We're having difficult nights at the moment because we've started night weaning and she is not amused. Sometimes I can hardly believe this is the same baby who slept ten hours a night from two months to four months!
This has been the story of our life for the past couple weeks, I feel your pain. I finally hit my breaking point and we're letting him CIO after he's had his bottle (we'll go in at intervals to give him a paci or lovey, but no more picking up). He's not even remotely close to being able to stand in his crib, but thankfully we seem to be making some progress towards sleep again. I've also noticed that this latest regression coincided heavily with the current leap on Wonder Weeks - not sure if you follow that at all, but we've only got two more days until the end of the leap, and I'm hoping that brings us back some normalcy as well. Hope you find something that works soon and get some sleep again!
Post by holliberry28 on Feb 24, 2016 8:09:45 GMT -5
Sorry to everyone with poor sleepers. Hope it gets better fast.
CIO worked for M, accept for 5 am wakeups. H refuses to accept that wake up time, and I don't know how many more CIO sessions I can go through in the morning anymore. He cried for an hour today! But then fell asleep from 6-6:45 when the cat knocked the brush on the floor and woke him.
The only thing that has been working for us this week is letting him sleep in the swing which is the exact opposite of what we want right now. CIO doesn't work for O because he gets too worked up and then can't fall asleep regardless of his level of exhaustion.
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Feb 24, 2016 8:38:22 GMT -5
I'm sorry you guys are having a rough sleep patch:( DD has her first cough so she was a sleep monster the last few nights, too. I hope she gives you a break and let's you get at least a little sleep today/tonight!
This has been us as well. In the beginning I thought it was due to an ear infection- doc says ears are fine, he's teething. Then a few days later the kid comes down with a bad cold. I got up every time with the fake ear infection and the cold because I knew he wasn't feeling well. During the cold it was usually to slather him in more Vicks since he was already awake. Now that he's feeling better we're back to CIO. I went to his room at 1, and gave him his bink back. Then he was up again at 3. I just turned off the monitor and mumbled "you have to figure this out by yourself kid" and laid there. Not really sure how long he cried but I don't think it was too long. Only problem is I fell asleep before turning the baby monitor back on so I woke up to him screaming around 5:20. Went in gave him his bink and moved him back on the wedge. I don't have trouble getting him to fall asleep when I pick him up, it's when I try and transfer him back to his crib. He just wants to snuggle.
Sorry to everyone with poor sleepers. Hope it gets better fast.
CIO worked for M, accept for 5 am wakeups. H refuses to accept that wake up time, and I don't know how many more CIO sessions I can go through in the morning anymore. He cried for an hour today! But then fell asleep from 6-6:45 when the cat knocked the brush on the floor and woke him.
I've read that while CIO is great in some situations, it tends to be terrible for that early morning waking because they're too well rested at that point, and have a LOT of energy to put into crying. We've noticed on the occasions where DS is essentially sleeping through the night, he'll wake early, typically between 5 and 6, with night wakings, we tend to be closer to 7 (which is our "ideal" wake up time for him). What we do is go into his room, give him a big bottle and then just quietly sing to him and rock for 15-20 minutes. Then, even if he's still awake, he goes back into his crib. A bit more than half the time he'll go back to sleep for an hour or. Not sure if you've tried anything similar to that, but that's the only thing we've figured out will work for those nights he sleeps great until that 5 am-ish mark.
Sorry to everyone with poor sleepers. Hope it gets better fast.
CIO worked for M, accept for 5 am wakeups. H refuses to accept that wake up time, and I don't know how many more CIO sessions I can go through in the morning anymore. He cried for an hour today! But then fell asleep from 6-6:45 when the cat knocked the brush on the floor and woke him.
I've read that while CIO is great in some situations, it tends to be terrible for that early morning waking because they're too well rested at that point, and have a LOT of energy to put into crying. We've noticed on the occasions where DS is essentially sleeping through the night, he'll wake early, typically between 5 and 6, with night wakings, we tend to be closer to 7 (which is our "ideal" wake up time for him). What we do is go into his room, give him a big bottle and then just quietly sing to him and rock for 15-20 minutes. Then, even if he's still awake, he goes back into his crib. A bit more than half the time he'll go back to sleep for an hour or. Not sure if you've tried anything similar to that, but that's the only thing we've figured out will work for those nights he sleeps great until that 5 am-ish mark.
