Hey ladies!
At night, it's fairly easy (most nights) to put my LO down to sleep. Swaddle, bottle, rock to sleep. But after her night feeding, I always have a hard time getting her back down even though we follow the same routine. When she does go back down, it will be for 45 minutes of quiet sleep and then she has noisy restless sleep for the next few hours. Her eyes are closed but she wakes herself up and goes back to sleep a few times. I'm always so tired in the mornings because I never go back to sleep because she's so noisy and I'm waiting for her to wake up with every peep. She's currently in a bassinet in our room.
Does anyone else's LO do this? Is that restless noisy sleep really sleep? Does anyone have any suggestions for how to get her back more comfortably and in a deeper sleep?
Re: Putting LO back to sleep
We'd think he was awake, and try to re-paci and rock, meanwhile he's fast asleep just making noise.
That's all I have for you unfortunately!
@sharmon1317 hope you get some rest too! Noisy little critters!
Last night I ended up having to change her because she had a poopy diaper and she was wide awake after. It took me about 45 minutes to get her back to sleep which was frustrating.
This. DD does not need to be rocked, patted, bounced, etc. during MOTN feeds. She eats, then falls asleep. If I add anything else, she gets restless. She's only awake for 10 minutes, which is the amount of time it takes her to drain one boob.
The noise machine remained on the entire night and she slept from 11-2:45 and then from 3:30-6:30 and is now sleeping again!
@TwizzyG thanks for the suggestion! I thought it would make her restless but actually helped us ALL sleep better!!
I have an awesome app on my phone that I love using. It's called relax melodies. Or I also use this actual machine.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000F54AN8/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1409892070&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40
We have our "Irish Twins"
DD born 8/7/2013
DS born 7/28/14
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We have our "Irish Twins"
DD born 8/7/2013
DS born 7/28/14
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Some babies like to be swaddled even when they're mobile but I think it would make me nervous that they might roll over and be unable to get themselves back.