Post by ninergirl52 on Aug 18, 2015 10:35:00 GMT -5
Argh!! I hate missing a few days and being behind on the haps around here. LO has turned into a crazy sleeper and DH suddenly decided he wanted to sleep train him, because the night before while I was at a wedding, he let LO cry for 10 minutes and he fell back to sleep. Last night went horribly bad. At one point LO started crying as though he had been hurt. I asked DH what happened and he said he'd merely walked out of the room. Yikes! Regardless I told DH that he can't just suddenly decide to sleep train him without us figuring out a game plan. Especially since we're leaving for NC on Sunday. Just seems silly to attempt something like that before we leave. He agreed and LO ended up having to come to bed with us ... and of course he tossed and turned all night. He also wanted nothing to do with DH. I can handle fussing, but I can't handle letting my little guy scream cry. Everyone keeps telling us we need to sleep train him, as he "should" be STTN. I take refuge here as I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one with a LO who doesn't STTN.
gldnbearz Running on marshmallows was a mixed bag. I couldn't tell if I was too tired and that's why I felt sluggish or if the shoes were absorbing all my energy. I decided to get some more sleep in the next few days and try again before declaring good/bad. But my knees and feet feel heavenly post-run! ninergirl52 When my friend with 2 1/2 kids visited, she encouraged me to sleep train because baby "should" be STTN. I just can't do it. She was like shuddering crying and that's not okay with me! I'll take the sleepless nights over the terrible feelings of guilt and regret any day of the week.
Post by ninergirl52 on Aug 18, 2015 10:55:30 GMT -5
zengal - We were at a friends house on Friday night and she has 3 kids. She loves babies and kept telling us to leave LO with her for a night and she'd have him sleep trained. But she kept saying, "it will involve crying" and I just couldn't think of a meaner thing to do to LO. DH seems to think I'm catering to LO's every whim by going and getting him every time. I tell him, this could be our only baby. I'd rather not sleep and get all of the snuggles and loves then listen to him wail. When LO cries, he often cries for me, "mama mama mama" - breaks me every time.
Our problem seems to be needing a bottle to sleep. Pajamas, cuddle and read in bed, and last bottle. She'll take most or all of it, then push it away and snuggle up. Sometimes she'll squirm and we put her down in the PNP awake. We cross out fingers as to whether she'll fall asleep on her own or flip over, sit up, and want to play.
Without the bottle and it's like she's missing the sleep signal.
zengal, my new sneakers are also totally amazing. Like weightless on clouds!
I am kind of happy to read (sorry, not really but more for the fact that we aren't alone) with the yucky sleeping. I *think* I'm attempting dropping down to one nap. He is SO HARD to put down for his second nap, but I do it for fear of the crazy meltdowns that could happen when we skip it. It took over 2 hours to get him to fall asleep last night. I am NOT happy with the person I was last night. I just lost it at some point. We tried CIO for all of two minutes. I tried shushing, singing, being firm with "no, it's time to sleep" taking him downstairs to play a bit more to tire him out. I just didn't know what else to do. He wouldn't nap in the afternoon till 3:30 and I just think it's too late.
LUCKILY he woke up at 2 am and 6 am to eat and then slept until 8:30 am. We got up, went out to breakfast, went for a walk and to the library to busy up the morning. I almost never do anything before first nap, kind of wasting time I think. So we siezed the day and he promptly fell asleep on the way home, and stayed asleep for the crib transition. I was able to work and get a lot done last night, so I actually was able to turn on the kindle and read!
I felt so guilty about how last night went, but today seems so much better. I am hoping nap goes into a second hour and then go to the pool. Try to busy up the evening before we try back to our 7:30 pm bathtime and hope he sleeps!
I think I forgot to mention, not only did Liam STTN the night going into my bday he also starting babbling "mum mum mum"
Hello! It has been forever since I posted. LO is doing great. He started crawling a few weeks ago and is now into everything. He discovered the basket we store the cat toys in and plays with those all the time. He also really likes the lights, buttons, and cords around our TV/entertainment center. We have since fenced it off. Now that he is crawling and much more active, he is sleeping a bit more at night. He's been STTN since 3 months, but it can sometimes be a bit of a challenge to get him to sleep. Both DH and I have been super busy at work. We leave tomorrow for vacation and it is long overdue. I have most of my projects at work wrapped up, so it is a bit of a slow afternoon. We have stopped using protection so we are passively TFAS. I don't think I am pregnant but I am testing in the morning. I want to confirm that I am not pregnant so I can enjoy vacation drinking without guilt.
I've been trying to read along but have had no time to tag or post :-(
Add me to the crappy sleeper/no CIO group, I can't handle when my little guy cries. He co-sleeps snd nurses every hour to two over night but it has become our normal, he nurses very little during the day when I'm home and act like you are killing him if you offer a bottle or sippy cup. We will get there one day!
Work is insane with no signs of slowing. I worked until 10:00 last night and started again at 6:00AM. Going to have to work again tonight after lo is sleeping.
gldnbearz nursing is a sleep signal here too. If I lay her down and she wakes up, we often have to nurse again, or sometimes I don't fight it and just take her to bed with me. jjh1119 what kind of sneakers did you get? Also, I want "mum" or "mama" to be said! She does say "nununuh" when she wants milk... Hey sjp03! Hope you get the test result you really want, and have a super vaca! spikesmom glad you're hanging in there with your crazy schedule. I wish you continued strength!
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