Will he ever sleep straight through in his crib again?
Answer:
He's 6 months old and needs the comfort of his parents! Don't be cruel and just shove him aside because you guys want some sleep. He has the next 90 years to sleep alone. Besides, he's sick right now, be with him and stop being so selfish. You can tough love it in a few months.
You want to make your son cry it out when sick with RSV? Do you realize that can be a fatal ilness in infants? You need to focus on getting your son better FIRST and your own sleep cycle SECOND.
Well I think you need to get him med. for cough first see if that helps ( get one that will help him sleep)...that is if you have not already...then put him back in his crib. I will tell you I am a mom of a little girl who just turned 1 and we just now got her out of our bed. It was VERY tough dealing with them crying the first night and second but after that she was fine and now is sleeping 12 hrs at night!! Before she would wake up like 2-3 X's a night and forget the baby bed. Be tough but make sure he is pretty well over the sickness first.
Ps and for the RUDE person about the RSV, it is not as bad in older babies FYI so it causes cold/flu like symptoms that are hard to get rid of and VERY contagious..my daughter had it at 9 months. The baby is not in life threatening danger as a newborn would be.
I hope I can help but I am not really sure what RSV is. My son is 11 months old and has always been a good sleeper. But then he went through this stage where he did not want to go to bed. I had to do the tough love thing hard as it is. The way we handled it was this:
1. make a set bed time.
2. same bedtime routine every night, bath, bottle, book, bed.
3. rock him in the dark for about 10 minutes (not until he falls asleep though!)
4. Lay him in bed. Of course, my son was back up crying. I would pat him, say I love you and you are okay and then leave the room.
5. Let him cry for about 5 minutes then go back in to reassure him. Do not pick him up. Leave the room again. Keep repeating this but wait a longer time before going in each time. He will fall asleep eventually.
It was much harder on us than our son. Every once in a while he will try to cry and get up again but this has worked well for us. I know you said he goes to bed fine but when he wakes up you may try this same routine.
Good luck.
P.S. I just read your question again. I thought he was already better. Please wait until he is over the sickness before trying this. He needs comfort right now while he is ill.
Some people are so rude. People can't even answer a question without ignorant critism, but yet think they know everything!! Anyway I can see where ur coming from u don't want him to get more used to being in ur bed and still sleeping with you when they are 3 years old.
But u already said it I would wait for him to be over his sickness and then putt him in his crib, the transition will be hard but better then never having ur bed back
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