MOTN 9/11-9/18

[mcktymck]

Guys. Sam just slept for 7 hours! I can't believe it. I'm thinking this Halo sleep sack I completely forgot I had stored away had something to do with it. Of course he'd start sleeping really well, right before we're getting ready to fly across the country and f it all up haha

[prvc678]

DD slept 10-3 and 3:30-6:00. Hallelujah! I just fed her and laid her back down and she's tossing and turning a bit. But even if she decides she's up for the day now, I'd call that a win.

[katelou]

Up every 1-2 hours again. I yelled at her and started sobbing at 3 AM. DH came to help but I still only got 1.5 hours of sleep after. I locked myself in the guest room so my 4 yo would not be talking in my face at 6 AM. Instead she figured put I was in there and was dancing and singing outside the door.

I can't do this anymore. I don't know what to do. should I just stick her back in the RNP? Or just bed share because that's the only way she sleeps? I'm losing it.

[littlesthobo]

Coffee and hugs for the tired mamas!

We had a much better night last night... L slept from 9:30-3:30. DH did that feeding and then L got up at 7:30 for the day. Although the past two nights L has been harder to get back down after his feeding. We need to get a nightlight for his room so we don't have to turn on the overhead lights.

[comicSans]

We had a good night. Little man slept on DH for a little bit, but h put him in the crib by 9 and he slept until he woke up to eat a little after 2. I put him back in the crib after and he slept another 2 hours or so before he decided he was done with being alone. Not bad at all for the first night in the crib.

[melody330]

katelou big hugs. I'm so sorry. Do what gets you the most sleep. We had a terrible night from 2:00 on, and I pulled B in bed with me. H knows when info this he is to pull out the big guns and under no circumstances let the toddler near the bedroom door. We slept from 6:00-9:00 this way.

Did she sleep better in the RnP? Maybe try that for a few days first and if it doesn't work try to co sleep.

[prvc678]

katelou Huge hugs. I remember that feeling well with my toddler when she was tiny. I agree with melody330, I'm team do whatever gets you the most sleep. Hang in there!

[sarcaztic10]

katelou I agree that you have to do what you need to to get sleep. L never slept and after trying everything I read up on cosleeping and did that out of necessity. I managed to get a bit more sleep that way.

With S he spends the first half of his night in the PnP and then after the first wake up H takes most of his clothes off and then we cosleep so that I get more sleep in the second half of the night.

[Susan0utLoud]

Sept 17, 2016 8:28:27 GMT -5 katelou said:

Up every 1-2 hours again. I yelled at her and started sobbing at 3 AM. DH came to help but I still only got 1.5 hours of sleep after. I locked myself in the guest room so my 4 yo would not be talking in my face at 6 AM. Instead she figured put I was in there and was dancing and singing outside the door.

I can't do this anymore. I don't know what to do. should I just stick her back in the RNP? Or just bed share because that's the only way she sleeps? I'm losing it.

I'm no sleep expert, but hell yes.... Put her in the RNP!

[ellebelle]

katelou do whatever you need to for you both to get sleep. Also can you make your H take your older daughter? That way you could get a little rest later as well.

[cavewmn]

Sept 17, 2016 8:28:27 GMT -5 katelou said:

Up every 1-2 hours again. I yelled at her and started sobbing at 3 AM. DH came to help but I still only got 1.5 hours of sleep after. I locked myself in the guest room so my 4 yo would not be talking in my face at 6 AM. Instead she figured put I was in there and was dancing and singing outside the door.

I can't do this anymore. I don't know what to do. should I just stick her back in the RNP? Or just bed share because that's the only way she sleeps? I'm losing it.

You do what you need to do to get the most sleep.

[rungirlrun]

Big hugs katelou.

[katelou]

Thanks all. She hasn't slept overnight in the RnP in 4 weeks or so (we did Rnp, then PnP, then crib this past week) so I don't really know if she'd sleep better in it. She's only slept 4 hours twice ever, 3 is usually the best I get. But with 3 hours I can function, with 2 I can't. This week in the crib I got 1 great 4 hour night, 2 decent nights and 3 shitty nights. I don't know whether to blame the crib, growth spurts, or just the crapshoot nature of baby sleep. She sleeps the best when bed sharing. I am so over that and it scares me but at least it's better than no sleep.

