Ugh the two longer stretches during the day killed us. I got 2.5 then 3, but 1.5 after each time. He keeps dozing after one side and I'm too tired to force him to wake and eat both. I know that didn't either. As much as I'm making the switch to formula, I'm taking it slow because I'm not ready to give up completely yet and he doesn't like the alimentum. But man I can't wait until DH can take a feeding at night.
Abb6 isn't settling well tonight. She was up at 3 and it's now 438 and she's been semi fussy and farting much of the time. We try to burp her but she won't burp (stubborn baby won't give up her burps). Hoping to get to sleep soon.
Anyone else up? As usual, LO has decided not to go back to sleep after wake-up #2, so we've been up for over an hour feeding, changing, burping, swaddling, etc. I've been giving gas drops for a day or so, but he's clearly got something to work out based on his straining. Hope everyone else is asleep!
Post by LadyNymeria on Oct 21, 2016 5:08:20 GMT -5
We're up, but he slept from 10-1:30 and 2:30 to almost 6 so they were actual hungry/needed a diaper change wakeups. Hoping he goes back to sleep after he's done nursing.
Staying awake while he was up 1:30-2:30 was tough towards the end, but it was better than yesterday's 2-5+ awake time.
Hope he worked out whatever he was working on caz1221 and you both got back to sleep.
Up at 2:30 and I managed to get E to go back to sleep in her crib by 3:30 so that was positive. Up now nursing and overwhelming her with my letdown apparently since she keeps gulping and pulling away 😳. She tends to wake up at 6 or 6:30 most days to nurse. I wish she would go one more hour and I would just get her up for the day.. I refuse to make 6/6:30 our morning start time until I go back to work!
caz1221, that drove me crazy too for a while but he will grow out of it!!
UGH what is up with the 3am grunt fest. I could literally set a clock to it every. Single. Morning! She isn't even awake! She is asleep and she she starts grunting and squirming and looks so uncomfortable. We even tried gas drops last night but her last feeding was two hours prior to grunt fest and I'm not sure how long the drops last.
Well, the crankiness & refusal to sleep has started with wake-up #1 tonight (instead of wake-up #2), so that's not a great sign. I learned early on that asking DH to take over means he tries to settle LO for some short amount of time & then comes into our bedroom saying he's hungry (even though LO refuses to BF anymore when I'm with him), so there's no point. As a result, DH has gotten a full night's sleep for at least a week (maybe 2) but still acts completely exhausted and has zero patience with DD. Sorry for the rant, but I'm over it at this point.
We are up. DD was awake every hour but didn't eat until 2:30. She was grunting and wouldn't keep her paci in. Waiting for a burp and keeping her up right for 30 mins after she's done eating feels like torture!
I'm up. The last two to three nights R has only slept an hour to an hour and a half at a time. What happened to my baby who'd sleep 3-4 hours? I'm just glad it's the weekend. H and I have been working in shifts to preserve our sanity and I just got tagged in. Tonight has been so bad I'm letting him sleep in the swing. Oh I can't wait to be doing this and working full time again!
Ouch singingsea I hope it's just a growth spurt and you go back to getting some sleep!
Luckily lo decided to sleep 8:30-1:30 tonight, I needed a long stretch I was so tired before bed that I felt like my eyes were made of sandpaper. I hope the rest of the night goes smoothly but the second half of night never seems as good as fhe first
Post by LadyNymeria on Oct 22, 2016 4:04:02 GMT -5
The burping is my least favorite part olive because he's sleeping and all I want to do is go back to sleep too. I have such a hard time staying awake.
We're up. Changed his diaper, feed him, he loaded the new diaper, changed him again, he is now nursing more but is wide awake. PLEASE fall back to sleep!!
A slept from 9:30-2:30, but H and I were up until 12 talking, so I'm going to be tired in the morning. Even though I'm exhausted, it was so nice to reconnect.
Post by annapunkalunka on Oct 22, 2016 5:21:46 GMT -5
I got 2, 4 hour stretches last night!! He's never done 2 in a row! I feel great, so I'm going to get up and pump and have coffee while everyone is still asleep. I never do that!
