SLEEP POLL

[sweetsurprise]

Let's do a check in on sleep...

[Jennifer18131]

When he's not in the throes of teething, he usually wakes up around 4:30. He'll play until 5:30 or 6 then nap until 7 or 7:30. I guess I can call that 1 wake up, even though it makes my day start at 4:30.

[sweetsurprise]

DS usually has one wake up at 2:30 and is up for the day at 5.

[angnjon]

My nuggets are the presidents of donkey club! I said more than three because they usually wake about 4 times a night. It sucks, I'll sleep more that a one or two hour stretch again, someday. Maybe.

[kellrr]

I'm so glad you started this. I was wondering where we were at. Sometimes I wonder if most the babes STTN and no one wants to say anything to make others feel bad.
DS goes down at 7:30-8, DH goes and sleeps with him at 11:00 (we have a bed In the nursery), I go sleep with him and feed him at 5, then he goes back to sleep 50% of the time, and 50% he's up for an hour or more playing before sleeping again until 7-7:30. Maybe once a week he's up at 6:30 instead.
ETA: I can't click, but I would call it one wake up plus 1 where we soothe back to sleep easily.

[windwithfingers]

I sleep trained DS and since last Monday he's STTN. He'll have the occasional wakeup around 3, but usually not. He's up everyday at 5 and back down around 7:30 for his first nap.

ETA: he goes down anywhere from 7-8pm.

[kellrr]

Jul 14, 2015 10:25:03 GMT -5 angnjon said:

My nuggets are the presidents of donkey club! I said more than three because they usually wake about 4 times a night. It sucks, I'll sleep more that a one or two hour stretch again, someday. Maybe.

Oh no. You work, too, right? I would drop if I had your situation. I hate to say it, but have you tried any form of sleep training? Is that an option with yours yet given their issues? I applied some methods from No Cry Sleep Solution, and if nothing else, he naps better. Hugs mama.

[meagpt22]

I can't click..but DD for the most part STTN. However when constipated (at least 1x week) she wakes up but knock on wood only requires pacifier placed back in. She gets up around 6-7 am. However my trade off she only naps for 20-30 minutes at a time and only 1-3x/day. She is a unicorn at night..thank god..and a donkey during the day.

[angnjon]

Jul 14, 2015 10:29:29 GMT -5 kellrr said:

Jul 14, 2015 10:25:03 GMT -5 angnjon said:

My nuggets are the presidents of donkey club! I said more than three because they usually wake about 4 times a night. It sucks, I'll sleep more that a one or two hour stretch again, someday. Maybe.

Oh no. You work, too, right? I would drop if I had your situation. I hate to say it, but have you tried any form of sleep training? Is that an option with yours yet given their issues? I applied some methods from No Cry Sleep Solution, and if nothing else, he naps better. Hugs mama.

I work from home very very minimally. I have not tried any sleep training yet, although I may do something like you mentioned. I can't do CIO, I'm a puss. But yes we're still dealing with weight issues so I nurse them when they wake. They nap really well typically 3-4 times a day for 1-2 hrs each nap.

[sweetsurprise]

windwithfingers tell me more about what you did with sleep training. My H keeps bringing up that we should try again. I am trying to hold him off as long as possible.

[mrsbabe614]

1 time is pretty common but lately its just to wreck her diaper.

[americanninjamommy]

What is the definition of "wakeup"? I can't complain about 2 wakeups because it's usually ANB making a few noises and humming himself back to sleep. Maybe a paci pop at one of them.

[windwithfingers]

Jul 14, 2015 12:34:27 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

windwithfingers tell me more about what you did with sleep training. My H keeps bringing up that we should try again. I am trying to hold him off as long as possible.

Well, I know your DS used to require a lot of rocking so I'm not sure how well my method will work for you since mine would usually go back to sleep after he ate or got a paci.

Basically, my rule is never more than 10 minutes. I'd rock him a little until he was asleep or almost asleep (and this is just because I like rocking him since he won't snuggle while awake; I now can put him down drowsy and he'll roll over and go to sleep). So I put him down at 7, and when he woke up, I'd turn off the monitor, and set my phone for 10 minutes. When the alarm went off, if he was still awake, I'd go in and rock him or feed him. Patting his back did not work for me;  he escalated when he saw me. Sitting in the room didn't work either because he'd just stand up and look at me and scream. The first three nights were sort of brutal, but by night 4, he'd cry maybe two or three minutes twice a night then go back to sleep. He was super clingy for almost two weeks after we started sleep training, and is just now getting back to his old self the last 4 days or so. He now STTN for the most part.

[sweetsurprise]

Jul 14, 2015 12:59:59 GMT -5 windwithfingers said:

Jul 14, 2015 12:34:27 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

windwithfingers tell me more about what you did with sleep training. My H keeps bringing up that we should try again. I am trying to hold him off as long as possible.

Well, I know your DS used to require a lot of rocking so I'm not sure how well my method will work for you since mine would usually go back to sleep after he ate or got a paci.

