Reverse cycling? 4-month wakeful? I'm exhausted!

Rhianna1981

For the past couple of nights, my daughter's sleep has been horrible! She'll go down at 6pm, want to eat at 8pm, then 10pm, then 12am, then 2am, and from then on she is pretty much in bed nursing constantly until 5:30am, when she wants to get up for an hour or so, before getting back into bed at 7am and nursing until 9am. For a while (beginning at about 5 weeks), she was sleeping 6-7 hours at a time, and it was great. I would love a 4-hour chunk of uninterrupted sleep at this point! 

I am exhausted. My nipples are sore. I am super emotional because I'm not getting enough sleep.

I think I just have to wait it out, I'm sure. But I wanted to commiserate, I guess. 

jasminelorraine20

I feel your pain! We're going through the same thing and thank God for patience. I don't even nurse LO in bed with me anymore, I just go to the nursery and nurse him in my chair. He goes down easy, but for the majority of last week he was popping up every 2 hours- very frustrating!! Last night I got lucky since DS slept from 11 pm to 7 am, but I'm not keeping my fingers crossed on that one. Just hang in there!

Rhianna1981

Actually, I haven't gone back to work yet-- so I guess that it isn't reverse cycling? I am in class twice a week, and she won't eat anything while I am gone those days (approx. 5 hours at a time).

I feel like part of the problem is that she is in our room with us (and will be until 6 months), so when she begins to make a sound, I rush to pick her up so that she doesn't wake my husband, who has to get up for work. So now she knows that she gets a boob in her face whenever she wants, which may be contributing to the issue...