It ended up taking 2.5 hours to get LO back to sleep, but then he slept for 4 hours, so that was good. We're up now, and DD will almost certainly be up in the next 20-30 minutes, but I'm hoping LO does a nap in his PNP this morning so I can catch another hour of sleep.
olive, I agree! I've been trying out shorter times the last couple nights coupled with trying to settle E when I lay her in the crib and it has worked a couple times. Don't know if that would work for you yet and it's still hit or miss. Our spit up and gas issues have slowed in general though so timing just may be right for E. I'm using a trick/technique from the baby whisperer website 'shush-pat' - I lay her down and if she is not settled and starts kicking or grunting, I roll her slightly to her side and pat her back intermittently for 5-10 minutes or so (still a pain but this is at least working towards an end goal of her realizing she's in the crib and settling herself..). It seems to help and she went down last night without too much trouble when previously I would have had to hold her for much longer. Might be something else to try.
Yay for sleep danizee, danielle, annapunkalunka!! I'm impressed with how these babies are sleeping. I feel like my May baby (DS) didn't even get close to 4 hours until like 8 weeks!
Tried to have DH give a bottle for the first wake up, took the four ounces and didn't fall back asleep. He didn't seem interested in eating anymore but kept fussing. Currently now eating away at the boob. That was a fail. He did so well all day with bottles too.
Post by LadyNymeria on Oct 23, 2016 1:11:37 GMT -5
Maybe he still likes the comfort at night NJgirl84? Hopefully he transitions to the bottle ok at night too.
R slept from about 7-10 then woke up for a quick nursing snack a little after 11. Went down for his first real nighttime stretch and lasted less than 2 1/2 hours. Hopefully it was only because he had a big poop to get out and FX this next stretch is longer.
2.5 hour stretch followed by 1.5 hour stretch. She's so sleepy she wakes up to eat but then falls asleep after only eating a little no matter what I do to keep her awake
fem do you change her diaper? DS was like that and I used to feed one side he'd fall asleep and then I'd changed his diaper. That would wake him back up and he'd eat the other side.
fem do you change her diaper? DS was like that and I used to feed one side he'd fall asleep and then I'd changed his diaper. That would wake him back up and he'd eat the other side.
She even sleeps through that. I'm thankful for a sleepy baby if only she didn't wake up to snack!
I have to AW for a second. M slept 9-3am!! It was amazing. But then I had a hard time getting back to sleep because that's the longest stretch I've gotten and my body probably felt like it had gotten enough sleep. I doubt it will happen again tonight but one night was nice!
danizee, I had the same issue! I was more tired after the first long night versus the nights I was up a dozen times! You get used to it again luckily. Hopefully you continue to get long stretches! 😀
I'm already thinking tonight is going to be bad. Lo was fussing and crying on and off for an hour while I was trying to put her to bed. She wanted to nurse but didn't want to eat and wouldn't keep paci in her mouth. Holding her in a football position with her belly on my forearm and rocking her was the only thing that seemed to work. She seems to be in pain because she keeps stiffening up and passing gas. So far gripe water and gas drops haven't really worked she went to bed at 8:30 and then woke back up at 9. I nursed again and she actually ate and fell asleep but woke up the minute I laid her down. I just keep repeating to misled "all babies eventually sleep" so I don't get too frustrated.
Hugs danizee. We are also having a very fussy night. LO wouldn't settle for 1.5-2 hours, so I just kept feeding him. I was hoping that meant he would do a nice long stretch of sleep, but he woke up after about 3 hours (not terrible but less than his usual 3-4 hour stretches despite the cluster feeding). I'm sick of having him attached to me pretty much at all times and just want to be able to hand him off so I can take a little break, but there's no point because DH can't seem to settle him & insists he's hungry so hands him back to me in 30 minutes or less. I'm really hoping he goes back down easily after this feeding.
Me: 28, all tests normal DH: 34, very low count, motility, morphology DX - MFI 11/14/09 - Married 01/01/14 - TTC #1 01/06/15 - Started working with RE 04/06/15 - Recommendation - straight to IVF w/ICSI 09/04/15 - Started working with new RE Nov/Dec 15 - IVF w/ ICSI #1 - 11R/8F - 1 transferred, 3 frozen
Sorry for the rough nights danizee, caz1221, & rufus426. I hope you are all sleeping now.. E has been having a hard time at bedtime the last couple nights too. caz1221, I know how you feel. DH is great with the toddlers needs right now and he will play with E or do whatever while she's awake but naps and bedtime are all on me. She is learning how to fall asleep without nursing and I can get her to go down at naps without it but he still hasn't tried or expressed much interest. I'm stuck with the feeding part except for the occasional bottle but it would be really nice not to be solely responsible for all sleep and get a break occasionally from fighting with a 7 week old every 2-3 hours and at bedtime.
Then Comes Family, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising
program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.