Sleep...!

[jensoprano82]

Has anyone else felt (at any point) like they've taken a huge backward step in the sleep department?

At 11 weeks I have one of the oldest babies of the group and the maximum sleep he's ever given me in one stretch was 4h 48 minutes. And those were good times! Now granted my LO has been through a lot this week and we switched his entire eating situation around, but sometimes I feel like I'm the only mom not getting the occasional "oh wow, is it four am already? We put him down at nine...!" moments. The last few nights it's been every three hours or so waking HUNGRY.

I guess what I'm wondering is, how's everyone doing on this whole sleep thing?

(Also, sorry if it feels like I'm jealous or complaining. My little guy is great in a LOT of other ways. He's downing this disgusting new formula like a champ, he puts himself back to sleep after middle of night feeds... He's a good kid!)

[aggiebug]

Don't feel bad I would be jealous too. That is rough and exhausting so when others with younger babies are getting longer stretches it stinks.

DD has always been a good sleeper, to the point that H and I had alarms set the first month of her life so we could wake her up to eat. We consistently have one MOTN wake up around 3 since about 6wks old? She is 11wks tomorrow.

[dreemkin]

It's definitely not getting easier to wake up in the MOTN. And my baby isn't improving leaps and bounds like I'd like. Plus going back to work (early) and still getting up sucks. But it'll get better eventually!

[toadandbuggie]

You are NOT the only one. I also felt that way with an 11 week year old. He was born 3 weeks premature so I was hoping for some relief as he got a little older, but it's been a struggle. There was a few weeks where he didn't sleep longer than an hour to an hour and a half stretches during the night. Recently he has been able to do about 3-4 hours. He's never gone over 4.

It seems to be getting a little better, and he has gotten better with going right back to sleep after waking to eat or settling down quickly if he wakes up to fuss. It's not so bad because he sleeps next to me so I can scoop him up, feed him, and put him right back down without having to get up. I put him down between 9-10, he wakes up again between 12-1, 3-4, and then about 6:30-7 too. He will then take another morning nap shortly after being awake for a bit.

[aggiebug]

jensoprano82 hopefully once his stomach gets settled on the new formula he will start to sleep better. I imagine that has a bit to do with it.

[modernfairytale8709]

I've been pretty lucky with the sleep thing up until this week. This week has been hell.
Last night, LO woke up every 45 minutes shrieking with gas pains. It was awful.
The number one side affect of the propranolol that she's on to treat her hemangioma is difficulty sleeping. The next 8 months are going to be a bitch.

[mommadozer]

jensoprano82 sorry you are dealing with this. Many of my friends' children went through sleep phases like this. I'm sure the formula switch has something to do with it. Also, our LO was doing great with sleeping through the night until these past week. He is 11 weeks. Constantly wanting more and more milk. Well, he is going through his 3 month growth spurt and it's a big one. I was not feeding him enough milk and once I figured that out, he has been sleeping better and longer.

Hopefully, LO gets their sleep schedule in order for you.

[missys]

We only have a 7 week old and I have not have any of those long stretches either. Hugs!!

[mishka29]

That's rough!

While I have a pretty good night sleeper, I have a crappy napper of epic proportions. This kid has fallen asleep on her own 3 times ever. You can't put her down so I hold her for all naps or have my nipple on her mouth for 2 stretches.

Edit: LO is 10 weeks

[krispy83]

DD sleeps long stretches but DS was like that. He woke to nurse 2x a night until he was maybe 5 months and then once a night until he was a year. It was definitely a comfort thing for him, but it was exhausting. Hopefully you start getting longer stretches soon!

[PikoPiko]

LO is 9 weeks here and has not slept longer than 3 hours. He woke every 2 hours to feed last night. Yawn. During the day, even though he doesn't nap, at least he goes 3-3.5hrs between feedings. So annpying that he choose night to feed more often

[hollydfromtn]

I'm right there with you. DS is 10wks old. He will usually give me one 3-4 hour stretch a night and then he's up every 2 hours after that. I'm pretty used to it by now because he has eaten every 2 hours since we brought him home.

We'll sleep when they go to college lol.

[natsgirl]

Sorry that you're not getting longer stretches. My first baby was an excellent sleeper and I've been blessed with another excellent sleeper (I know, go ahead and hate me). DD2 is 8 weeks on Monday. We put her down between 10 & 11 and she sleeps til 6:30/7. I wake at 4a to pump for 5 mins for relief/stash purposes.

While I realize that I am super lucky and most people will find this post super annoying, I do pay for this sleep by feeding this baby almost non-stop from 7p to bedtime. But I'll take it because I still don't get enough sleep to keep up with my 3yo.

