Babble

My daughter who is now 7 months old wakes up about twice a night not because she is hungry but because she is so used to my husband and I coming to her and putting her pacifier back in. I try to let her cry for a little bit because I know she isn't fully awake but I can't bring myself to do it...

Babies wake for many reasons. Sometimes it's out of habit, sometimes it's because they haven't been taught how to fall asleep by themselves and need help at night when they wake up to fall back to sleep (they go down being fed, rocked, with a pacifier, etc), sometimes it's just because they are hungry...

When I did this to my 3 year old daughter at 13 months old for a week she stopped meeting my eyes, she didn't smile anymore, she got down to about 7 or 8 hours sleep in any 24 hour period. If that isnt' damage I am not sure what is. This is why my naughty 13 month old son isn't going to get it, i am...

My daughter slept a good 5-7 hrs. from 1-month and any troubles we had later were quelched by little bit of modified cry-it-out with comforting. She then slept 12 hrs. and took a 3 hour nap for nearly 2 yrs (we were spoiled). Now she's 2 3/4 yrs old and our son is 8 mo. He's gone from being in a Pac...