Owen decided that we are getting up at 430 today. He was all coos and chuckles when I went in to feed him. I had to change his diaper because he had pooped (which he had stopped doing over night). Then as I was nursing him he pooped again. Changed him and nursed more. I put him in his swing because mommy is not getting up now!
Does anyone have suggestions for keeping baby's hands warm at night? Mine are freezing. Also for those in cooler climates what temp do you set baby's room at?
I was wondering about hands, too. Her little hands are so cold!
LO is still in our room and we set the thermostat for 70.
Does anyone have suggestions for keeping baby's hands warm at night? Mine are freezing. Also for those in cooler climates what temp do you set baby's room at?
I asked our pediatrician about cold hands and she said to not do anything about it and that cold hands do not mean they are necessarily cold. Just keep the room temp at a normal setting and dress them appropriate for that temp but don't put anything on their hands.
We just had our first two wake up night....I think it's the first one ever!! I am one happy girl. I'm actually not dragging ass at work today. We put him down at 9 with this new sleep projector/sound machine which apparently is magical, and he woke up at 2am and then 5am. He was still snoozing when I got ready for work at 645, so I pumped and left a bottle for my husband to feed him for whenever he wakes up.
But seriously, this projector thing is great. It has a voice activation feature, so when T fussed around midnight, it activated and put him back to sleep!
Tell me more about this sleep projector such as brand!!
Its the munchkin nursery projector and sound system. If you've got amazon prime it's on sale for 19$ right now!!
Wow. How the hell do you do all that and be able to hold a wine glass at the end of the day.
I *think* Owain has started the process of teething in the last few days. He doesn't have a fever or anything but I've never heard him cry like this. It is a bloody awful, gut-wrenching cry. I'm virtually in tears every time he does it. I would've thought it'd be too early but his cheek is red, he's drooling so hard it started a rash and 'biting' down on everything. Poor boy is inconsolable tonight. I just want to make it better for him. I didn't think this shit would happen for a while...
I feel you! I'm confident Loren is teething as well. She just turned 3 months last week and I had so many people tell me it's too early. She is doing the exact same thing as your little one-the scream. My mom was here this weekend and she said all 4 of my and siblings and I did the same scream. I even took her to the pediatrician because I was worried about what was going on and she said it was likely teething. We put wet baby washcloths twisted up in the freezer and she bites down on them like crazy and it calms her right down! It's kind of a mess but I would rather the mess than the scream. Poor boo boos!
Post by holliberry28 on Oct 5, 2015 6:58:05 GMT -5
Tried to transition from swing to crib yesterday. We bought the wedge to prop the mattress. M slept from 8-10 with 3 wakeups in between until we went back to the swing. Hopefully if we do a little each night, it'll ready him for sleep training in a few weeks is my thinking.
HOLY SHIT guys!! My baby has been asleep for ten hours. 10! Before this the longest he went was 6, and that was once. A month ago.
Jealous doesn't even begin to describe what I'm feeling right now. I'm going to a Bruins game in Boston this weekend and I'm just as excited as the night of uninterrupted sleep as I am about the game. It is worth the stupid amount of money we paid. I hope I don't fall asleep at the game. I'm exhausted.
Just leave the game early and get your sleep on! lol. I care way more about sleep then I do any game in the whole world.
This is going to be a long night. V didn't go down until 9 and has already been up twice. I'm usually passed out by 10 and have barely laid down at this point. Tomorrow's going to be a rough day at work.
ETA: and he just gagged and almost vomited again. I hate this cold.
Baby colds suck even worse than man colds.
We've done it twice in the last month, and I kept falling asleep sitting in bed nursing T. I think we held him for 2 or 3 nights in a row before he was okay on his back in his crib again.
Best of luck, just do what it takes to get through!
What a fun night in my house....the two year old fought bedtime for so long tonight. Ridiculous screaming and crying. He finally passed out around. 10. Sophie was passed out in her swing and apparently had no interest in eating. Moved her from swing to bed.
Cue 12:30 and the two year old woke up screaming again, DH goes to get him, brings him in our bed and says he's going to sleep in the guest room (thanks man...)
