Post by madamewaffles on Sept 11, 2016 20:47:26 GMT -5
Night #2 with the Magic Merlin suit. I think he's going through the 12 week growth spurt/Leap 3 so I wouldn't be surprised if he wakes up a lot tonight. He's been on my boob all day.
ok, I have a question... if you have an evening napper who doesn't nap in the crib (or whatever they sleep in at night) when do you move them to the crib? Do you try to wake them up and do a bedtime routine (diaper, nurse/bottle) or just stick them in?
Post by icaughtfire on Sept 11, 2016 22:04:39 GMT -5
We started bedtime for E around 8:30 & did a bath tonight. Since then he's done nothing but nurse, fall asleep, wake up 5 minutes later & spit up all over me. I've changed his jammies twice now. He just fell asleep but I'm scared to move or he'll wake up.
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ok, I have a question... if you have an evening napper who doesn't nap in the crib (or whatever they sleep in at night) when do you move them to the crib? Do you try to wake them up and do a bedtime routine (diaper, nurse/bottle) or just stick them in?
The couple times he's napped (ha) I just wait until he wakes up and then do butt, boob, and bed.
ok, I have a question... if you have an evening napper who doesn't nap in the crib (or whatever they sleep in at night) when do you move them to the crib? Do you try to wake them up and do a bedtime routine (diaper, nurse/bottle) or just stick them in?
We always change the diaper right before bedtime. If he wakes up (99% of the time) then I nurse him back to sleep. There have been a couple times lately where he didn't wake up during the diaper change so we just put him to bed and hoped for a couple more hours haha
H is being really pissy tonight. We got into an argument as soon as we got into bed, and then he was telling me that Sam was kicking his legs because he didn't like the footie pajamas, almost like H was saying I should take them off. Uhm 1) he is ALWAYS kicking his legs, it's what Sam does, and 2) tough if he doesn't like them, he can't sleep under comforters like we do so he needs to wear the pajamas to keep warm.
ok, I have a question... if you have an evening napper who doesn't nap in the crib (or whatever they sleep in at night) when do you move them to the crib? Do you try to wake them up and do a bedtime routine (diaper, nurse/bottle) or just stick them in?
I wake her up, diaper change and top her off (she's formula fed) right before we go to sleep. This has proven to give us longer stretches overnight. I *think* we are getting into a little routine, she's usually getting the top off at about 11pm and then sleeps until 4-5am. Now because I said that, tonight will be bad. Oh well.
We're up, got about 4 hours. Just as B finished nursing he exploded and pooped. I don't normally change jus diaper MOTN because it elicits a ton of spit up. FX this doesn't turn into an hour long circus of changing clothes, sheets and swaddles.
Post by tikoberry99 on Sept 12, 2016 0:56:44 GMT -5
Joining you ladies tonight. Dh is out of town agsin so I'm trying to stay up late so I hsve less wake ups...M was a nightmare last night waking up 4x and not going back to sleep easily like usual. ..8 week growth spurt? No idea.
melody330 I did and it lasted 2 hours til her first wake up, then she nursed/slept with me because she's super slow at night nursing and I'm too sleep deprived to function. Now we're up again and I'll try her back in the crib when I get her back to sleep.
B lasted 40 minutes after his second wake up. I sent DH in, who has been sleeping since 11pm, to rock and try the pacifier. He rocked B for literally two minutes and tried to put him back down. When B got pissed I hear H huffing and puffing in annoyance. So he picks B up again and tried for two more minutes to rock him and put him down. This is why I don't ask for help MOTN asshole. You don't help, you just huff and puff because it takes "too long".
melody330 Wow. I'm amazed that your husband can be so clueless since this isn't your first.
Exactly. So am I. When I ask him why he does shit the way he does he gets super defensive and irritated that I'm bull dozing him and criticizing the way he does things. He and I talked a lot about this the other day and he told me that it's so easy for me to soothe B that he gets frustrated with himself that he can't do it as easily.
