Post by bocaburger on Nov 13, 2016 16:29:35 GMT -5
So I think G is teething but she is only 13 weeks and I don't see a tooth bud so maybe I am crazy?
She has been pretty fussy all week but especially yesterday and today. She woke up 3 times last night (previously had been STTN most nights. She seems less satisfied by a pacifier but constantly wants to suck/gum on her hands or my hands. She's drooling a bunch.
She ate a bunch more than usual last night so my other thought was a growth spurt, but she hasn't been eating extra today so now I wonder if she's just using my boobs to soothe her mouth.
I've been giving her teething rings and pacis that I chilled in the fridge and I think they help a little. I just gave her tylenol even though she has no fever and she screamed for a while longer but finally fell asleep in the Boba.
Thoughts? Does it sound like teething? What else should I be doing for her?
I'm terrible at knowing bc they entire first year I blamed teething for everything. Around 13 weeks they will increase their saliva plus not know how to manage it, so they drool more. The fussiness could growth spurt/wonder week. Does she have any cold symptoms? Might also be a cause. Sorry not helpful. I literally blamed teething on everything and DD didn't get first set of teeth until 6+ months then not again until right before turning 1.
I'm terrible at knowing bc they entire first year I blamed teething for everything. Around 13 weeks they will increase their saliva plus not know how to manage it, so they drool more. The fussiness could growth spurt/wonder week. Does she have any cold symptoms? Might also be a cause. Sorry not helpful. I literally blamed teething on everything and DD didn't get first set of teeth until 6+ months then not again until right before turning 1.
Same for me with DD1. I refuse to call teething until I see a tooth actually cut the gum. Also DD3 has been a mess all week.
I think DD didn't get tooth buds until a bit later than this. R is definitely drooling a lot (meagpt22 I didn't know that about 13 weeks!), had somewhat of a nursing strike yesterday, and has been chewing his hands a lot. He also is at the tail end of a cold too though.
Post by redhead610 on Nov 13, 2016 21:23:26 GMT -5
Ds2 has been a mess all week as well. And the drool is insane. But, ds1 went through this as well. I gave tylenol often and was convinced he was going to sprout teeth early. The first ones came in just after his first birthday, which was over 5 months after the buds were obvious right under the surface.
I think DD didn't get tooth buds until a bit later than this. R is definitely drooling a lot (meagpt22 I didn't know that about 13 weeks!), had somewhat of a nursing strike yesterday, and has been chewing his hands a lot. He also is at the tail end of a cold too though.
Babies are confusing!
I googled it with DD bc she drooled so much for so long. And it made sense. DS is starting to enter the stage of needing to wear a bib at all times.
About that time at 13 weeks was when we thought babay boy was teething. (We thouht we saw a tooth but it disapeared, so likely a blister or something) But He was more cuddly then usual and more fussy. They are now chewing on their hands more.
I think definite saying its teething before you see a tooth is hard. I found about that age they kinda just changed and now we have a new normal. And I suppose the lack of sleep could be the 4month sleep regression everyone talks about.
Unfortunately I think your answer can be maybe, but who knows.
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My baby has also been drooling like crazy and chomping on her hands for several weeks now. Not sleeping that good either but we have been having that for the last couple weeks now. I don't see any teeth coming in here either
I believe we are now going through teething and it's not fun! She's 20 weeks now
ETA: And by not fun I mean we are up with her every 1.5 hours all night despite giving Tylenol
this has been happening to me for a week now. I literally had a breakdown and bawled to my daycare provider in Friday because I'm just so exhausted lol. And H told me to stop coming on this site because was like "everyone else seems to be sleeping for several hours!". So yea, you're not alone. Sucks
I believe we are now going through teething and it's not fun! She's 20 weeks now
ETA: And by not fun I mean we are up with her every 1.5 hours all night despite giving Tylenol
this has been happening to me for a week now. I literally had a breakdown and bawled to my daycare provider in Friday because I'm just so exhausted lol. And H told me to stop coming on this site because was like "everyone else seems to be sleeping for several hours!". So yea, you're not alone. Sucks
It does seem like everyone else's babies are sleeping long stretches. We haven't had that in ages snd when we did it was really short lived. Now I regret complaining about the times she was up every 3-4 hours all night. That would be a dream now! I am not asking for her to STTN, just at lease one "long" 4+ hour stretch for mommy pleasssse
I believe we are now going through teething and it's not fun! She's 20 weeks now
ETA: And by not fun I mean we are up with her every 1.5 hours all night despite giving Tylenol
this has been happening to me for a week now. I literally had a breakdown and bawled to my daycare provider in Friday because I'm just so exhausted lol. And H told me to stop coming on this site because was like "everyone else seems to be sleeping for several hours!". So yea, you're not alone. Sucks
My oldest did that until 5.5 mo. despite sleep training. It got better just when I literally thought I would die from exhaustion. There were a handful of factors that finally did the trick - adjusting nap schedule, the sleep training, and that elusive "right age." ((Hugs)) katelm and spicysalmonroll. You will get through.
