Ok, this thing is my new best friend tonight. We received this as a gift a couple of weeks ago and LO has enjoyed looking at it during the day. We were having a hell of a time at bedtime tonight. I tapped out and my husband was trying to console him. All of a sudden - silence. My husband had put this in the crib. We watched on the monitor as he held it a little bit and then it rolled away as his arm fell limp. We're continuing to watch him on the monitor and will remove it once we know he is in a steady sleep.
Be careful with this! We were going to get one for DS but I read the reviews and the batteries are smoking and burning inside it overheats! I really wanted one but after this it scared the shit out of me!
DD1 has it too. It used to put her to sleep like magic when she was a baby. Last time I posted about it on TB I was warned that they catch on fire. As far as I can tell from the reviews the fires have always happened just after batteries are changed. DD1 still uses her every night, going on 2 years now with no issue. I'm sure the fires can't be that common or it would have been recalled by now.
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@lica001, my husband did some research and found the same - that it only happens after a battery change. Also, apparently it is the toys with the 3 battery compartment that has/had issues. Ours is the revised version with 2 batteries. It still makes me nervous though, so we ordered a different glowing toy.
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I need you fine ladies to lie to me and tell me it's all a phase and that I'm not a horrible mother that has no fucking idea how to soothe her baby. I can't get him to sleep anymore. Everything that used to work doesn't. Please, please, please let this be a part of the 4MW (that I thought we had already recovered from) and not the start of a horrible sleep habit.
It is a phase! It's all a series of phases (I'm told). DD was overtired and was crying her eyes out the other night and wouldn't go down. She used to go down very easily. So i thought I'd try the old swaddle and bounce because it used to work every time. Wouldn't you know that brat looked right up at me and started laughing. It was cute... but come on, kid!
Thanks @kellyq116. We had a similar exchange earlier. He was so tired and I was so worried about him. He was nursing and almost asleep. He pulled off and looked up at me with his red, heavy eyes and blew a raspberry at me. Little stinker!
He's now an hour and a half into a nap and I'm stepping back from the ledge a bit.
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Oh sleep. I remember that. I took advantage of it when I still had it. It is now just a distant memory. And to top it off, dd isn't a fan of it either. She does not sleep through the night. Lately it's between 2 and 3. I feed her and then she takes about 45 minutes to put down. Then she is up again between 7 and 8. It's glorious. I thought my body would adjust to the lack of sleep and early morning wakes but it's been 4 months and I'm still a zombie. My head still hurts and my eyes are heavy. Oh motherhood! Maybe one day I can get solid sleep again.
Sweet defiant baby has a new favorite game - put her own pacifier in. Which of course means she has to take it out and look at it. She gets it back in correctly about 5% of the time, but doesn't know to then take her hand off of it so out it comes again. Sometimes she lays there for a minute with her fingers stuck between her face and pacifier. She was falling asleep on me, but then it took half an hour to get her to nap in the crib because hey, it must be time to practice my super important new skill!
This exactly. He grabs his paci and then won't let go. Then cries because he doesn't have it in his mouth.
Dd grabs it and throws it out of the crib and cries.
DH has DS today and just text me to tell me DS has been up since I left for work at 9am. He screams every time he tries to put him down for a nap. DH has had an hour of sleep because he works nights.. fml... And of course everything I have suggested as usual of which DH knows hasn't worked..
I totally failed tonight. DS wouldn't stop crying so I just left him in the crib while I went to wash the pump parts. Well, he quieted down on his own! I was like, SCORE!
Except that I went to check on him, the floorboards creaked, and he started crying again. Alas.
Seriously, I had no idea our wood floors were so creaky until trying not to wake The Child Who Never Sleeps. Annnnd....I've got Sinatra in my head from dancing in tne kitchen with LO.
Those of you with tummy sleepers, do you let them sleep with their paci or no? DD likes to fall asleep with hers and it normally falls out and she's fine, but since we've moved to the crib I find myself constantly putting it back in just to get 30-45 min of sleep before having to do it again. Trying hard tonight to not give it back and she's doing okay. Just keeps fussing while asleep(eyes shut but crying).
We went 9p-5a.. Hoping this is the end of the 4mw. The best part is that I got up thinking I had to get ready for work soon but then realized it was Saturday. Double score!
We woke up for good at 6:30 this morning instead of 5:00. I was late to Kroger! (Weekend shopping with baby in the carrier as soon as the doors open at Kroger has become our new ritual.)
We started earlier around the two month mark too. I knew that eventually I would need to wake her up for DC. Bedtime is now around 7/7:30 and she wakes up between 4-6 to eat and sleeps a not longer before we have to leave for DC.
