Playing musical children tonight. Back and forth between the two kids' rooms. I kind of can't wait for teenagers I have to drag out of bed at noon (I'm sure I'll take thay back when I have two teenagers).
Thanks @SSoegaard2011. I finally went in and he isn't even awake! Just screaming in his sleep. I shushed him and rubbed his tummy a bit and he's quiet now.
Let's hope he stays this way and allows me some sleep too!
This has been a nice new addition to DD's repertoire. I've been fooled into thinking she's awake half a dozen times in the past week, only to realize she's sleep-crying. She seems to calm pretty quickly (and more importantly, stay asleep) with my hand on her chest for a few minutes.
Well after going down at 6:30 then 7:30 then 8:00 then 8:30 she was back up at 10. We tried keeping her up thinking maybe the 6:30 was a nap but she was falling asleep sitting up and wanting to nurse so I kept putting her down when she'd fall back asleep. Got her back down around 10:15 then up again at 11 so I figured we were going to have a rough night but then she slept 5 hours and didn't get up at her normal 5:00 like she has been for a week now and slept until 4 then 6 then back down until 6:30 back down for 15 more minutes and now she's playing quietly in her crib. Going to go get her here in a minute to start the day. Thankful for not having a 5 am wake up today and a 5 hour stretch! I think the beginning of the night is rough because she's not in as deep of a sleep and she's wanting to sleep on her side but keeps falling to her back and it makes her mad. She likes to switch sides though so I hate to try and prop her up with anything. Hoping we are coming out of this!
Okay, so I'm starting to really stress about this. I'm in need of advice, perspective, and/or commiseration. My DD has never been a brilliant sleeper, but for the past two weeks there have been no naps longer than 20 min unless she's riding in the stroller. She'll sleep up to 2, sometimes 2.5 hours if I keep walking her. Doesn't work riding in the car, or running errands in the stroller (way too much interesting stuff to miss out on by napping). If I put her down in the RnP she'll start fussing and kicking wildly after a couple minutes. If I put her down in the crib, she starts playing with her feet, rolling, and getting super excited and talkative. So cute, but not helping her nap. After about 20 min in the crib she'll start crying and within a minute or two work herself up to hysterical cries if she's not picked up.
The things that (often) work at night -- nursing/bottle, cuddles, swaddle, rocking, singing, white noise -- don't work at all during the day. Babywearing gets her mad unless I am moving constantly, and doesn't result in sleep unless we're out for a long walk or it's a blue moon on a Tuesday when all the stars are aligned.
TL; DR version: DD won't nap longer than 20 min unless she's being walked in the stroller. Nothing seems to work to help her sleep. In need of advice/perspective/commiseration.
Okay, so I'm starting to really stress about this. I'm in need of advice, perspective, and/or commiseration. My DD has never been a brilliant sleeper, but for the past two weeks there have been no naps longer than 20 min unless she's riding in the stroller. She'll sleep up to 2, sometimes 2.5 hours if I keep walking her. Doesn't work riding in the car, or running errands in the stroller (way too much interesting stuff to miss out on by napping). If I put her down in the RnP she'll start fussing and kicking wildly after a couple minutes. If I put her down in the crib, she starts playing with her feet, rolling, and getting super excited and talkative. So cute, but not helping her nap. After about 20 min in the crib she'll start crying and within a minute or two work herself up to hysterical cries if she's not picked up.
The things that (often) work at night -- nursing/bottle, cuddles, swaddle, rocking, singing, white noise -- don't work at all during the day. Babywearing gets her mad unless I am moving constantly, and doesn't result in sleep unless we're out for a long walk or it's a blue moon on a Tuesday when all the stars are aligned.
TL; DR version: DD won't nap longer than 20 min unless she's being walked in the stroller. Nothing seems to work to help her sleep. In need of advice/perspective/commiseration.
