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March 2011 Moms
Moms of 11-12 wk babies, please come in....
The past few nights my LO has been fighting sleep. When I say fighting, I mean screaming/kicking/crying. Yesterday she only took 1 nap and not even for an hr, then around 5pm, I noticed that they was getting cranky and could tell that she was over tired. I got her down at around 6pm, she slept for 30 mins and then woke up screaming and crying again. We went through this probably 2 more times, her only napping for a max of 30mins. She didn't actually go down until 11:30.
I know that we are to expect them to be "fussy" around 11wks but this is to the extreme. My question is, is anyone else going through this? I have an appt tomorrow with the pediatrician but if this is normal, I would rather cancel it and not be "that mom" that goes into the office for every little thing, she has already had a few unscheduled visits for coughs and whatnot.
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Re: Moms of 11-12 wk babies, please come in....
where does she nap? DS used to love napping in his swing or PnP in the living room. he'd pass out for a couple of hours. a few weeks ago he just stopped. now he sleeps for 15-30 minutes in either one and wakes up CRAAANKY. i think he's just getting to the age where he's so interested in everythiing that's going on around him that, even though we're super quiet while he naps, he doesn't like missing out on what's going on.
we've started to put him in his crib for naps and not just bedtime. worked like a charm. it's nice and dark and quiet in there and i think he is able to just rest better. now his sleep pattern seems to be bedtime at 7:30/8pm, up at 4 for a bottle and right back to bed, up at 7:30. nap from 11-1, sometimes another nap from 5-6.
of course, if you're already trying to put LO down in her crib, then i've been of no help!
Lily is a little older, but yes... in fact yesterday after I got home from work she didn't really nap as she usually does... Our usual is I feed her, then put her down for a nap while DH and I eat dinner, clean up, etc, etc, but yesterday she only fell asleep for like 10-15 min, after dinner we went on a walk (that usually puts her to sleep as well) but she stayed awake the whole time... then i bathed her, fed her, tried to get her to fall sleep... no luck... she was grumpy, you know when as soon as you sit down baby starts crying grumpy... This has happened before... she goes through spurts were she just doesn't want to nap which causes her to become an un happy baby... but then she goes back to her usual self
During the day she naps in her swing or bouncer (she is currently napping in her swing now). Sometimes I will put her in her PNP in our room (where she is currently sleeping at night) if I am expecting UPS or FedEx b/c our dogs bark like crazy and if the house is quiet at the time, it wakes her up. She is used to noise & our dogs though and will normally sleep through it.
At night, we are trying to put her down in her PNP. She just isn't staying down and is completely miserable when we do it. I even had to dethaw frozen milk last night and put it in a bottle because she was so upset, she would not latch on.
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I don't have a lot of advice, but I'm right there with you! DD has been MUCH more cranky for the last week and is having many more screaming fits where I just can't soothe her. For example, I just fed her a half hour ago and she has been cranky and fussing since...whereas she usually is happy as a clam for 1.5-2 hours after eating, then naps. I'm attributing it to the fact that she's just getting older and needs more stimulation, and possibly that she's teething.
I told my pedi yesterday that she's been fussier and her response was, "What have you been eating?" Eyeroll to the max. It seems like whenever I bring up that LO is fussy / has runny poops / isn't napping well they blame it on my diet, which I know is not the answer. So, no help there either! We just have to hang in there and take comfort in knowing they will settle back down to themselves after the three-month mark, I think!
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Mine started doing this abour 12-13 weeks, i think since she is more awake and alert during the day ... she fights and gets cranky when she is tired. Honestly, it is not getting better. I just try and rock her more and turn off the lights and hold her closer to me, give her warm bath, feed her... just find a way to calm her down. I also found that she likes it when I whisper, but like I said.. try and figure out what works for you and your baby. I think this is our babies become more little persons rather than little newborns who eat, sleep and poop all the time.
If you really think that it is extreme, I would talk to your pediatrician - it wouldn't hurt.
TTC since May 2006. After 3 failed Clomid cycles, 2 failed Injectibles/IUIs, 2 failed IVFs and 1 failed FET, we moved on to adoption!
Last ditch FET resulted in BFP, and identical twin girls!
THANK YOU ALL for your responses. I feel a little better about what she is going through. My mother always thinks the worse and comes up with all of these crazy diagnosis ('s?). I think I am going to keep my appointment just to have her checked out, but after reading everyone's responses, I think its probably just a phase.
Tonight, she is back to her normal self but she slept in late, so we will see how it goes in a few hours
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