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I did it!! I got DD to sleep without nursing to sleep! First time in her life (other than when she falls asleep while Babywearing)! I am so proud!
Here's the recap. We did bedtime routine as usual. Ended with nursing. Usually she freaks out if I try to unlatch her before she is asleep. But tonight she ate from both breasts, pulled off and wasn't interested in nursing anymore (never happened before). So I set her in the cosleeper, turn the lights off and her glow worm on. She looks at it for 2min. Then fusses for about 10min. Then starts full blown screaming and crying. That's the point where I would normally pick her up and try nursing to sleep again. But I didn't. I turned the glow worm back on, stroke her belly and started shaking the cosleeper. After a minute she stopped crying (I'm still jiggling her in the bed), cooed for 10min(still jiggling), then started yawning (still jiggling), eyelids got droopy (still jiggling) and 5min later she was asleep. Success!!! I'm going to try to stick to this routine of listening to the music box while jiggling for a couple weeks, hopefully it keeps working. Then work on weaning from jiggling.
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Well well well!! I don't know how it happened cuz we've had shitty naps like I said all week but this morning DS took at 3 hour nap! After sleeping 13 hours last night! Hell yes I will take that!
Is something in the air here? Last night LO slept nearly 10.5 hours straight. And then she napped beautifully this morning. Not sure if we can get a repeat of that tonight, but I'm crossing my fingers!
Is something in the air here? Last night LO slept nearly 10.5 hours straight. And then she napped beautifully this morning. Not sure if we can get a repeat of that tonight, but I'm crossing my fingers!
I want this to happen to me!!! Can I be next in line for this miracle?
Not in my air either. I have a clingy baby here who wants to be up every couple of hours tonight. Even during the day he wanted to be held. .. while trying to squirm out of my arms that is.
Well sleep may be going well for us (for now) but she's now chewing my nipples and screaming while rejecting any bottle of formula, oh the first dozen or so times I offer it each feeding. It's always something, right?
I am confident this will never happen again, but she's been asleep for 6 hours and 39 minutes! This has never happened. My boobs are going to explode, but I will take it!!
DD hasn't slept well the past two nights. She always sleeps 9-10 hours straight. Saturday night, she was up 3x. Poor baby couldn't breath well. Sunday morning, I went to BBB and bought Nose Frida. That thing is gross, but oh-so-amazing.
It took me about two hours to put her down last night. She slept from 9-5 - not great, but better than the night before. She doesn't have a fever. We had a really warm day and I'm thinking something may have bloomed...
Can a baby have allergies?
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DD hasn't slept well the past two nights. She always sleeps 9-10 hours straight. Saturday night, she was up 3x. Poor baby couldn't breath well. Sunday morning, I went to BBB and bought Nose Frida. That thing is gross, but oh-so-amazing.
It took me about two hours to put her down last night. She slept from 9-5 - not great, but better than the night before. She doesn't have a fever. We had a really warm day and I'm thinking something may have bloomed...
Can a baby have allergies?
Glad u got the nose Frida! Has she had her first daycare cold yet? I swear my kid has been snotty and stuffed up ever since she's been there.
@KellyQ116 - she did have a little congestion about 2-3 days after starting. This is so much worse. Poor thing could barely nurse and breath at the same time. Also, this is so true
"My child never responds to the nasal aspirator like a panicked feral animal. Deep down in her baby brain she knows that Mommy is trying to help. I enjoy sucking snot out of her face."
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The title of my episode last night "when good sleepers go bad". Apparently the three hour nap yesterday morning caught up with him last night. Up every 3 hours no joke on the dot!
I think it would be impossible to get anything in your mouth. There is a filter between the collection tube & the sucking tube and the sucking tube is really long. I've never even had condensation get in that piece, like you might see in a pumping tube for example.
I started using saline before using the nose frida and it is amazing what comes out of his nose!
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
DH has been trying to put DS down for an hour now. He's not listening to any of my suggestions. I could be done pumping in five minutes but I think I'll keep going just to make him squirm a bit before I help.
DD has finally learned to self soothe pretty well so if I catch her tired signs she usually puts herself to sleep in her crib or rnp. The last two days she's sleepy and I catch her but she just doesn't want to leave the party. So she talks loudly for a while, which eventually turns into screaming. I know she's tired, but she doesn't want the boob, doesn't want to be rocked or anything like that...so I check on her in intervals. First at five minutes, pick her up calm her down, put her back down. The second interval is seven minutes. Always before the seven minute mark she's put herself to sleep. I feel awful, but this is working...other people in the same boat, how do you compartmentalize the crying? It hurts my heart!