No help but I can commiserate. DS has been taking 30min naps since he was 12 weeks. At first I got really worked up about it but now I've just given in and know that once he goes down I've got 30 mins to get stuff done. Try not to stress too much as long as she is getting about 14 hours of sleep a day
I'm concerned about how much sleep she's getting as well. I get maybe 2 30 minute naps and sometimes an hour and a half lately in the afternoon but mostly just another 30 minute nap then no matter what time she goes to bed she has been up at 5 even though she's clearly tired. This morning she learned that if she kicks her crib it makes noise so for an hour on and off she's been kicking her crib. Not talking or crying just kicking. I've gone in there twice and she wakes up a couple minutes after putting her down. Also at bedtime she's been waking up like 3-4 times before actually going to bed. I've seriously about had it! I thought we were turning a corner when she slept 6 then 7 hours two nights in a row but now we are back to crap sleep again and getting up way too early especially for the time she finally went to sleep. I try just letting her get up after she wakes during bedtime but she's half out of it and cries until I put her back to sleep then she's up again 10 minutes later. Ugh!
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She definitely isn't sleeping 14 hour total unless I spend 3 hours walking her during the day. She sleeps about 10 hours at night with 0 - 1 MOTN feeding. Without the long walks she gets maybe 3 or 4 20 min naps. Should I be medically worried if she's only sleeping 11 or 12 hours? I was only worried about her comfort because she's clearly tired and I can't help her sleep.
@Katzalia how does baby act when she's awake? Fussy? Tired? Smiley? Alert?
If baby is happy, 11-12 might be okay. But honestly I would probably run it by he pediatrician. Are you in the middle of the 4 month wakefuls? Naps were crap as well as night time sleep for us.
One thing I recently learned is that I can sometimes get LO back to sleep after a short nap but putting in paci/ rocking/shushing. I used to think- oh babys awake and pick him up. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. But it's worth a try.
Yep, she's a late May baby, but overnight sleep has gotten better as of the last week, so I was thinking we were through the 4MWs.
Mostly she's the happiest baby, super alert and active and interested in everything, but occasionally obviously tired (fussy and rubbing her eyes). She won't take a paci (I've tried several). Sometimes a hand on her chest helps her go back to sleep. I'll try working on the assumption that she's not really "awake" when she wakes up from her catnaps and see what happens.
One thing I recently learned is that I can sometimes get LO back to sleep after a short nap but putting in paci/ rocking/shushing. I used to think- oh babys awake and pick him up. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. But it's worth a try.
Just the past two days, I've offered the boob right as he is waking up
from a short nap and it is enough to get him back down for a bit. I also worry that he doesn't log enough hours during the day, so any additional time I can get in the sleep bank makes me feel better.
Right now, I'm celebrating that he went to sleep without the swing AND without nursing for the first time in a long time. I accomplished this by lying next to him on the floor and rubbing his chest while he played with my face. He was asleep in just a few minutes. Of course, I'm probably exchanging one bad habit for another, but I've been concerned about him napping outside of the swing since he's about to outgrow it.
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One thing I recently learned is that I can sometimes get LO back to sleep after a short nap but putting in paci/ rocking/shushing. I used to think- oh babys awake and pick him up. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. But it's worth a try.
Just the past two days, I've offered the boob right as he is waking up from a short nap and it is enough to get him back down for a bit. I also worry that he doesn't log enough hours during the day, so any additional time I can get in the sleep bank makes me feel better.
Right now, I'm celebrating that he went to sleep without the swing AND without nursing for the first time in a long time. I accomplished this by lying next to him on the floor and rubbing his chest while he played with my face. He was asleep in just a few minutes. Of course, I'm probably exchanging one bad habit for another, but I've been concerned about him napping outside of the swing since he's about to outgrow it.
@QOTR that's awesome! Last night was the first night I got LO to fall asleep putting her down drowsy but awake. I had my hand on her chest and shut my eyes with a half smile, faking sleep to model for her until she fell asleep maybe 5 min later.
nice @katzalia! Let's hope we're on to something and it's not a one-time fluke.
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
Hey ladies!! I've been pretty active in here during pregnancy but i've been away for the past few months! Question is: has anyone had their sleep totally destroyed during 4 month regression? He'd been sleeping 7-9 hour stretches for 3,5 months but now we are up E V E R Y hour is there hope that this would go back to normal or is this our new normal??
Of course the two nights DH has bedtime duty and DS has been up screaming every hour upon the hour. I don't think DS has done this since he was 8 weeks old and there's nothing I can do besides coach him through it. Ugh it's heartbreaking and I'm stressed the hell out.
