2am is Not Party Time

[HelgaHuffle]

What do you guys do when baby decides 2am is the perfect time for talking, playing, needing to be held for 2 hours? What's your go the f back to sleep strategy?

[HelgaHuffle]

I usually get up with him and go sit in the living room. I don't turn on any lights and I don't talk to him. I try not to even look at him lol. He's been falling back to sleep in 45 minutes to an hour most of the time. There was a 2 hour wake up earlier in the week.

I've stayed with him in bed twice but the second time we woke F up (he sleeps in our bed) so it turned into an ordeal. I'll be going to the living room from now on.

ETA: He nurses to sleep for almost all MOTN wake ups.

[gdaisy09]

If it's talking and playing, I leave her in her crib, that either turns into crying or she lies down and goes to sleep. If she's crying/wanting to be held I'll lie her on her belly and rub her back, sometimes she's too worked up by that because she actually wants to snuggle...we do some CIO and at 2am, as long as she nurses and has non poopy not super wet diaper I let her cry a little, most the time she's back out in 5 minutes...if it goes longer than 10 I make H go rock her (hey hon, she just ate, your turn, change her diaper just in case it's wetter than I think it is)

Edit cause I posted too soon

[HelgaHuffle]

Also, it's probably time to get the 3 yo out of my bed, yes? He sleeps without waking (except for rarely) 11 or 12 hours. I hate to screw that up.

[thatgirlrachel]

She doesn't want to play but still has frequent 2-3am wake ups. We CIO and she's out in less than 5 minutes. But I'm sure it's harder when they are awake and wanting to play. Hugs!

[HelgaHuffle]

Sept 2, 2016 19:04:15 GMT -5 thatgirlrachel said:

She doesn't want to play but still has frequent 2-3am wake ups. We CIO and she's out in less than 5 minutes. But I'm sure it's harder when they are awake and wanting to play. Hugs!

Short wake ups are a different conversation entirely lol. He usually wakes up every 1 to 2 hours still. I would kill for one nightly wake up!

[geners]

Usually when C won't go back down in the middle of the night we just stay with him in the nursery - light dim, white noise on, try feeding him a little and rocking him, etc to quiet him down. Diaper change only if super necessary and no talking/ minimal interaction beyond holding and sshhhing. We have a rough guideline of an hour to try and then we call in the other one to take their turn. It doesn't usually go on beyond that - if he won't sleep for me he will for MH and vice versa.

[salemkitty]

I put him in the mamaroo when he starts this. It's usually around 3am. I let him sleep in it until 5. Hobs also does this when a skill is emerging

[byjove]

Margs is in the same boat. Awake from 12-2 or 3-5 most nights this week. We know she's tired but can't go back down. Lots of rolling around and fussing, and usually kicking. I try to expend as little energy as possible and sleep through it as best I can with moments of comforting and nursing alternating with letting her do her thing. It sucks, but nothing seems to make a difference- we just have to wait it out when it happens.

[geners]

Sept 2, 2016 21:07:50 GMT -5 DoesItComeInPink said:

If she is just talking or playing I leave her in the crib.

If she is crying and won't settle, I hold her. I try to hold her until she is back out really well and then try to transfer her back to the crib. She is really bad about being asleep, but not deeply and if I so much as move towards putting her down she is up and crying again. I've found if I just stick it out, she goes out and then I can get her down (otherwise we tend to be up over and over and over)

This is us too - we never were able to put him down drowsy but awake. He has to be totally out, if we jump the gun and set him down too soon he's up and we start the whole process all over again.

[obscurereference]

We leave her in the crib unless she is full on crying which is almost never. If she is crying there is probably something else wrong and we treat that if we can.

[cnf2013]

Change diaper, feed a bottle, then wrap her in her sleep blanket and put her in bed with us, which means sleeping. She normally sleeps in the crib so if she's in our bed at night it means it's sleeping time.

[Unknown]

I never take her out of the nursery. I just rock, but try to avoid diaper change (unless poop) and nursing. I bring my phone and play bejeweled

[blackberryJam]

Here I am at 2am with a baby that won't let me lay her down so I came on to see if others are going though this so thank you for this thread! I think she is teething but man with how tired I am I feel almost like I'm back in the newborn days.