My experience is that if Tylenol won't fix it, teething is probably not the cause, but often the cause is impossible to pinpoint. It gets so much easier when they can whine at you about the problem in high pitched screaming words.
this has been happening to me for a week now. I literally had a breakdown and bawled to my daycare provider in Friday because I'm just so exhausted lol. And H told me to stop coming on this site because was like "everyone else seems to be sleeping for several hours!". So yea, you're not alone. Sucks
It does seem like everyone else's babies are sleeping long stretches. We haven't had that in ages snd when we did it was really short lived. Now I regret complaining about the times she was up every 3-4 hours all night. That would be a dream now! I am not asking for her to STTN, just at lease one "long" 4+ hour stretch for mommy pleasssse
I'm with you guys. My baby has on very few occassions given me a longer stretch. She's mostly does the every 3 hours wake up. Recently she's been doing the wake up right when I lay her down or sleep for 5-10 minutes before waking up crying. This can go on for a good hour or 2 before she finally stays asleep. It's lovely. I caved and bought a Merlin suit on Friday. We'll see how it goes.
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this has been happening to me for a week now. I literally had a breakdown and bawled to my daycare provider in Friday because I'm just so exhausted lol. And H told me to stop coming on this site because was like "everyone else seems to be sleeping for several hours!". So yea, you're not alone. Sucks
It does seem like everyone else's babies are sleeping long stretches. We haven't had that in ages snd when we did it was really short lived. Now I regret complaining about the times she was up every 3-4 hours all night. That would be a dream now! I am not asking for her to STTN, just at lease one "long" 4+ hour stretch for mommy pleasssse
exactly!! I hate when my friends are like "well mine didn't sttn til ten months". Ok but I'm not asking for that at all, I'm just asking to get up 2x rather than 5!
Honestly I think it just might be something different going on every night. A few nights ago she was crying out in pain and was passing back out after Tylenol. I think for sure that was teething then. Some nights she has been sleeping really good between wakeups and other nights tossing and turning all night and waking up constantly. She has also been sleeping really poorly at daycare so who knows maybe we are just an overtired cycle right now. Or another growth spurt. She may have slept bad previously bc she was sick for 3 weeks. A months ago when I thought we may be starting the four-month sleep regression early, it was something different going on. She would wake up frequently but she also would self soothe and put herself back to sleep by sucking on her hand. So I know she is capable of self soothing.
There is no sleep training that I am going to do right now. The reason is because she is still so young that I don't feel she's really capable of learning and I'm not convinced that she is just fussing for the heck of it. Plus we do have occasional random good nights with only 2 wakeups, we just haven't quite figured out what the correlation was. We do have a nightly bedtime routine with bath, we do a sound machine, she sleeps in a Merlin suit, we have a humidifier going, she's in bed around 7pm (actually she sleeps amazing 7-11 or so). I don't go to her immediately once she starts fussing, I wait and give her the ability to self soothe. So I guess I feel like I'm doing as much as I can right now for her age.
katelm it's hard when you know you're doing everything "right" and still nothing seems to work. I always go back and forth between go in right away before they really wake up and wait and see if they fall back asleep. It does eventually get better. These kiddos won't go to college waking you up every hour.
Don't worry, we don't sleep either! She also sleeps well 7 -11ish, but then it's 2 or 3 hours at a time if I'm lucky. I've just realized I can't "figure out" the sleep stuff so I just get through it!
Don't worry, we don't sleep either! She also sleeps well 7 -11ish, but then it's 2 or 3 hours at a time if I'm lucky. I've just realized I can't "figure out" the sleep stuff so I just get through it!
I'm convinced I only have so much control over it at this point in time because of her young age and needs are so high so I'm trying to just deal as best I can. If this were the case and she was 9 months old then i would be doing something about it more hardcore I guess
katelm If she sleeps a good 4 hours stretch at the beginning, could you try gradually moving her bedtime later? That way it might be easier to sleep a bit while she's sleeping.
this has been happening to me for a week now. I literally had a breakdown and bawled to my daycare provider in Friday because I'm just so exhausted lol. And H told me to stop coming on this site because was like "everyone else seems to be sleeping for several hours!". So yea, you're not alone. Sucks
It does seem like everyone else's babies are sleeping long stretches. We haven't had that in ages snd when we did it was really short lived. Now I regret complaining about the times she was up every 3-4 hours all night. That would be a dream now! I am not asking for her to STTN, just at lease one "long" 4+ hour stretch for mommy pleasssse
The people with unsleeping babies are just being quiet, apparently.