Thank goodness yes DS calmed down by about 11 after we suctioned his poor nose again and gave him another 4 oz. DH rocked him for about a half hour and had suggested he just sleep on him out in the living room because poor boy has had a cold now for two weeks and is so congested. But he calmed and fell asleep and slept from 11-630. Poor babe I know they can feel when something's off and DH usually never puts him to bed because he's at work at night so I'm sure that didn't help. Nothing worse than not being able to pick up and comfort LO.
DD is an evil mastermind trying to control me by sleep deprivation. At night she is up every 2hours on the dot. Screams until I feed her. But when she wakes up in the morning she's all smiles and will not eat. She hasn't eaten in 3hours and is perfectly happy. I swear she is screwing with me!
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So from 7-10.30 tonight, DD ate pretty much continously, except for a 40 minute fake-out snooze.
1. Omfg she took NINE ounces in one sitting. Usually at that time, she gets a six ounce bottle and takes 4-6 of it.
2. She also nursed for so long I think my nipples might fall off. Particularly the one with the newly-lanced milk blister.
3. Kiddo, after all that eating, you fall asleep for 40 minutes and wake up ravenous again?!? BF for another 30 minutes, plus one more ounce of pumped milk.
4. She is finally asleep again. For how long though?
Why most baby sleep face planted into the mattress?! Seriously nose down. She slept through the night but I went in 3 times to turn her head!
DD does this too. Hubby finally just flipped her over cause he doesn't like her sleeping like that. But we try to turn her head and she just face plants again.
Anyone know if there's a growth spurt/something at 21/22 weeks? DS was STTN and for the last week (he'll be 22 weeks tomorrow) he's been getting up once a night to eat. I know once a night is nothing to complain about but he was previously able to STTN with no problem. Now he wakes up at like 2-3 and sucks down a bottle - he's clearly starving not just for comfort/habit. HALP!
Baby was sick week 21-22 so I figured he was up eating for that. But he is working on sitting unsupported. Any new skills? @DH09072012
He was sick last week... but seems to be better now so I was also hoping it was because he was sick. No real new skills... he's pretty good at sitting unsupported (for a short amount of time). Still waiting on him to roll and laugh though... any day now would be great
Anyone know if there's a growth spurt/something at 21/22 weeks? DS was STTN and for the last week (he'll be 22 weeks tomorrow) he's been getting up once a night to eat. I know once a night is nothing to complain about but he was previously able to STTN with no problem. Now he wakes up at like 2-3 and sucks down a bottle - he's clearly starving not just for comfort/habit. HALP!
What's this sleeping through the night you speak of? Some nights we get 5-6 hours but most nights 2-4 since 3 1/2 months and she's 5 months today. We were getting 7-8 before that. So hoping there is not another growth spurt because she is not sleeping well as it is. There is a wonder week though during those weeks I believe. It lasts a while though.
Anyone know if there's a growth spurt/something at 21/22 weeks? DS was STTN and for the last week (he'll be 22 weeks tomorrow) he's been getting up once a night to eat. I know once a night is nothing to complain about but he was previously able to STTN with no problem. Now he wakes up at like 2-3 and sucks down a bottle - he's clearly starving not just for comfort/habit. HALP!
What's this sleeping through the night you speak of? Some nights we get 5-6 hours but most nights 2-4 since 3 1/2 months and she's 5 months today. We were getting 7-8 before that. So hoping there is not another growth spurt because she is not sleeping well as it is. There is a wonder week though during those weeks I believe. It lasts a while though.
DS is exactly 5 months today too ...hopefully it's just a phase and he'll be back to STTN again until the 6 months leap. And if not...i know up once isn't a lot to complain about.
Why most baby sleep face planted into the mattress?! Seriously nose down. She slept through the night but I went in 3 times to turn her head!
DD does this too. Hubby finally just flipped her over cause he doesn't like her sleeping like that. But we try to turn her head and she just face plants again.
