Post by carolyngrace on Sept 28, 2015 22:00:56 GMT -5
Who else has crappy or weird sleep happening in their houses?
DB fought sleep for almost an hour tonight. So much screaming. Then he's up two hours later (he did this last night too). He also is liking to fall asleep on boob #1 but screams bloody murder if I put him down after it. No mom, I wanted both boobs, duh!!
Also I've been hyping the Ergo swaddle but he's even busting out of that now. I can't wait to get his stats at the 4 month checkup. He's a beast.
Post by pghtruelove on Sept 28, 2015 23:42:47 GMT -5
Literally just posted in one of my local mommy groups about this, if I should worry about a baby who used to sleep through the night and napped a lot never sleeping. We've been trying to get J to sleep since 9. She's still awake. I'm sobbing. I don't know what to do.
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Sept 29, 2015 1:51:29 GMT -5
Flame me- I'm almost wishing DD would wake up...DH had to put her to bed before I got home from work so I haven't seen her since 6:20 yesterday morning:'( up pumping now to make sure I have enough bottles to send to the sitter...I'm going to snuggle the crap out of her whenever she does wake up!!
Yep! Dealing with a baby cold over here so poor guy is so full of snot he can't breathe, therefore can't sleep. So worried about him flying congested tomorrow. Shitty timing
+1 on the snotty baby. Hard to lay him down, last night he spent a few hours in the recliner with DH.
Post by pghtruelove on Sept 29, 2015 2:03:09 GMT -5
Juliet fell asleep... In my arms. It's the only place she will sleep. If I put her down she wakes up screaming. What do I do? Be been awake since 4am yesterday.
Flame me- I'm almost wishing DD would wake up...DH had to put her to bed before I got home from work so I haven't seen her since 6:20 yesterday morning:'( up pumping now to make sure I have enough bottles to send to the sitter...I'm going to snuggle the crap out of her whenever she does wake up!!
That's understandable. As much as I want to sleep right now, I feel very lucky I get to spend time with this little monster.
I'm sorry J is having sleep issues, pghtruelove. I wish I could help!
LO did a decent stretch so far tonight but I'm not holding my breath over it continuing. Three weeks ago she was sleeping 8-9 hours straights, so I've really learned how unpredictable baby sleep is.
She's also being SUPER fussy as she nurses, so that's fun.
Post by carolyngrace on Sept 29, 2015 2:44:39 GMT -5
I'm almost sorry I asked. It's awful how much these babies are struggling to sleep?
pghtruelove, that's what we went through tonight too. Asleep in my arms, screamed whenever we put him down. We do a modified CIO and he finally fell asleep in his crib almost an hour after we started trying. We picked him up every 5 minutes or so, but damn it was a lot of crying. I was so surprised when he actually finally stopped.
It's only nine here but baby is in the swing to help him fall asleep. Hoping we don't have a repeat of last night with his movement monitor going off
How's it going with your movement monitor? I don't think mine works anymore, actually I know it doesn't. If I forgot to put it on hold after taking J out it used to go off. Now it doesn't go off and on the monitor screen it looks like there is still movement. Idk what happened. We have fans on in her room bc it can get hot in there. I doubt that fans can cause that much movement to make it think she's still on the mattress. I have the angel care brand. Is that what you have?
I'm sorry for all of your sleep woes, ladies. We have just *finally* gotten past waking up 3-4x per night and are back to 1 wakeup at around 3:30 am. I hope and pray that this sticks, but I am wise enough to know that it probably won't. I am sending you all of the sleep dust!
sammyca I am really wanting to know how on earth you got a black eye while gardening?! Last time I checked it wasn't a contact sport... You poor thing!! Hope it heals quickly and that you get your hot water on ASAP!
Juliet fell asleep... In my arms. It's the only place she will sleep. If I put her down she wakes up screaming. What do I do? Be been awake since 4am yesterday.
Oh bless your heart! At this point I'd do whatever it take just to get w little rest! So if that means sleeping with baby in your chest/in your arms, go for it (in the safest way possible)! Sending lots of sleepy wishes to your LO
LO will be 4 months this Thursday and she is back to waking 3 times a night. Last night it was bedtime 730. Wake 1030, 130, 430. So exhausted. I'm going to attemp to put her down after her 430 wake up right now.
Also DS got up at 430 and asked for milk which he rarely does and now he is asleep again. We measured him yesterday and his height grew 3/4" in 1 month!
Post by pghtruelove on Sept 29, 2015 9:01:53 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! I fell asleep with her in my arms for about an hour and woke up and was able to put her down in her car seat to sleep. I decided to try that since it's the best thing we have to make her feel like she is still being held. After she woke up to am nurse I put her in her rnp and shemake or for another hour or so. So I got 3-4 hours of sleep. 8 never thought I'd be so excite for such little sleep.