[jensoprano82]

natsgirl - hey, good for you, that's awesome!

Interesting that a lot of us seem to be having similar patterns. It makes me feel good to know my little guy sounds pretty average/normal after all. Maybe for Mother's Day they'll start giving ALL of us better sleep!

[RedGiant]

D is almost 10 weeks, and has had a few (2 or 3) times she sleeps longer than 4 hours at night. But those have come after being up too late with gas pain and finally passing out. She usually gives me a 4 hour stretch at the beginning of the night then she's up every 2 or 3 hours to eat again. still better than my first who ate every 2 hours at night. That was rough.

[firelizard8367]

LO is 11 weeks and as of 9 weeks he was starting to give us some breaks only waking 2x in the night. he became more consistent with it,and just as I was starting to relax and enjoy it, he has 2 nights in a row of waking every 5 minutes when we would try to put him down. Seemed to be linked to the fact that he was sleeping too much during the day. We were going out of our minds! Fortunately he went back to sleeping last night, so hopefully we don't repeat that too soon. I fully expect sleep to be a roller coaster for a while still.

[boxerrrmama85]

I understand now why sleep deprivation is a torture tactic. Sorry to all moms having a hard time with sleep. For about 3 weeks, LO was sleeping from 10:30p-5:00a and it was heavenly.... But the past week, she has woken at 3a and then at 5a .... I have to be wake up at 5:30 to be out the door by 7:00a, and am just exhausted!

[maryxc1]

DD is two months today. Until three nights ago, she was eating three times in the night. The past three nights it has only been twice. I feel your pain. I was spoiled with my first who STTN at 3 1/2 weeks. I assumed this one would do the same.

[mle106]

My 8 week old wakes 2-3 times to nurse. It's not as bad now that he only nurses for about 10 minutes instead of like 30-45, so we're back in bed within 20 minutes after diaper change instead of an hour. He's still in our room in the swing, though now it's not turned on as we are trying to begin the transition into his own room and crib. Not really looking forward to losing sleep during that change...

[seamonster]

LO normally sleeps for 4-5 hours about 930pm to 230am, eats for about 30 minutes (I have to keep him awake). Sleeps another 2, eats, and sleeps another 2 if I'm lucky. Doesn't likev to take more than 30 minute catnaps during the day and he must be held, preferably with boob in mouth (not my preference) . He will give me an afternoon nap if I take him for a walk or car ride if he's tired and well fed then I get a couple hours.

During growth spurts he's awake every two hours and daytime sleep is the same, but he eats more frequently. Had this most recently middle of the week. He's 8 weeks today.

[Mom2Ms]

OMG. I was just thinking this today. We had a bit of a routine down. Then I landed in the hospital for 4 days, which totally screwed up our "sleep schedule." We kind of got back on track and now it's screwy again. I'm exhausted. I thought we were working steadily close to a 5 hour stretch at night, but that's gone. Ugh.

[abb1701]

If I'm lucky I can get him down between 9 and 10 then I get at most a 4 hour stretch then a 3 hour then a two hour if we sleep in. I wish he would drop one of those feeds or at least have his longest stretch last. DS is 10 weeks

[jensoprano82]

Apr 11, 2015 21:39:21 GMT -5 Mom2Ms said:

OMG. I was just thinking this today. We had a bit of a routine down. Then I landed in the hospital for 4 days, which totally screwed up our "sleep schedule." We kind of got back on track and now it's screwy again. I'm exhausted. I thought we were working steadily close to a 5 hour stretch at night, but that's gone. Ugh.

Hospital? Hope you're ok now...!?

[Mom2Ms]

Apr 12, 2015 2:03:06 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

Apr 11, 2015 21:39:21 GMT -5 Mom2Ms said:

OMG. I was just thinking this today. We had a bit of a routine down. Then I landed in the hospital for 4 days, which totally screwed up our "sleep schedule." We kind of got back on track and now it's screwy again. I'm exhausted. I thought we were working steadily close to a 5 hour stretch at night, but that's gone. Ugh.

Hospital? Hope you're ok now...!?

Yep. It was about a week after his delivery.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

Fml we had no sleep last night. 2 hr stretches each back to work tomorrow can't do this again tonight!!!

[lilyelayne]

I haven't had a regression in amount of sleep but suddenly DS won't fall asleep nursing at night. He nurses himself nearly to sleep then wakes up fussing and has to be up on my chest with rocking, patting, white noise. He doesn't seem uncomfortable, just grumpy and needy, and he takes so much longer to fall asleep this way - and sometimes wake up when I lay him down. I don't think it's reflux; it seems emotional not physical.

[flyster]

We have good night's of sleep then bad. Last night was bad. At least the good night's of it keep me sane