Does it wake her up when you flip her? DD always makes her way back to her tummy so I'm afraid to even try to turn her and risk waking her
@KellyQ116 , it doesn't wake her up but by the time he does flip her, she's been asleep at least 30-60 min. So I'm guessing she's in a deep sleep at that point. And half the time she does stay on her side after flipping. I just warn DH if he wakes her then he deals with it lol
I have been MIA from tb for a couple months but want to get back onto this forum more regularly again. Since I have sleepy time questions this seemed a good place to start! I will add my DS sleeps on his right side typically, sometimes I roll him back but it doesn't really last. I do use a snuza and it gives me a lot of peace of mind. I was wondering how many of you have LO on a nap schedule? We just have been going with the flow so far, some days he cat naps for 20 mins at a time and some days he will take a 3 hour nap, no rhyme or reason. He has always been a great night sleeper. Am I screwing myself over for later on by not having a nap schedule in place?
I have been MIA from tb for a couple months but want to get back onto this forum more regularly again. Since I have sleepy time questions this seemed a good place to start! I will add my DS sleeps on his right side typically, sometimes I roll him back but it doesn't really last. I do use a snuza and it gives me a lot of peace of mind. I was wondering how many of you have LO on a nap schedule? We just have been going with the flow so far, some days he cat naps for 20 mins at a time and some days he will take a 3 hour nap, no rhyme or reason. He has always been a great night sleeper. Am I screwing myself over for later on by not having a nap schedule in place?
I have picked up her "schedule" from daycare and follow that on weekends. She usually does a 30 min to 1 hour nap around 9am. Depending on how long she slept, another cat nap around 12 followed by a 2 hour nap between 1-4pm. We start bedtime at 7. This was the first weekend I was able to follow her routine at DC.
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Hell, I'm used to chronic sleep deprivation from grad school and work, but this is STILL hard. Always having an ear out listening for her, in addition to the MOTN feedings and the "Hi Mama, it's time to play!" at 2 am.
I'll take your 4-5 hours and up you with every 2 hours. Our typical night looks like this. Asleep at 8, nurse at 9pm, 10pm, 1am, 3am, 4.30am, 6am, 7am, 8am up for the day. This has been going on for at least 6weeks, I lost track.
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@becole42, right there with you, and five hours straight feels glorious. Now four month shots have really screwed us up and were back to 1-3 hours. I have a toddler too, and like you said, you just do what you have to. This is my life now; I'm just trying to enjoy being an early bird (and night owl).
DD has been waking up a good 1-2 hours earlier for her motn feeding and screaming if she sees me leave her room :-/ I don't really mind the extra feeding but I'm hoping this isn't a start to a very late 4MW period. Oh! Even tried giving her her paci, hoping that's all she actually wanted...BIG mistake. Once it hit her lips she started crying like someone hurt her :-(
Why do you choose to sleep all night when you're home with Daddy, and get up every couple hours when Momma is home? I do enjoy your smiles and giggles, but not at 3am when we should all be sleeping. At least share the sleeplessness with Daddy.
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Last night there was apparently a party at 3:30 I wasn't told about but of course expected to come to. She went down at 7 after a huge fight since she was so overtired from taking 1 nap. Then she was up at 8. I nursed her she was compleatly out but when I went to go lay her down I realized she peed through her pjs and sleep sack onto the sheets. So I lay her on the changing table where she doesn't budge and the sheets get changed then I have to change her and it wakes her compleatly up then she's fighting to go back to sleep but I manage to get her down and she's up in 5 minutes. Thankfully she put herself back to sleep which hardly ever happens and I think hey might be a good night. Nope! I did get 3 hours then she kept waking every time I put her down finally got her down and from 3:30-5 I guess it was party time. Got her back down and she's up 2 hours later. Holding her now trying to get some more sleep out of her! Ugh she is 5 months when will this end!? Also I'm thinking she's teething because she's chewing her fingers and biting me. She's also wanting to suck a lot but sometimes latches then pulls off over and over like it hurts to suck. At least she's cute. That saves her lol and I must of actually been in a deep sleep for once in 5 months for an hour because I feel ok for now and thankful it's grandma day. Maybe she won't be cranky and let me nap. Ha! Wushful thinking Sorry long vent!
Re: The Big Snooze (Sleep Thread)
The things that (often) work at night -- nursing/bottle, cuddles, swaddle, rocking, singing, white noise -- don't work at all during the day. Babywearing gets her mad unless I am moving constantly, and doesn't result in sleep unless we're out for a long walk or it's a blue moon on a Tuesday when all the stars are aligned.
