January 2013 Moms
82Sonia
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Will I Ever Sleep Again?
82Sonia
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Honestly I feel like I'll never sleep 8 hours in a row again. DD used to STTN then around 4 months started waking 2 or 3 times a night to nurse. I assumed it would get better but she's 21 weeks now and still doing it.
She woke up at 3:30 this morning and decided she was up for the day. That's especially painful for me because I have to get up at 4:30. I think I'm going to die.
Is this still 4 month wakefulness or just our new norm?
She woke up at 3:30 this morning and decided she was up for the day. That's especially painful for me because I have to get up at 4:30. I think I'm going to die.
Is this still 4 month wakefulness or just our new norm?
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Re: Will I Ever Sleep Again?
IME kids go through periods of STTN and periods of wakefulness. Growth spurts, illness, teething, developmental milestones can all cause interruptions. It will affect some kids more than others.
IME yes you will start to get relatively good sleep again (not like pre-baby sleep, but a respectable amount
), but it's' going to be a thing that's constantly evolving. Especially during the first year or so.
Also, holy hell! 3.30? That's not a wakeup time. That's the middle of the night! Sorry
IMO this is a rough patch for babies and she'll outgrow it on her own given a little time. It's hard, but know that it won't last forever.
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You're telling me! The little stinker went to bed at 7:30 last night and I was so happy because she usually fights it until about 10:00 pm. Turns out I should have woken her up and made her go to bed at 10:00 like normal. I pretty much feeling like the walking dead right now.
DD woke up at 5 today, my alarm goes off at 5:35
BUT I know she was still tired because she was fussy so I did not take her out of bed. I don't want her to think it was time to get up, so I left her in there. I just had to replace her paci a couple times and she eventually went back to sleep. IMO, I don't think any baby is really ready to get up at 3 or even 5 in the morning, it's just that they need help going back to sleep.
Babies need 11-12 hours of sleep at night (even if it's interrupted) so I think you should stick with the 7:30 bedtime.
Violet Mae born 1/15/13
I tried multiple attempts with nursing, with the pacifier, etc. She got up and played for about 45 minutes and I finally got her back to sleep at 5:30. I wish mommy could have gone back to bed too =(
We had just started getting successful STTN, when all of a sudden DS decides to wake at 3:30 or 4:00. He babbles for a while and then just starts screaming and crying. He was awake from 3:30 to 5:00 (he usually wakes at 5:30 or 6:00) one morning and today he was wake from 4:00 to 5:00. Despite this, he was awake and happy at 6:00 a.m.
He wasn't too wet and did not need to eat. Would not take his paci and, if picked up, would start screaming the moment we set him down again. I finally closed his door and went back to bed.
This better pass because it SUCKS and DH and I are walking zombies at work.