I'm so so so glad that she is feeling better. That sounded like such a scary thing to go through. I hear you on losing good sleep habits. Maybe now that she is older, she will adapt to them quicker. I hope so!
Wow, and I thought Jackie's cold was bad. How scary! And babies not feeling well doesn't exactly lend itself to not crying. I'm glad she's starting to feel better. We had to start rocking/nursing Jackie to sleep this weekend because she couldn't fall asleep with her cold and was just crying until she was hoarse and wheezy.
Maybe start by rocking her and stop just short of when she's asleep and work back from there until you can put her down while she's sleepy but still awake.
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I'm so so so glad that she is feeling better. That sounded like such a scary thing to go through. I hear you on losing good sleep habits. Maybe now that she is older, she will adapt to them quicker. I hope so!
I hope so too, thanks! She's been terrible to put down lately but is still sleeping long stretches -- so maybe there really is hope!
Wow, and I thought Jackie's cold was bad. How scary! And babies not feeling well doesn't exactly lend itself to not crying. I'm glad she's starting to feel better. We had to start rocking/nursing Jackie to sleep this weekend because she couldn't fall asleep with her cold and was just crying until she was hoarse and wheezy.
Maybe start by rocking her and stop just short of when she's asleep and work back from there until you can put her down while she's sleepy but still awake.
That's what I've been trying! It's been harder than it used to be but I'm hoping that she catches on again soon. She's still sleeping longish stretches so she must remember how to self-soothe to some extent, right?
Wow, and I thought Jackie's cold was bad. How scary! And babies not feeling well doesn't exactly lend itself to not crying. I'm glad she's starting to feel better. We had to start rocking/nursing Jackie to sleep this weekend because she couldn't fall asleep with her cold and was just crying until she was hoarse and wheezy.
Maybe start by rocking her and stop just short of when she's asleep and work back from there until you can put her down while she's sleepy but still awake.
That's what I've been trying! It's been harder than it used to be but I'm hoping that she catches on again soon. She's still sleeping longish stretches so she must remember how to self-soothe to some extent, right?
Yeah, Jackie's been sleeping better after the cold than she had been, but it's hell getting her to go to sleep. Last night she was up for 2 hours in the middle of the night before DH suggested I give her Tylenol. She's done teething and I thought she was over the cold, but I was out of other options. Sure enough she knocked right out. Not a dependency I want to encourage but apparently she was experiencing some sort of pain.
DD1: June '16 DD2: March ‘19 :::: Married since 2011 :::: USN Wife ::::
Wow, and I thought Jackie's cold was bad. How scary! And babies not feeling well doesn't exactly lend itself to not crying. I'm glad she's starting to feel better. We had to start rocking/nursing Jackie to sleep this weekend because she couldn't fall asleep with her cold and was just crying until she was hoarse and wheezy.
Maybe start by rocking her and stop just short of when she's asleep and work back from there until you can put her down while she's sleepy but still awake.
That's what I've been trying! It's been harder than it used to be but I'm hoping that she catches on again soon. She's still sleeping longish stretches so she must remember how to self-soothe to some extent, right?
Yeah, Jackie's been sleeping better after the cold than she had been, but it's hell getting her to go to sleep. Last night she was up for 2 hours in the middle of the night before DH suggested I give her Tylenol. She's done teething and I thought she was over the cold, but I was out of other options. Sure enough she knocked right out. Not a dependency I want to encourage but apparently she was experiencing some sort of pain.
I've definitely done that a couple of times when I ran out of ideas. I felt awful for giving him Tylenol on a whim like that but it really did calm him down and he was happy-go-lucky again. It made me think, "Well maybe he was really in pain and I wasn't getting the message."
Wow, and I thought Jackie's cold was bad. How scary! And babies not feeling well doesn't exactly lend itself to not crying. I'm glad she's starting to feel better. We had to start rocking/nursing Jackie to sleep this weekend because she couldn't fall asleep with her cold and was just crying until she was hoarse and wheezy.
