"Letting Baby Cry at Night"

When she wakes up at night you should go over to her crib, let her know that your there for her and if she'll take it give her a binky. Go to her as soon as she wakes up, then 5 min later, then 10 min, so on and so forth. Eventually she'll learn that she will not be fed in the middle of the night. But I do think a binky will be your savior. And also sleeping with a binky at night decreases the incidence of SIDS which is also a plus! Hope this helps, good luck!!!

hi J.,
i tried to let my daughter cry it out for 3-4 nights (only 20-30 min a night at most) i couldnt handle it anymore, she didnt stop crying and it was too difficult for me to continue. but my pedeatrician said it works! takes about week or two(at most). There are different methods, but the one that i heard works best and was recommended to me is Ferber's method . You can look it up online or at www.babycenter.com explains how its done exactly u can even watch a video on how its done on this web site. talk to your pediatrician to see what he recommends as well. GOOD LUCK!!!if you try,PLEASE let me know if it worked for you!!!

feed baby 12 midnight so when she wakes you know she is not really hungry. do not go to her right away, stall a half an hour. then dont feed her or pick her up. just tell her everything is alright and it's time to sleep. she may cry but let her. after 2-3 days she will start to wake up a half an hour later but then you do the same thing, wait a half an hour to go to her. do this until she starts to wake up at 6 am. then start to put her to bed earlier gradually at 11:30 then 11:00 etc. My daughter was sleeping through the night by 2 1/2 months. I did this until my daughter slept 8 pm-8am by about 5-6 months. this comes directly from the book "how to get your baby to sleep through the night" and it really works. she id 15 now and a great sleeper.

Feed that baby.
If she is hungry at night don't ket her stay that way. Never deny your baby the food she wants, no matter how inconvienent is is for you.
Maybe after resting her upper teeth feel better and she wants to eat...
Never let your baby cry without tending to her, especially for a feeding!!!

Personally, I don't believe in crying it out. I would definitely recommend the "no-cry sleep solution" by Elizabeth Pantley. It's a great book full of ideas on how to get babies to sleep better.

We finally had to let our son cry it out at 7 mos old. He was breastfed and so he was up atleast 2 times a night. I was back at work then and I really need my sleep at night. We had decided that he needed to do this so what I planned to do was this. The first night he woke up at 12:30. So the next night he had to sleep until at least 12:45. I was going to push him back 15 mins each night until he could do it on his own. Well the second night he woke at 11:30 and I said he had to wait. He needs to do this. My hubby and I watched the clock...he cried 6 mins. and went back to sleep. He didn't get up again all night. And he hasn't since. So for us it took one night. He still wakes during the night some nights, looking for his binky. All I have to do is go in give him the spare one we leave by his bed and leave. It was hard to let him cry it out. My hubby wasn't totally on board with it, but it worked.