D woke up at 5.... Fell asleep on me until 7 and then woke back up, chugged water and barfed everywhere.... Now he's eating a bagel and happily sipping pedialyte. Flu or fluke?
workinit Hopefully a fluke of too much water on an empty stomach. Jealous of the snuggles, not of the...rest.
D woke up at 5.... Fell asleep on me until 7 and then woke back up, chugged water and barfed everywhere.... Now he's eating a bagel and happily sipping pedialyte. Flu or fluke?
Post by cynthia2007 on Jul 26, 2015 7:21:45 GMT -5
Hope you can find some things that work so you can get some sleep everydayimshuffling. Can he be put down drowsy in the crib and soothe until he goes to sleep? I felt with A like she would wake up and freak out bc she'd be in the crib and not in my arms where she had fallen asleep. She was a crappy sleeper until we sleep trained and she eventually figured out how to self soothe and that she was supposed to go to sleep and I'd always be back in the morning. Do you have any sound machine or something like it that? We also had one that had fish and turtles that lit up and moved and played soothing music. Sometimes she'd watch that (it attached to the crib) and it would put her back to sleep.
Post by everydayimshuffling on Jul 26, 2015 7:24:32 GMT -5
42butterflies Thanks for the commiseration... sounds like our kiddos are similar in their hatred of sleep. It just sucks because I keep trying to come up with what I'm doing wrong but nothing helps. At least with K I could tweak something and see a difference, good or bad. And she started to find her own schedule much sooner than this, I just need to be consistent with it. This kid is all over the map and always has been. I'm not sure if anything we have done had ever "worked" with him or if he just decided to do what he wanted when he wanted to.
Post by 42butterflies on Jul 26, 2015 7:36:50 GMT -5
everydayimshuffling, Haha, yes, the "do what I want to do when I want to do it" is the perfect way to describe DD. In allllllllll aspects. There was no solid solution for her either except time, which I think was eventually just maturity/developmental. It's even harder when you've had one that was a fantastic sleeper and easy baby. It's awful, but DH and I always say DS is lucky he was first because if DD was our first experience then we would have stopped with her!
Homegirl still eats at almost every wakeup. Maybe that's why she's over 19lbs and in 12m clothes... I should probably try to rein that in. We didn't get B to sleep in his crib until ~7m and then it was very gently sneak him into the crib after he was dead asleep. Actually, starting daycare helped a lot because they lie down on mats and the teacher would rub his back until he fell asleep, and then he would let H do that too. M isn't into that.
everydayimshuffling, Haha, yes, the "do what I want to do when I want to do it" is the perfect way to describe DD. In allllllllll aspects. There was no solid solution for her either except time, which I think was eventually just maturity/developmental. It's even harder when you've had one that was a fantastic sleeper and easy baby. It's awful, but DH and I always say DS is lucky he was first because if DD was our first experience then we would have stopped with her!
K wasn't an easy baby but at least she was consistent and predictable! I joke daily with my H that O is trying really hard to make sure he is our last baby. Joke's on him... These tubes are tied! Nice to know that someone else survived this although I was really hoping you had some magic answer instead of time!
Post by everydayimshuffling on Jul 26, 2015 9:18:33 GMT -5
cynthia2007 and violet I have been trying the put down drowsy thing for quite a while now with zero success. He fights sleep so hard it's crazy. I'm sure he is overttired which just makes it all worse but I can't seem to break that cycle. We are also the proud owners of just about every swaddle, magic sleepsuit, white noise machine and app, sleep sheep, soother and light projector there is. It all does crap for this kid. I'm just thinking of the great baby sale I can have some day to get rid of all of all of this stuff because some day he will sleep, right?!
That reminds me, I haven't tried the sleep suit because it was too hot but it's cooler now, I'm going to pull that sucker out and see if it works.
everydayimshuffling we had no luck putting DS down drowsy. It just wouldn't work. Ferber worked for awhile until he got a bunch of teeth in at once. Up until recently, he was ending up in our bed every night during the middle of the night. We're just now having an easier time with bed and if he gets up in the middle of the night (about half the week, he still does), he wants to stay in his room.
It's definitely a process. Some days were better than others.
You can add me to the denial about depression club. I guess i should go talk to someone.
You? Or your H? I'm sorry to hear one of you is struggling. The first few years of these kiddo's lives are incredibly tough on everyone, in slightly different ways and at different times.
subliminalrabbit - ((hugs)). So sorry for your loss. I hope you are able to take that long road trip alone. Hopefully it will recharge you a bit to help with your grief. You've had such a tough month. I'm so glad you are at your ILs where you have support and a safe space.
And thanks so much for your advice about depression! I wish neither of us had to experience this. I'm doing my best to do things for me. Running has helped a lot. I know I need to go to therapy. I need to stop making excuses and go.
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