My little one has just recently started sleeping through the night. Yay! But now my sleep is so messed up. I sleep with a monitor so I hear him wake in the morning or if he needs something in the middle of the night (his room is on the other side of the house) but I often think I hear him crying out when he's not and I get up early even though I'm still sleepy. I was a great sleeper once and now I am so tired even though I get 7 hours sleep at night. I don't think I'm getting enough deep sleep. I took melatonin and now have taken Ambien for a few nights without any difference other than falling asleep quicker. Any suggestions?
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Re: Sleeping through the night - me
Married 8/27/2011
BFP #1 9/28/2011 DS born 5/22/2012
BFP #2 4/24/2013 m/c 4/25/2013 at 4w
BFP #3 1/31/2014 DD born 10/14/2014
BFP #4 1/20/2016 m/c 2/12/2014 at 7w2d
BFP #5 8/19/2016 DS2 born 4/29/2017
BFP #6 3/7/2018 EDD 11/18/2018
I had the same experience with both my kids as well. I would hear phantom cries and I would still be programed to wake up at their usual night wake up times for many weeks after their sleep adjusted. I ended up getting rid of the monitor and adding a noise machine to our room after DS started STTN because I sleep light enough that I wake up at the smallest out of place noise even with the sound machine. I have been woke up by DS moving around in bed in his sleep. I probably wouldn't hear it during the day but at night I seem to have super human ears.
It may just take you some time to adjust. I had this issue when DS finally started sleeping through the night. I didn't take anything to help me sleep as I was afraid I'll fall into too deep of a sleep and not be able to wake up or be super groggy when he needed me. I also turned the monitor down as low as it'd go. You'd be amazed at what you can hear without it. I was. I thought I'd never hear him and I can hear a lot. It took me a couple of weeks to adjust to him STTN and for me to finally go back to STTN.
Do you have a video monitor? I use the video whenever I question whether he needs me. I leave the video "off" at night and just push the button to turn it on if I need to check on him. That, and time, helped me to get back to STTN.
GL. It will come!
OMG this is my situation. We share a wall with DD so I ditched the monitor (except when we have AC and fan on since it is super loud) when she started STTN at 14 months. Well she's 21 months and I still think I hear things and I still hear her tossing or occasionally her sleep cries. We are moving her room in another month or so and we'll still share a wall but my head won't literally be next to hers on the other side so I hope it helps.