Sleep (or lack thereof)

[tjr42px]

I'm so happy DS2 took a great nap for my wife today. Lord knows she needs a breather.

But, the little guy has to go back to getting up just once a night. I can't handle another few weeks of 11pm and 4am feedings if this is what the 4 month regression is going to be. I need all the sleep on a good night and up for an hour at 11 and again at 4 is not sustainable.

My wife says she'd like to help out, but also admits she can be "unreasonably hostile" (Her words) in the middle of the night. Sometimes she legit doesnt hear him, sometimes I swear she just waits until I get up, and sometimes I ask her if she will feed him or if I should make a bottle. The later scenario results in a death glare in which I'm pretty sure she'd cut me if she had a knife...j/k only not really 8c/ ... and me making the bottle. I don't even ask anymore. I just feed the little guy and let her rest. Her day is insane so I usually don't mind taking the night shift, but soon I might break.

At the wee hours of the night/morning I tend to channel my inner Destiny's Child and occasionally, if I'm lucky, "I'm a Survivor" puts the little gremlin to sleep.

How did sleep regression go for you?

[tjr42px]

Pretty sure he's trying to kill us. Back to eating every 1.5 to 2 hours. Sleeping is for shit. 30 min naps. Up every 2.5-3.5 hours at night.

He's been stuck to my wife nursing during the day and fighting sleep all night. I hope this passes soon. I'm managing lack of sleep decently, but I can't even fathom my wife's days; trying to feed and get him down for naps, having 30 mins "reprieve" during which DS1 begs to be played with. Woman is legit MOTY in my book.

[tjr42px]

It's only 1040 and I'm already struggling to do bottle math. If we have 8oz of breast milk, divided by 3 bottles, carry the formula and add enough water to equal 5 oz... Lol! I'm a "soft science" grad and it shows.

I should have known when he went down easily tonight...He woke up at 10ish, fed, should be up around 2 or 3 then if this irratic "pattern" holds up again at 6. We are so lame and go to bed around 9 or so. I'm getting up around 5 these days so I'd be nice if he'd go back waking up just once a night.

Seriously...if he wasn't so damn cute...

::channels inner Darius Rucker:: "It won't be like this for long..." But when you're in it, it feels like forever!


Updated - little dude made it to 4! I'm exhausted, but at least I don't have to worry about feeding him before rushing out the door now. Thanks buddy!

[draeray]

How old is the LO? I got lucky with DS and he stopped getting up every 2 hours throughout the night at 3.5 months old and just slept straight through the night with no warning. Although I returned back to work at 3 months so the 2 weeks of getting up every 2 hours was rough but it didn't last long versus what some other people go through. Even still at 2 years old, he goes down for his naps without a fight and bedtime too. Once in a while he will fuss in the middle of the night, but nothing that makes us get out of bed because he quickly falls back to sleep. When he wakes up, he waits for us to come get him even though he is in a twin bed and clearly can get out of it on his own if he wanted to.

I am only worried that since we had 1 really really good sleeper, that baby #2 on the way is never going to sleep at all. It's probably going to be a special kind of hell since we had it so easy with DS.

[tjr42px]

Hopefully it isn't a special kind of hell. Maybe you'll get two good ones!

DS2 is 4 months. DS1 was a terrible sleeper with reflux but figured it out around 9 months or so. DS2 has been amazing the last two nights, though. He's sleeping from 7:30 or 8 until 2-3. Back to once a night! Of course DS1 has a stomach bug and we have been taking turns cleaning sheets, mopping up vomit, and changing his pj's a couple times a night. At least they are taking turns...