Maybe start by rocking her and stop just short of when she's asleep and work back from there until you can put her down while she's sleepy but still awake.
That's what I've been trying! It's been harder than it used to be but I'm hoping that she catches on again soon. She's still sleeping longish stretches so she must remember how to self-soothe to some extent, right?
Yeah, Jackie's been sleeping better after the cold than she had been, but it's hell getting her to go to sleep. Last night she was up for 2 hours in the middle of the night before DH suggested I give her Tylenol. She's done teething and I thought she was over the cold, but I was out of other options. Sure enough she knocked right out. Not a dependency I want to encourage but apparently she was experiencing some sort of pain.
I tried that one night when she was sick and it worked! Part of me thinks she might just like the sugar though
I used a Baby Bjorn "Travel Crib Light" while visiting family in NC and it was great. So easy to set up and take diwn! The mattress actually feels comfortable and the crib is so light. I live the carrying case it comes in too. I think we will be using this for all of our travels moving forward.
So this 5:30 am wakeup that we've been dealing with for the past month has just gone on too long. We are doing the chair method to help him get to sleep but our sleep consultant said it may be better to use CIO for that time because going in and sitting there may stimulate him more. He cried on and off for 45min and it was the sad gutteral "I'm super angry" cry and I felt so bad. He's finally sleeping now but I can tell it's not very restful cause I'll hear stirs and whimpers every now and then on the monitor though he's not moving. Anyone else dealing with this odd early morning wakeup? And not like "hey I'm awake and alert ready for the day" but "hey I woke up and I'm cranky, please rock me but don't you dare out me down"
So this 5:30 am wakeup that we've been dealing with for the past month has just gone on too long. We are doing the chair method to help him get to sleep but our sleep consultant said it may be better to use CIO for that time because going in and sitting there may stimulate him more. He cried on and off for 45min and it was the sad gutteral "I'm super angry" cry and I felt so bad. He's finally sleeping now but I can tell it's not very restful cause I'll hear stirs and whimpers every now and then on the monitor though he's not moving. Anyone else dealing with this odd early morning wakeup? And not like "hey I'm awake and alert ready for the day" but "hey I woke up and I'm cranky, please rock me but don't you dare out me down"
Damien wakes up one time at night (sometime between 2:30am and 5am). He's done that for 2 months at this point. I give him a bottle and then he goes back to sleep without issue. Could Preston be hungry? Maybe going through a growth spurt and needs a little extra milk? Damien isn't necessarily going through a spurt but I figure maybe he can only go 7 to 10 hours before needing milk. I can't blame him, I have a little milk around that time too.
I agree, could he be hungry? Jackie had been night weaned and wasn't eating until 7, but after teething and a cold she wouldn't go back to sleep for more than 20-45 minutes after her 5am wake up. One day I gave up and fed her, thinking we were regressing on night weaning, and she slept another couple hours and has been doing so the last few nights.
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My son gets up at 4:30am every.single.morning. But, he's awake and ready to go. He eats breakfast, has a bottle, plays in his play yard for 1.5-2 hours and then goes down for his 1st nap. We've experimented with putting him to bed a little bit later (his bedtime is 7pm) and it makes no difference -- he's still up at 4:30am. Lol. He's on a pretty strict schedule (still takes 4 naps a day) at home so the routine works nicely unless we're out and about.
It's not hunger cause if I offer the boob he has little interest in drinking. He will pacifi himself for a min then be fine for another hour. He gets plenty to eat during the day cause we are on 3 solid food meals a day plus nursing 5 times. This was a result of me comforting him in the middle of the night when he had a cold in December and he got used to the VIP treatment.
My son gets up at 4:30am every.single.morning. But, he's awake and ready to go. He eats breakfast, has a bottle, plays in his play yard for 1.5-2 hours and then goes down for his 1st nap. We've experimented with putting him to bed a little bit later (his bedtime is 7pm) and it makes no difference -- he's still up at 4:30am. Lol. He's on a pretty strict schedule (still takes 4 naps a day) at home so the routine works nicely unless we're out and about.