12:45 S wakes up, finally ready to eat. Just fed and got her back down and now I'm dodging flailing arms from the two year old.
DH is lucky I'm going to a wine tasting tonight...
LO is not herself the past few nights. She suddenly will only sleep if I am holding her. She went down at 730 then woke at 11 and i fed her then tried to put her in her crib 5 times and she wakes everytime.
Post by hannahl201477 on Oct 6, 2015 4:19:03 GMT -5
I'm going to be up the rest of the night now. Having a freak out. So Sunday in the nursery they made Malcolm's bottle wrong. I take a big bottle with 9 ozs and then a bottle with 4oz. And then have the little formula dispenser each section for 4 ozs. I took for granted that they all probably knew to give the 4 oz... I only told one worker that. Well that worker was gone and when I picked him up he was drinking the big bottle with only 4 oz of formula in it. So it was super diluted. He only took about 3 ozs before I picked him up and saw it. Now he has had 3 blow out diapers since Sunday. And I just googled it and now I'm completely freaking out. I know all the awful stuff I read is from it happening often. But still. Calling the dr in the am for reassurance!
My baby would still be asleep if I didn't get her up to nurse - 9 hours! I got up at 1 to pump and I needed to be up at 5:30 to get ready for work today. Whoa.
Post by holliberry28 on Oct 6, 2015 6:46:30 GMT -5
Yawn. It's 7:45 and I'm on the train to work and have been up since 4:30. M fell asleep at 6 last night instead of his usual 7:30-8 and proceeded to wake up at 10, 10:45 when I fed him, 2:30 (H took that feed thank god) and up at 4:30 with a dirty diaper. He fell back asleep at 6 but I had to start getting ready for work. Boo. And I have an anal coworker who will totally judge me for putting my head down on the table.
LO is not herself the past few nights. She suddenly will only sleep if I am holding her. She went down at 730 then woke at 11 and i fed her then tried to put her in her crib 5 times and she wakes everytime.
This seems to be our issue too. I end up bringing him into bed with me, but then he fusses and moves around so much that I still don't sleep, but at least it's easier to deal with him since he's right next to me.
I've tried to bring her into bed but she doesn't like it. She ends up waking and fussing more. I noticed instead of her being relaxed after feeding at night her body is just more stiff. Not sure why.
I was thinking she is waking because the weather is changing so instead of her room being 73-75 degrees it's now 67 degrees. So I'm going to try flannel sheets on her crib tonight and maybe layering a onesie under her pjs. We don't have a heater set up in her room yet.
Post by carolyngrace on Oct 7, 2015 3:51:13 GMT -5
Kill me please. Woke up at 3am and felt wide awake. So I woke DB to eat and thankfully he went right back down.
Tried to fall asleep and had fitful dreams including ones about a guy abusing a baby (damn my line of work). Then DB cries out randomly in his sleep so I get up to check on him (asleep).
My anxiety has been spiking lately and now it's interfering with sleep. Not cool.
Anyone else on the mini pill feeling anxious? I'm wondering if that's why.
Guys - my baby slept for 6 hours in a row. SIX HOURS!!! He skipped most of his naps yesterday so I was anticipating a bad night. Nope, it was our best yet. 830-11, 1130-530, 615-whenever he wakes up after I leave. Although, I didn't have to get up until 615 but I'll take almost 8 hours of sleep on a work night. Maybe I'll go in to work early. Haha...jk.
I am completely exhausted. It's like I have a newborn again. The past 3 nights she is up every 2 hours. Last night sometimes it was every 1 hour. Is this teething? Please let this pass soon! It's 5am now and I'm determined that she had is not waking for the day even though she is jabbering away and has hiccups. It's pitch black outside. Or at this point should I just get up and make coffee?
Thanks stcyct in our case it seems like 1/2 the time she is waking more from hunger and the other 1/2 she seems uncomfortable like she is making high pitched whining noises in her sleep.
We're testing out the Zippadee Zip tonight. We have nothing to lose, as sleep can't be much worse than it has been, and the swaddle doesn't feel safe anymore since he's constantly breaking free.
I picked up a zipadeezip for $10 the other day! It didn't really work for us, but they're so cute. I think DB likes chewing on the fabric too. Good luck!
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