My baby goes down at 7pm, but is up like clockwork at 12am, 3am and 6am. I'm not looking for her to sleep through the night in the least - I just ask for consistency. The other day, she was randomly up at 10:30pm, though.
It's like having a newborn again but nobody in town helping out and expecting you to be majorly sleep deprived at this point.
One of my co-workers just told me, well this is what you signed up for. That gets on my nerves. Yes I signed up to be a mom, to be tired, to be up with my baby a lot, to have almost no free time to myself etc. That's all fine but there is a difference between being a little sleep deprived, majorly sleep deprived & critical sleep deprived. I signed up to be sleep deprived but just wish it wasn't at the critical level. It's important for not just me that I'm safe to drive daily as my baby is in the car with me.
ETA: another coworker just told me his baby has been STTN (12 hours straight) since 2 months. Omg
It's like having a newborn again but nobody in town helping out and expecting you to be majorly sleep deprived at this point.
One of my co-workers just told me, well this is what you signed up for. That gets on my nerves. Yes I signed up to be a mom, to be tired, to be up with my baby a lot, to have almost no free time to myself etc. That's all fine but there is a difference between being a little sleep deprived, majorly sleep deprived & critical sleep deprived. I signed up to be sleep deprived but just wish it wasn't at the critical level. It's important for not just me that I'm safe to drive daily as my baby is in the car with me.
ETA: another coworker just told me his baby has been STTN (12 hours straight) since 2 months. Omg
Well, all these people in your life can shove it. Geez.
My dizziness and headaches have been more intense in recent weeks - I have no idea why, but I suspect that lack of sleep is a serious contributing factor. On Saturday, I got so dizzy that I nearly fell holding the baby. I saw a scene in my head where I weakly called out to my husband to grab the baby before I fell on the floor. Luckily, my body pulled it together, but yikes.
Lack of sleep can cause some very serious side effects that can be dangerous for you and your kid. I'm sorry that people in your life aren't more empathetic.
We are also not sleeping much here. My sister complained so much about the horrible 4 month sleep regression where her son was waking up 2 times at night and it was awful. Two times is s great night for me. They also started CIO at 16 weeks so I'm sure I'll get told lots of times over the holidays that she would sleep great if I just let her cry. Except she's having gas/stomach pain so I want to get that figured out before we do any sleep training.
We are also not sleeping much here. My sister complained so much about the horrible 4 month sleep regression where her son was waking up 2 times at night and it was awful. Two times is s great night for me. They also started CIO at 16 weeks so I'm sure I'll get told lots of times over the holidays that she would sleep great if I just let her cry. Except she's having gas/stomach pain so I want to get that figured out before we do any sleep training.
We are here too with the gas. My older two had obviously outgrown the gas before we sleep trained and had obvious sleep association issues. When DD3's gas is not an issue she sleeps age-appropriately so I don't think crying will do a bit of good. If I thought she was waking up for her paci or to be picked up I would have no problem using Ferber at this age. But Ferber only helps fix sleep association problems.
Our pediatrician actually said that solids help EBF babies who poop irregularly to poop more and that it might help (of course that might also backfire since solids can also cause gas). I am curious to see if her poop regulates once we do start.
katelm signing up for it doesn't mean you can't complain or feel tired! When people makes those comments to minimize your feelings drive me nuts. I mentioned being tired and I had a co worker go "I haven't slept in 4 years". I'm sorry your oldest doesn't sleep and I know I'm lucky that my 2 year old does. But I'm still allowed to eat tired bc my 3 month old was up a lot.
pttomato gas/stomach issues are the worse. I swear with my DD it caused so many sleepless nights. Thankfully she learned to deal with it. No advice that you probably haven't already heard and tried.
Guys, I feel like a terrible mom right now. My sleep deprivation has gotten to a point where I don't feel safe to drive and decided that it's best that I take a sick day from work to sleep and not even try to drive with her in the car. My husband is having to bring her to daycare for the first time in the morning (way out of the way for him because it's near my work) and I can kind of tell that he feels like I should have just sucked it up and powered through yet another day and that "he's tired too" (he got way more sleep than me last night). We all know how terrible this situation would be though if I did suck it up and something really bad happened like a car accident, me dropping her while walking into daycare, etc. My little girl was so smiley this morning and I just felt so awful because as I was trying to feed her I was falling asleep and not smiling back. Usually I go to nurse her at lunch daily and I had to send a bottle today. I just feel so bad.
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