I have a 5 1/2 month old baby who is very sleep deprived. Her routine is - sleep from 11:30-12 to around 6 AM, nurse and sleep for another 30-60 minutes, then have a 30 minute nap around 12-1, and a 40-75 minute nap around 6 when she's so exhausted she finally has to give in and nap. The 12 pm morning nap is often skipped.

Our pediatrician recommended Dr. Weissbluth's book and I really liked it in theory but in practice it's killing me. Yesterday I put her down for a nap at 10 am and she cried for an hour, at which point I picked her up. She refused to nap until after 5, at which point she slept until 6:45, and went to sleep at 11:30. This morning I decided to try again. Her last wakeup was after 8 so I put her down at 11 and now she's still crying, I bawled my eyes out for a while too...right now she's quite after 50 minutes so I'll go check, she might be asleep...

I don't know if I can go ahead with this. She was a colicky baby and she's very clingy and high strung, and hates being anywhere but home. I know I should try for an early night, but she naps so late in the afternoon, I'm not sure how to work it. Also, her crib is still in our room, I was planning on moving her but I don't know if it's a good idea to let her cry in a strange room.

I'll greatly appreciate any tips and support!

Elisa

Just wanted to add that she's asleep now, fell asleep after 50 minutes for some reason this makes me cry though. I think we'll have another late afternoon nap because it's almost 12 pm.

I just want to say that I am crying too. I'm your same spot. My 6 month old just fell asleep after cio. He can't talk but I know he's just screaming "mommy!! mommy!!!" and I can imagine how he feels when I don't show up. so anyway, to distract myself from those horrible thoughts I thought i would surf the web and found your post. I guess, hang in there, in the end is for their own good, I have to keep reminding myself that if he had a knife and I took it away and he started crying i still would not give it to him, so i guess this is kind of the same thing. This might be kind of sick, but I also keep reminding myself about the mom who put her baby in the microwave. It reminds me that I am not the worst mom in the world.

my babies at 6 months slept from 12-6am and had two daytime naps...

I hope it works out for you...

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