Wonder Week 8

ababymaybe

I think we are hitting this right now. Sudden short naps, constant boob, fussier than usual, ultra alert, fighting sleep like crazy. On the upside he's become super chatty and smiley. But wow, the sleep fighting is a new extreme. You can tell he's exhausted and he's been up for most of the day!

Anyone else? I think "go the fk to sleep" needs a sequel titled "... And STAY asleep".

katags

Welcome to my life, every damn day. Sigh. I'm sorry you're dealing with it now. No fun at all!

mrsbeers

Yep, were there. It's awful. Except for those sweet little giggles after her morning feed.

BABYROSEJEANS17

That was me last week! DS had all that and was punching my boob every time he nursed. Once the spurt was over DS was super smiley and chatty!

worleygirl

Yup! It was a thing for us. Lasted about a week.

katags

tarajeannette said:

What are these wonder weeks people keep mentioning? Sounds like a euphemism for growth spurt weeks, no?

They are essentially mental growth spurts. https://www.thewonderweeks.com Eta: they are different from physical growth spurts. But baby is fussy because their world (as they perceive it) is changing drastically and they don't know how to adjust.

TheBorg7of9

I think all the 'phases' like wonder weeks and growth spurts are people trying to explain the unexplainable. I think it's all babies being babies. Sometimes they eat more, sometimes less, sometimes they sleep more, sometimes they eat less. Some days they are happy, some days they are grumpy. Just like grown ups , there's no way to predict what they'll do tomorrow.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4337821/

housewifebecomesher

BABYROSEJEANS17 said:

That was me last week! DS had all that and was punching my boob every time he nursed. Once the spurt was over DS was super smiley and chatty!

I'm glad to hear there is an end coming to the boob punches.

heather52904

I thought we might be hitting this, but I don't know. I feel like DD's behavior changes every day so it's difficult for me to say what is normal or abnormal. We are 8 weeks from her due date though.

katags

housewifebecomesher said:

BABYROSEJEANS17 said:

That was me last week! DS had all that and was punching my boob every time he nursed. Once the spurt was over DS was super smiley and chatty!

I'm glad to hear there is an end coming to the boob punches.

OMG the boob punches. They are part hilarious and part maddening. It does make me wonder what she's trying to accomplish with them! It's like she's trying to tenderize her food

Momto1goofball

Putting Arriana down the past few days has been almost impossible. She won't even let SO hold her for very long, if at all. 

kiki1978

I think we are just getting to the end of this one. It really wore me out.  Good luck!

mrsbeers

My husband is calling this her "terrible two months"

bethughknee

TheBorg7of9 said:

I think all the 'phases' like wonder weeks and growth spurts are people trying to explain the unexplainable. I think it's all babies being babies. Sometimes they eat more, sometimes less, sometimes they sleep more, sometimes they eat less. Some days they are happy, some days they are grumpy. Just like grown ups , there's no way to predict what they'll do tomorrow. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4337821/

While I have never noticed a "growth spurt" with DD in terms of eating frequency, she has been right on par with Wonder Weeks so I disagree very much. She hasn't hit them exactly when the app suggested, and I wouldn't expect every baby to do so, but after a period of fussy days, bad nights, clingy feelings, she did start exhibiting the skills gained in each "leap."

Also, besides selling a ton of books and people making money, if reading about this and feeling like it's normal and not behavior I should be calling my pedi about, what's the harm in believing it's true? There isn't any.

While I agree that just like adults, babies are unlikely to do the exact same thing and the same time every single day which should remove some of the pressure to get babies on a "schedule" too early, these developmental milestones seem to affect babies in every aspect of their lives so I really stand behind the theory behind the wonder weeks.

Laurenlavay

In the middle of this now. LO will be 9w on Thursday. She wants to eat all the time, won't sleep for more than 2hrs at a time (and we were doing so well!), and just wants to snuggle. Hoping it ends soon, mama's tired

TheBorg7of9

bethughknee said:

TheBorg7of9 said:

I think all the 'phases' like wonder weeks and growth spurts are people trying to explain the unexplainable. I think it's all babies being babies. Sometimes they eat more, sometimes less, sometimes they sleep more, sometimes they eat less. Some days they are happy, some days they are grumpy. Just like grown ups , there's no way to predict what they'll do tomorrow.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4337821/

While I have never noticed a "growth spurt" with DD in terms of eating frequency, she has been right on par with Wonder Weeks so I disagree very much. She hasn't hit them exactly when the app suggested, and I wouldn't expect every baby to do so, but after a period of fussy days, bad nights, clingy feelings, she did start exhibiting the skills gained in each "leap."

Also, besides selling a ton of books and people making money, if reading about this and feeling like it's normal and not behavior I should be calling my pedi about, what's the harm in believing it's true? There isn't any.

While I agree that just like adults, babies are unlikely to do the exact same thing and the same time every single day which should remove some of the pressure to get babies on a "schedule" too early, these developmental milestones seem to affect babies in every aspect of their lives so I really stand behind the theory behind the wonder weeks.


I think it's not very scientific. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. The parent reads about some growth spurt or development thing that the baby is supposed to be doing, and then happens to notice those things at the right time because they read about them.

Also, it makes you think you have more control than you do. From the article: Some parenting books are useful, but the danger of too much information is giving parents the impression that there's very much that's in their control. Especially with sleeping! I think it's incredibly mean to give new, sleep-deprived parents the impression that "If you didn't do this your kid would sleep through the night," or "If you start doing this other thing, your kid will sleep through the night." This gives parents with "uncooperative" children the impression that they're doing something wrong, and, maybe even worse, gives parents who were lucky enough to have easygoing kids the impression that they had something to do with it.