TL; DR version: DD won't nap longer than 20 min unless she's being walked in the stroller. Nothing seems to work to help her sleep. In need of advice/perspective/commiseration.
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Thanks for the commiseration @Emmagk , @SSoegaard2011 , and @Hbird05 .
She definitely isn't sleeping 14 hour total unless I spend 3 hours walking her during the day. She sleeps about 10 hours at night with 0 - 1 MOTN feeding. Without the long walks she gets maybe 3 or 4 20 min naps. Should I be medically worried if she's only sleeping 11 or 12 hours? I was only worried about her comfort because she's clearly tired and I can't help her sleep.
Mostly she's the happiest baby, super alert and active and interested in everything, but occasionally obviously tired (fussy and rubbing her eyes). She won't take a paci (I've tried several). Sometimes a hand on her chest helps her go back to sleep. I'll try working on the assumption that she's not really "awake" when she wakes up from her catnaps and see what happens.
Just the past two days, I've offered the boob right as he is waking up from a short nap and it is enough to get him back down for a bit. I also worry that he doesn't log enough hours during the day, so any additional time I can get in the sleep bank makes me feel better.
Right now, I'm celebrating that he went to sleep without the swing AND without nursing for the first time in a long time. I accomplished this by lying next to him on the floor and rubbing his chest while he played with my face. He was asleep in just a few minutes. Of course, I'm probably exchanging one bad habit for another, but I've been concerned about him napping outside of the swing since he's about to outgrow it.
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from a short nap and it is enough to get him back down for a bit. I also worry that he doesn't log enough hours during the day, so any additional time I can get in the sleep bank makes me feel better.
Right now, I'm celebrating that he went to sleep without the swing AND without nursing for the first time in a long time. I accomplished this by lying next to him on the floor and rubbing his chest while he played with my face. He was asleep in just a few minutes. Of course, I'm probably exchanging one bad habit for another, but I've been concerned about him napping outside of the swing since he's about to outgrow it.
@QOTR that's awesome! Last night was the first night I got LO to fall asleep putting her down drowsy but awake. I had my hand on her chest and shut my eyes with a half smile, faking sleep to model for her until she fell asleep maybe 5 min later.
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1. Omfg she took NINE ounces in one sitting. Usually at that time, she gets a six ounce bottle and takes 4-6 of it.
2. She also nursed for so long I think my nipples might fall off. Particularly the one with the newly-lanced milk blister.
3. Kiddo, after all that eating, you fall asleep for 40 minutes and wake up ravenous again?!? BF for another 30 minutes, plus one more ounce of pumped milk.
4. She is finally asleep again. For how long though?
He was sick last week... but seems to be better now so I was also hoping it was because he was sick. No real new skills... he's pretty good at sitting unsupported (for a short amount of time). Still waiting on him to roll and laugh though... any day now would be great
There is a wonder week though during those weeks I believe. It lasts a while though.
DS is exactly 5 months today too ...hopefully it's just a phase and he'll be back to STTN again until the 6 months leap. And if not...i know up once isn't a lot to complain about.
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This will probably last one night since I saw 2-3 teeth cutting through.
Last night there was apparently a party at 3:30 I wasn't told about but of course expected to come to. She went down at 7 after a huge fight since she was so overtired from taking 1 nap. Then she was up at 8. I nursed her she was compleatly out but when I went to go lay her down I realized she peed through her pjs and sleep sack onto the sheets. So I lay her on the changing table where she doesn't budge and the sheets get changed then I have to change her and it wakes her compleatly up then she's fighting to go back to sleep but I manage to get her down and she's up in 5 minutes. Thankfully she put herself back to sleep which hardly ever happens and I think hey might be a good night. Nope! I did get 3 hours then she kept waking every time I put her down finally got her down and from 3:30-5 I guess it was party time. Got her back down and she's up 2 hours later. Holding her now trying to get some more sleep out of her! Ugh she is 5 months when will this end!? Also I'm thinking she's teething because she's chewing her fingers and biting me. She's also wanting to suck a lot but sometimes latches then pulls off over and over like it hurts to suck. At least she's cute. That saves her lol and I must of actually been in a deep sleep for once in 5 months for an hour because I feel ok for now and thankful it's grandma day. Maybe she won't be cranky and let me nap. Ha! Wushful thinking
Sorry long vent!