Btw sounds like his Circadian rhythm is off and maybe he's getting too much daytime sleep. If you don't mind being up at that hour then no need to change but if you want him to sleep in a bit then you might have to push his wake tines during the day a bit. At this point our LOs should be on 2-3 naps a day and 11-12 hours of nighttime sleep.
It's not hunger cause if I offer the boob he has little interest in drinking. He will pacifi himself for a min then be fine for another hour. He gets plenty to eat during the day cause we are on 3 solid food meals a day plus nursing 5 times. This was a result of me comforting him in the middle of the night when he had a cold in December and he got used to the VIP treatment.
Fair enough. Damien has 3 meals a day and 24oz of formula during the day and then an extra bottle during the night. He's just a hungry boy haha. I hope Preston can readjust to STTN relatively smoothly and quickly.
It's not hunger cause if I offer the boob he has little interest in drinking. He will pacifi himself for a min then be fine for another hour. He gets plenty to eat during the day cause we are on 3 solid food meals a day plus nursing 5 times. This was a result of me comforting him in the middle of the night when he had a cold in December and he got used to the VIP treatment.
Fair enough. Damien has 3 meals a day and 24oz of formula during the day and then an extra bottle during the night. He's just a hungry boy haha. I hope Preston can readjust to STTN relatively smoothly and quickly.
I sure hope so. He is so quick to learn bad habits but on the flip side he's also quick to learn good ones. It's just that the good ones are harder.
My son gets up at 4:30am every.single.morning. But, he's awake and ready to go. He eats breakfast, has a bottle, plays in his play yard for 1.5-2 hours and then goes down for his 1st nap. We've experimented with putting him to bed a little bit later (his bedtime is 7pm) and it makes no difference -- he's still up at 4:30am. Lol. He's on a pretty strict schedule (still takes 4 naps a day) at home so the routine works nicely unless we're out and about.
Btw sounds like his Circadian rhythm is off and maybe he's getting too much daytime sleep. If you don't mind being up at that hour then no need to change but if you want him to sleep in a bit then you might have to push his wake tines during the day a bit. At this point our LOs should be on 2-3 naps a day and 11-12 hours of nighttime sleep.
We tried dropping one of his afternoon naps yesterday and he still woke up at 4:30am. Lol. We shall try again and see what happens.
My son gets up at 4:30am every.single.morning. But, he's awake and ready to go. He eats breakfast, has a bottle, plays in his play yard for 1.5-2 hours and then goes down for his 1st nap. We've experimented with putting him to bed a little bit later (his bedtime is 7pm) and it makes no difference -- he's still up at 4:30am. Lol. He's on a pretty strict schedule (still takes 4 naps a day) at home so the routine works nicely unless we're out and about.
Btw sounds like his Circadian rhythm is off and maybe he's getting too much daytime sleep. If you don't mind being up at that hour then no need to change but if you want him to sleep in a bit then you might have to push his wake tines during the day a bit. At this point our LOs should be on 2-3 naps a day and 11-12 hours of nighttime sleep.
We tried dropping one of his afternoon naps yesterday and he still woke up at 4:30am. Lol. We shall try again and see what happens.
So if you want him to shift his internal clock there are a few steps. We did this because Preston was waking up at 6 but then down for a nap soon after so we knew he wasn't truly ready to wake up. We had to make sure that whenever he was awake that the house was nice and bright until right before bedtime. We made the mistake of turning the lights down at 6 hoping to wind him down for bed but then he started waking up. Then if he woke up early we would keep it really dark and be super boring and either rock him or help him go back to sleep until the correct wake up time. Then do a wake routine, turn on the light, big smiles, "good morning!!!" ECT. Eventually their clock will shift.