I tried this today and at the 7 minute mark she stopped crying and started playing around and made herself compeltly awake. It just makes me sad but when shes screaming on me and clearly exhausted I just don't know what else to do so I put her down and try to calm her. So I tried this and that happened. Tried it one other time and I just felt so bad I had to pick her up and then she nursed to sleep so I think she's just getting overtired from all this not sleeping and having trouble getting herself to sleep and wanting to be asleep fast but getting frustrated when I can't get her to sleep fast enough. I'm trying to watch for signs but I feel like she gives them like 5 minutes after being up sometimes. This makes sense when she only naps for 10 minutes but she will even do it in the morning. I also feel like when she starts giving signs it's a fight to get her to sleep and she always just wants to suck to sleep so putting her down makes her mad or play around. Sometimes I feel like I don't know what I'm doing.
Let me add...this night was horrible. You all know the 4 mw stuff (baby woke way too much, stared at me like I was crazy when I tried to put him in his crib, etc.). Now add to that DD who decides she must wake every hour. And then there's DH who knows DD is his to tend to at night but who is playing a video game with his headphones on while DD whines and knocks on her bedroom door. And now to get ready for a full day at work. Someone will surely not survive the day.
for those of you who have DH give a MOTN bottle. Any tips on this? Making and warming the bottle takes forever and LO is crying at least 5 minutes before he gets to her. This of course keeps me up and I'm tempted to just go give her the boob. I try to turn monitor down but I then I'm afraid it won't get turned back up and I'll sleep through her next wake up (probably unrealistic). TIA!
Anyone else in my boat?
DD has finally learned to self soothe pretty well so if I catch her tired signs she usually puts herself to sleep in her crib or rnp. The last two days she's sleepy and I catch her but she just doesn't want to leave the party. So she talks loudly for a while, which eventually turns into screaming. I know she's tired, but she doesn't want the boob, doesn't want to be rocked or anything like that...so I check on her in intervals. First at five minutes, pick her up calm her down, put her back down. The second interval is seven minutes. Always before the seven minute mark she's put herself to sleep. I feel awful, but this is working...other people in the same boat, how do you compartmentalize the crying? It hurts my heart!
Im so glad you posted this. I'm currently sitting here listening to DS cry in his crib and watching the clock to go back in. He's been taking crappy 30min naps since he was 12 weeks. He's tired and waking up cranky. I know he's tired right now since he fell asleep in my arms but as soon as I put him down he started laughing and playing. He's great at self soothing overnight but daytime naps are another story.
DD has finally learned to self soothe pretty well so if I catch her tired signs she usually puts herself to sleep in her crib or rnp. The last two days she's sleepy and I catch her but she just doesn't want to leave the party. So she talks loudly for a while, which eventually turns into screaming. I know she's tired, but she doesn't want the boob, doesn't want to be rocked or anything like that...so I check on her in intervals. First at five minutes, pick her up calm her down, put her back down. The second interval is seven minutes. Always before the seven minute mark she's put herself to sleep. I feel awful, but this is working...other people in the same boat, how do you compartmentalize the crying? It hurts my heart!
Im so glad you posted this. I'm currently sitting here listening to DS cry in his crib and watching the clock to go back in. He's been taking crappy 30min naps since he was 12 weeks. He's tired and waking up cranky. I know he's tired right now since he fell asleep in my arms but as soon as I put him down he started laughing and playing. He's great at self soothing overnight but daytime naps are another story.
I just put DD in her crib for naptime to see if she will put herself to sleep too. Wish me luck! Hopefully they both go to sleep!
Good luck! Mine just fell asleep. Took 30 mins and I went in there twice, first time just rubbed his belly and shushed him, the second time cuddle and bounce but I still put him back down awake. Let's see how long this nap lasts
for those of you who have DH give a MOTN bottle. Any tips on this? Making and warming the bottle takes forever and LO is crying at least 5 minutes before he gets to her. This of course keeps me up and I'm tempted to just go give her the boob. I try to turn monitor down but I then I'm afraid it won't get turned back up and I'll sleep through her next wake up (probably unrealistic). TIA!
If you know LO will be up in the MOTN, I would just put a cold bottle out to start gradually warming. BM is good at room temp for 6hrs. Obviously if LO happens to sleep through then you will have to dump, but maybe it's worth it?? We do formula at night (I have to supplement a lot anyway) and we do something similar by having the bottle of water ready to go so we can just add the powder and shake.
DD has finally learned to self soothe pretty well so if I catch her tired signs she usually puts herself to sleep in her crib or rnp. The last two days she's sleepy and I catch her but she just doesn't want to leave the party. So she talks loudly for a while, which eventually turns into screaming. I know she's tired, but she doesn't want the boob, doesn't want to be rocked or anything like that...so I check on her in intervals. First at five minutes, pick her up calm her down, put her back down. The second interval is seven minutes. Always before the seven minute mark she's put herself to sleep. I feel awful, but this is working...other people in the same boat, how do you compartmentalize the crying? It hurts my heart!
