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Linnya
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We're about at our wits end (sorry, but long)
Linnya
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DS has developed a horrible sleep pattern over the past week. If he does go to sleep well, he wakes up between 10:30 and midnight and won't go back to sleep for hours. Last night he was up from 11pm to about 4am. When he wakes up, he whines almost non-stop. He used to be able to wake a little in the night and go back to sleep. Now, when he wakes he whines and whines and whines...and we are living in a hotel so we all share a room.
He doesn't seem to be in pain, though he is slowly working on getting his last canine tooth. We've given him baby ibuprofen at night, just in case this is at the root of his issue. When I pick him up he is upset and fusses and cries, but doesn't calm down if I put him down. It's like he can't settle down again and go back to sleep and is distressed by something.
The only thing that has worked is complete change of scenery. Tonight he woke around 11pm, whining and fussing a little. I made sure he wasn't twisted up in his sleep sack or uncomfortable in another obvious way. I gave him water. He never settled down to sleep again, though didn't seem completely awake. I tried to leave him in bed, but after 45 minutes of incessant fussing/whining I had to pick him up and take him out of the room. I changed his diaper (didn't really need it) and fed him some mandarin orange slices while he sat on the couch with DH and I. He is now laying in his pack-n-play in the living room and may actually go back to sleep (my fingers are crossed.)
I am very tired of spending hours up in the middle of the night, sporadically dozing on the couch while he plays in his pack-n-play for hours. I am exhausted and DH is losing sleep, too, leaving him a zombie at work. We're calling our doctor in the states tomorrow because I just don't know what else to do. He seems completely healthy, but he is not getting enough sleep. I know several of the ladies here are in the middle of toddler sleep hell right now and my heart goes out to all of you. I just wish we had solutions! If anyone has any ideas that might help us, please share them. We're just so frustrated and tired and don't know what to do.
And I'm sorry this is long, but it has been somewhat therapeutic just typing it out.
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Re: We're about at our wits end (sorry, but long)
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DD went through a phase like that about 6 months ago and it was terrible! I think that's about when we started routinely giving a bedtime snack RIGHT before the bedtime routine to help her stay full. Other than that, we did a little tough love, not allowing her to go play and instead, laying next to her in bed when she woke to try to get her back to sleep. I figured that I was still comforting her, so if she cried it wasn't the same as CIO. I did this when we were living in an apartment and I felt bad for the neighbors (I knew they'd hear) but at the same time it HAD to be done. It didn't take long until she caught on and stopped crying so much at least.
GL, I don't envy hotel living at all. Can you let DH rest in the bedroom area (are they separate rooms?) while you and DS are in the living room?
This is what we've been doing. I think I need to be a little stronger on the tough love part. I've put him in his pack-n-play out of necessity (he won't lay in bed with us or on the couch with me) with some quiet toys (stuffed animal, books, etc.) and I've put a Fraggle Rock DVD on in desperation a few times. I'm sure I should avoid the DVD. We are very lucky to have two separate rooms...I wonder if I should just move him to the pack-n-play to sleep when we wakes? We all sleep better when we have our own rooms, though I like having him close.
(((hugs)))
I think, if he was in another room, with his own furniture and things, then he would be a better sleeper. He doesn't sound like he's doing well with the living arrangements and upside down time zone.
I agree wholeheartedly! He wants his own room again, but I'm not sure when we will be in a house yet. We are trying to buy, but have run up against an epidemic of financing prejudice because we are American. The really frustrating part is that he's been pretty good here for 6 of the 7 weeks we've been here. I guess he's reached a breaking point? I know how frustrated I am!