Oh no sandandsea poor DS 😞 Do you think he is sick or he just got himself worked up?
I think he over ate or had too much mucous maybe? He was fine all day and seemed fine this morning. And when he did it the second time (right after I fed him) he was completely asleep and it didn't even phase him. He hadn't been crying or anything! So weird!
He has had a cold and is stuffy so I think it could be the ongoing mucous and stuffiness.
For naps I wear Ds (every nap) and he sleeps an hour- two hours. At night he sleeps in my bed and wakes up a lot. My question: would you start with getting him to sleep in the crib for nap or bedtime first? I know I need to do this asap but I keep telling myself I'd rather him sleep well on me then not at all in the crib. I know I need to just pull the bandaid off or it's never going to get better. Wwj16d?
For naps I wear Ds (every nap) and he sleeps an hour- two hours. At night he sleeps in my bed and wakes up a lot. My question: would you start with getting him to sleep in the crib for nap or bedtime first? I know I need to do this asap but I keep telling myself I'd rather him sleep well on me then not at all in the crib. I know I need to just pull the bandaid off or it's never going to get better. Wwj16d?
Personally I would do bedtime, when he is naturally more tired.
For naps I wear Ds (every nap) and he sleeps an hour- two hours. At night he sleeps in my bed and wakes up a lot. My question: would you start with getting him to sleep in the crib for nap or bedtime first? I know I need to do this asap but I keep telling myself I'd rather him sleep well on me then not at all in the crib. I know I need to just pull the bandaid off or it's never going to get better. Wwj16d?
Personally I would do bedtime, when he is naturally more tired.
Same here. My two have always slept better at bedtime because they're tuckered out for the day. They napped in RnPs and swing/bouncer even after they were sleeping well in their cribs overnight. Eventually we transitioned naps to their cribs as well. But of course I hear that some babies are opposite, so who the heck knows?!
For naps I wear Ds (every nap) and he sleeps an hour- two hours. At night he sleeps in my bed and wakes up a lot. My question: would you start with getting him to sleep in the crib for nap or bedtime first? I know I need to do this asap but I keep telling myself I'd rather him sleep well on me then not at all in the crib. I know I need to just pull the bandaid off or it's never going to get better. Wwj16d?
Definitely bedtime. Eventually they'll want to sleep, whereas a peeved baby can just plow right through a nap. We are still holding him for most naps, he (usually) only sleeps in the crib for ~20 min during the day.
mladerri, you must be in rocking good shape at this point.
I don't know which I'd do first, maybe whenever you have more patience for it? But yes, I agree to pull the bandaid off - cuz if you half do it it may take forever.
Unless you don't mind either of them. Like just cuz he goes in his crib at night won't necessarily stop the waking. Whereas crib naps free you up. Night cribbing makes you stumble out of a warm bed at night.
My recc would be chose it and do the same thing at LEAST 3-5 days. Don't make my mistake and try it once and be like, "well that failed." Yea, duh.
packerfan4life he fell asleep breastfeeding and I put him in his crib. He woke up 45 min later and dh rocked him and tried to lay him down and he wouldn't go back to sleep. I rocked him and got him back in his crib but he woke up 30 min later and dh wouldn't get up and help so I said screw it and brought him to bed. I can't do it alone so maybe we'll try again tonight if dh wants to cooperate.
packerfan4life he fell asleep breastfeeding and I put him in his crib. He woke up 45 min later and dh rocked him and tried to lay him down and he wouldn't go back to sleep. I rocked him and got him back in his crib but he woke up 30 min later and dh wouldn't get up and help so I said screw it and brought him to bed. I can't do it alone so maybe we'll try again tonight if dh wants to cooperate.
Ugh that sounds frustrating. But yea, if he isn't on board its going to be really tough.
I'm blaming this thread for G's fighting bedtime the last 2 nights. He has forever been the easiest baby to put down. Bottle out of mouth, thumb goes in, lay down, and out. The last two nights he has started crying the instant he's laid down. It took an hour before he settled Monday night and a half hour last night. I don't know what's changed!?
Ok. Is there some sort of 8 month bedtime separation anxiety phenomenon? I can't figure out why G is all of the sudden FREAKING OUT. Tonight he got himself so worked up in the 30 seconds of me running back downstairs to get L for bedtime that after jammies, he puked. He started crying every time I was out of sight (we do bottles in our room and then take them to their room to go to sleep), so when I left the room with L to put her down he started screaming. I laid him down and he started crying, but eventually calmed when I kept my hand on the side of his head. I eventually was able to stand next to the crib and he stared at me. Tried to leave...cried. So I slowly backed up every minute or so until he started to doze off.
Wtf?? Why did this come on so suddenly? I don't think CIO would be good for him because of the throwing up. Should I just continue to slowly back out of the room? Ugh.
pbandj714, yes welcome to the 'mom has packed and left the planet stage'. It's rally fun. not.
Damnit.
I guess all I can hope for is that L continues to go to bed easily for me in spite of G. She falls asleep during his antics somehow. Please, girl, keep it up!
pbandj714 I hope this thread didn't jinx you! Sorry he's giving you a tough time. I can't do cio either. Your plan sounds like a good one (coming from the lady laying next to her sleeping baby).
Yeah so I didn't attempt anything tonight. Dh isn't home again and he leaves for 5 days Saturday. I don't want to do this on my own.
Stringy definitely made your mistake and did 1 night and quit.
oh yea pbandj714, - that separation anxiety hits heavy and hard around now. If P doesn't watch me leave the room she's generally ok, but if she's looking at me and I just step into the next room - the lip and tears come right out.
pbandj714 my DD is like that too sometimes. I think this is around the time when they can start to get more separation anxiety.
And I totally feel you on the vomiting thing. DS started to do that at this age. That's why I had to space my checkins at no more than about 7 minutes because he would get so worked up, he would puke. Fun times! He did grow out of that though. I hope your DS improves soon!
Thanks, all. Really hoping this is a short-lived phase. Of course it hits just as DH is OOT until Sunday. I think tomorrow I'll bring the twin z pillow into the nursery so that I can get them both changed and ready and do bottles without leaving the room. Maybe that will help? Maybe.
Post by manybellsdown on Mar 1, 2017 21:21:25 GMT -5
pbandj714. Oh man. Flashbacks. I did the slow back out of the room tor a while with DD. It felt like forever at the time but probably was no more than a couple weeks. I even had to hold her hand while she fell asleep for a bit. She was a little older then---I would be in the floor and slowly release her hand and then slowly retract it through the crib slats and then slowly back out of the room. Ahhhhh.
Post by frecklesnbrains on Mar 2, 2017 9:31:14 GMT -5
pbandj714 We DEFINITELY went through this right at about 8 months. Scream 'til you puke included. I just sat in the room with him and talked to him until he calmed down but a few times I had to pick him up. It only lasted about a week, so I hope the same is true for G!
pbandj714 we definitely experienced really strong separation anxiety too. She still gets a bit mom clingy at night but it is better then a few weeks ago.
mladerri I wouldn't do any sleep training on my own either. Hopefully YH will be on the same page when he gets back.
Can we revisit this? It's back to every 2 hours. She's on the verge of crawling which I know messes with them. But every two hours for multiple nights affects my ability to work. She goes to bed completely awake and puts herself to sleep (without crying). So I just need to let her cry when she wakes at night. She gets mad so fast. She's also been on a bottle strike day time- which I'm going to tell my mom to be sure to offer bottle before solids today. But who knows. I'm dying.
Anyone else successfully night wean without it just happening magically?
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