MOTN 8/4

[bendherova]

budders, ugh, I'm so sorry! I'd be a bit annoyed! clean up baby and then couch, Dh!

[carolyngrace]

Aug 8, 2015 7:43:46 GMT -5 bendherova said:

budders, ugh, I'm so sorry! I'd be a bit annoyed! clean up baby and then couch, Dh!

Exactly lol. I read that post to my DH and he was like "I wouldn't have known what to do either!" I said there's really only one wrong answer: waking the mom up to help.

[stinybean]

budders I'm sorry that YH woke you the only thing MH can't handle is poop So I'm sure he would've woken me too.

[ravinraven216]

Gods it's good to be back home. LO slept 4 hours which is impressive considering how much he slept during the day while in the car. We just had a double nursing session (ate, fell asleep, would not settle in crib, ate again) and its been so much calmer of an evening.

Our miserable hot night last night turned out to be due to the AC vent being shut by my BIL who uses the same bedroom when home.. Who can sleep like that?

[carolyngrace]

Got 5.5 hrs tonight! So last night wasn't a fluke. I'm officially a RnP believer.

[erbear]

I did get LO up to nurse when I got home from my friend's bachelorette around 10:30; she was asleep again by 11. Up at her usual 2:30. So, not a terrible stretch but she usually tacks two more hours onto that. Meh. Come on, kid, you can do better!

[turtletyme]

I went to sleep in the other room bc DH was snoring and it was adding to my already soaring anxiety (I couldn't hear the baby over it.) He is up feeding her and came and blasted bright lights on me... "I was just wondering where you were." So I felt guilty and came back in here. He is talking to her during the feeding and diaper change so I bet she will never go back to sleep. So much for quelling my nerves. I can't take one night off? Fucking shit.

[bendherova]

LO's eyes flew open the minute I put him in the crib after nursing/he fell asleep.

Cue DH saying well, just go to bed, it's not like you need to do anything. Annoying argument ensues- next time just sleep in the other room, DH. Bc you aren't helping. And I'm certainly NOT sleeping now.

[alayne926]

S slept from 10:30-4! She's eating now and her eyes are wide open...would love another couple of hours, but I won't be greedy after my first stretch.

[carolyngrace]

I never would have understood what babies are like when they're over-tired until I had one of my own. I've totally become one of those "annoying" moms who is always concerned about getting home for good naps, or at the least a good bedtime.

[carolyngrace]

Also, with 5.5 and 4.5 hour stretches of sleep, was that technically a one wake-up night I just had?!

[Deleted]

DH put our 2 1/2 yr old to bed last night and forgot to put his diaper on. DS just woke up briefly so I went in to settle him and he hasn't peed yet so he slept from 8-430am holding it. Now I'm contemplating wether to sneak in and put one on while he is sleeping or just see how this goes. Maybe he will end up having his first pee free night?

[dogmama22]

Aug 9, 2015 3:49:33 GMT -5 budders said:

V slept 5.5 hours., and was pretty quiet. I can't wait for the day that I can sleep through that whole time and stop checking his breathing.

Have you considered a breathing monitor at all? I haven't heard good things about the angelcare ones, but we have a snuza that just clips on his diaper and gives me so much peace of mind. In the hospital, the nurses kept telling me to sleep and that I couldn't just watch him breathe all night. We started using it as soon as we got home, because I don't know if I could sleep otherwise. We have very few false alarms and it's because it falls off of his diaper. I don't think it would happen in disposable diapers, it only happens in our bulkier cloth options.

[dogmama22]

Aug 9, 2015 14:02:18 GMT -5 budders said:

Aug 9, 2015 13:47:47 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

Have you considered a breathing monitor at all? I haven't heard good things about the angelcare ones, but we have a snuza that just clips on his diaper and gives me so much peace of mind. In the hospital, the nurses kept telling me to sleep and that I couldn't just watch him breathe all night. We started using it as soon as we got home, because I don't know if I could sleep otherwise. We have very few false alarms and it's because it falls off of his diaper. I don't think it would happen in disposable diapers, it only happens in our bulkier cloth options.

I didn't even know this was a thing. I'll have to look into it.

I have this one from Amazon. It's just the basic one. Snuza Portable Baby Movement Monitor www.amazon.com/dp/B002WLGV08/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_qM6XvbS4Y3YK5

[wegrowsheep]

5 HRS OF UNINTERRUPTED SLEEP. Thank you, sweet child.

[bookninja]

Why baby why? Why did you suddenly decide you didn't need to sleep from 1:30 to 4:30 last night? You haven't done that for a month! Mommy got attached to sleeping during that period!
Please, God, let that be a one night thing only...

[ravinraven216]

Baby, why'd you fall asleep so early? He was dead to the world on my lap at 7:30, an hour earlier than usual. It's still light out so I won't be able to sleep yet.

