Question: Just as we started making sleep progress, E got sick so he's been waking up a bunch the past 2 nights. I had been limiting my night feeds, but do I just feed on demand bc he's sick? I'd hate to undo our sleep work, but I also don't want to be a jerk when he's sick.
On a random note, every night when I put him to bed, I end with "see you in the morning." Anyone else do this? I'm so hopeful that one day the next time I'll see him will be morning. But seeing as he's slept the night exactly zero times in his life, I should admit defeat in trying to play sleep mind games with him.
rungirlrun FWIW I would feed on demand when sick, even at night. Unfortunately regressions happen and baby sleep isn't linear anyway. E might go back to sleeping better once he's better, or you might have to put the work in again. If you do, just remember you've been here before and you can work through it!
I always say the same thing to both boys before I close their door. "Goodnight B, I love you so much". I did the same thing for DS1 and it became kind of a mantra for when we ST when he was older. He knew that meant we were done coming in to his room and he needed to go to sleep. I don't think it's silly at all! Put out those STTN vibes, maybe the universe will listen one of these days!
I don't understand babies. Sam was down to 1-2 wakeups the past few nights so obviously huge stretches of sleep. Tonight it's been 3 times by 4:30 with stretches only lasting 2 hours. WHY SAM?!
rungirlrun every night I tell Sam some variation of "goodnight, I love you" and every now and then I'll throw in "we'll see you in the morning!" We can dream haha
Post by cabbagecabbage on Jan 16, 2017 9:41:28 GMT -5
Mal slept a six hour stretch for the first time In almost three months. I'd feeli like a new woman if I hadn't been drinking beer. Instead I feel barely human but it's all my own fault.
Post by madamewaffles on Jan 16, 2017 11:33:16 GMT -5
I've been up since 3:30. A decided to serenade me with singing for 20 minutes, then transitioned to hiccups for 20 minutes before falling back asleep for an hour. LOL if I thought I would get to sleep again after that! Nap 1 started at 6:45. Long day ahead. 😭
We had two wake-ups last night.. 10:15 and 3:30. I'll gladly take that over the waking every hour we were doing for a while... hoping this trend sticks for a while.
We had two wake-ups last night.. 10:15 and 3:30. I'll gladly take that over the waking every hour we were doing for a while... hoping this trend sticks for a while.
We had the exact same night! I can handle it. E is over his illness so I'm very happy he's not waking every 1-2 hours like he had these past few days. But seems like DS1 now has a cold (not sure how the baby got sick first) so he was up a million times last night. So tired still.
3 times here as well but Sam is teething so I'm going to assume that's the main reason for the shorter stretches. Either that or he just loves to torture me by giving me a few nights of 1-2 wake ups and then rip it away from me right as I start to feel hopeful. He does have that certain evil twinkle in his eye look to him...
We're up for our first wake up, it was a little after 11:30 😔 H and I had just gotten into bed half an hour before and I'd barely fallen asleep. I've got a bad feeling about tonight...
B had a great night! I power pumped last night before bed, and got three ounces instead of 1.5 so maybe that helped? I can't do that every night, but maybe twice a week would work.
DS1,however, had some nightmares last night. He woke up screaming twice. The second time damn near killed me. He screamed, "mom!!! Help!!! Benjamin's isn't okay I need to see him!"
So I didn't get great sleep.....but at least I wasn't out of bed 5 times nursing B.
We had basically 3 wake ups.. once very shortly after we put her down and DH just did a quick cuddle and she went right back to sleep. Then around 11:30 and I ended up going in to nurse her just before midnight because she wouldn't settle. Then again around 3am and DH went in again. So only one feed.. I'll take it!
We're up for our first wake up, it was a little after 11:30 😔 H and I had just gotten into bed half an hour before and I'd barely fallen asleep. I've got a bad feeling about tonight...
E wakes up every night around 10/10:30. It kills me bc it's always 10 minutes after I fall asleep. At least there's usually only 1 other wakeup, but I'd love to get rid of that first one!
We're up for our first wake up, it was a little after 11:30 😔 H and I had just gotten into bed half an hour before and I'd barely fallen asleep. I've got a bad feeling about tonight...