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I mean I get that sentiment, but I spend 24 hours a day with these kids. I know all their cues. So listen to me when I tell you how to do something. I'm not bull dozing, I just know what will work.
melody330 Wow. I'm amazed that your husband can be so clueless since this isn't your first.
Exactly. So am I. When I ask him why he does shit the way he does he gets super defensive and irritated that I'm bull dozing him and criticizing the way he does things. He and I talked a lot about this the other day and he told me that it's so easy for me to soothe B that he gets frustrated with himself that he can't do it as easily.
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I mean I get that sentiment, but I spend 24 hours a day with these kids. I know all their cues. So listen to me when I tell you how to do something. I'm not bull dozing, I just know what will work.
Oh hi, I didn't realize we were married to the same person! H has said the same things about getting frustrated that Sam seems to cry more for him and he can't calm him down as well. I can understand it, but tough titties you better figure it out because we both need to be able to get Sam to chill out. Just because it's easier for me to do it because I can nurse doesn't mean you can always pass him off to me.
Sam slept almost 5 hours for me, woohoo! So glad he's sleeping better tonight than last night. He should be finishing up nursing pretty soon and then he's going in the swing for the second sleep to try and get as much out of him as possible.
DS went 7 hours between feedings - ate around 7:45 and didn't need to eat again til 3. BUT he slept horribly in between and only stopped grunting and squirming if we held him. He'd been sleeping mostly on his own the last few nights. So frustrating.
ok, I have a question... if you have an evening napper who doesn't nap in the crib (or whatever they sleep in at night) when do you move them to the crib? Do you try to wake them up and do a bedtime routine (diaper, nurse/bottle) or just stick them in?
DS has fallen into a bedtime between 7 and 8. I change him into jammies around 6:30 when we're starting dds bedtime routine. He usually falls asleep while we're doing her routine, but wakes up to eat again around 7:45 or 8. We hold him for a while, sometimes put him in he rnp if he's really out, but he stays downstairs with us until we go to bed. I may try a dream feed at some point, but for now we just take him up and we go to sleep until he wakes up.
His crib comes tomorrow and then we'll start trying to put him in there when he's down for the night.
Also she's getting too long for the miracle blanket. Any swaddle suggestions for long Houdini babies?
I am having this same problem with ds he kicks his arms right out of the miracle blanket and wakes up. I tired the woombie we have out of desperation last night even though he is a few pounds to small for the one we have. It wasn't perfect but i got a 3 hr stretch after two nights of nothing but 2 hr stretches. I will try it again tonight. He grunts a lot moving his arms inside but i hope it will work he gets out of the other swaddles we have two quickly.
Also she's getting too long for the miracle blanket. Any swaddle suggestions for long Houdini babies?
I am having this same problem with ds he kicks his arms right out of the miracle blanket and wakes up. I tired the woombie we have out of desperation last night even though he is a few pounds to small for the one we have. It wasn't perfect but i got a 3 hr stretch after two nights of nothing but 2 hr stretches. I will try it again tonight. He grunts a lot moving his arms inside but i hope it will work he gets out of the other swaddles we have two quickly.
Good luck! My son breaks his arms out of the woomie. I was going to ditch the swaddle and just use a sleep sack this weekend, but he gave us 5.5 hours Sat night w the woomie! But then last night was rough so I don't think there is any correlation between anything I do. So sleep sack it is (unless that's a disaster)!
Post by littlesthobo on Sept 12, 2016 20:49:34 GMT -5
After days of being awake for hours on end and eating like a machine, L slept a ton today and ate half of what he has been. And all of a sudden doesn't fit into his 0-3 month jammies. The six-week growth spurt is real!
I'm really hoping he sleeps well tonight even though he slept most of the day.
Also he is officially set up in his own bedroom! Woot!
My night is not going well. I'm on the verge of tears because E won't go to sleep. Pretty sure she has reflux but her dr doesn't want to treat her until we try some other methods (keeping her upright for 30-45 min after she eats, trying to get her to take a pacifier so she's not using my nipples as one and overeating, getting her to sleep where she's a little elevated like in the rnp). None of those methods are working tonight. She's pissed and I'm tired and frustrated.
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