Post by hannahl201477 on Sept 29, 2015 11:24:59 GMT -5
Here too. Going on 2 weeks now.. Last night laid him down at 9 and at 10;30 he started wiggling and grunting. We are waking up about 3 times a night. Where did my good sleeper go???
kemdupuis I was holding a branch down to prune it, I leant over it too far when I cut it and the part still attached to the tree ricocheted right into my eye. Feeling very stupid and sore.
LO will be 4 months this Thursday and she is back to waking 3 times a night. Last night it was bedtime 730. Wake 1030, 130, 430. So exhausted. I'm going to attemp to put her down after her 430 wake up right now.
Also DS got up at 430 and asked for milk which he rarely does and now he is asleep again. We measured him yesterday and his height grew 3/4" in 1 month!
DD1 does this ALL. THE.TIME. I hope it's not the start of a new habit for your little guy.
He pretty much wakes up at 5 or 530am everyday. But I have to draw the line somewhere so he woke up at 430 and I said nope he has to go back to bed. He wouldn't fall back asleep until he had milk. Agree hope it is not the start of new habits!
My 4 month old isn't in any kind of schedule! He's just feeding and sleeping on demand. What's your LOs schedule like and should I try and lay down some sort of routine for him. Really exhausted here.
My 4 month old isn't in any kind of schedule! He's just feeding and sleeping on demand. What's your LOs schedule like and should I try and lay down some sort of routine for him. Really exhausted here.
+1 to waking and screaming anytime he's put down.
We had a big thread where we talked about sleep routines/schedules, but that was about a month ago so it seems like things have changed quite a bit!
But the general consensus then was that a "routine" is more realistic at this age than a "schedule". So for example I usually put DB to bed about 1.5 to 2 hours after he wakes up from his last nap of the day (if he wakes up around 5:30, bed is around 7 or 7:30). And I always do the same thing (bath, reading, nursing, bed) so he gets used to that.
I believe around 4-5 months is when usually babies can fall into the 2-3-4 awake schedule. So they're up for 2 hours after they wake in the AM, then first nap of the day. Then up for 3 hours, then second nap of the day. Finally, up for 4 hours, then bedtime.
That's still a LONG way off for us, though, because DB still can't stay awake more than 2 hours without getting super fussy.
Post by carolyngrace on Sept 29, 2015 20:40:48 GMT -5
Seriously, crying to sleep is the only thing "working" at bedtime over here. I've been missing baby snuggles so tonight when he cried the first time I held and rocked him until he was fast asleep. He stayed asleep for about 2 minutes when I laid him down and then started crying again. DH went in and comforted him and laid him down still awake and crying after that. We let him scream/cry for 5-6 minutes and he passed out hard and stayed asleep.
Post by seannemairi on Sept 29, 2015 20:42:04 GMT -5
Sounds like we all have a nice case of 4 month sleep regression on our hands. Mine used to be a dream at night. She's been waking every 2 hours lately and will not be put down or she'll wake up within the hour. The past 2 nights she's giving me 3 hours a pop. Last night though, she actually stayed asleep for 3 hours in her rnp for the first time in a week. It was nice to be able to sleep comfortably for once. I don't think I'll get so lucky tonight.
Post by wegrowsheep on Sept 29, 2015 21:18:59 GMT -5
carolyngrace that is awesome that goes down on his own so well. I'm jealous! Since T can scream for 45 minutes in his carseat, I'm too chicken to try that at bedtime (yet).
Apparently naps are for the weak. T had 1 good nap today, and 3 or 4 5-minute quickies post-eating. And I am fried. Just got him to sleep in the bjorn, and laid him down. Screaming less than 2 minutes later.
And the cherry on top? No DH tonight, no wine in the house, and no chocolate unless I bake.
carolyngrace that is awesome that goes down on his own so well. I'm jealous! Since T can scream for 45 minutes in his carseat, I'm too chicken to try that at bedtime (yet).
Apparently naps are for the weak. T had 1 good nap today, and 3 or 4 5-minute quickies post-eating. And I am fried. Just got him to sleep in the bjorn, and laid him down. Screaming less than 2 minutes later.
And the cherry on top? No DH tonight, no wine in the house, and no chocolate unless I bake.
Throw a handful of chocolate chips in your mouth with a scoop of peanut butter, that's my go-to
But seriously, no wine? You need an emergency supply for such an occasion..
I stayed up too late. DB woke up around 11 the past two nights. So do I stay up, anticipating that? Probably shouldn't, because if I do then he'll sleep until like 4am. But if I go to bed he'll wake me up as soon as I fall asleep. No way to win.
Post by pghtruelove on Sept 29, 2015 22:22:41 GMT -5
Guys. I took a nap at 7 with Jules and she's still asleep. I hope she sleeps through the night! Now that I took a nap to prepare for the all night thing, I'm wide awake.
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