i cant do it anymore!!

babymama_bryn

baby girl has yet to sttn and i've been doing ok with waking once a night, but lately its pretty much every two hours (screaming and hard to calm down pretty much 90% of the time) and she wants to eat like twice a night now. But she wont drink more oz during the day. when shes done, shes done.  Im exhausted. I cry thinking about my friends that have babies around the same age as me and have been sttn for a while now.

Im sitting at work, literally so tired that Im afraid ill fall asleep when i blink........

And she's tired too! When she's up to get ready for DC, she looks exhausted. And like today, i fed her & got her dressed for school and she fell asleep 30 min after she got up. I tried to talk to her and tell her that if she'd just sleep all night she wouldn't be this tired in the morning! didnt work!

Im thinking its time to assign a week to sleep training. I mean, i have to do something...im drained.

What worked best for you? Any tips or advice, i need HELP!

Oh and DD uses a paci at night. We have to go in and put it back in pretty often. But DH doesnt want to get rid of it completely bc it does calm her down & sometimes after she spits it out its like 3 hrs before she wakes up and needs it. So i dont know if that would help?? Oh and she's a bf baby.

thanks ladies, i need help please.......

chucknorris11

Honestly, I still have the same problem. The only way to get any sleep is to put her in bed with me and nurse her as soon as she wakes and she goes right back out.

Sorry I am not more help, but know you have lots of people in the same boat!

bbarukh

Maybe this will help. About a month ago DD was only waking once a night. Then... About 2 weeks ago she started waking every three hours (screaming) and wanting to be fed. She wasn't going back down easily either. Then one day (about a week and a half ago) she started sleeping 11 hours a night. At first I thought it was just a one night thing but it has continued for a week and half. Maybe your LO is about to turn that corner? Keep up the good work. I know it's hard.

heatherfaith

Im in the same situation.  ds is only 3 1/2 mo but screams and cries to go to bed. Wakes up at least 2-3 times before I go to bed and then wakes 1-2 during the night for a bottle.  It takes a while to get him back to sleep during the night as well. He then takes a 3 hr nap from 7-10am.  But ds #1 wakes up at 7 :-(.  Im soooo tired. so looking to hear your suggestions as well.

heatherfaith

oh my ds refuses a paci so nothing calms him down.. At least you have that.

jennyandty

I feel your pain!  We experienced this same thing.  My DS is just turning 6 months this week.  I think it was a combination of teething and needing to learn how to get himself back to sleep w/o the boob.  I would nurse him to sleep and then transfer him to his crib.  He would wake up in a crib instead of my arms and not know where he was. 
   I figured all this out by reading Dr. Ferber's book.  I know nurse him and then read and sing to him until he is calm and sleepy but NOT asleep.  Then I put him down in his crib while awake.  He did fuss a little but we only had about a half an hour of real crying.  And even during the half an hour he wasn't full on screaming.  I always thought ferber's method was harsh but it totally isn't.  He is a much happier baby now that he is sleeping more.  He still gets up at 5 am to eat and then up for the day around 8 am.  Good luck!  You will survive, every day that goes by (every night) is one closer to STTN.    Oh and when he seems to be in pain from teething I give him tylenol before bed.

babymama_bryn

bbarukh:

Maybe this will help. About a month ago DD was only waking once a night. Then... About 2 weeks ago she started waking every three hours (screaming) and wanting to be fed. She wasn't going back down easily either. Then one day (about a week and a half ago) she started sleeping 11 hours a night. At first I thought it was just a one night thing but it has continued for a week and half. Maybe your LO is about to turn that corner? Keep up the good work. I know it's hard.

oh i pray that is the case! but i feel like she's going to be waking up at night until she's 18! haha

Linzyxo

My DS, who was STTN beautifully, had a set back a few weeks ago and we're just now getting back on track.  Their sleep habits are so sensitive at this age.  If I dont watch very closely to how much sleep he gets at daycare and then adjust his bed time accordingly, we're in big trouble.  Once he's over tired we're in for a long long night of waking every few hours needing soothed.

Even now, we're back to a semi normal schedule but he'll wake occasionally screaming. Generally a hand on his belly and some shushing does it but it took us a while to get to that.   If he fusses I let him fuss and figure it out.  If he starts to cry I give him a min or two and then go in (CIO doesn't work for him yet, he gets so worked up he starts vomiting).  My last resort is picking him up and rocking him and paci's don't work - he hates them.

I've been following Dr. Weissbluth's Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby since almost day 1. It focuses on learning your childs sleep que's and reacting accordingly.  They talks about a few CIOish methods but we've yet to try those.

 Hang tight, this will pass:)