Im so glad you posted this. I'm currently sitting here listening to DS cry in his crib and watching the clock to go back in. He's been taking crappy 30min naps since he was 12 weeks. He's tired and waking up cranky. I know he's tired right now since he fell asleep in my arms but as soon as I put him down he started laughing and playing. He's great at self soothing overnight but daytime naps are another story.
I just put DD in her crib for naptime to see if she will put herself to sleep too. Wish me luck! Hopefully they both go to sleep!
Good luck! Mine just fell asleep. Took 30 mins and I went in there twice, first time just rubbed his belly and shushed him, the second time cuddle and bounce but I still put him back down awake. Let's see how long this nap lasts
How long did the nap last?! How's it going both of you? LO just put herself down for her first nap of the day by talking - it didn't escalate to crying!! Progress!!
He just woke up after 30 mins again! Gahh, do I leave him again to go back to sleep, he's cranky and fussing
@KellyQ116 , just like @bazingaa said, we take a bottle out an hour before DH gives her the bedtime one. When we were doing motn bottles, I would just take one out if I woke up around midnight or so. Then it would be room temp by the time she was up and hungry.
So this is my first post here! Thank GOD I found this thread!!! I am feeling like I'm must be doing somthing wrong. The sleep regression has been going in for about 4 weeks now, is there an end in sight? And how do i know if it's still happending or it's a habbit now. Yesterday and last night was the worst we have had. She napped horribly (3 half hour naps all day) then slept horribly. Like Every hour waking up. I held her for the first 3 hours because it was every 15 min waking. Last night was the first night I felt like she was waking and eating but wasn't hungry. She would take a couple sucks and then fall back.
Also when she is falling alseep she nurses for sooo long! Last night she went from one side to the other for 2 hours. I want to be able to nurse and rock my little lady to sleep but that seems to long. This has been hard because my husband works at night (he is a police officer) so bed time is all mine. He can't even give me moral support, she is EBF so tht all he really could do.
@KellyQ116 , just like @bazingaa said, we take a bottle out an hour before DH gives her the bedtime one. When we were doing motn bottles, I would just take one out if I woke up around midnight or so. Then it would be room temp by the time she was up and hungry.
Thanks, I guess we'll try not warming the bottle to see if she'll take it. Daycare has spoiled her with very warm bottles!
My LO slept for 5 hours for the first time in 3 weeks last night! And he followed that with being wide awake from 2:30 to 4:20. Ugh.
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Re: The Big Snooze (Sleep Thread)
DD1 has it too. It used to put her to sleep like magic when she was a baby. Last time I posted about it on TB I was warned that they catch on fire. As far as I can tell from the reviews the fires have always happened just after batteries are changed. DD1 still uses her every night, going on 2 years now with no issue. I'm sure the fires can't be that common or it would have been recalled by now.
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
He's now an hour and a half into a nap and I'm stepping back from the ledge a bit.
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
Here's the recap. We did bedtime routine as usual. Ended with nursing. Usually she freaks out if I try to unlatch her before she is asleep. But tonight she ate from both breasts, pulled off and wasn't interested in nursing anymore (never happened before). So I set her in the cosleeper, turn the lights off and her glow worm on. She looks at it for 2min. Then fusses for about 10min. Then starts full blown screaming and crying. That's the point where I would normally pick her up and try nursing to sleep again. But I didn't. I turned the glow worm back on, stroke her belly and started shaking the cosleeper. After a minute she stopped crying (I'm still jiggling her in the bed), cooed for 10min(still jiggling), then started yawning (still jiggling), eyelids got droopy (still jiggling) and 5min later she was asleep. Success!!! I'm going to try to stick to this routine of listening to the music box while jiggling for a couple weeks, hopefully it keeps working. Then work on weaning from jiggling.
I started using saline before using the nose frida and it is amazing what comes out of his nose!
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Good luck! Mine just fell asleep. Took 30 mins and I went in there twice, first time just rubbed his belly and shushed him, the second time cuddle and bounce but I still put him back down awake. Let's see how long this nap lasts
He just woke up after 30 mins again! Gahh, do I leave him again to go back to sleep, he's cranky and fussing
Also when she is falling alseep she nurses for sooo long! Last night she went from one side to the other for 2 hours. I want to be able to nurse and rock my little lady to sleep but that seems to long. This has been hard because my husband works at night (he is a police officer) so bed time is all mine. He can't even give me moral support, she is EBF so tht all he really could do.
Help!!
@kittyriot He's wide awake, left him for 10 mins and he just got louder and louder.
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Dear Son born 5/28/14