My mom took DD1 tonight so at least DH and I can trade off sleeping in tomorrow. I think I will try the RNP tonight just out of desperation and see how it goes. DH is going OOT for a week on Tuesday so I just need to revert to survival mode.

[littlesthobo]

Hugs katelou! I hope you have a better night tonight and agree that you should do whatever you need to in order to get some sleep.

[Ray]

Big hugs katelou. I bed share every night from 5:30ish onward. Do what you need to do. Bed sharing gets way less scary with time I think (at least it was for me)

[cavewmn]

So far tonight consists of putting the pacifier back in W's mouth repeatedly.

Hoping he hits a deep sleep soon so it won't matter.

[melody330]

Almost a five hour stretch! It's the next part of the night that sucks, so hopefully it won't be the worst.

What time are you all putting your LOs to bed? B has been going down earlier lately, around 9.

[comicSans]

My lo seems to have fallen into a bedtime of around 6:30. We didn't really try it, but I had been getting him into pjs when we do dds routine and now by 6 he's kind of a mess. It's nice because both kids are down by 7:30, but I wish it was a little later because he's up around 6 or 6:30 in the morning. Tonight he was out cold by 6:30. I put him in the crib to participate in dds bedtime routine but he woke up and cried around 7:15 and proceeded to scream at DH until I was available to hold him. He went back into the crib around 8. I settled him once around 10, I think DH settled him around 12, and he just woke up to eat at 1:30.

I get to do bedtimes by myself this week. No idea how I'm going to manage that since both are around the same time.

[rungirlrun]

I just want to cry. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to manage on sleep stretches of only 1.5-2 hours. I don't even know why he gets up so frequently. He doesn't seem gassy or even that hungry.

I generally start his routine around 7:45 and he's asleep around 8:30/8:45.

[littlesthobo]

L seems to fall into a deeper sleep around 9-9:30pm, and we put him in his crib then. I'm going to play the time change in the fall to my advantage to bump that up a little!

L has been up an hour now, trying to get him back down. He slept from 9:30 to 3, so no complaints here. He can eat anywhere from 2-7oz during a nighttime feeding, so I got smart and brought up 2 bottles!

[littlesthobo]

Hopefully you're asleep for a good stretch now, rungirlrun! Hugs!

[ellebelle]

DD2 goes to bed around 8. I think if I didn't have DD1 to deal with her bedtime would actually be earlier like 7:15-7:30. She just starts to get really cranky and even wearing her doesn't calm her after that time. The 8 pm bedtime has been working well though because the girls share a room so I get them to bed at the same time.

[willow]

L isn't usually down for the night until 10:30-11. But he usually isn't up for the day until between 8 and 9.

[melody330]

B has been giving me ques he's tired around 7:30 and I try to put him down for a cat nap, but I think I need to start bedtime at 7:30.

We are up for the second time, he woke up at 4:30 and was ravenous. He's back in his crib now (5:10) grunting and flailing from gas. I hate infant gas. If I bicycle his legs he projectile pukes so I can't do that. And gas drops/gripe water do nothing for this.

[melody330]

And now we are into 30-45
Minute wake up territory. I hate this shit

[rungirlrun]

Sept 18, 2016 3:01:21 GMT -5 littlesthobo said:

Hopefully you're asleep for a good stretch now, rungirlrun! Hugs!

Thank you, but nope 2 hour stretch this time. :-(

[mcktymck]

Sam usually goes down for the night when we go to bed, which is usually 10:30ish. I'm wondering if we should start putting him to bed earlier? The past few days he's been taking naps anywhere from 4-6pm and then doesn't nap again until it's bedtime, he's always so wide eyed and wanting to interact with us.

[ellebelle]

I can't wait until they're bigger and digestion is easier for them melody330. I remember that happened around 3-4 months with DD1 so we're getting closer to it. Passing you some coffee this morning.

[ellebelle]

How was the night katelou? Hope you got more rest!

[Ray]

Sept 18, 2016 0:42:59 GMT -5 melody330 said:

Almost a five hour stretch! It's the next part of the night that sucks, so hopefully it won't be the worst.

What time are you all putting your LOs to bed? B has been going down earlier lately, around 9.

We usually start bedtime routine (bath,lotion,swaddle,feed) anytime after 7 once he starts getting fussy. He's usually asleep by 8/8:30ish