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March 2011 Moms
Sleep Deprivation - DD is trying to kill me
DD has never been a good sleeper. The best we have ever gotten, besides a few random nights, is getting up 2-3 times a night. We have tried everything I can think of or have read about including having a bedtime routine, moving her into her own room, only responding once she cries, trying to soothe her back to sleep before we feed her, inclining her crib and giving her rice cereal in a bottle of bm before bed because the pedi says she has reflux, trying to lengthen naps during the day to get better sleep at night etc. etc. Well, the last two weeks have sucked even more. For example, last night I was up with her 6 times! I only fed her 2 of those times, but 6 times means I am never getting a good stretch of sleep. I knew I would be sleep deprived as a new mom, but I didn't think it would go on this long! I don't know what I'm looking for here, maybe other people who are going through this or found some solution beyond the obvious and regular recommendations. I just feel like I'm on the edge of sanity right now because I haven't had a good night's sleep in FIVE months!!!
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Re: Sleep Deprivation - DD is trying to kill me
me! DS is unpredictable. We can go two nights in a row with 8-4 sleep, but it never lasts beyond that. Since I know he can go that long without eating, I no longer feed him before that, unless as a last resort. Like you, that still means I'm getting up with him the other 4 or 5 times. Last night, I was up about 4 times and finally at 5 AM told DH to deal with it (he slept through the other times). That lasted 2 minutes before DS was shrieking and DH was trying to change his diaper. He said it was his last resort. Guess what that did? yep... DS was up for the day. Guess who had to hang out with him? ughhhh
I've posted about it before and was told it was this 4 month wakeful business, but it's been going on since 3 1/2 months and he just turned 5 months last week. He's randomly good for a few nights before it starts up again. I'm thinking we're going to have to resort to good ol' sleep training, which DH will not be happy about.
Sorry to put my vent onto your vent, but I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone!
Ha, I came here looking for help! We're in the same boat, and last night was particularly bad. Seriously up EVERY HOUR from 10 o'clock on (he went down for the night about 7:30). It's so random- some nights he'll wake up just 2 or 3 times (which I can handle, although I wish it was better!) and then we'll have nights like last night.
And I swear he's hungry each time- I try the paci and he just spits it back out. I feed him, and then he's still up an hour later. He's on solids and gets mostly BM with some formula (yesterday I gave him a few bottles of formula because he didn't seem satisfied).
I just have no idea! I've read sleep training books and that doesn't seem to be our issue- he goes down great, it's the staying asleep we're having a problem with. He also rolls onto his tummy and will NOT sleep that way, so we have to go put him back.
Oy! All that to say, you're not alone
If she doesn't need to eat and she's perfectly safe in her crib, it's okay not to go back in multiple times. It will be hard to hear her crying but remember it's her ONLY form of communication and she's basically just saying, "hey, mama, come get me!" But the more you get her, the more she's awake, the more she'll stay awake.
Try to stay away for 15 minutes to see if she'll go back to sleep on her own...you might be interrupting her process of going back to sleep. If she's still crying after 15 minutes, go in, soothe for no more than a minute and start the clock again. You might not get any more sleep tonight but she'll get the idea and soon you'll both be sleeping longer stretches. GL!