Calling all light sleepers

tnkrbl21 · March 2012

While I completely understand that you're supposed to be tired with a newborn, this is insane!!! If he was up screaming and crying all night, I would understand (though this is not what I'm asking for either). So here's the problem: he makes SO MUCH NOISE all.the.time! He grunts and screeches and snorts - we've actually nicknamed him Gizmo.

So last night I went to bed around 1130 and he came in the rm with DH at about 12 after he fed him. I didn't get any sleep until about 2 when I came out to the living rm to sleep. Since our bedrm is on the main floor, I woke up when DH fed him at 3 So that's about 1 hr. after that feedin I was so tired I figured I would give the bedroom another shot and he kept me up til 430. Then I came back out to the LR where I was woken up at about 6 from the next feeding.

I don't want to put him in his rm just yet bc it's upstairs and next to the big boys and I DO NOT want to wake them up at 3 am. The only way I can get sleep is if DH sleeps in the living room with him (still wake up when he gets a bottle bc our room is close to the kitchen) but then DH gets no sleep and I feel horribly guilty.

So what would you do? Put him upstairs (still feel like he's too young / SIDS risks etc)? Let DH take him? Some other solution?

Thank goodness that J&B are at daycare today and I don't have to be "on" all day. Please help though bc I need some sleep tonight!!!

LnR70707 · March 2012

I lasted one night before I put my ear plugs back in (that I used pre-baby to block out DH's and the dogs snoring). I could still hear him if made any significant noise (plus DH was right there too), but it blocked all the sleeping baby grunts, snorts, etc. He stayed in our room until he was 8 weeks, which we started a bedtime routine and moved him to his own room.

Mrs.Babbsy · March 2012

The girls did that too! I couldn't sleep through it. The H took a shift from like 6-midnight so I could go in the bedroom and just zonk out. Then I could sleep between feedings from midnight on. This is while I was on leave and he had to work.

njdcgirl · March 2012

Oh yes...the infamous preemie grunting...annoying, but so common! :-)

Earplugs seem like the best option. Hope you get some rest today!

KYRN · March 2012

I'm having the same issue. DS got moved at 4 weeks for the same reason. I don't really want to move her yet either. I'm considering moving the RNP away from the bed a little and using our old fan that we used for white noise just to drown out some of her non-cry noises.

laura1 · March 2012

KYRN:
I'm considering moving the RNP away from the bed a little and using our old fan that we used for white noise just to drown out some of her non-cry noises.

We used a fan in our room when DD was in there. I am not a light sleeper, so I honestly don't know if she mad a ton of noise, but if she did, I wouldn't have heard it over the fan. I did hear her when she cried though! With DS, (I also don't remember lots of grunting, etc) we had to use rain or other white noise so he would settle down and sleep anyway, so that probably blocked out his noises.

So another vote for white noise - it would probably help all of you sleep!

LIAngel · March 2012

Oh yes I remember Ava being quite the noisy sleeper. I evicted her out of our room by about 8 or 9 weeks. However if her room was on another level, then I guess ear plugs would have been my other option.

DMD1029 · March 2012

We put DS in his own room from Day 1 for exactly this reason! I just had the monitor and kept it on teh lowest possible setting. Is there any other room that you could put the baby in besides next to your older kids? You mentioned that your room was on the 1st floor. Maybe you could put the baby's bassinet in the living room and leave your bedroom door open so that you'll hear him if he cries?

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