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WHY does DS only fight sleep at bedtime?

DEElicious18DEElicious18
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I'm hoping someone has some insight. DS, most recently, had been sick. Pair that with teething and as we all know, sleep become far and few between. We're finally through the woods and now we have a new issue. For naps, he's a dream child. Change his diaper, put him in the crib wide awake, give him a bink, turn on his FP fish tank, walk out and he's asleep within 15 minutes and continues sleeping for an hour and a half. Night time, he's been sleeping through the night, sometimes he wakes up once but goes back to sleep quickly on his own. Bedtime, all he!! breaks loose. We haven't changed our routine at all. It used to take 15 minutes to get him to sleep. It's now a 2 hour ordeal. We rock him, we let him CIO in 10 minute increments, we rock again, CIO again and repeat. He finally goes to sleep when he's cried himself exhausted, but we have to rock him. What the heck happened? What's the issue? It's making me crazy...
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    If you figure it out, can you please let me know?  We have the same issue, except it's for naps.  Bedtime is wonderful - he nurses to sleep & if he wakes at night, it's fairly easy to get him back down w a shush & pat on the bum.

    But naps are driving me effing crazy.  It's *exactly* like you described.  Rocking, crying, rocking, crying until he's so exhausted he moans himself to sleep.  I'm seriously about to loose it.

    I wish I had some insight, but in the meantime, we can go crazy together.

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    If you figure it out, can you please let me know?  We have the same issue, except it's for naps.  Bedtime is wonderful - he nurses to sleep & if he wakes at night, it's fairly easy to get him back down w a shush & pat on the bum.

    But naps are driving me effing crazy.  It's *exactly* like you described.  Rocking, crying, rocking, crying until he's so exhausted he moans himself to sleep.  I'm seriously about to loose it.

    I wish I had some insight, but in the meantime, we can go crazy together.

    As much as I DO NOT wish this on someone else, I'm happy I'm not alone. I assume during the day you are home alone. Lately, SO has been working nights so I'm in the same situation. If there is another person there to tag team with, it's much more tolerable. Going at it alone makes me want to jump out of my second story window. Just sayin' (obviously I'm exaggerating, but you understand)

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    imageDEElicious18:
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    If you figure it out, can you please let me know?  We have the same issue, except it's for naps.  Bedtime is wonderful - he nurses to sleep & if he wakes at night, it's fairly easy to get him back down w a shush & pat on the bum.

    But naps are driving me effing crazy.  It's *exactly* like you described.  Rocking, crying, rocking, crying until he's so exhausted he moans himself to sleep.  I'm seriously about to loose it.

    I wish I had some insight, but in the meantime, we can go crazy together.

    As much as I DO NOT wish this on someone else, I'm happy I'm not alone. I assume during the day you are home alone. Lately, SO has been working nights so I'm in the same situation. If there is another person there to tag team with, it's much more tolerable. Going at it alone makes me want to jump out of my second story window. Just sayin' (obviously I'm exaggerating, but you understand)

    OMG yes! I get so frustrated & then mad at myself for getting frustrated & then the cycle just repeats itself.  I just don't know what to do to help him figure out how to get to sleep.

    Will SO always be working nights or can she give you a break at some point?

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    If you figure it out, can you please let me know?  We have the same issue, except it's for naps.  Bedtime is wonderful - he nurses to sleep & if he wakes at night, it's fairly easy to get him back down w a shush & pat on the bum.

    But naps are driving me effing crazy.  It's *exactly* like you described.  Rocking, crying, rocking, crying until he's so exhausted he moans himself to sleep.  I'm seriously about to loose it.

    I wish I had some insight, but in the meantime, we can go crazy together.

    As much as I DO NOT wish this on someone else, I'm happy I'm not alone. I assume during the day you are home alone. Lately, SO has been working nights so I'm in the same situation. If there is another person there to tag team with, it's much more tolerable. Going at it alone makes me want to jump out of my second story window. Just sayin' (obviously I'm exaggerating, but you understand)

    OMG yes! I get so frustrated & then mad at myself for getting frustrated & then the cycle just repeats itself.  I just don't know what to do to help him figure out how to get to sleep.

    Will SO always be working nights or can she give you a break at some point?

    It's two weeks on and two weeks off, so thankfully I will get a break. Her two weeks ends tonight THANK GOD!

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    If you figure it out, can you please let me know?  We have the same issue, except it's for naps.  Bedtime is wonderful - he nurses to sleep & if he wakes at night, it's fairly easy to get him back down w a shush & pat on the bum.

    But naps are driving me effing crazy.  It's *exactly* like you described.  Rocking, crying, rocking, crying until he's so exhausted he moans himself to sleep.  I'm seriously about to loose it.

    I wish I had some insight, but in the meantime, we can go crazy together.

    As much as I DO NOT wish this on someone else, I'm happy I'm not alone. I assume during the day you are home alone. Lately, SO has been working nights so I'm in the same situation. If there is another person there to tag team with, it's much more tolerable. Going at it alone makes me want to jump out of my second story window. Just sayin' (obviously I'm exaggerating, but you understand)

    OMG yes! I get so frustrated & then mad at myself for getting frustrated & then the cycle just repeats itself.  I just don't know what to do to help him figure out how to get to sleep.

    Will SO always be working nights or can she give you a break at some point?

    It's two weeks on and two weeks off, so thankfully I will get a break. Her two weeks ends tonight THANK GOD!

    Yay for help!  Now watch, he'll go to bed wonderfully tonight (not that that would be a bad thing, but you know what I mean).

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    imagecarrotcake06:
    imageDEElicious18:
    imagecarrotcake06:
    imageDEElicious18:
    imagecarrotcake06:

    If you figure it out, can you please let me know?  We have the same issue, except it's for naps.  Bedtime is wonderful - he nurses to sleep & if he wakes at night, it's fairly easy to get him back down w a shush & pat on the bum.

    But naps are driving me effing crazy.  It's *exactly* like you described.  Rocking, crying, rocking, crying until he's so exhausted he moans himself to sleep.  I'm seriously about to loose it.

    I wish I had some insight, but in the meantime, we can go crazy together.

    As much as I DO NOT wish this on someone else, I'm happy I'm not alone. I assume during the day you are home alone. Lately, SO has been working nights so I'm in the same situation. If there is another person there to tag team with, it's much more tolerable. Going at it alone makes me want to jump out of my second story window. Just sayin' (obviously I'm exaggerating, but you understand)

    OMG yes! I get so frustrated & then mad at myself for getting frustrated & then the cycle just repeats itself.  I just don't know what to do to help him figure out how to get to sleep.

    Will SO always be working nights or can she give you a break at some point?

    It's two weeks on and two weeks off, so thankfully I will get a break. Her two weeks ends tonight THANK GOD!

    Yay for help!  Now watch, he'll go to bed wonderfully tonight (not that that would be a bad thing, but you know what I mean).

    That is EXACTLY what happens every.single.time! I'm going to NYC tomorrow for the day with my mom and some friends so SO is on her own (for the second time ever) tomorrow night. I'd be willing to put $100 on the chance that he goes down without issue. LOL

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