WTF, DD?!

finnybooboo

I'm getting so frustrated right now I need to vent it out! The last few nights DD has decided she wants to be HELD while sleeping. As soon as I put her down in either her crib or the rock n play she immediate wakes up and fusses. When I pick her up she almost immediately goes back to sleep. HELP! What the F is going on? She hasn't been like this since like week 2. Anyone else's LO do this all of a sudden? She turned 5 months yesterday.

kelle017

On and off for the last few nights. Tonight she slept in my arms from 11-1ish because she'd scream if I set her down, then she slept in the crib a few hours and after she nurses she will probably be back in my arms.
At this point I don't care because I'm tired too.

ballygirl

Yup- Haley has been a little mess like that lately. I'll rock her to sleep and put her down 4 or 5 times before it 'takes'. I try the crib, the rnp, the bed. I got so frustrated with her last week that I grit my teeth while holding her paci by the handle in my mouth and chipped a tooth. Tonight and last night she was fine though, so, I don't know. Another phase?

megs1409

Same here! I think it's another wonder week!

SHAWNACPA

Same here... It has been a rough few weeks here.

Jalee85

Had a similar issue. We went back to the swaddle.

deedee1017

We've been having this issue too.  I'm so tired.

If your LO is just fussing (and not crying) when you put her down, have you tried to just let her fuss a little and see what she does?  If my DD doesn't get full blown hysterical, sometimes I'll try and give her the paci (while she's still in her crib) and tap her belly.  Sometime's it works.

finnybooboo

I finally got her to pass out in her rnp after feeding her. Shew!

@deedee1017 - I don't hold out as long as I should and need to see what she'll do if I just let her lay there for a little bit. It's just hard at 3am when you just want both of you to go to sleep!

deedee1017

finnybooboo said:

I finally got her to pass out in her rnp after feeding her. Shew!

@deedee1017 - I don't hold out as long as I should and need to see what she'll do if I just let her lay there for a little bit. It's just hard at 3am when you just want both of you to go to sleep!

I know.  I'm there with you.  My mother keeps telling me how I'm ruining my child and that I'm going to learn the hard way (by holding her and rocking her and getting her used to being in our bed) but when I've had 3 weeks of very little sleep I'm willing to risk it!

Jenball717

JBBB?
Mine has done it off and on, last night being a no sleep fest. I chalked it up to babies being babies but I really hope it isn't a new thing.

jnsmith85

We have the same issue. We figured out though if we lay him down and give him something to hold onto (a lovie, a small burp cloth) then he will fall asleep with it snuggled up to his face. We wait for him to be good and asleep and go in and take whatever he's holding away from him.

yesthisiskim0401

This has been my life for the past two weeks.

I need to crack out the heating pad again to warm up her sheets before I put her down like I did when she was a newborn. 

For now, I hold her hands after I put her down and she goes back to sleep. She likes knowing I'm still there. But then she wakes up 45-90 minutes later screaming bloody murder.

layali

Yes, the past few nights LO has been pitching a fit as soon as I lay him down. He goes from happy to full-on tears in seconds. Then DH will hold him and rock him until he settles himself down enough to nurse, and I nurse him the rest of the way to sleep.  Probably not the best way to do it, but oh well.

bionicb

A has been screeching literally the second I fall asleep. She is having major meltdowns while I'm at work, and also refuses to sleep on her own if she isn't out-out when I put her down. My mom suggested seperation anxiety when she saw how A freaked out when waking from a nap and then immediately calming down when she saw and heard me.

Its tough, hang in there.

taylormarie923

Yep!  I finally brought him into bed with me out of pure exhaustion.  Better to have him sleep with me, practicing safe bed sharing, than to fall asleep with him perched on the boppy on the couch over tile floors.

I don't know if it was a fluke or what, but last night he went down for the whole night like he used to.  Maybe having a full, uninterrupted night set him back on track?

DisneyMamaToBeTTC

My LO too! He's started waking about 2 hours after he goes down and after his 4-6 ish am feeding has to be held to go back to sleep. So. Tired. I'm checking out some books on sleep training today I start figuring out what method were comfortable with.

TophersWife

jnsmith85 said:

We have the same issue. We figured out though if we lay him down and give him something to hold onto (a lovie, a small burp cloth) then he will fall asleep with it snuggled up to his face. We wait for him to be good and asleep and go in and take whatever he's holding away from him.

This. I noticed back around the holidays that LO would grab at my shirt or burp cloth I had on my shoulder as I laid him down. So now I keep a lovey in his crib and put it in his arms as I put him down. He clutches it and rolls over on his side. So adorable.

Arod1087

I co sleep and if I don't hold her hands while she sleeps she punches herself.

I also started putting socks on her hands and it keeps her from grabbing things and startling herself awake.

Good luck ladies. Just remember all babies sleep at some point!

EmJ&B

Yep. It's pretty bad here