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Anyone have luck with improving naps using the Ferber method?
To clarify, I am following the Ferber method exactly as written in his 2006 edition. I'm very lucky in that my 5 month old daughter sleeps wonderfully at night, however, she fights naps hard. She would rather cry for the last four hours of the day than take a nap anywhere - especially in the crib. In fact, during the day, the second she gets near the crib, she starts crying. But, at night I can lay her down and she can fall asleep in it no problem.
I've also tried napping her elsewhere, but once she makes the connection between that place and naps, I get the same reaction. At this point the only hope I have to get her to sleep is to have her fall asleep on a bottle and put her down with the bottle in her mouth. Then, I trade that immediately with a pacifier. You can guess what happens when she wakes up and notices nothing is in her mouth...
I started trying the Ferber method today on naps (and I plan on following through at night if she starts crying then too as a result). I'm doing it EXACTLY the way it says to in the book. I'm wondering if anyone has had nap time issues and has tried this with success. Or, if there was another method you've used for dealing with naps that worked. I can tell when she's tired, I can see these are almost exactly at the same times of day (so I have a schedule I can create if I can get her to nap!!) - I just can't successful get her to sleep most days and she's really suffering for it.
To further clarify: I have read seven other books on sleeping, only one other (the one mentioned below) seemed to have anything that convinced me it's methods would work. All I have learned from that is that my daughter has a very apparent internal schedule of when she is tired. However, this did not solve the sleeping problem.
This is a situation that abruptly started when she hit 3 months - she is one week away from 6 months old and we still have hours of tired crying a day. That is not healthy for her.
Yes, I understand sleep and that you can't do this down to the minute, but you can do pretty close. This is true in almost all healthy people - adults and babies.
Most things I read are concerned about nighttime sleep and I have a very hard time finding anything related to daytime sleep problems. This is why I'm asking. I am convinced that this method works for nighttime sleep - I have seen several friends have had success with this method over others. But, I don't know anyone who
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I just started ferberizing for naps too. I wanted to dissaccosiate the pacifier from her naps... But for a couple months before this I followed my babies sleep signals during the day. At 4 and 5 months she took a nap every 1 1/2 hours (another book called the 90 minute Sleep Solution was good for this) about 4 or 5 naps a day. Her naps were only 30 minutes.
Now at 6 months she can go 2 hours or so between naps, but still needs 3 to 4 naps a day, and her naps are about 45 minutes now. I just started sleep training with Ferbers method for naps and night, I use interval check ins and no sleep associations, and her naps are longer and I don't have to come in and reinsert her pacifier, she falls asleep on her own. She cries a little... but there is actually less crying than when I was doing Pantley's no cry methods and she sleeps better.
I was all about the no cry methods... but she really wasn't sleeping so hot during the day or night (I coslept) and Ferber's methods have helped her with naps too. Maybe you need to watch for her sleep signals and forget about how most babies take 2 naps at 6 months... let her work up to that...
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Babys are not animals to be trained, that is my first point. They are little people who need to be taught behaviour that we take for granted. She cries because she doesnt like how she is feeling, its not nice feeling tired, imagine being unaware of how to fix it. Secondly, parenting is not textbook, its what feels right. You do not sound convinced with this method therefore I would conclude that it is not right for you. Have you tried a baby sling, she is not too old for a carrier and you may find it is the answer to your problems. Goodness know it was an absolute Godsend to me. if you want your baby to folow a schedule to the minute, its very unlikely this will happen, when you notice she is getting tired, put her in the sling, take her for a walk. Shake it up a bit so she does not associate - crib = sleep.
- Anonymous7 years ago
If you want to put your baby to sleep in 20 seconds you must get the "Instant Baby Sleep" MP3 sound track. Here is their official web-site: http://www.instantbabysleep.net/
The sound track gently produces energy over the full human hearing spectrum with an embedded pulse that gently eases the brain to the Alpha state well known for drowsiness and sleep induction.
- EllenLv 71 decade ago
Please take a look at the book "The No-Cry Sleep Solution" by Elizabeth Pantley. There is no magic in Ferber and his methods, and it doesn't work for everyone in every situation. At least read something else.
Source(s): hospital IBCLC and mother's group leader 20+ years mom to 3 - ?Lv 45 years ago
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