I slept 6 hours straight! Because Miles slept 8 hours straight! I think, I guess I don't really know, but he didn't wake me up at least, so that's the goal right? I'm really impressed with him because he's a snotty, wet coughing, sneezy mess. Oh well, I'll take it, I haven't slept that long continuously since... last April? Probably.
That's all, no questions. Just mildly well rested and wanted to share my good fortune
Me: 32 DH: 31 *The old lady by 5 whole weeks* Married: 11/2013 M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018
I slept 6 hours straight! Because Miles slept 8 hours straight! I think, I guess I don't really know, but he didn't wake me up at least, so that's the goal right? I'm really impressed with him because he's a snotty, wet coughing, sneezy mess. Oh well, I'll take it, I haven't slept that long continuously since... last April? Probably.
That's all, no questions. Just mildly well rested and wanted to share my good fortune
That's fantastic!
DD1: June '16 DD2: March ‘19 :::: Married since 2011 :::: USN Wife ::::
Mine goes down 7:30pm-8:00pm and stirs around 7am. Goes to bed and wakes anywhere between 8-9. This Saturday, he was down until 9:45am!
My kid goes to bed anywhere between 8-10 pm and is up between 8:30- 9:30 am. I have zero desire to wake up before 8 am unless I have to do I have my kids trained to that lol. My baby does still wake up at least once a night though : (.
Mine goes down 7:30pm-8:00pm and stirs around 7am. Goes to bed and wakes anywhere between 8-9. This Saturday, he was down until 9:45am!
My LO still wakes multiple times at night. She starting getting close to STTN- we got 11 hours one night (!!!!) but now she's sick and wakes up screaming an hour after she goes down and won't go back in her crib. It has been 5 nights of hell and I feel like a zombie!!
Damien goes down at 7pm and is usually asleep sometime between 7/7:30pm. He still wakes once during the night for a bottle. His morning officially begins sometime around 7:15am. The past week we have had trouble with bedtime, he is fighting sleep so hard that he is vomiting. We usually feed him dinner at 6pm and give him a bottle (to drink however much he wants) at bedtime. This week we are shifting his feedings back by a half-hour to see if that helps. We know he can self-soothe to sleep so it's just a matter of helping him get past this whole "I'm gping to freak out until I puke" thing he has going on. His naps are fine, so that's a plus!
Ethan is in bed at 7pm and awake at 4:30am. We recently tried dropping one of his 4 naps he takes and we got an extra 30-45 minutes in the morning. Lol. So that didn't go as planned.
Jackie goes to bed at 7 and usually sleeps until 4/5 and then sleeps until 7/8. She then takes two naps during the day at about 1 1/2 hr each. She was sleeping longer at night before teething, a cold, and leap 6, so we're working on re sleep training and night weaning.
DD1: June '16 DD2: March ‘19 :::: Married since 2011 :::: USN Wife ::::
Charlotte goes down around 7ish and then wakes 12/1am and around 4am and sleeps till 6/7. She's never slept through the night other then a random night here and there. She takes 2 1-2 hr naps a day. Unfortunately she caught the boys cold and is coughing up a storm and that's making sleep really difficult these last 2 nights. My boys were both night owls and would sleep late so this little lady is a whole new ball game for me.
Preston woke up screaming bloody murder last night and we can't figure out why. I'm talking random and sudden fit and even in our arms would not calm down. I nursed him and he finally settled but I couldn't lay him down until he was asleep. He seemed scared. I didn't think they get night terrors at this young an age but that's what it seemed like.
Preston woke up screaming bloody murder last night and we can't figure out why. I'm talking random and sudden fit and even in our arms would not calm down. I nursed him and he finally settled but I couldn't lay him down until he was asleep. He seemed scared. I didn't think they get night terrors at this young an age but that's what it seemed like.
I think they can have nightmares at this age (I think, not 100%).
Man, what a difference these communities are between each other. I belong to this other mommy group and 90% of them brag that their little ones STTN at 2 months or earlier. Nevermind that most of these ladies are very under educated (high school drop outs). And I mean this in the NICEST way, but I've had a lot of them jump at me when I cite AAP or the doctor and they prefer "WELL MY BABY GOT MILK AT 9 MONTHS AND HE WAS FINE." Very highly ignorant group.
