Okay. This is getting ridonkulous.

babyluv617

He is waking every 45 minutes. All night. And naps are going to crap. I'm just not sure where to go.

He's gone from sleeping 5 or so hour stretches to only sleeping tidbits over the past several months and I just can't handle it any more. He may be getting a tooth but this is going on at least two months of bad sleep getting worse.

Patting/shushing isn't working. Motrin isn't working. Clove oil isn't working. Gripe water isn't working.

We have a bed time routine and he goes down without a fight, but he wakes very frequently.

He just wants to lay on me and fuss and squirm all night long. I'm not sleeping. He's not sleeping. 

Any advice at all??? Please??

Sassy_Cassie

I have no advice.  Our sleep is all over the place right now...

But I want to offer ((hugs)) and tell you I hope he gets back on a better schedule soon! 

nsees

I feel like I'm always saying this on here to any baby fussing but thats how it was for Evan with teething.  The amber necklace helped him start to sleep through the night again but I know you've already tried that.  What about this?  Can you still use the swing with him?  Eli used to love those crib light things like this.

I know it's so exhausting.  I hope you can figure something out or that it's just a short phase!  Can your H help out at night at all so you can get a couple of hours of straight sleep?

satreece

Digestive issues?  Does he seem gassy?  Any chance he's hungry?  Is he eating any solids (no judgment, just curious)?

Developmental milestones?  Learning to crawl?  

It does seem a little excessively long for a growth spurt!  How extremely difficult... I remember those super frequent night wakings and how exhausting they were.  And how you think, for sure, by that age, they should be doing better with sleeping, not worse!

Have you done any sleep training at all?  Again, no judgment at all... just wondering.  

Has anything else significantly changed?

thejennigirl

Bring him to me for the weekend.  You sleep.  I get baby fix.  Figure it all out on Monday.

Problem.Solved.

 

babyluv617

I tried the Camilia with D and it didn't seem to do anything. Maybe I should try again.

He does have a crib soother, but just screams when he wakes - no playing, talking, etc.

He had colic and still can't tolerate dairy. I've been off dairy for over 3 weeks now. 

He is *almost* crawling. Rocking back forth on all fours. 

He does eat solids, but had been backing off those this week. (Leading me to think teeth.) 

We gave him an extra bottle last night bc he seemed hungry and I've been having supply issues. Didn't seem to help. =(

I know he has SO much going on right now, so it's just "baby stuff" but I'm so exhausted. DH is helping a bit more this week. 

eta - and yes. we do amber. he has an anklet all the time and a necklace worn during the day. it does help his temperament during the day, but nights are still bad. 

babyluv617

thejennigirl:

Bring him to me for the weekend.  You sleep.  I get baby fix.  Figure it all out on Monday.

Problem.Solved.

 

Be there in 4 hours or less.  

thejennigirl

I'll be waiting. With a half gallon of apple cider.

Fun2Dream

thejennigirl:

I'll be waiting. With a half gallon of apple cider.

Do you have Goldschlager to add to it?  Sounds like she needs it.  

 

OP - I feel your pain - DD went through this too.  I hope he gets over it quickly! 

babyluv617

thejennigirl:

I'll be waiting. With a half gallon of apple cider.

Spike it please!

satreece

Huge hugs.  DS slept terribly right before he started crawling.  We had a video monitor and would watch him - every single time he stirred, he would roll over, get up on all fours, start rocking and was then completely awake.  You're right.  It is totally ridonkulous.

And, of course, he was teething constantly between 6 - 8 months because he got 8 teeth during that time.  By 9ish months, my terrible, horrible, no-good, VERY bad sleeper started sleeping and DH said one day "that wasn't so bad, let's have another one."  And so it was.  LOL.  We were so thrilled to FINALLY sleep after so many months!

I will say (completely without any judgment, again) that we tried on several occasions to let DS cry - always going in and comforting him at varying intervals and, at some point (closer to 8 months than 6 obviously) he was developmentally ready (I guess) to calm himself down.  If he'd cried more than 5 or 10 minutes, he probably wasn't going to stop crying (because he'd just get more upset).  Anyway, I was never really okay with letting him cry for unending amounts of time every night or anything like that, but I do look back at it now and see it as us giving him an opportunity to learn how to calm himself down.  That totally doesn't mean that I think everyone should do it that way or anything like that.... just sharing what worked for us.  Obviously, people can have kids who sleep great without ever having to let their kids "cry it out."  

But, if all else fails, take Jenni up on her offer and get some rest.  I know that it was during those times of 45 minute wakings that DH and I would split the night in half to make sure we both had the chance to get 4 or 5 hours of sleep (we both work full time).  It really helped save our sanity a little.

Good luck, mama!

babyluv617

Thanks, Satreece. There have been moments where I left him in his crib for 5 min to catch my breath and regain my composure. But you're right, he's not ready to do this on his own. I need to just be there and know it will end.

Soyager

Gah. I shouldn't have opened this post. B sleeps 7-11, then he's up at 11, 1,3,5, and 6 lately. Y'all aren't helping my wish that things will get better any time soon.

crackerjackprinter

Have you had him checked out for underlying issues like low weight gain or ear infections? 

thejennigirl

Soyager:

Gah. I shouldn't have opened this post. B sleeps 7-11, then he's up at 11, 1,3,5, and 6 lately. Y'all aren't helping my wish that things will get better any time soon.

I can take B, too. 

 

danaann78

I know someone else asked already, but is it possible that he's hungry?  At about 9 months Q woke up all.night.long before I realized that my supply was starting to deplete.  He acted fine during the day and had been sleeping through the night for 2 months at that point.  Nothing I did helped increase my milk and we had to start supplementing.  Once we did that he went right back to STTN.

Not that I'm recommending giving up BFing, just passing along my own experience. 

babyluv617

crackerjackprinter:

Have you had him checked out for underlying issues like low weight gain or ear infections? 

I've been watching him for fever and signs. Getting ready to switch pedis because they never take my concerns seriously. I was in when this all started and his diagnosis? "fussiness" was written in his chart. 

Dobie_Mama

S went through a really bad sleep period around that age.  I never did figure out what it was, but it sucked.  I know that's totally not helpful, but I can sympathize.

I hope it passes for you guys soon.  I know the exhaustion is just relentless.

lytedark

Soyager:

Gah. I shouldn't have opened this post. B sleeps 7-11, then he's up at 11, 1,3,5, and 6 lately. Y'all aren't helping my wish that things will get better any time soon.

and the two of you aren't helping me any either!!  bah.  V catnaps on me off and on from 7-9 and then we both go down for the night so i take advantage of the longest stretch but she wakes sometime between 12-1:30 then every 2 hours after that the rest of the night, waking for the day between 5-6:30.

she was a great sleeper for the first 2, almost 3 months.  since then we've been suffering.  and it's sounding like we may continue for a while huh?  :-(

*hugs* to both of you!  i hope it gets better soon!!