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January 2011 Moms
RedZee
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This is what happens when you don't sleep for a month...
RedZee
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DD has been sleeping SO badly lately for a while now (I'm sure more than a month), worse than she was before. The past week has gotten so bad that on Sunday night she was up every 2 hours all night long. That night on top of so many others on so little sleep has just been so rough. In case I wasn't sure how sleep deprived I am...
I drove to Buy Buy Baby to return something yesterday. I was going to run in and leave DD and DH in the car. While I was getting the things, DD woke up and started screaming so DH took her out of the car and we all went in 'cause I was going to nurse her inside.
When we returned to the car, the lights were on, the driver's door was a little bit open, AND THE KEYS WERE IN THE IGNITION.
We're either really lucky, or my car looks worse than I thought.
DD1: born 1/19/11. DD2: born 10/10/13
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Re: This is what happens when you don't sleep for a month...
I am so glad no one stole your car!! The last time H left the keys in my car, it WAS stolen a few years ago.
Can you have someone watch you DD so you can sleep for 12 hours straight, you poor thing.
Oh my goodness...thank goodness nothing happened to the car!!
And I second MarSamWhitney - can someone come over while you catch some zzz's?
DD wakes up every two hours, every few days too. I think it's her teething pain, but she doesn't cry when she gets her shots so I thought she had a high pain threshold haha. Anyway, when her first two teeth came (after a few mos), she went back to STTN. Now she's cutting another and we're back to the same old. It's tough, but DH and I both work, so we take turns waking up, every other cry haha. We also keep her on the bed if necessary.
And I can totally relate, I walk around work feeling like whoooooooooaaaaaaaaaa
Thanks ladies! I'm not a great napper but I think I might try and just suck it up and nap pretty soon. The thing is, I'm also trying to get work done (to find a job) so it's a bit complicated.
Overall, I just can't seem to get DD to sleep through the night. If we bedshare, she eats all night long, but at least it's not super disturbing for me, though still not so restful. If she sleeps in her crib, she's up many times in the night. Last night I tried having her sleep in the PnP in our room, which used to work well, and it was no better. I think I've read every sleep book out there and nothing seems to help. DH works and I'm not working right now so I'm on night duty all the time. I think I'm going to talk to him about getting the long weekend off though.
It's nice to get some sympathy though - I find it really annoying to talk about sleep with people IRL.
I can totally empathize with you. My little guy has at least one week every month when he is up every 1-2 hours wanting to nurse. Lately he has been going to bed at 7:00ish, waking up at 9:30ish, and then again at 1:00ish and 3:00ish. By the time the 3:00 wake-up happens, I usually just bring him in to my husband (who usually sleeps in the baby's room on another bed) and he seems to be able to sleep with him until 6:30 when it's time to get up.
I personally don't think it matters if one person is working or not as far as who gets up with the baby. We all need sleep.
I think if I'm staying at home, I should be taking care of DD all the time because I want DH to rest, after all, he has to stay up ALL day. However, when I was out on maternity, he would always come home and relieve me from my shift all day haha It was nice, he felt bad for me because I would be couped up in the apt all day. I think a lot of the work gets put on the Mom when breastfeeding because breastfeeding always seems to comfort them, and also, only one person has to wake up (Mom). Many times, DD just has to know that I am there and she will calm down, but it takes DH a while....
I agree with both sides. We all need sleep, but if DD sleeps later, I can stay in bed. DH doesn't have that option. Also, I am able to calm her down much faster than DH can. DH does do a lot with her during waking hours and when he doesn't have work the next day. He also does a lot around the house (more than I do). If she's still waking up a lot if I ever get a job then he'll have to take some of that responsibility, but for now, this is what makes sense.