Sleep troubles anyone? Support thread.

Re: Sleep troubles anyone? Support thread.

• amy11401 member

  December 2013

  No advice but last night was a really bad sleeping night for our LO.  The past few weeks he was sleeping in his RNP again because the doctor said to keep him elevated due to his RSV.  Last night was the first night back in his bassinette....don't know if that was the problem or not.  He would fall asleep with me holding him, nursing but every time I tried to but him in his bassinette he would wake up and cry.

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• jessjhh member

  December 2013

  Glad you posted this. My LO will be 3 months in a few days and has never slept longer than 4 hours at night. Lately I'm lucky to get 3 hours. We have tried pretty much all the tactics with no avail. On a daily basis he is probably sleeping 10 hours total, which isn't enough but I'm at a loss for what to do. I go back to work on Monday and this momma is tired!

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• blondii428 member

  December 2013

  DS is about 3 and a half months, and so far so good (knock on wood!).  He was a very difficult newborn, only sleeping for an hour or two at a time.  But around 2 months we employed a variety of things and finally got him sleeping through the night.  Here's what we have done:

  1. Swaddle him.  This is a must!  Sometimes he fusses while we are putting it on, but without his Halo sleepsack his arms either won't stop so he has trouble falling asleep, or they startle and wake him up.  Since he's about to grow out of it we are planning on transitioning to a Merlin Magic Sleepsuit.

  2. Sound.  We turn on a space heater and keep the door open about a foot. On warmer nights we will just put it on fan mode.

  3. Something to doze off to.  I learned that babies fall asleep by focusing in on something.  For awhile he just watched his mobile, but recently we got a crib projector from Walmart for only $12 that plays music/sounds and projects moving pictures on the ceiling.  He LOVES this!

  4. Light.  Any nightlight would probably do but we use the changing color light from the Vicks Starry Night humidifer.  We don't run the humidifer because it caused a TON of mold in our bedroom so we just keep it on light mode.

  5. Bedtime routine. We found that if we gave him a warm bath (soap only twice a week to prevent skin from drying) and a bottle before laying him down at 8:00 he slept better.

  Hope some of this can help someone!

     

  

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• blondii428 member

  December 2013

  Nicb13 said:

  OP I see you post about sleep all the time and I can't help but notice your shiny blog link, selling sleep consultations to hopeful parents. IMO, that's spam and you do it quite a bit.

  ETA: If I'm wrong about the SPAM, by all means, someone let me know but that's exactly how it appears to me.

   

  Totally didn't notice this before..not cool OP, not cool.
  

     

  

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• smlowe9311 member

  January 2014

  LO was doing ok as far as sleep. She was still getting up 3-4 times a night but she was sleeping in her pack n play just fine. Starting today she wouldn't nap anywhere but my arms and tonight it took two hours to get her to sleep, she slept for an hour and was up again. I fed and rocked her and when j laid get back in the pack n play she was up crying within 2 minutes. Daddy and I have both had pink eye within the last two weeks and so far it doesn't look like LO has gotten it but maybe she has the beginning stages and that's why she's being extra difficult? If not any ideas y'all cold give would be VERY appreciated.

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• abbybaby19 member

  January 2014

  My son is 4 1/2 mo. old and so far he has been sleeping in my arms. I'm a first time mom so I was afraid of being too far away from him at night. I want to put him down at night now but I have no idea what to do. I won't let him cry because it makes me too upset. The moment I lay him down he wakes up and cries. Even when he is awake he won't lay down for very long. I don't know what to do. Any advice would be well appreciated.

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• luvmygirlss member

  January 2014

  smlowe9311 said:

  LO was doing ok as far as sleep. She was still getting up 3-4 times a night but she was sleeping in her pack n play just fine. Starting today she wouldn't nap anywhere but my arms and tonight it took two hours to get her to sleep, she slept for an hour and was up again. I fed and rocked her and when j laid get back in the pack n play she was up crying within 2 minutes. Daddy and I have both had pink eye within the last two weeks and so far it doesn't look like LO has gotten it but maybe she has the beginning stages and that's why she's being extra difficult? If not any ideas y'all cold give would be VERY appreciated.

  I would lay her down awake so that she could learn to fall asleep on her own, and go back to sleep on her own, when she wakes up in the middle of the night. Babies have many sleep wake cycles, so if they don't know how to fall asleep independently, chances are they will continue waking frequently at night. Best thing you can do is allow her the opportunity to fall asleep on her own to eliminate the unnecessary middle of the night wakings. Good luck!

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• hmlynch84 member

  January 2014

  My LO is 4 months and going through a big sleep regression. He went from sleeping for 5 hour stretches to now waking up every hour throughout the night. It's completely normal. However, I am using some tips from Elizabeth Pantley's No Cry Sleep Solution to help him learn how to fall back to sleep on his own. It's basically the "put him down drowsy but awake" idea but in stages. I've also nursed him to sleep since the day he was born, so naturally when he wakes up he wants my boob. I'm trying to break him of this sleep association but it's a slow process. It will all change in time, we can get through it

  
  

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• luvmygirlss member

  January 2014

  
  

  hmlynch84 said:

  My LO is 4 months and going through a big sleep regression. He went from sleeping for 5 hour stretches to now waking up every hour throughout the night. It's completely normal. However, I am using some tips from Elizabeth Pantley's No Cry Sleep Solution to help him learn how to fall back to sleep on his own. It's basically the "put him down drowsy but awake" idea but in stages. I've also nursed him to sleep since the day he was born, so naturally when he wakes up he wants my boob. I'm trying to break him of this sleep association but it's a slow process. It will all change in time, we can get through it

  Yes exactly. it definitely doesn't happen over night, but if we are patient we will get through it

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• olga1311 member

  January 2014

  LO used to nap 1-1.5 hours at a time 2 times a day at least with 1-2 additional shorter naps. Now she only naps 30 mins at a time. She breaks out of her swaddle every time or wakes herself up trying

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• hmlynch84 member

  January 2014

  olga1311 said:

  LO used to nap 1-1.5 hours at a time 2 times a day at least with 1-2 additional shorter naps. Now she only naps 30 mins at a time. She breaks out of her swaddle every time or wakes herself up trying

  My LO did the same thing at night. He wanted his arms free. We are using Merlin's magical sleep suit and while it wasn't magic as far as him sleeping longer, he is comfortable in it and doesn't startle himself awake. Maybe try swaddling with one or two arms out or try the sleep suit and see how she does.

  
  

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• luvmygirlss member

  January 2014 edited January 2014

  olga1311 said:

  LO used to nap 1-1.5 hours at a time 2 times a day at least with 1-2 additional shorter naps. Now she only naps 30 mins at a time. She breaks out of her swaddle every time or wakes herself up trying

  swaddle transition was rough for us too, so we just got rid of it cold turkey. A few rough nights, and things got back to normal. Is she rolling? that might help too, once she can get herself into a comfy position, she may start napping better...

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