Basically, my rule is never more than 10 minutes. I'd rock him a little until he was asleep or almost asleep (and this is just because I like rocking him since he won't snuggle while awake; I now can put him down drowsy and he'll roll over and go to sleep). So I put him down at 7, and when he woke up, I'd turn off the monitor, and set my phone for 10 minutes. When the alarm went off, if he was still awake, I'd go in and rock him or feed him. Patting his back did not work for me;  he escalated when he saw me. Sitting in the room didn't work either because he'd just stand up and look at me and scream. The first three nights were sort of brutal, but by night 4, he'd cry maybe two or three minutes twice a night then go back to sleep. He was super clingy for almost two weeks after we started sleep training, and is just now getting back to his old self the last 4 days or so. He now STTN for the most part.

That's incredible. You have come soooo far!!

[sweetsurprise]

Jul 14, 2015 12:59:01 GMT -5 americanninjamommy said:

What is the definition of "wakeup"? I can't complain about 2 wakeups because it's usually ANB making a few noises and humming himself back to sleep. Maybe a paci pop at one of them.

A wake up in my book is one that involves you intervening somehow to get them back to sleep.

[saraml13]

Bedtime between 7 - 7:30
I do a dream feed before I go to bed at 10
Usually 1 wake up to nurse around 2:00 or 3:00 and goes back to sleep easily
Up for the day between 5:30 and 6:00

[sweetsurprise]

Jul 14, 2015 15:32:15 GMT -5 saraml13 said:

Bedtime between 7 - 7:30
I do a dream feed before I go to bed at 10
Usually 1 wake up to nurse around 2:00 or 3:00 and goes back to sleep easily
Up for the day between 5:30 and 6:00

Twinsies minus the dream feed.
Edit. Wait. DS goes to bed later too - 8ish.

[sweetsurprise]

Jennifer18131 you can show your hubby these results so he knows it's totally normal to have wake ups.

[kellrr]

Jul 14, 2015 14:24:15 GMT -5 sweetsurprise said:

Jul 14, 2015 12:59:01 GMT -5 americanninjamommy said:

What is the definition of "wakeup"? I can't complain about 2 wakeups because it's usually ANB making a few noises and humming himself back to sleep. Maybe a paci pop at one of them.

A wake up in my book is one that involves you intervening somehow to get them back to sleep.

In that case 4+ wake ups.
ETA: We do paci pops until 11 when Dh usually is tired of plodding across the house and just sleeps in there.

[nicb13]

Jul 14, 2015 10:27:14 GMT -5 kellrr said:

I'm so glad you started this. I was wondering where we were at. Sometimes I wonder if most the babes STTN and no one wants to say anything to make others feel bad.
DS goes down at 7:30-8, DH goes and sleeps with him at 11:00 (we have a bed In the nursery), I go sleep with him and feed him at 5, then he goes back to sleep 50% of the time, and 50% he's up for an hour or more playing before sleeping again until 7-7:30. Maybe once a week he's up at 6:30 instead.
ETA: I can't click, but I would call it one wake up plus 1 where we soothe back to sleep easily.

You guys sleep with him? Why?

[nicb13]

DD wakes up once a night, usually around 3am, sucks down a bottle and is back in bed within 10 minutes.

[pinkie]

An average night for us is down 7-7:30, up for a bottle somewhere between 3-6 and back down until 7-8. He also sucks that bottle right down and then goes back to sleep. I consider any wake up before 6 to be a MOTN wake up

[jellykat2]

Mobile, so can't vote. But if I could I'd vote for 1 time - once my kid goes to sleep - which lately is the problem. She falls asleep anywhere from 7:00-9:30 the last couple weeks but then isn't up until between 3-5:00 to eat. Goes back down easy and is up for day between 7:00 - 8:30

[swise22]

DS goes to sleep around 7 and wake ups vary based on the weeks. Some weeks he'll STTN from 7pm-7am. Other weeks, he wakes up around 4 am but we just pull him into our bed and he goes right back to sleep until 7 or 8. He's usually up for about an hour in the morning and then goes down again for a nap until around 10.

[staryb]

DD usually goes to bed between 9-10. Some nights she fights it and goes down even later unfortunately. She STTN frequently now though. Sometimes she wakes up once around 2 or 3 and sometimes she sleeps straight through until around 9. If she gets up earlier (occasionally she wakes up around 6 while DH gets ready for work) she goes back down for a nap within an hour. Most days she naps around 12/1 and again around 4/5.

I am still nursing her to sleep for the most part but she's starting to get the hang of going down drowsy. She also seems to have figured out how to put herself back to sleep if she stirs at night.

[jeniece47]

We seem to be down to 1-2 wake ups. It's a little hard to tell though because in the last month and a half we have slept in hotels, spent two weeks at the in laws, a week St the new house, and now a week at my grandma's so she hadn't had consistent beds or time zones.

She typically goes to bed about 8 and typically wakes up once around 3 or 5. She drinks a bottle and usually will go back to sleep until 7 or 8. Not too bad.

[lrobi13]

Sorry ladies, but I have a rare self trained unicorn. he is normally down from 8:30p-7:30a. As long as he has his mother flippin minky sheet the kid will sleep anywhere (pnp and a different crib).

I'm doomed when #2 happens...

[geetargirl05]

Yeah we have been traveling and now teething so it's like one million wake ups. Before all that we were down to one. Fml.