Middle-of-the-Night Coping Techniques

Mallyboomer

LO tends to be pretty wakeful from 11:00PM-2:00AM every night... she'll catnap, but has a hard time settling down to sleep.

I've been having a rough time with it, but last night when she woke up to eat, I turned on "That Mitchell and Webb Look" on netflix instant-watch. Poor DH got woken up by my giggling, but it sure kept me from going into the crazy "When will this baby ever go to sleep??" mode. I think I've got a new routine.

What's your sanity-preserving secret? 

LifesPeachy

Haha- glad you found something that works. My LO is the same way.. seems to have been awake every night from 11-2. I haven't thought about what to do during that time except to keep trying to sleep. Maybe that will change but for now I just cuddle her in bed.

rosesandpeonies

My husband watches the baby from 10pm-1am while I sleep...so at least I get 3 hours of uninterupted (sp?) sleep.  Then I watch Golden Girls, Cheers and Who's the Boss on Hallmark channel to get me through the rest of the night

saraboston

I did the same thing when DD was your LO's age. I'd just watch TV until she was good and asleep. She also would only sleep in her carseat at that point... So I'd put her in it then carry her upstairs.

shaw

My LO was wakeful from 3-7am.  I would sit in his nursery in the dark on my laptop.  It was then that I designed birth announcements, researched infant sleeping (haha) and caught up on emails!? 

jenna3016

Mally - your baby's pictures are adorable. 

 

In the middle of the night, I surf the net, sometimes with him lying in my lap on a pillow.... or I read - w/him next to me in the boppy.

JDoe11111

I watch DVDs on my laptop - so far we've made it through the entire series of Glee, Vampire Diaries, Northern Exposure, Big Bang Theory, and we're on season 6 of ER.

LeapMomma

I do the usual feed/diaper routine and if she's still awake I try rocking in the glider. If that doesn't work I bring her back to bed with me and let her fall asleep on her own while I get a few extra winks before the next feeding.