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Post by tincupchalice on Jun 10, 2016 21:32:39 GMT -5
We have been bed sharing. I've been trying the P&P for the first stretch, but that only gets me 90 minutes. I'm going to give in and try the R&P tonight.
Bedtime is between 8 and 9. He gets a onesie and a swaddle. Diaper change only for a good poop, so 0-1 times per night.
He's been feeding roughly at 12, 2 and 4, then we're up at 6 because toddler. Feeds are super short and I barely wake up. Total opposite of DS1.
Typically we go upstairs and I dim the lights and put in the night lights. We live in the country so there are no street lights so nightlight are a must if you don't want to die while trying to move around in the middle of the night lol
I usually change his diaper, change him into a sleeper. Then we nurse and rock for a bit. Burping of coughs. Depending on his mood he is then swaddles and we either read, rock, or sing or he goes in the pack n play. He sleeps about 3 hour stretches.
Last week he would go down right after being swaddles. However the last few days it's taken a lot of rocking and coaxing it may or may not be related to the fact that wonder weeks says we are in the midst of a leap...
Cam usually goes down shortly after we put A to bed. That's anywhere between 7-8 depending on the day's activities, nap quality, etc. I do diaper change, pajamas, swaddle, nurse if he needs it, and either nurse or rock to sleep. I try to put him in his cradle but the last several nights he wakes up after 10 minutes screaming. Right now he's in his swing. Or I hold him. Usually he sleeps for a good 4ish hour stretch before waking to eat if he goes down in his cradle. Otherwise I have to disturb him when I go to bed around 10 and he wants to eat then. If he goes back down in his cradle, he'll give me another good 3-4 hour stretch. If he won't and we end up bed sharing he's rooting around every 2 hours. He typically never goes back down in his cradle after his early morning feed and we always end up snuggling in bed together. I only change his diaper if he poops. Otherwise I wait until morning to change him and he's never had issues with peeing through the diaper or any redness or anything. When I had A I did all the research and was against bed sharing and A was always a great sleeper so it was never an issue. Cam has definitely changed my mind. I would prefer not to do it but desperate times and all that jazz. We have a very firm mattress and I only use a sheet (hot sleeper) pulled to about my waist. Cam's head is at my boob level so he can nurse easily so there's very little danger of him getting into my pillow. I'm really hoping he gets more comfortable sleeping on his own soon though. I don't get very restful sleep when he's in bed with us.
The whole family goes upstairs around 7:30. DS gets a bath, tooth brushing, PJs, and a nighttime diaper. DD gets a fresh diaper and PJs (we bathe her twice a week or as needed; her bath is usually downstairs and earlier.)
We all pile into the big bed and read books while DD nurses. When we're done with books I'm sandwiched between a cuddly two year old and a cuddly/comfort nursing infant for about 10-20 minutes. One DS goes to sleep I shift her to the pnp in our room and swaddle her from the chest down. Once MH gets around to digging out the 3-6 month clothes from the attic we'll switch her to a swaddle sack.
Her schedule isn't 100% set yet, so some night she's wide awake at 8:30 so I bring her downstairs with me while I do chores and/or eat ice cream.
I don't want to jinx it, but right now her first stretch is 5-6 hours long (though I cannot go to sleep at 8:30 to make the most of it), she wakes for a diaper change and feed, then goes back for another 3 hours or so. Some mornings I can convince her to go back to sleep after that wake up if I change and nurse her before she's too awake and/or the toddler is relatively quiet.
I'm sure there isn't any real right or wrong answer to a question I have but rather it's more of a figuring out what works for your baby... But sleep clothing transitions.
Ftm questions ahead:
Right now DS sleeps very well in a swaddle (I think it's called a swaddle me?). When do I switch to something else? What do I switch to? Do I even need to switch to something else?
My assumption is that once he begins rolling he needs to be switched?
I'm sure there isn't any real right or wrong answer to a question I have but rather it's more of a figuring out what works for your baby... But sleep clothing transitions.
Ftm questions ahead:
Right now DS sleeps very well in a swaddle (I think it's called a swaddle me?). When do I switch to something else? What do I switch to? Do I even need to switch to something else?
My assumption is that once he begins rolling he needs to be switched?
Usually babies will "grow out of" swaddles- either physically or they'll stop liking it. If that doesn't happen then yes- once he can roll his arms will need to be left free.
