At a loss-WWYD?

kac0807 · February 2012

The days I'm home alone with both girls I feel like I'm going to lose my mind. The biggest issue right now is that Callie will not sleep longer than 15-20 minutes during the day without being held in mine or DH's arms. This makes it not only impossible to get things around the house done but also makes it tough to do things with T. We've tried her in everything-rock-n-play, swing, bassinet, bouncer, moby, bjorn... Nothing works except our arms and it makes her not have good sleep because if we are moving around trying to do things with T while shes asleep in our arms so she wakes up a lot. I just don't know what else to try or how other Moms of 2 or more do it. How do you get infants to sleep on their own during the day?

I just feel so bad for T. Callie cries so much and requires so much of our attention. To top things of in addition to feeling guilty that T doesn't get enough undivided attention we have two dogs with cabin fever because we haven't had time to walk them lately which i feel horrible about, so they're very barky, and then an obnoxious parrot (who we inherited when FIL passed away). I feel like I'm in a nut house! Crying baby, whining toddler, barking dogs and a squawking parrot!

MrsWhiteonWhiteSt · February 2012

::big hugs::

Will she sleep in a swing/rocker? I let Nat sleep in a swing until she was like 3 mths old (and she was a BIG 3 mth old, lol). I felt bad but it was the only way that I could keep my sanity.

battybtags · February 2012

DD#2 won't really sleep on her own either although she loves being in the sling do at least it frees up my hands but I feel bad for A too...I don't get to spend much time with her either bc C takes up a lot of my attention

mrsoc · February 2012

A did not sleep during the day for several months (sorry ). He also wanted to be held a lot and was not a huge fan of the carrier. We just did the best we could and those months passed by. He now takes 2 solid (usually) naps a day and plays/crawls around everywhere. He still goes through clingy stages, but overall, he would rather be moving/playing. I cannot really remember the turning point for that, but it was definitely 3-4 months in. I remember feeling bad for E and for the dog, but I figured I was doing the best I could do and the time frame really is short in the scheme of things. I would try to go out and play catch with Jack at least once every day or so. For E and myself, we would go for a car ride once a day. A was not a fan of that either, but I felt that we all needed the break from the house. Evan would narrate the ride and him and I would chat.

It seems like everyday is like 20 when you are going through it, but do know that it does get better....very soon!

jnk062602 · February 2012

Aww, sorry. I have no advice. I hear DH getting DD up from naps or in the morning and every single time she asks if Mommy is feeding Clayton. And I always am. I feel so bad for her. She takes it really well, I just feel guilty.

And our dog. Poor dog. She started licking her butt right around when ds was born. I only just got her in to the vet last week. Almost a whole month! It was her anal glands, but since I sat on it so long, one tore and she needs antibiotics and a follow-up appt this week. Ugh. The days just kept passing...

MelissaSue81 · February 2012

MrsWhiteonWhiteSt:
::big hugs::
Will she sleep in a swing/rocker? I let Nat sleep in a swing until she was like 3 mths old (and she was a BIG 3 mth old, lol). I felt bad but it was the only way that I could keep my sanity.

Ummm. my Natalie still naps in her swing at 8 months. Why do you feel bad?

Anyway K, I don't have any wonderful advice, because its HARD.. and every baby is so different. When Nat was little and fussy, USUALLY I could put her in a sling or Moby for awhile and she'd eventually fall asleep (it had to be super tight and snug though)..and she liked to be really warm, so if she naps in the swing she had to be all wrapped up in a bunch of warm blankets..
But.. i just want you to know that you're not alone.. it is TOUGH!

kac0807 · February 2012

Thanks girls! I'm so thankful that I have all of you to come to for words of wisdom and advise! I don't know what I'd do without you! I'm glad to know we aren't the only ones with infants who don't want to be put down!

I thought maybe we weren't doing something right. I remember we held T all the time too at this age but at that time it didn't matter because she was our one and only, so sitting around holding her for hours on end was no big deal. Now it is because we have T to tend to. Hopfully we'll find something she likes soon that she can sleep in. I don't care where that is just want for her to get some good rest and us to have some hands free time occasionally.

prncsstp · February 2012

A lot of other girls already posted this, but O also went through this phase - prob from about 6 weeks until just around the 304 month mark... I used to call my DH crying because it seemed I could NEVER get O to nap, he would always cry when I put him down, even if he fell asleep in my arms or while nursing!

It was very frustrating, and of course he grew out of that after I went back to work...

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