E wakes up every night around 10/10:30. It kills me bc it's always 10 minutes after I fall asleep. At least there's usually only 1 other wakeup, but I'd love to get rid of that first one!
Hope your night wasn't too bad!
I feel your pain on that one because it's going on here too. She usually wakes at 11, less than an hour after I've gone to sleep. That one hurts lol
We're up for our first wake up, it was a little after 11:30 😔 H and I had just gotten into bed half an hour before and I'd barely fallen asleep. I've got a bad feeling about tonight...
E wakes up every night around 10/10:30. It kills me bc it's always 10 minutes after I fall asleep. At least there's usually only 1 other wakeup, but I'd love to get rid of that first one!
Hope your night wasn't too bad!
Sam usually sleeps until at least 12:30 that first stretch so I can get an hour or so of sleep before, but I guess maybe it's better to get it out of the way before I'm in a deep sleep. Positive thinking haha. We had 3 more wake ups at 2:30, 3:30 and 5:30 so not very good, but his teeth are still working their way through so I know they're bugging him!
What a shitty night. We had PT until 6:30, didn't get home until 7:10. B was so over tired and off schedule that he didn't go to bed until 8:15 and he's been up every 1-2 hours since midnight. Want to cry.
It's been awhile since we had a crappy night but here we are. Went down easily at 7, but up at 11, again at 2:30, and has been up for the past hour. Tomorrow (today) going to suck.
Last night was weird but good. It took him almost 2 hours to go down. He had so many burps and I think his legs hurt from his 6mo needles and the flu shot. I finally gave him Advil and he conked out for 4 hrs. Up at 1:45 to eat and more Advil, it's 7 and he's still sleeping. I heard him wake up once but I ignored him and (oops?) fell back asleep and so did he apparently.
Ray that's been happening lately over here haha, his crying will wake me up but then I fall back asleep and he does too. I figure if they were really upset they would wake us up again with their crying!
We go in every night before bed to turn off the wax melter in Sam's room and check on him. Tonight H stepped on one of the creaky spots in the floor and Sam immediately woke up and cried, so I'm now nursing him earlier than I think I ever have. I'm really hoping it means he'll sleep a few hours before the next stretch but not feeling confident about it haha
I feel like everything we accomplished with sleep training has evaporated. Sleep training was like a miracle for about 3 weeks and she was having only one wakeup at 2-4 am. Now she's been waking up at 11 pm every day for a week. She usually puts herself back to sleep but it takes a long time, and I usually go in there and pat her. Tonight she cried from 11 pm to 12:30 off and on. I ended up patting her to sleep when we hit that point. I don't know wtf to do. She was putting herself back to sleep so well! I don't want to leave her scream for hours but I also don't want to go back to her depending on me to get back to sleep. And 11 pm is the worst. I can handle 2 AM on just fine, but this 11 pm crap where I've only been asleep 45 min is awful,
I just want to strangle DH. I know he's tired and has work but he's all pissy and unhelpful "Maybe you should go in there. Could she be hungry? She's starting to get more worked up. Should you do more checks? Are you sure she's not hungry?"
Oh no katelou! I hope you had a better night. Just because your H works outside the house doesn't mean he can't help if you want him to. Can you open up a concersation about him being more involved? It doesn't have to be hands on with the baby MOTN, but maybe pick up the slack around the house so you aren't doing everything?
Post by rungirlrun on Jan 20, 2017 10:26:40 GMT -5
Sleep begets sleep is a bunch of crap. Yesterday he napped like a champ. Last night, up at 11. I fed him, but he cried until 12. Then he's up at 12:45. Then 2. Then 5:30. He cried for a while each time he was up. I lost count of how many times I had to go into his room last night.
Post by rungirlrun on Jan 20, 2017 10:33:50 GMT -5
I'm sorry katelou. We have the 10/11 wake up too, and the past few nights have been bad. He gets all worked up and cries for an hour. We check on him, but it seems to do nothing. I hope your H starts being a bit more helpful. He works, but being a SAHM is also working.
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