matzwd
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- Nov 14, 2012
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- Aunt Clara
We are desperate, so any help would be very appreciated.
We are in a really bad way with sleep patterns. Miss Clara is 10 months old and absolutely refuses to sleep at night. She is not in a crate and is allowed to sleep wherever she pleases (not in furniture). As of late, she cries all night long. We've tried to let her outside to potty, played with her to try to wear her out, walked right before bed time, walked her to the water bowl for drinks, given her favorite chew toys/bones, and NOTHING is working. I have even tried BenadryI to help her sleep. Thing is, my husband is absolutely fed up and sick of being woke up, so I'm up most of the night every night to try to keep her quiet. She's fine as long as she's getting attention and crashes like nobody's business at first light and sleeps all day long. Unfortunately, we are not home to keep her awake in the daytime, but we are here in the evening from about 3:30 on, and she's up and about most of the time, with a cat nap here or there.
I am so tired and sick with a bug to boot and need to sleep. Do you think this is a situation where we need to crate her or shut her in a room alone and let her cry it out and not have access to us at night? Sometimes she really does need a drink or to go out, but I also know she has the capacity to hold it all night as she has done it in the past.
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We are in a really bad way with sleep patterns. Miss Clara is 10 months old and absolutely refuses to sleep at night. She is not in a crate and is allowed to sleep wherever she pleases (not in furniture). As of late, she cries all night long. We've tried to let her outside to potty, played with her to try to wear her out, walked right before bed time, walked her to the water bowl for drinks, given her favorite chew toys/bones, and NOTHING is working. I have even tried BenadryI to help her sleep. Thing is, my husband is absolutely fed up and sick of being woke up, so I'm up most of the night every night to try to keep her quiet. She's fine as long as she's getting attention and crashes like nobody's business at first light and sleeps all day long. Unfortunately, we are not home to keep her awake in the daytime, but we are here in the evening from about 3:30 on, and she's up and about most of the time, with a cat nap here or there.
I am so tired and sick with a bug to boot and need to sleep. Do you think this is a situation where we need to crate her or shut her in a room alone and let her cry it out and not have access to us at night? Sometimes she really does need a drink or to go out, but I also know she has the capacity to hold it all night as she has done it in the past.
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