 10 minutes later, we do it all over again. It happens 4-5 times before he finally goes to sleep for good and and doesn't wake up again till 8:30am. So why is he waking up after going down so well? I've tried letting him cry it out for 15 minutes but then he 's even more awake when I go up to calm him. I've thought that it's gas so I gave him gripe water and milicon drops and nothing works. I even tried giving him tylenol because I thought he was teething but that didn't work either. Any suggestions? I am at the end of my rope.
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Well Cassi, I'm a mean mother, so you might not want this advice. :)Sometimes we had to leave Lexi crying for up to an hour and a half at night because she's just being stubborn. That's what it sounds like Cooper is. You might just have to let him cry it out, because right now he knows you will come get him. It took Lexi two days, and then no more waking up. Just two days. It's worth it.
-Cassie
Yes, we have had to do the crying thing a couple times, Cooper will not love you any less. My favorite book is Healthy Sleep habits, Happy Child, it has been the best thing that has happened to me (besides getting married and becoming a mom of course.)
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