May 2014 Moms

So sleepy....

Another vent about sleep.  My 15 week old had been sleeping 5-6 hour stretches pretty regularly until about a week ago, now he has starting getting up every 2 hours again.  I know others have talked about this, just wanted to say that I feel your pain.  This is awful!  I am so sick of everyone I know saying how their kids slept through night at 2-3 months. That's great for you, but doesn't help me at all!!  And it's so frustrating worrying about it!  I am constantly thinking, does he have a cold (has been kind of stuffy the last few days) is it his teeth?  Is it growth spurt??  This has to be the 4 month sleep regression that I keep hearing about. If not, I'm not sure how I will get through that!  Parenting is hard!!  Haha!   

Re: So sleepy....

  • Thanks for the encouragement!  Yep, I will be fine with the 1-2 wake ups, but the 4-5 is killer!  I go back to work in the next few weeks and if he's still like this it's going to be extra tough!  Good luck to you too!!    
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    Yep. I feel ya. I have a crap sleeper. Sometimes we get one 5 hr. Stretch but it begins at 6:30 or 7 so I don't get that much. Then we get 1.5 hr stretches. Unlucky nights we get a bunch of 1-2 hr stretches. Been back to work 5ish weeks now. Somehow we will survive and this phase will pass before you know it!
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    I'm tired today too.   My little guy slept for 6+ 3 nights in a row, but the past two nights, he's back to less than 4.  Maybe those 6 hour nights were just a tease leading up to the 3 month growth spurt?   He did seem hungrier and grumpier yesterday.   They sure like to keep us guessing!
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  • In my new mama class we talked about this and were told to let LO fuss a bit instead of going into get him. They showed us a video of a baby sleeping and how they can look and sound awake but it's really just a sleep cycle. At this age they should be able to self soothe back to sleep since they're not fully awake.
    I should add this is different from the CIO method
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  • DS has been sleeping 7-9 hours a night for several weeks and was up at 3:30am last night. I hope it was a one time thing.
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  • We have had it bad off and on for the last 2 weeks. Last night he slept a lot better but I think it's because he has a cold and was completely exhausted.  Yep, now we are dealing with a full fledged cold!  Urggg!!  He was coughing throughout the night but not waking up.  Of course the one time I could have got a decent amount of rest, I couldn't because I was so worried about the coughing!! All day I have monitored his temperature, luckily it has only been a little higher than normal.  He doesn't seem too bothered by it, but the cough sounds horrible.  I will say it again, parenting is hard!!  : )  Good luck ladies!  
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