I am so jealous/angry I could scream.

TiffanyTheMom

I see all these posts where lots of you ladies are like, 'Yeah, my LO is waking 2x a night now, it's awful.' My LO USED to wake only 2x a night, but now thanks to the 4MW she's up 4-5 times every night to eat. It's almost like she's a newborn again.

First her sleeping schedule was off because of going yo FL, but she adjusted to the time diff. after a week being there. But when we flew back, she had to adjust and then the 4MW kicked in! I've been without sleep for weeks and I am a ill-tempered, mean human being! 

DH is getting the snip this Thursday, and I know he'll be using that as an excuse for weeks to come to not get up at night on the weekends to help with the baby. I don't reme,ber experiencing this with my other two children, and to be honest when I heard ladies on 3-6 talk about it, I was all "yeah right, they must be doing something wrong because my other two never did that!' I'm thinking now I was just lucky they never did that.

Sorry so long... I'm just so jealous of you ladies who are only getting up 1-2x a night. It's me, not you.

AM2008

We just went through this with DD.  She was up 4-5 times a night for 2.5 weeks, then one night, she was up every 40 minutes after 1:30am.  It was horrific.  Now, thankfully, she seems to be averaging 1-2 again, which is still not where she was pre-4 month wakeful.  Hang in there, it will end/get better one day!

hopedbell87

Yall are scaring me with this whole 4 month wake thing.

JamieSF

I am right there with you. My LO is finally over his colic (thank god), but he has still never slept longer than 5 hours in a row, and he is often up every 2-3 hours. He has also started this new thing where he stays awake after at least one of his night feedings for 1-3 hours. It totally sucks. I know he is overtired and I have read every sleep book and tip on the Internet to get him to sleep more and he just won't. I think things will be this way until he is ready for sleep training. After reading Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, I decided to try CIO on him... He isn't ready. He cried for two hours abc showed no signs of slowing down. So yeah, I hear you,

AM2008

hopedbell87:

Yall are scaring me with this whole 4 month wake thing.

It's no joke, and I thought people were being dramatic when I read about it.  Then it happened to me, but just like everything else that comes with having a baby, you just deal with it and get through it and keep telling yourself things will get better.

courtneyt13

AM2008:

hopedbell87:

Yall are scaring me with this whole 4 month wake thing.

It's no joke, and I thought people were being dramatic when I read about it.  Then it happened to me, but just like everything else that comes with having a baby, you just deal with it and get through it and keep telling yourself things will get better.

I also thought people were overreacting about it, but seriously.... H is up sometimes up to 4 times a night. She used to go to bed at 7:30-8pm now at 11 and then up every 2-3 hours. Oh and she is teething at this same time so when she is up she is usually miserable. So Tiffany- I totally understand how you feel. And DH seems to have selective hearing when it comes to night time feedings.

christyp80

I'm not sure if we hit the 4 month wakeful yet, because Audrey's never slept well overnight.  Usually she's up between 3-5 times a night, and that's just her normal.  She's never woken up fewer than 2 times.  Nevermind that the child won't take a bottle at night, so it's not like Daddy can take a shift.  I can't even be happy anymore for anyone who's baby is sleeping longer, and everyone who is now complaining about their baby waking up 2-3 times a night because of 4 month wakeful can kiss my tired a$$.  Last night she went to bed at 9, woke at midnight, 2, and 4.  She wouldn't go back to sleep after the 4 o'clock wake up until after 5.  I had a meeting at work this morning at 7, so I just got in the shower at that point.  I'm throwing myself a pity party, who wants to come?

TiffanyTheMom

christyp80:

I'm not sure if we hit the 4 month wakeful yet, because Audrey's never slept well overnight.  Usually she's up between 3-5 times a night, and that's just her normal.  She's never woken up fewer than 2 times.  Nevermind that the child won't take a bottle at night, so it's not like Daddy can take a shift.  I can't even be happy anymore for anyone who's baby is sleeping longer, and everyone who is now complaining about their baby waking up 2-3 times a night because of 4 month wakeful can kiss my tired a$$.  Last night she went to bed at 9, woke at midnight, 2, and 4.  She wouldn't go back to sleep after the 4 o'clock wake up until after 5.  I had a meeting at work this morning at 7, so I just got in the shower at that point.  I'm throwing myself a pity party, who wants to come?

