Trigger warning: My "OMG moment" led to a sprained ankle and nosebleed. Yay!

[nashamber]

My little bundle of joy wakes up every 2.5 hours at night. She hasn't missed a feeding and hasn't given me a 3-4 hour stretch in all of her 5.5 weeks of life. Needless to say, my husband and I are getting used to this psychotic, energy-sucking schedule. Last night, baby had her 5 oz of breastmilk (yes, she's a chunker) at 8:30pm. I put her in her crib at 9pm and my husband and I ran to our bedroom knowing that she'd be up around 11:30pm. We put the baby monitor on, pretended to attempt to kiss each other good night, and immediately fell asleep. The next thing we know, we are being woken by the chirping of birds and the sun on our faces. WTF?!? I jumped up as high as an olympic high jumper, screamed on the top of my lungs to wake my husband (WHY did I do that? Yes, I like to have others share in my freak out sessions). He jumped up and we both ran to baby's nursery thinking we'd find her without a pulse. In doing so, we knocked heads, he gave me a bloody nose, and I somehow sprained my ankle. Though we were so very grateful for that extremely long stretch of sleep, I was beyond mortified thinking 2) She hasn't eaten in almost 12 hours 3) How the eff am I supposed to care for her with a sprained ankle 4) Everything my mom said about freaking out when she sleeps through the night is true 5) Looks like I will be setting my alarm for 4 hour stretches in case she decides to pull this all-nighter again (per my pediatrician). 

Have you had a similar experience where you freaked out when your baby slept longer than anticipated? If you haven't experienced it yet, let me warn you that you may have a mini-heart attack when you realize that the sun was waking you instead of his/her screams. When this happens, proceed with caution!

[gradschoolmama]

What a story! So sorry you had such a shock and subsequent injuries. How was LO when you got in there?

[gdaniels77]

A. I'm really sorry your LO gave you such a fright that you sustained injuries from it. That stinks but I'm sure you and YH were quite a sight!
B. Just something to consider, your descriptions may need a trigger warning for some.

[serunatu]

Oh no, I've been there but wasn't as quite as a dramatic experience! That's one to remember and laugh about in the years to come! However, I think your point number 1 is an unnecessary image, I think even if we haven't been there we can assume the feeling you had.

[nashamber]

Jan 23, 2015 4:23:06 GMT -5 serunatu said:

Oh no, I've been there but wasn't as quite as a dramatic experience! That's one to remember and laugh about in the years to come! However, I think your point number 1 is an unnecessary image, I think even if we haven't been there we can assume the feeling you had.

Good point! Removed thanks for the heads up.

[rn536]

OMG! I would have freaked out too. Sorry about the ankle but yah for sleep?! Lol
Feel better!

[liljsmomma]

I'm sorry about the injuries but must admit u may have chucked a little bit at the description if you and your husband!!

DD has been doing the long stretches for the the last couple weeks! I do remember the first time I woke up 9 hours after I put her to bed looking at my clock and jabbing my husband awake nicely thanking him for taking the night time feeding, only for him to reply uh I didn't get up with her! And cue emotional break down! I jumped up so quickly with tears streaming down my face I was so worried and she's in our room still !! Turns out she was soundly asleep! She was mad when she finally did wake up for a bottle!!

So much goes through your mind especially when your so use to the schedule!!


Can I ask why your pedi wants you to wake LO up every 4 hours? I've often been worried that I shouldn't let DD sleep as long. As she does at night! We have our 2 month appt on Tuesday so I'll ask then!

[amyface813]

I'm jealous that you were able to sleep too! I tend to wake up if he sleeps too long and go check on him... Not like he ever really sleeps that long anyway.