[carolyngrace]

Aug 9, 2015 19:23:13 GMT -5 ravinraven216 said:

Baby, why'd you fall asleep so early? He was dead to the world on my lap at 7:30, an hour earlier than usual. It's still light out so I won't be able to sleep yet.

DB fell asleep at 7:30 also tonight. Last night I got an almost 6 hour stretch, but he went down at 9. so who knows what tonight will bring!

[clbehenna]

It's 8:45 and LO just fell asleep in my chest. Waiting a few more mins to put him in his RnP. Fingers crossed I get at least 3 hour stretches tonight! Sleep dust all around!

[mrsmonogrammed]

DB has been napping all day- I'm sur splaying catch up from her nap strike for her father while I was gone yesterday afternoon/evening. I have no idea how this will influence tonight's sleep, hopefully we do ok! I'm off to slee now so that I can catch up on sleep from yesterday, too!

[ravinraven216]

Aug 9, 2015 20:36:13 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Aug 9, 2015 19:23:13 GMT -5 ravinraven216 said:

Baby, why'd you fall asleep so early? He was dead to the world on my lap at 7:30, an hour earlier than usual. It's still light out so I won't be able to sleep yet.

DB fell asleep at 7:30 also tonight. Last night I got an almost 6 hour stretch, but he went down at 9. so who knows what tonight will bring!

And wouldn't you know, he slept until 1:30. Six hours! He's never slept that long. My poor boobs don't much like it, but the rest of me is thrilled.

[jessila]

Tonight is O's first night in the crib. Currently on feeding 2 of 3. He napped a lot yesterday and didn't really go down until 1130! Usually he's sown around 10. So currently were at 1130-1 and 130-330. Not quite normal but I'll take it. I have no real plans for today so nap time can happen.

Update: we made it through with only one extra wake up that just needed snuggles! The last feeding took longer normal to get him back down but we did it!!

[erbear]

LO fell asleep at 9, we put her in the rnp at 9:30, and she never really fell asleep - I got up at 10:30 to feed her again. The good news is after that she slept until about 4:15! Now she's super wiggly and not latching well, though, so we'll see what the rest of the night brings.

[clbehenna]

First stretch was 3 hours. Up every 1.5-2 hrs since then, just wanting to be held. I don't think this is getting better anytime soon.

[mirage86]

After a day of refusing to sleep more than 20 min at a time, E at least gave me a decent stretch tonight. We both have summer colds and if I cough or blow my nose it scares him awake every time. I hold him a little longer after feeding to help keep him from spitting up when he goes back down, and he has been making a ton of noises in his sleep. That's normal, but then he also had his first real giggle! Not the almost laugh he usually does, but the real one that babies do when they get tickled. Made my night.

[musicfrk2002]

J slept from 10 to 630, minus waking up to spit up around 1045 and then looking for the pacifier at 6. He ate 5.5 oz and fell back asleep on me. Too bad I slept like garbage.

I'm not sure I'm allowed on this thread anymore.

[clbehenna]

Aug 10, 2015 7:27:31 GMT -5 musicfrk2002 said:

J slept from 10 to 630, minus waking up to spit up around 1045 and then looking for the pacifier at 6. He ate 5.5 oz and fell back asleep on me. Too bad I slept like garbage.

I'm not sure I'm allowed on this thread anymore.

I don't think so either...and I'm insanely jealous

[carolyngrace]

Aug 10, 2015 0:39:14 GMT -5 ravinraven216 said:

Aug 9, 2015 20:36:13 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

DB fell asleep at 7:30 also tonight. Last night I got an almost 6 hour stretch, but he went down at 9. so who knows what tonight will bring!

And wouldn't you know, he slept until 1:30. Six hours! He's never slept that long. My poor boobs don't much like it, but the rest of me is thrilled.

Awesome!! I got 5, then 4, then 3. Which is totally good enough for me.

[carolyngrace]

Aug 10, 2015 4:49:47 GMT -5 clbehenna said:

First stretch was 3 hours. Up every 1.5-2 hrs since then, just wanting to be held. I don't think this is getting better anytime soon.

Remind me - how old is your DB and where are they sleeping?

[clbehenna]

Aug 10, 2015 8:49:49 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Aug 10, 2015 4:49:47 GMT -5 clbehenna said:

First stretch was 3 hours. Up every 1.5-2 hrs since then, just wanting to be held. I don't think this is getting better anytime soon.

Remind me - how old is your DB and where are they sleeping?

He will be 10 weeks on Wednesday. Currently he is sleeping in the RnP in our room, since he hated the bassinet. Up until about 9 days ago he was sleeping 5-6 hours, then another 2...so I know he can! I was hoping it was just the wonder week...but that's over!