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Anyone else's LO deciding sleep is beneath them???

jlp0528jlp0528 member
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Ugh, yet another sleep post. Just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat.

LO used to sleep on just me, we got her into the rnp for awhile then she wanted to sleep on just me Again. She'd nap on the pillow or on me day time and then last night and today were battles for sleep. She hasn't napped at all today and has been up since 8, while waking at 7, 5, 4 and 2 am throughout the night after FIGHTING tooth and nail to go down around 10:30.

I had tried to swaddle her last night in the swaddle sleep sack last night and put her in her crib after we had battled through it and got her to sleep in her crib throughout the night the night prior and then last night she was like a straight up maniac when I tried to swaddle and nurse her when she showed signs of sleepiness around 8:30. We literally tried in the swaddle with long jammies, she freaked thought she was too hot switched to a onsie and the swaddle. Still freaked. Put her arms out and she was still a lunatic. I think because she was so pissed off. The room was quiet and dark with and white noise machine on low, then tried loud. NONE WORKED?!! Her hands wake her up because she rubs her face and wakes herself up so I desperately want to swaddle her.

She is clearly exhausted but won't sleep and is screaming and crying today. Nothing I do works. She's 9 weeks today and ebf and will only nurse to sleep. She's on meds for relux and I am dairy free. I am so close to losing my mind I don't know what to do. I have tried everything and nothing seems to prove successful.

Everytime I read posts about success with Los sleeping I want to shoot myself. Anyone in the same boat? Tell me I am not alone and how you're keeping your sanity?

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Re: Anyone else's LO deciding sleep is beneath them???

  • llybeckllybeck member
    This is how my DD would act when she was on reflux meds, I don't think she actually needed them and that's why we stopped using them. But that's just our experience, I'm not saying you should stop but it sounds just like DD.

    At this point, your LO is way overly tired and so it's probably going to be a struggle. Also, sometimes our DD will do this to an extent randomly, usually when she hasn't slept well during the day. Sometimes baby wearing helps and walking around and waiting until she is actually pretty hungry before feeding (not screaming but more than just lip smacking and rooting). Even just sitting her up and patting her back helps, especially when she was on reflux meds because she frequently had painful gas.

    I usually just chalk these episodes up to growing or just my baby being a baby! It will pass. Now DD is STTN but she will still have nights where she fights it pretty hard, it happens and she'll grow out of it eventually.
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  • dukeblue27dukeblue27 member
    I know I have told you this is previous posts but I honestly think we have the exact same child!! My DD is exactly like you described! So I have no help other than my LO is 13 weeks and I am still struggling! You are not alone and I also just want to cry when I see posts about STTN or even sleeping 4-5 hr stretches!!
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  • jlp0528jlp0528 member
    Ahhh @dukeblue27 ... Still no change!? Ugh how are you coping?? I am at my wits end over here. I love her but I really would love to be able to lay her down to sleep and not on me!!

    @llybeck how long did you try meds before stopping? We just switched to Prevacid last night but we didn't get it until 9 or so after the onset of her fighting. She had her am dose of Zantac so there weren't any changes really to her day. b-( I am so mentally exhausted !

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  • llybeckllybeck member
    We only had her on zantac and we tried that for almost a month. She was miserable, screamed and fought when we have it to her and she was always uncomfortable, I honestly think she would just wear herself out and that's why she would sleep eventually. We never saw any improvement in her spitting up and like I said, she was even MORE uncomfortable so we just stopped.

    Was the reason they have you meds because your LO was in pain or was it for spit up? If it was for spit only, I would encourage you to google Gelmix. We did rice cereal at pedi's recommendation but it was so so hard on her tummy, she got so constipated and was always uncomfortable because of that. Gelmix helped so she wasn't projectile vomiting and she is pooping and passing gas normally! She's like a different baby. This was after we had tried about 7 different formulas as well. One would help for a few days and then she'd be in pain, screaming, and vomiting again. And FIGHTING sleep like crazy, she sleeps so much better and is much happier now.
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  • 313Meg313Meg member
    The sleep posts are frustrating to me too. I am happy for well rested moms and babies... But F! I'm damn tired!! Up every 2 hrs! And I'm up more bc his reflux!
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  • dukeblue27dukeblue27 member
    Still no change! I have no idea how I am dealing with it lol! I'm sure my love for her is the only thing keeping me out of the nut hut! I spend 80% of my life fighting with her to go and stay asleep. I have no help because my DH gets frustrated and now she won't take a bottle so I feel very trapped a lot of the time. :((
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  • OliveMom3OliveMom3 member
    My friends baby was doing this and she ended up discovering that the baby was simply hungrier than she thought. Whereas she used to only take one boob, she actually needed both. Maybe try feeding more?

    For my son, he used to scream in pain from bad gas caused by a tongue tie. We had the tongue tie clipped and he's much better now. When he was in hysterics, we would put him in the colic position and dh would almost instantly stop crying. The colic position is belly down on your arm with head toward your elbow.

    These might be worth a shot? A warm bath usually really helps our son as well.
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  • katdesearkatdesear member
    I went back to work last Monday and DH watched LO last week. This week he has bounced between great grandma and both grandmas. All have said he's been happy happy happy but just doesn't nap more than 10 minutes after each meal. I noticed his naps getting shorter. He is still sleeping well at night 6-8 hours, crossing my fingers bc DH is out of town all week.
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  • jlp0528jlp0528 member
    @llybeck -- she had a variety of symptoms, slow weight gain, wheezing and apnea, extreme fussiness not wanting to be put down, poor sleep patterns, etc. I'm hopeful Prevacid works. She has slight tongue tie and major lip tie so I'm making an appt with an ent to see if there's more underlying issues from that.

    Not to jinx but after an hour of nursing she went down in the crib and another hour of putting her paci back in she's quiet. Here's hoping she sleeps tonight!!

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  • llybeckllybeck member
    jpryber0528 said:

    @llybeck -- she had a variety of symptoms, slow weight gain, wheezing and apnea, extreme fussiness not wanting to be put down, poor sleep patterns, etc. I'm hopeful Prevacid works. She has slight tongue tie and major lip tie so I'm making an appt with an ent to see if there's more underlying issues from that.

    Not to jinx but after an hour of nursing she went down in the crib and another hour of putting her paci back in she's quiet. Here's hoping she sleeps tonight!!

    I'm so sorry to hear that, it definitely sounds like she needs some sort of medicine so I really hope the prevacid helps for you. Our DD was only exhibiting trouble eating and keeping anything down so that's why I felt comfortable trying other things.

    I hope things turn around for you soon, I'm glad she went down pretty well! I'm sure you've already done this but have you tried elevating the head of her crib? We rolled up a big towel and put it under the mattress and that helped some before, when she was having problems because of pain. I know swaddling is a struggle but doing it before her final feeding helps because she's drowsy after and we can just put her down instead of waking her up when swaddle. When we switched to Gerber Good Start Gentle I feel like that made a difference, it's supposedly easier for their stomachs because the protiens are already partially broken down.

    Every baby is different but for us it was all just trial and error and seeing what would work and eventually some things did! I'm so sorry you are having a hard time though and just know that it will get better. It may take a while but this time won't last forever.
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