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DS sleep habits

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So, DS is a champ at sleeping at night.  However, it ends there.  During the day, he seldomly naps and when he does the second I put him down he is fussy again.  I can't accomplish anything around the house and am so drained by the time DH gets home.  I'm writing this post one handed because he only wants to sleep in my arms.  I don't get it, at night he sleeps 5-7 hours, but today all I've accomplished is half a shower (he was hungry right after I got in, I ended up sitting there freezing my butt off feeding him with wet hair and in only underwear and then scared to put him down to get dressed because I knew he'd get fussy again for like an hour) and have eaten a few bites of food twice.  I really want to hold him all day long because I love cuddling him, but I feel like I can get nothing accomplished.  I also don't want to be so stressed when DH gets home because I know he needs to eat, change clothes, pee, whatever too!  Any advice ladies?  tyia!
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  • ReeseMReeseM member

    I feel for you! DD1 was the same way. And DD2 is to a certain extent also.

    Um, nothing worked with #1... but we also didn't try very hard. We held her for naps for 6 months... and I had PPD, and a lot of it was because I felt so useless and isolated, stuck at home holding a sleeping baby 6 hours a day.

    For #2, I have tried a few things, swing, moving and not moving. Worked sometimes at the beginning. Papasan chair, worked sometimes at the beginning. 

    Anyhow, what I am realizing now works the best (for how long I don't know), is replicating night time. Swaddling, holding til she falls asleep, holding for about 20 minutes (til she gets out of that first REM cycle, when her eyes stop wiggling and twitching), and then laying down in her bassinet. All the same stuff we do at night. She will have nursed about 45 minutes to an hour prior to nap.

    All that to say, if I get one good nap out of her a day, I feel like a much more normal person! 

    I can totally relate, and it is really frustrating. I hope your LO gets it together soon!

    All that to say, it is so very normal. They were held for 10 months, and now we expect them to sleep alone. 

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    So, DS is a champ at sleeping at night.  However, it ends there.  During the day, he seldomly naps and when he does the second I put him down he is fussy again.  I can't accomplish anything around the house and am so drained by the time DH gets home.  I'm writing this post one handed because he only wants to sleep in my arms.  I don't get it, at night he sleeps 5-7 hours, but today all I've accomplished is half a shower (he was hungry right after I got in, I ended up sitting there freezing my butt off feeding him with wet hair and in only underwear and then scared to put him down to get dressed because I knew he'd get fussy again for like an hour) and have eaten a few bites of food twice.  I really want to hold him all day long because I love cuddling him, but I feel like I can get nothing accomplished.  I also don't want to be so stressed when DH gets home because I know he needs to eat, change clothes, pee, whatever too!  Any advice ladies?  tyia!

    I chuckled at the shower part, but that's only because I've been there!! My LO has been like that every day until today.... she is napping in her crib right now and I can't even believe it. What I did differently was swaddled her, I usually only do that at night, but I will be doing it during the day now too.

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  • thatsmarythatsmary

    I have a "Sleepy Wrap", a generic Moby wrap thing.  I've only used it a couple of times and sometimes she fights it, but right now DD is sleeping in it on my chest and I actually have 2 hands!  I am eating my lunch at the same time.  I even nursed her in it (albeit, slightly tricky). 

    When DH gets home from work, he is able to wash his hands, pee, and change his clothes, but then DD is his for at least a half hour.  I take a nap!  Last night I told DH (who was wanting to help me out because I was super exhausted) that he could start having my water bottles ready (I drink 4 sports bottles a day so I don't have to think about getting enough water) and get together everything that I would need for breakfast and lunch.  That way I don't have to do those things one handed.

    My LO has allowed me to shower all but one day (okay, now I'm totally jinxing myself) by sitting in her vibrating chair in the bathroom with the fan and water on.  She cries about the time I finish so I pick her up and calm her for a second or two and then just put her back crying for a minute or two while I get dressed super quick. I mean, at that point she's already awake, right?  I haven't dried my hair in a month.

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  • Firedancer1013Firedancer1013
    I have tried swaddling, but DS hates it.  For whatever reason, he HAS to have his arms free or else he gets really upset.  I think he wakes more during the day because he sleeps all night, so he cluster feeds all day long, but he only sleeps 12-14 hours a day typically, with 5-7 at night, leaving me holding him during the day for 10+ hours some days.  Maybe tomorrow I will try staying up in our room all day, to see if having the fan and the humidifier sounds will help him to stay sleeping....
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  • sarag0116sarag0116 member
    I hear ya.  We've been dealing with that too ever since she turned 3 weeks old.  She's fussy a lot during the day (but doing well at night so it's hard to complain too much).  I didn't eat until noon... actually no it's was more like 1.  I do a lot of shushing and holding her on her side.  It gets exhausting.  If you find something that helps, please pass along the info!
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  • lilmamma021811lilmamma021811

    imageFiredancer1013:
    So, DS is a champ at sleeping at night.  However, it ends there.  During the day, he seldomly naps and when he does the second I put him down he is fussy again.  I can't accomplish anything around the house and am so drained by the time DH gets home.  I'm writing this post one handed because he only wants to sleep in my arms.  I don't get it, at night he sleeps 5-7 hours, but today all I've accomplished is half a shower (he was hungry right after I got in, I ended up sitting there freezing my butt off feeding him with wet hair and in only underwear and then scared to put him down to get dressed because I knew he'd get fussy again for like an hour) and have eaten a few bites of food twice.  I really want to hold him all day long because I love cuddling him, but I feel like I can get nothing accomplished.  I also don't want to be so stressed when DH gets home because I know he needs to eat, change clothes, pee, whatever too!  Any advice ladies?  tyia!

     

    I'll trade you, hon.. Mine sleeps like a rock all day long only waking up every 4 hours for about 15 minutes to eat, then he's up all night long. Granted, he's only 5 days old but still. I've had to keep waking him up today to see if that makes any kind of difference. I miss sleeping with my husband lol 

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