There’s also no way you can get your toddler to sleep through the night, even though you’ve already tried (almost) all the tips you’ve been given? You may find first-hand advice more useful - from moms who have already succeeded or are well on their way to getting their children to sleep through the night without waking up.
Jana: Breastfeeding is useful for falling asleep only in the beginning
Jana initially let her first daughter cry after the advice she got from the books, which improved the situation a bit at first, but it didn’t work for long. The girl slept through the night until she was fifteen months old, when she was no longer breastfeeding. Now he only wakes up occasionally. If she is scared, she goes to sleep with her parents. However, Jani fell asleep better with her other daughter, who eventually stopped using breastfeeding to put her to sleep, but only stayed with her until the baby fell asleep. At nine months, she only woke up one more time, and now she’s already sleeping through the night, but it’s true that she goes to bed a little later. It is because of this experience that Jana believes that breastfeeding as a means of falling asleep is useful only while the children are still quite young, as they are already waking up, and later only their quality of sleep deteriorates.
Tanja: Growing and caressing helped the most
Tanja did not follow the advice of those who advised her to let the baby cry when she woke up at night, as her heart was pounding. So she preferred to take her daughter in her arms and put her to sleep by cuddling and cuddling, otherwise she let her sleep in her crib. sometimes she and her partner took her with them. The girl slowly slept longer and longer and eventually all night. Due to the positive experience, she did the same with the second child, except that the other daughter also had a pacifier while falling asleep.
Tatjana: It is necessary to establish an evening ritual and perform it every night
Tatjana had the most trouble putting the baby to sleep, as she didn't want to fall asleep, and she jumped up every time the baby cried. But the kind advice of a colleague to pay attention to the child's crying, which tells whether the child is crying because he is angry all because he really needs his mother, directed her to the right path. That's when she set up the evening ritual - She cuddled the baby a little before going to bed, then put him to bed, lit a lullaby, kissed him goodnight and quietly left the room. As soon as the toddler started crying, she hurried to him only when the crying became unbearable. Within a few days, the child caught the rhythm and the problems went away almost on their own.
Tatiana therefore believes that the most important thing is to establish a rhythm that needs to be performed every night. She also finds it good that the toddler gets used to sleeping in his crib and in the nursery as soon as possible.
Alenka: Sleeping really starts during the day
Mother Alenka finds out that the child's sleep actually starts during the day. If the child has an established rhythm of feeding and sleeping and if he is in the fresh air enough, he falls asleep easier in the evening, as he is neither too much nor too little tired. Rituals such as bathing, eating, dressing in pajamas, cleaning the nose, (semi) darkness in the room also help to establish the rhythm. It is also good for the child to sleep in daylight during the day and to get to sleep in the crib from an early age and fall asleep in the stroller, as this is how he gets used to sleeping everywhere.
Jasmina: The child should sleep in his crib from the very beginning
Jasmina, a mother of three, insisted from the beginning that children should always sleep in their crib, so she put them back in it after each night of breastfeeding, so the bill children are used to it and later had no problems with it. Also, going to bed was always subject to the same hour and ritual before it - washing, cartoon or fairy tale and more. When the children were about a year old, she moved them to the children’s room and now EVERYONE is sleeping peacefully. She and her husband have taught both older children that they can be called at night if they have to pee or feel bad, otherwise they don’t. All three children now fall asleep alone and without any problems and also sleep through the night.
Maja: It’s best to work by feeling
In May, she never bothered with her daughter waking up at night, but she also didn't teach her to sleep at night, because she thinks that learning to sleep is one of the biggest mistakes. Therefore, she did not follow various rules and instructions, but rather followed her feelings. While the girl was still waking up at night, she simply breastfed her, and then what just happened and the girl slept through the night and so it is today.
Source: mojDOKTOR, www.mydoctor.si