Putting My 16 Month Old to Sleep in her Own Room / Poner a mi bebe de 16 meses de edad a dormir en su propia habitación

My Daughter has slept in her room since she was three months. We video monitored her and she would only wake up for her feedings at night and was back to sleep. I followed tips such as “keep the room bright throughout the day and dark at night so she can distinguish naps from night time sleep”. That strategy really worked for her. I felt so successful because she was in her own room for a little over a year. At 15 months she began with, what I think was fear, a fear of being alone at night. It’s been almost two months since my husband and I have had to put her to sleep on our bed, then once she’s asleep we put her in her room, but she will only sleep there for an estimate of three hours before she’s yelling “Mom, Da” for us to bring her back to our room. I truly hope she gets over this one, three sleeping in a queen bed while the little one is kicking and moving around is not comfortable. By this time, I thought she would be sleeping throughout the night and she’s not. We wake up about three times when she wants her milk. I find it difficult to leave her in her room and let her cry it out as friends have recommended, because I don’t have the energy to stay up an hour or two in the middle of the night. The truth is that as a working mother, I’m exhausted. My plan is to get her a projector night light in our room and then transferring the night light over to her room in hopes that it will be sufficient to soothe her. Stay tuned for an update to see if this worked! Feel free to comment with tips as we go through this sleepless journey!

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Poner a mi bebe de 16 meses de edad a dormir en su propia habitación

 

Mi hija ha dormido en su propia habitación desde que tenía tres meses. Por monitores de vídeo la cuidabamos y sólo nos levantábamos para darle su leche durante la noche y se volvia a dormir. Seguí consejos cómo “mantener la habitación aluzada durante el día y oscura durante la noche para que pueda distinguir las siestas con las de sueño nocturno”. Esa estrategia realmente trabajó para ella. Me sentía tan exitosa porque ella estaba en su propia habitación por un poco más de un año. A los 15 meses que comenzó con, lo que creo es un miedo, un miedo de estar sola en la noche. Ha sido casi dos meses que mi marido y yo tenemos que ponerla a dormir en nuestra cama una vez que está dormida, la ponemos en su habitación, pero sólo duerme allí por un promedio de tres horas antes de que nos llama “mamá, Da” para que nosotros vayamos a traerla devuelta a nuestra habitación. Espero de verdad que pase esta etapa porque tres durmiendo en una cama matrimonial, mientras que la pequeña patea y se mueve por todos lados no es cómodo. Pensé que iba a estar durmiendo durante toda la noche para la edad que tiene y todavía no. Nos despertamos alrededor de tres veces cada vez que quiere su leche. Me resulta difícil dejarla en su cuarto a llorar como amigos han recomendado, porque no tengo la energía para estar una o dos horas en medio de la noche despierta. La verdad es que, como una madre que trabaja estoy agotada. Mi plan es conseguir una luz de noche proyectora en nuestra habitación y luego transferir la luz de noche a su habitación con la esperanza de que será suficiente para calmarla para que empiece a dormir en su habitación otra vez. Manténgase en sintonía para una actualización para ver si esto funcionó! Siéntase libre de comentar con consejos a medida que avanzamos a través de este viaje sin dormir!
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  1. […] version) or how she calls it, “Miss you babe”. Usually that is enough to have her fast asleep but if she is still a little awake, I sing the extended version of our bedtime songs that include: […]

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