We don't have much of a patrern for times yet, but his routine is always "sleep, poop, eat, repeat". About 2x day he replaces a "sleep" with an alert period. Usually fussy alert. As long as I've got enough milk for him he will sleep 3-4 hours every time. Unfortunately his last alert period of the day tends to be from 8p-midnight which sucks. Then he sleeps midnight to 4 (here we are) then 5ish-9 (we like this one) unless of course he picks alert for that one.... Then it reeeeally sucks. For as much trouble as this babe gives us in the food department, he makes up for it in convenience for sleep. I am a fan of his patterns even though they're still a little inconsistent.
ETA no real bedtime routine yet since his times are so unpredictable. Usually the midnight sleep session follows exhausted tears and frustration by both mom and dad. Typically when he is full he falls asleep in our arms. Once he's sleeping he's out cold so we can easily transition him to him Moses basket for sleep.
Ok, DD is 7.5 weeks old. She always sleeps a nice 3.5 hour stretch right at the start of the night. Afterwards, she's up every 1.5-2 hrs and it takes me 30 mins to feed her and then an additional 30-45 to get her back to sleep.
Any tips on how to fix this?! I keep the room dark (no tv). I don't talk to her. I do change her diaper each feeding because it's always super full and im scared of leakage. Help!
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Post by wanderingheart on Jun 13, 2016 5:44:31 GMT -5
We feed at 11 and they both go down after that. Diaper change, sleepers, swaddled, and in their rnp. We bathe every 3 days or so. They sleep until 2, get bottles from my husband then (so I can sleep), wake again st 5 and I nurse them both for an hour to an hour and a half total. They go back down around 6. Next feeding is at 8. It really varies day to day whether they go back to sleep after 6. Some days they will, other days they're wide awake and fussy. On those days, I pull them into bed with me and that will normally keep them calm or put them to sleep so I can doze a little. They mostly always sleep after the 8 feeding for their morning nap.
Sometimes they fall asleep before the late 11 feeding, but they can also be awake during that time. I don't try to get them down before then because I don't go to sleep before it because it's too hard to wake up for it. We do dim the lights in the living room and hold them so they're encouraged to sleep.
I change their diapers at the 5 feeding because it's normally so full. We don't change it at 2.
westiemom - have you ever filled a diaper with water? Try it as an experiment to see just how full they can get vs what you consider full. You may not need to change as often as you do. (And maybe you do, but at least you'll know.)
westiemom - have you ever filled a diaper with water? Try it as an experiment to see just how full they can get vs what you consider full. You may not need to change as often as you do. (And maybe you do, but at least you'll know.)
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I have to change LOs diaper every feed or he will leak. He's still in newborn diapers though.
We don't have much of a routine yet. I usually go to bed with him sometime between 9-10 after I feed him. I've been wondering when we started with the routine with DS1. Right now I nurse and change/swaddle Ds2 and put him down in the cradle usually awake. And he is usually asleep by the time I'm done brushing my teeth and washing my face. I'm thinking he could probably go down much earlier, around 7:30/8 because I'm usually holding him while he sleeps all evening.
Post by kateisoptimistic on Jun 13, 2016 20:19:43 GMT -5
We usually go up to bed around 9, i change him, feed him and put him in the mamaroo for the first stretch, he sleeps until about 12:30/1 then gets changed and fed and back to sleep. i try for the bassinet, but all he wants is to sleep on me so we are working on it. he is up again around 3 or 4 and then 6 or 7. Since i am now pumping around the clock i try and pump a few times overnight when he is asleep.
ellesea try a size 1 diaper. We tried that even though B was still tiny but we cinched it tight and it held sooo much more!
Yup, it was time. He leaked twice last night and once right after I changed him this morning. So on to size 1 it is. Too bad I just bought(and opened) another box of newborns.
Then couch time with daddy and a 2oz bottle of formula (she gets 4oz daily)
7:30pm ish: wind down time with mom in bed.
8p: diaper change and BFing.
This all seems to work, because lately she has been asleep by 8:30pm ..... Of course she is up by 11:30 for another feeding, but I go to sleep with W, so technically that is our first MOTN feeding.
Post by Sammich_Cat on Jun 14, 2016 23:24:41 GMT -5
J hates being put down. He'll eat ~20 minutes then I have to wait until he hits deep sleep to put him down. H and I take 2 hour shifts. Frequently, I won't have managed to get J down by the time my shift is over. But J will sleep forever if he's being held-day or night. We got a two hour stretch last night with him not being held.
Post by sosayweall on Jun 18, 2016 19:12:28 GMT -5
babycaps How did you start the EASY schedule? Did you pick a wake time or just see when they naturally are up for the day? Did you wake from a nap if they went > 3 hours without eating? I think this might work better for DD, but we struggle with getting a nap at all after 430 pm. Then she's up for hours and gets really fussy. I am not sure how to do it when we have a witching hour(s)
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