Anyone else still sleepless?!

[jt2378]

Hey Ladies, I know we talked about this with the current leap but LO has always been a HORRIBLE sleeper! She will be 7 months on the 7th and sometimes it seems like it will be getting better and then nope, right back to awful! Is anyone else still going through this? I will very rarely get maybe a 4 hour stretch in the beginning of the night (she goes down between 7:30 - 8:30pm) and after that its up every 2 hours. This weekend it was even shorter, literally every 1 - 1 1/2 hours I keep blaming teething but I don't know.  I have tried other soothing methods but she just gets more and more mad until she is basically screaming. The only thing that gets her back to sleep is nursing so of course I am a human pacifier.  I have done everything it feels except CIO which I just can't seem to do.

Just wondering if anyone else can commiserate? I feel like a walking zombie most days, LOL!

[jt2378]

Mar 30, 2015 8:44:29 GMT -5 @beckaroo said:

I'm right there with you. At least once every week he goes down at 8, wakes up at midnight and stays up all night. Every other night the every 2 hour wake ups start at midnight. Last night he would fall asleep then wake up with a scream after ten minutes. I have no idea if it was gas? Teething?

OMG thank you @beckaroo I feel like I'm going crazy sometimes and this cannot still be happening!  Do you BF? If so, does your LO act the same way? (won't settle without nursing)

[doglover31]

I'm there with you. He wakes up every 2 hours every night. He has never STTN. I want to do some sort of sleep training, I'm just not sure what to do!

[arkansasmom22]

Unfortunately I am also a member of this club....DD was a great sleeper until about a month ago. Last night she went down around 9:30, woke up at midnight, then again at 1:30am, then again at 2:45am, and again at 4:45am. I will rock or nurse her and she falls asleep but will wake right back up once I am finally falling asleep! I am getting ready to sleep train using the no cry sleep solution because I can't keep getting 4 hours of sleep. My DH has tried to help but DD only wants me (maybe because he has been out of town so much for work) which sucks.

[jt2378]

I know I am partly to blame because she is only in her crib the first stretch of sleep at night but I'm so damn exhausted from waking all night long so we cosleep which just contributes to her knowing I am right there and will feed her.and YES as soon as I start to fall asleep, she is up again.

@beckaroo not sure what if it is teething unless she has been teething since the day she was born, LOL...I know Tylenol can help but cant' drug her up on that every night.

[jt2378]

@lildiamondeyes so true, if DD was not constantly trying to squirm out of the swing she would be in it too. That was all she would sleep in most of the time! On a random note, how are you feeling this second time around in your pregnancy?? I hope ok minus the sleeplessness

[jt2378]

Mar 30, 2015 18:21:27 GMT -5 @lildiamondeyes said:

jt2378 I don't remember being this tired the first time. I assume I can blame that on Dd on not sleeping

I can't even imagine being pregnant and getting the amount of sleep I'm getting right now so your a champ!!

[lbonga1]

My DD is not sleeping well either. She's never STTN. This is so different from my first; she STTN by 2 months. We had a week-long stretch of being up every hour because she was teething and had a cold. Finally her first tooth popped through, and she's started taking longer naps, but night time is still terrible, up at least 3-4 times. We've done CIO when putting her down for naps or bedtime, but MOTN we can't because we room share. So I end up nursing her back to sleep. If I could get just one six-hour stretch of sleep I'd be in heaven. She does have reflux problems, and I'm hoping as she starts eating more solids, it will help with that and allow her to sleep longer.

[thelittlesrunmylife]

Oooohhh! Right here! We are in the no sleep club too! I'm even a little jealous of you guys getting the 4 hours at first! I've started to turn on people from lack of sleep. Last night he did ok but I'm usually up every 1-2 hours from the get go. I think its a combo of hunger and teething. He goes right back to sleep almost every time when I nurse and then I put him back in his bed. I'm at his mercy though, dd2 was the same way and even now the only way she won't wake up is if she's in our bed. Someday sleep will come. Someday. Maybe.

[jt2378]

Well I'm starting to lose being part of the 4 hour club, she is getting worse and worse! Last night total nightmare! Down at 7:30, up within an hour, back down a few minutes later, up by 10:00, then like every 1 1/2 hours, WTF?! I don't see how a person this small cannot need more rest, LOL!

[judyblume14]

I don't have anything of value to add to this thread other than moral support... and i know that doesn't go a long way when you're tired!

But I wanted to give a little laugh... this thread is about sleeplessness... and I mis-read anniebn's name as Ambien

[jt2378]

Mar 31, 2015 11:30:11 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

I don't have anything of value to add to this thread other than moral support... and i know that doesn't go a long way when you're tired!

But I wanted to give a little laugh... this thread is about sleeplessness... and I mis-read anniebn's name as Ambien

haha this is great!!! thank you for the moral support judyblume14

[thelittlesrunmylife]

Mar 31, 2015 11:30:11 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

I don't have anything of value to add to this thread other than moral support... and i know that doesn't go a long way when you're tired!

But I wanted to give a little laugh... this thread is about sleeplessness... and I mis-read anniebn's name as Ambien

Wishful thinking?

[whitney4126]

Well I wouldn't say that I'm sleepless most nights anymore, but I've just totally given in to the fact that LO will not sleep unless I'm holding her or she's in my armpit. So I've moved into the twin bed in the nursery and if I want to stay up to watch TV or something before bed, I must do so with her on my chest. Then we co-sleep, often with my nipple in her mouth for hours at a time. She still gets up 2-4 times a night, but I quickly stick a boob back in and we go back to sleep. She will usually do one 4 hour stretch at the beginning of the night, but the needs boob about every 2 hours. It is amazing the conditions your body adapts to sleeping under. But she is not having the crib, and I cannot stand to let her cry. This is the only way I'm able to get enough rest to function at work. I kind of feel like a failure, but this is just what our life is like right now.

[jt2378]

Mar 31, 2015 19:14:17 GMT -5 whitney4126 said:

Well I wouldn't say that I'm sleepless most nights anymore, but I've just totally given in to the fact that LO will not sleep unless I'm holding her or she's in my armpit. So I've moved into the twin bed in the nursery and if I want to stay up to watch TV or something before bed, I must do so with her on my chest. Then we co-sleep, often with my nipple in her mouth for hours at a time. She still gets up 2-4 times a night, but I quickly stick a boob back in and we go back to sleep. She will usually do one 4 hour stretch at the beginning of the night, but the needs boob about every 2 hours. It is amazing the conditions your body adapts to sleeping under. But she is not having the crib, and I cannot stand to let her cry. This is the only way I'm able to get enough rest to function at work. I kind of feel like a failure, but this is just what our life is like right now.

whitney4126, sounds like me except she is in our bed! LOL...and I'm starting to not be able to function at work anymore! UGH

[designaddiction]

Apparently LO decided I needed to be part of this thread too. In bed by 8:30, up at 11, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5, and we will see how long he lasts this time. Of course it has to be on a night before I have to go to work early the next day. My sorries to all the ladies who have had to deal with this the entire time.

[designaddiction]

@beckaroo he just woke up again at 6:30. DH is trying to get him back to sleep now, good luck.

[jt2378]

@beckaroo, designaddiction Same here ladies! (although DD has been a crankpot recently, maybe the lack of sleep is finally catching up to her!) Today is my work day too and I can barely keep my eyes open. I don't know what it is that this baby hates sleep so much!!

Also anyone else have complete fussiness from the last nap until bedtime? Its such a hard time because she is so tired at this point and usually is awake from the last nap anywhere from 3:30 - 5:00 so the last 2 - 3 hours before bed is usually meltdown time.