H is like a drill Sargent. No bottle, No pacifier, nothing accept change diaper until 6 am. :/
Ugh, I'm sorry. We've been having shitty nights over here as well. I'm pretty sure there's a regression between 8-10 months, too, which might explain this.
Ugh, I'm sorry. We've been having shitty nights over here as well. I'm pretty sure there's a regression between 8-10 months, too, which might explain this.
Yes, I've heard there is a 9 month regression. C never really went through the 4 month sleep regression, so I guess this is payback. :/
Sorry to everyone with poor sleepers. Hope it gets better fast.
CIO worked for M, accept for 5 am wakeups. H refuses to accept that wake up time, and I don't know how many more CIO sessions I can go through in the morning anymore. He cried for an hour today! But then fell asleep from 6-6:45 when the cat knocked the brush on the floor and woke him.
Cats are jerks.
I'm sorry for everyone having a hard time getting their babies to sleep, I think it really is the hardest part of parenthood at this time.
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Feb 25, 2016 8:35:08 GMT -5
I think we've totalled 10 hours of sleep in 4 nights maybe? I feel insane. Of course the night I had to sleep at my brothers house to take care of my niece, she woke up ONCE for SO, had a bottle at 5:30 then slept til 9AM. Of course.
Post by heartofglass on Feb 26, 2016 6:28:05 GMT -5
A is sleeping a little better now. I can at least lay him down between feedings, but I think we're in a growth spurt because he's up and starving every 2-3 hours. Then around 3:30-4 he's restless and whimpering but never fully wakes if I hold him until 5:30-6. Normally he has a bm right after he wakes up so I think it's his digestive system that wakes him up so early and won't let him settle back down.
Post by beersandweirs on Mar 1, 2016 11:09:16 GMT -5
The past few nights baby has woken up around 4-5 hours after being put down, sometimes she will settle herself back down, but last night I had to send husband in there to try to calm her down, but she still fussed and cried for about 45 minutes before falling back asleep. I hope this is just a phase...
Sorry so many moms and babies are having rough nights. We definitely have growth spurt and leap craziness happening over here, in addition to tooth #7 popping through. Thankfully, R was only up twice last night which isn't too bad for us! Hope we are all reunited with restful nights soon.
Add me to the list... Starting two days ago, sleep has been crap. Wakes up more frequently and wailing, instead of cooing. I've kind of given up on getting her back to sleep on that last (usually about 30 minutes before my alarm) wake up. She just gets scooped into bed with us. I'm probably creating a habit or a sleep dependency or something, but at 4:30 am, I'm having a hard time caring. Anyone having trouble with naps, too? She takes her morning nap fine, but has been fighting the afternoon nap big time. A couple of times she's skipped entirely. Let me tell you... An 8 month old that's awake from 10:30 am to 7:30 pm is quite the ball of sunshine. Sigh. Second time moms, give us some hope? This is just a phase right? LO isn't really dropping down to one nap a day yet, is she?
We've also been in the shitty sleep camp lately, but I'm hoping it's mostly due to a little cold he's been battling. The last couple nights he's basically been coughing himself awake. Naps over the weekend were also a battle, but I'm also hoping that was more of a fluke due to the cold/congestion, also we had a super busy schedule. I just try to keep reminding myself that eventually we must get to sleep again, right? I mean, eventually they'll move out of the house...
Post by heartofglass on Mar 1, 2016 13:46:56 GMT -5
bookninja yes our naps have went to crap too. It's a fight every time and the littlest noise wakes him up. He is mastering a lot of new skills now so hopefully we'll get a little respite before his next tooth starts coming in. I don't why the worst wake-up seems to hit around 4:30 with us too. I'm so thankful he is at home with my aunt now so atleast he gets a few little naps being held.
bookninja, we're going through pretty much the same thing. I'm also hoping that the naps go back to twice a day rather than once and a fight until he passes out early in the evening or goes to bed.
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