HOLY CRAP your girl must be in cahoots with mine!! Mine woke up at nearly the same exact times- went to bed at 8:30, woke at 11:45, then 2:30, then 4:30, then woke at 6:45 permanently. Dead. Tired. 

mimi1017

discobelle:

Do all babies go through 4 month wakeful, or just some babies?

We aren't there yet, but after all these posts, I am afraid!   

 

This.

monica96

I am SO sorry Tiffany if I sparked your anger with my sleep post. I was just SO belated I had to share. I'm sure my day is coming. B will be 4 months tomorrow. I like you think alot, what is with everyone's babies, my first 2 were like cake walks. They were sttn by 6 weeks, never had any kind of cranky growth spurts, no 4m wakeful, and sttn every single night. Thank goodness I'm older with alittle more patience because although the last about 2 months B only gets up once, I still don't get much sleep so I totally understand how your feeling. Just keep saying over and over...this won't last forever, this won't last forever, this won't last forever.

monica96

BTW...flame me if you want but I put B down on his tummy to sleep. That's the same thing I did with the first 2. I didn't start it with LO until later because everyone got me so nervous. That wore off when he went from waking up twice a night, to once, then last night's miracle.

TiffanyTheMom

Momma, I'm not mad at you- I'm jealous of your god sleeper, and just angry that circumstance with this- my last child- makes sleep even harder. I cant be angry at my girl-pie, I'm just angry I'm not getting sleep.

My LO rolls to her belly in her sleep, and I let her stay there. 

kbugcmommy

I am jealous of all of you! My LO has never woke up less than 3 times a night! I would LOVE even one night of decent sleep! On the plus side, maybe I won't even notice the 4 month wakeful.

Jennabug25

DS is going threw this right now I do believe. He woke up a million times in the past couple nights. He breaks out of his swaddle and he HATES the escape proof swaddle. He screams his head off when we try it.

I stopped looking at the clock because I just get angry. H started a new job (YAY!) but he gets up really early for it so I am on permanent baby duty now. (BOO) I really liked getting the help. He gladly gets up when I ask him too though. This morning he must have felt bad for me for getting up 7 million times because he got up to re-nuk ds, I didn't even have to ask.

I can usually re-nuk him several times before he will wake himself fully. I think he is teething too. He rooting around like he is hungry on his fists, so I make a bottle and he won't eat it. He screams because he wants to chew. He is so impatient it's kinda funny. He frantically roots his fist or sophie. We gave him a chilled teether last night after he attacked my hand and he was in heaven!

ALYEATS84

hopedbell87:

Yall are scaring me with this whole 4 month wake thing.

Me too!

greyt00

hopedbell87:

Yall are scaring me with this whole 4 month wake thing.

Me too!

thatsmary

I think we're on week 3 of the 4 month wakeful. Last night was a bit better... DD only woke up 3 times!

Lucky_Dragonfly

I'm really hoping that DD does not go through this. DS never did and I was grateful that he was on;y waking once to eat. DD is awesome. she started STTN last month. I'm just going to knock on wood now.

Mrs.HMommy

Aww I don't have any advise or anything, just sucks your going through that especially having the big family you have and having to take care of everyone. It will get better Hang in there!

NelyBelly

Hi, jumping in to say you're not alone. My DS by now was sleeping at least 8 hour stretches, but DD has only done 6 hours a few times. I just finished about 3 weeks of sleep hell. She was either up many times a night or up twice but awake and crying for about an hour or two each time. As if a miracle happened, a few days ago she started going down without a fuss around 7:30pm, predictably wakes at midnight, 4am, then up for the day around 7am. Her naps have also been great. Around two hours of being awake she yawns, I then sing her a lullabye and put her in her crib with her ocean sounds and she's out for two hours twice a day. Although I would love for her to sleep the entire night, I'll take this deal. Good luck, and I keep reminding myself that they're only little but for a blink of an eye. 

TofuMama7

I'm so with you! J has been getting up every 1.5 - 2 hours all night long for the past 3 weeks, I'm so exhausted! Last night when he got up at 4:30 I just started to cry... this won't last forever... right?  RIGHT???