Anyway, the only reason we wake LO at 7am on weekdays is because Hubs and I both work. So we get him up and get him dressed and out the door.
Man, what a difference these communities are between each other. I belong to this other mommy group and 90% of them brag that their little ones STTN at 2 months or earlier. Nevermind that most of these ladies are very under educated (high school drop outs). And I mean this in the NICEST way, but I've had a lot of them jump at me when I cite AAP or the doctor and they prefer "WELL MY BABY GOT MILK AT 9 MONTHS AND HE WAS FINE." Very highly ignorant group.
Anyway, the only reason we wake LO at 7am on weekdays is because Hubs and I both work. So we get him up and get him dressed and out the door.
No bragging here! But I've always been a very tell it like it is kind of person.
I think in general people lie or exaggerate to make themselves look better, make motherhood look easier. The truth is: this shit is hard! If we're all honest then everyone feels better because they know they're not the only one who is exhausted, stressed and probably in need of a shower!
Man, what a difference these communities are between each other. I belong to this other mommy group and 90% of them brag that their little ones STTN at 2 months or earlier. Nevermind that most of these ladies are very under educated (high school drop outs). And I mean this in the NICEST way, but I've had a lot of them jump at me when I cite AAP or the doctor and they prefer "WELL MY BABY GOT MILK AT 9 MONTHS AND HE WAS FINE." Very highly ignorant group.
Anyway, the only reason we wake LO at 7am on weekdays is because Hubs and I both work. So we get him up and get him dressed and out the door.
No bragging here! But I've always been a very tell it like it is kind of person.
I think in general people lie or exaggerate to make themselves look better, make motherhood look easier. The truth is: this shit is hard! If we're all honest then everyone feels better because they know they're not the only one who is exhausted, stressed and probably in need of a shower!
Oh man, I went 4 days without a shower last week. Between washing (and then drying) the mane and shaving, I just couldn't find an hour to spare to take care of it. DH always looks at me like he's so exasperated and disappointed when I tell him at 11 o'clock as he's getting into bed that I need a shower. I'm sorry buddy, being a mom makes me busy
Me: 32 DH: 31 *The old lady by 5 whole weeks* Married: 11/2013 M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018
Damien goes down at 7pm and is usually asleep sometime between 7/7:30pm. He still wakes once during the night for a bottle. His morning officially begins sometime around 7:15am. The past week we have had trouble with bedtime, he is fighting sleep so hard that he is vomiting. We usually feed him dinner at 6pm and give him a bottle (to drink however much he wants) at bedtime. This week we are shifting his feedings back by a half-hour to see if that helps. We know he can self-soothe to sleep so it's just a matter of helping him get past this whole "I'm gping to freak out until I puke" thing he has going on. His naps are fine, so that's a plus!
I wasn't able to shift his bedtime bottle but shifting his dinner to 5:30pm seems to have helped. He hasn't vomited since the shift. The issue now is that my husband doesn't like the 5:30 dinner. He is the one that feeds him dinner but he gets home from work at 5:30 so he says he feels too rushed. He loves feeding him dinner so I really don't want to take that away from him. I'm just worried that the vomiting will start again.
Damien goes down at 7pm and is usually asleep sometime between 7/7:30pm. He still wakes once during the night for a bottle. His morning officially begins sometime around 7:15am. The past week we have had trouble with bedtime, he is fighting sleep so hard that he is vomiting. We usually feed him dinner at 6pm and give him a bottle (to drink however much he wants) at bedtime. This week we are shifting his feedings back by a half-hour to see if that helps. We know he can self-soothe to sleep so it's just a matter of helping him get past this whole "I'm gping to freak out until I puke" thing he has going on. His naps are fine, so that's a plus!
