So P is sleeping great. But I up watching her thrash and grunt in her sleep cuz I'm telling myself I shouldn't pick her up and feed her until she actually wakes. It's been 3 hours but that shouldn't matter. I am just incapable of sleeping longer than that apparently.
Post by bexincanada on Jul 20, 2016 3:04:25 GMT -5
Stringy, read your post right after you posted it... and right when Is realized she was not, in fact, ready to sleep. I've got to figure out a way to make this night wake not last 1.5 hours. Hoping she'll sleep now. Eyes were closed but now I'm hearing little noises. Waiting it out for now...
*LOL* @suesposa Don't take your sleep for granted - go to bed!
I think I'm hitting that wall 8 weeks in where all tge sleepless nights are accumulating and kicking my ass.
Post by wittyandwaiting on Jul 20, 2016 4:08:12 GMT -5
*typing with no glasses, sorry in advance for any typos*
Stringy, I've let O grunt and thrash and I've given her a dream feed in the same situation. With O, giving her a dream feed usually buys me some quiet time and more sleep!!
@suesposa you might regret it.....or you'll be the happiest MOTN mama around.
Post by bexincanada on Jul 20, 2016 5:28:59 GMT -5
My right boob feels like it's going to burst... I just put Is back down though so screw pumping again until we get more sleep. At 7:30 she usually stirs again and I sneak that pump in before she really wakes up. Fingers crosses for another hour or two.
My right boob feels like it's going to burst... I just put Is back down though so screw pumping again until we get more sleep. At 7:30 she usually stirs again and I sneak that pump in before she really wakes up. Fingers crosses for another hour or two.
My right boob feels like it's going to burst... I just put Is back down though so screw pumping again until we get more sleep. At 7:30 she usually stirs again and I sneak that pump in before she really wakes up. Fingers crosses for another hour or two.
Sleep should always win.
Ive been struggling with this too. She only wants one at a time at night - but I feel like I should pump the other? I need to stop!
Ive been struggling with this too. She only wants one at a time at night - but I feel like I should pump the other? I need to stop!
Mine will nurse one one boob at night but then wants a bottle... which makes things difficult since I haven't been able to pump as often the past week. She now has a favourite boob though, I don't know if that's progress - my poor, exploding right boob. *lol*
This isn't motn but it's newborn related. Is nothing but crying and nursing really normal for evenings? Like mad ass freak out screaming unless nursing. And sometimes even while nursing.
This isn't motn but it's newborn related. Is nothing but crying and nursing really normal for evenings? Like mad ass freak out screaming unless nursing. And sometimes even while nursing.
Yes...cluster feeding to calorie load before going to sleep for a stretch is normal. O used to be like that from 5-9pm but not its really only for about an hour or so. Otherwise, she's pretty easygoing.
Post by wittyandwaiting on Jul 22, 2016 1:03:35 GMT -5
Oh hi world, it's 2:01am. I should have gone to the bathroom before I picked up O. Now I have to go pee really badly and I think it's messing up my ability to do a successful boob to crib transfer.
Oh hi world, it's 2:01am. I should have gone to the bathroom before I picked up O. Now I have to go pee really badly and I think it's messing up my ability to do a successful boob to crib transfer.
What's your usual technique? I'm hoping my rocking in arms to bassinet sticks.
Arrrrgh, noises. Waiting to see if she settles.
My fill in the blank right now would be "I would barter with God (I'm agnostic) to get some sleep."
Post by wittyandwaiting on Jul 22, 2016 7:41:52 GMT -5
I'd consider giving away a kidney to get some sleep.
O thinks that rocking and swinging are fun playtime things, so I pat her side/butt while while making the transition and then as soon as I have her down I shush her, continue patting and rest my hand on her tummy until she stops stirring, then I stop the pat, slowly remove my hand and creep out the door. She also sleeps with a sound machine.
Stringy Anybody you can send an SOS to so that you can get a few naps in?
So P is sleeping great. But I up watching her thrash and grunt in her sleep cuz I'm telling myself I shouldn't pick her up and feed her until she actually wakes. It's been 3 hours but that shouldn't matter. I am just incapable of sleeping longer than that apparently.
Lu used to do this A LOT when she was brand new, and she still does it sometimes. She will thrash and make little noises like she is going to wake up any minute, but will do it for hours without actually waking. Several times I would go over to her with my iPhone flashlight on to check to see what her deal was and she would still be snoozing to my surprise. J was always able to sleep through it, but I hear every little peep and then I can't sleep because I worry and think about her. I think this might partly play into us moving her into her own room soon. We kept William in with us until 11 months (he first slept in a Graco Lounger -- similar to Rock n Play --, then a mini pack n play, then the full pack n play... but he slept like a rock! And it was easy to keep him in with us because everyone was sleeping well in their own space and we liked the security of having him close by. Lu is a much more restless sleeper, and she is a light sleeper too. She STTN most of the time, but she doesn't sleep as soundly. I think it might be better for her and for us if she was in her own space, but I feel like J isn't ready yet. She will be 6 months next week.
Oh, and also, minor detail... she doesn't have a crib yet HAHA.
We didn't do a room for her before we moved b/c there wasn't another room.
She has a room in our new house, but we haven't purchased furniture yet.
I guess we should get on that... LOL
Anyway, all of that to say that I totally get the thrashing and grunting in her sleep thing, and not being able to sleep when she is restless. We have a similar situation, and it is hard!
Righty is always neglected MOTN. L sleeps in between MW and I, so lefty is the easiest to stick in his mouth or rather he finds lefty on his own. Then at like 2am, the right boob feels like it's a rock so I wake him up and stick this garden hose in his mouth and listen to him gulp. I feel kinda bad about it but he doesn't seem to care and sleep for a good long stretch after that.
Righty is always neglected MOTN. L sleeps in between MW and I, so lefty is the easiest to stick in his mouth or rather he finds lefty on his own. Then at like 2am, the right boob feels like it's a rock so I wake him up and stick this garden hose in his mouth and listen to him gulp. I feel kinda bad about it but he doesn't seem to care and sleep for a good long stretch after that.
That moment when you stay up until 11:30 watching The Good Wife then you sneak into the bedroom and the baby cries. Fingers crossed the paci was enough.
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Post by bexincanada on Jul 24, 2016 9:41:00 GMT -5
wittyandwaiting We don't have a sound machine but we have a window AC and fan. During fussy periods we also do the laundry and will bring her down by the dryer.
Last night was better than I thought once we got her to sleep. Initial 4 hour stretch then up a couple hours later. She napped on me for an hour earlier... I never want that to end.
We use a sound machine and really like it but we've never not used one with her. Before M was born, we slept with a fan because CET likes the white noise.
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We just bought a sound machine for C's room and seems to help some. It's like a small fan really. We've been cracking her door at night and letting her come to our room if she needs us, so it seems to help with any extra noise that comes through. When she was smaller, I would turn the fan on in the master bathroom and that helped a lot.
I also have a few white noise apps on phone that help some but I like the real fan noise better.
To help me sleep when I have E by the bed I wear ear plugs. I can still hear most the grunting and definitely any crying but it helps keep out some of the small noises that keep me awake when she sleeps. That may sound bad that I do that but momma has to sleep. And I'm a very light sleeper.
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