Sleeping in Sarong.

[serena]

Thanks for sharing all the experiences & advices

[jjlynn424]

Hi all,

I have a 15 mths girl who sleeps in sarong day and night and i want to wean her off it so I can bring her out on weekends or eventually for overseas travel.

She started sleeping in sarong when she was 1 month old and we will move her to bed/cot at night once she is sound asleep.

But problem started when she was about 8 months old, after we move her to her cot at night, within 30 mins or so she will wake up crying. So after nights of rocking her back to sleep in sarong after she woke up, I decided to leave her in sarong thru out the night so we as parents could catch up on our sleep.

Really appreciate if you all can share with me, your successful tips or ways to wean your kids off sarong so I can try it out with my girl.

P/S: Cry it out method doesn't work for her as she will vomit within 5 mins of leaving her alone in cot. Have tried this method already.

Thanks for all your help! :?:

[tankee]

oh dear …


when you tried the cry it out method, after you place her down in her cot, do you stay with her for a while? like read a book, hmm a tune, pat pat her, etc?

[jjlynn424]

tankee,

yes i stay with her a while to tell her that she needs to sleep in cot, then tell her we will be outside lo…
but the moment she see me turn my back and walk she already start lo…

recently i try to pat her on my bed, she keep sitting up and crawl up and down the bed… really don’t know what to do liao…

[tankee]

i think try taking it step by step.


first her cot instead of the sarong
Stay with her till she falls asleep. Have a standard bedtime routine, eg drink milk, brush time, change pajamas, read story, hug-hug, lights-off. Pretend to sleep on the chair or on the floor by her bed, don't look at her or talk to her. If she gets up or start talking, just put her back to bed, say something like \"no no, time to sleep\" and pretend to sleep again.

sleep on her own
if step 1 is successful, then step 2, getting her to fall asleep on her own. Practice the same bedtime routine, but instead of sleeping beside her, off the lights, saying goodnight, and leave the room. If she gets up, just put her back to bed, say something like \"no no, time to sleep\" and say goodnight and leave the room

Never ever put her to sleep on your bed. You will just create another problem to solve in the future.

And never ever give it to her when she cries. As long as she is safe, let her cry. I know it hurts to see our beloved child crying, but if you do not wish to keep seeing her crying, then don't give in. Once a child knows that she can gets her way by crying, she will cry and cry over every little thing. And louder and louder until she wins.

Good Luck !!

[jjlynn424]

Yup we have bedtime routine for her. Play time, change to pj, milk, pray n I rock her to sleep. So am thinkin of putting her back to cot once she asleep but not tried since few months back. Prob here is once she starts crying she will vomit, regardless what time she last ate/drink so I kind of not able to let her cry till tired n fall asleep.


When I used cry it out method, she vomited within 5 mins n after cleaning everything up, she did it again when I placed her in the cot.

But will try Ur suggestions to stay next to her n see how it goes. Thanks

[tankee]

you might want to lengthen the time between milk & bed to about 30min, to reduce possible vomiting.

[cnimed]

Does she vomit easily? If so she may be feeling more comfortable sleeping slightly inclined as in a sarong which is curved and tilt the baby’s upper body slightly and help prevent regurgitation or reflux which is very uncomfortable. Tankee’s suggestion to lengthen the period between milk time and bed time is good for both situations.

[smartmummy]

Hi jjlynn424!

I think no choice,u have to sleep with her until she feel she is safe.cos baby very safe in mummy tummy after that she sleep in the sarong so baby feel the same feeling.I think she is not comfortable to sleep alone.So u have to accompany her.When u sleep with her you cuddle her and tell her mummy sleep with her.When she wake up in the midnight also she can be feel that u are with her.It makes her confident on u.Once she settle (Ttke long time may be 6 months or one year) this then u can pretend to sleep with her and u can let her alone.

[jjlynn424]

tankee and deminc,


my girl can vomit anytime once she cries hard… no reflux issue if that’s what you mean la
when i did the cry it out method, her milk was 2 hrs before and porridge was 4 hrs before it… she still could get both items out within 5 mins of crying…

deminc,
actually in sarong, she sleeps quite straight though there is no cloth or something as back support… so i guessing is just the association with sarong = sleeping…