I wasn't able to shift his bedtime bottle but shifting his dinner to 5:30pm seems to have helped. He hasn't vomited since the shift. The issue now is that my husband doesn't like the 5:30 dinner. He is the one that feeds him dinner but he gets home from work at 5:30 so he says he feels too rushed. He loves feeding him dinner so I really don't want to take that away from him. I'm just worried that the vomiting will start again.
Maybe try a smaller dinner. That way he is is super stuffed before he takes that bottle. Food under 1 is just for fun so don't worry about if he's getting calories or anything like that. I had a similar issue where Preston was refusing his bedtime nursing because his dinner was so big, so I just cut him back and fed him more slowly at dinner. That solved the issue.
Damien goes down at 7pm and is usually asleep sometime between 7/7:30pm. He still wakes once during the night for a bottle. His morning officially begins sometime around 7:15am. The past week we have had trouble with bedtime, he is fighting sleep so hard that he is vomiting. We usually feed him dinner at 6pm and give him a bottle (to drink however much he wants) at bedtime. This week we are shifting his feedings back by a half-hour to see if that helps. We know he can self-soothe to sleep so it's just a matter of helping him get past this whole "I'm gping to freak out until I puke" thing he has going on. His naps are fine, so that's a plus!
I wasn't able to shift his bedtime bottle but shifting his dinner to 5:30pm seems to have helped. He hasn't vomited since the shift. The issue now is that my husband doesn't like the 5:30 dinner. He is the one that feeds him dinner but he gets home from work at 5:30 so he says he feels too rushed. He loves feeding him dinner so I really don't want to take that away from him. I'm just worried that the vomiting will start again.
Maybe try a smaller dinner. That way he is is super stuffed before he takes that bottle. Food under 1 is just for fun so don't worry about if he's getting calories or anything like that. I had a similar issue where Preston was refusing his bedtime nursing because his dinner was so big, so I just cut him back and fed him more slowly at dinner. That solved the issue.
I remind my husband that food before "1 is fun" all the time. That's why I don't feel bad if I completely forget to do the lunch meal (happens sometimes when we do a day of errands). That's a good idea to reduce the portion size, I'll just do that then!
Ethan just woke up (he's been asleep for an hour) crying and despite my husband and I both taking turns holding and rocking him he was crying for several minutes. It seemed we couldn't console him and part of me wondered if he was fully awake (his eyes seemed half open) and he kept crying and said Mama. I told my husband it might be a baby nightmare and he was shocked and said "what could he possible have a nightmare about?" I hope this doesn't continue
Damien starts daycare in April so during this month I am attempting to get him use to waking up at 7am everyday. I'm not liking it and neither is he. When I wake him up, he just wants to go right back to sleep and is cranky until I put him back down. This morning he was only up for 40min before fussing and my husband was adamant that it was too soon to put him back down. Easy for him to say that since he is walking out the door and doesn't have to deal with the crankiness. I don't like keeping Damien up if he is tired too. If I do, he ends up taking a super short nap once he does go down. Is waking him up even though he doesn't have to yet, a good idea? I want him to get used to it but I also feel like I'm robbing him of sleep by waking him before he wants to.
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Maybe start by rocking her and stop just short of when she's asleep and work back from there until you can put her down while she's sleepy but still awake.
That's all, no questions. Just mildly well rested and wanted to share my good fortune
Married: 11/2013
M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018
Mine goes down 7:30pm-8:00pm and stirs around 7am. Goes to bed and wakes anywhere between 8-9. This Saturday, he was down until 9:45am!
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
Married: 11/2013
M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018
Married: 11/2013
M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018
Very highly ignorant group.
Anyway, the only reason we wake LO at 7am on weekdays is because Hubs and I both work. So we get him up and get him dressed and out the door.
I think in general people lie or exaggerate to make themselves look better, make motherhood look easier. The truth is: this shit is hard! If we're all honest then everyone feels better because they know they're not the only one who is exhausted, stressed and probably in need of a shower!
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
Married: 11/2013
M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018