Ladies, I think I've developed a problem. I feel totally consumed with LO's sleep issues, to the point where it is robbing my joy of his wakeful/happy periods. On Sunday night/Monday for example, he had a rough overnight, so he started the day out with only a few hours of sleep "in the bank". When he gets overtired like this, it usually spirals out of control where he won't nap well and it is very hard to soothe him. So I got anxious before it even happened and was uptight about it all day. He had short naps all day and when he finally went down that night, I was dismayed to realize that even if he slept all the way through to midnight, that he wouldn't get 12 hours of sleep for the day. My first instinct was to classify the day as a "fail" even though we had lots of smiles and cuddles during the day too.
I try to make sure he doesn't stay awake over 2 hours to try to keep him from being overtired. He rarely goes to sleep on his own, so it takes a lot of time & work on my part to get him to sleep. That means he's awake just about an hour before I start worrying about him going to sleep again. I wonder if I'm making it harder than I need to? Do others watch the clock this closely and count up the total number of hours each day?
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
Thanks @cook251. You give me hope. Best of luck with day care next week!
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
Ladies, I think I've developed a problem. I feel totally consumed with LO's sleep issues, to the point where it is robbing my joy of his wakeful/happy periods. On Sunday night/Monday for example, he had a rough overnight, so he started the day out with only a few hours of sleep "in the bank". When he gets overtired like this, it usually spirals out of control where he won't nap well and it is very hard to soothe him. So I got anxious before it even happened and was uptight about it all day. He had short naps all day and when he finally went down that night, I was dismayed to realize that even if he slept all the way through to midnight, that he wouldn't get 12 hours of sleep for the day. My first instinct was to classify the day as a "fail" even though we had lots of smiles and cuddles during the day too.
I try to make sure he doesn't stay awake over 2 hours to try to keep him from being overtired. He rarely goes to sleep on his own, so it takes a lot of time & work on my part to get him to sleep. That means he's awake just about an hour before I start worrying about him going to sleep again. I wonder if I'm making it harder than I need to? Do others watch the clock this closely and count up the total number of hours each day?
I am the same! There is no way she's getting nearly enough sleep! I feel like I fail before we begin because a bad night usually means bad naps which means a bad night and I just can't seem to come out ahead. I feel like all I do is rock her in her dark room and there were a couple days last week that she would let me put her down and she slept an hour so I thought yay at least one nap I can count on and now it's gone. I try just holding her but she doesn't sleep well on me and seems restless but won't sleep at all off me during the day. Her night sleep is restless as well because she likes her side but is always switching sides and falling on her back. I'm just exhausted and feeling like I don't know what to do. I hope it gets better!
Ladies, I think I've developed a problem. I feel totally consumed with LO's sleep issues, to the point where it is robbing my joy of his wakeful/happy periods. On Sunday night/Monday for example, he had a rough overnight, so he started the day out with only a few hours of sleep "in the bank". When he gets overtired like this, it usually spirals out of control where he won't nap well and it is very hard to soothe him. So I got anxious before it even happened and was uptight about it all day. He had short naps all day and when he finally went down that night, I was dismayed to realize that even if he slept all the way through to midnight, that he wouldn't get 12 hours of sleep for the day. My first instinct was to classify the day as a "fail" even though we had lots of smiles and cuddles during the day too.
I try to make sure he doesn't stay awake over 2 hours to try to keep him from being overtired. He rarely goes to sleep on his own, so it takes a lot of time & work on my part to get him to sleep. That means he's awake just about an hour before I start worrying about him going to sleep again. I wonder if I'm making it harder than I need to? Do others watch the clock this closely and count up the total number of hours each day?
I used to do this. And then I drove myself and DH crazy about counting the hours. If he's tired he will sleep everyone said. And now I've stopped and just watch for his cues. And we are all a lot better off and I'm not stressed. I tend to obsess over stuff from my anxiety and I'm learning to let go. I just enjoy the day and how it plays out it plays out. Don't stress about it mama you're doing a wonderful job and if LO is tired they will go to sleep!
Speaking of sleep. DS had put himself on a schedule pretty much since he was 8 weeks old and we have stuck with it. I mean it's really to the point if we detour at all it jacks him up. Well my mom always talks crap and says oh Tif you can come do whatever we are doing and if it's his bedtime he will go to sleep. I know if I don't go by routine he won't sleep through the night like usual. Well after me having surgery and she helped me for two nights she finally saw! She says to me yesterday oh wow you were dead serious about this little boys schedule! Of course I was like yeah duh.. I like when people try to tell you things and then finally see you're not crazy!
I've been thinking teething too and tried Tylenol. She's not as fussy on it but isn't helping sleep much. I know there's another wonder week fr 23 weeks to 26 I believe. More fussy, sleeping less and eating less. That will be the day when she eats less! I've just thrown in the towel with expecting any more than an hour or 2 of sleep at a time and forget about napping.
I'll take your 4-5 hours and up you with every 2 hours. Our typical night looks like this. Asleep at 8, nurse at 9pm, 10pm, 1am, 3am, 4.30am, 6am, 7am, 8am up for the day. This has been going on for at least 6weeks, I lost track.
This. But for almost 9 weeks straight... And without the stretch from 10-1
Does anyone else's LO rub their eyes so furiously that they keep themselves awake? This seems to be a relatively new thing and it's getting worse. It started during the 4MW for naps to the point where I had to tuck LO in (he also started ONLY napping in the RNP, used to nap on tummy in crib or PNP). I thought we defeated the 4MW about two weeks ago because he was starting to go back down for naps in his crib/PNP again and we were down to only 2 MOTN feedings. All of a sudden a few days ago, LO has started waking up every hour or so and just furiously rubs his eyes to the point he keeps himself awake and becomes hysterical. He rubs them so hard I'm genuinely afraid he's going to hurt himself or injure his eyes. I really don't know what to do. Last night was so bad I actually broke down and squeezed him into a halo swaddle sack, but that didn't help him from waking up and then he was freaking out because he couldn't move his arms (had to stop swaddling around 2.5 months). The only thing that seems to help is sleeping with me, but then DH has to go on the couch and I can't make him do that every night. I'd think it was gas since he actually does get really gassy at night no matter what we do, but once again, TOTALLY fine if he's in bed with me. Help?
Mine does exactly this and we have fallen into a horrible habit of him sleeping in our bed most of the night. The furious eye rubbing is horrible! We have yet to have success with drowsy but awake because of this. Ds is almost 6 mo
Ladies, I think I've developed a problem. I feel totally consumed with LO's sleep issues, to the point where it is robbing my joy of his wakeful/happy periods. On Sunday night/Monday for example, he had a rough overnight, so he started the day out with only a few hours of sleep "in the bank". When he gets overtired like this, it usually spirals out of control where he won't nap well and it is very hard to soothe him. So I got anxious before it even happened and was uptight about it all day. He had short naps all day and when he finally went down that night, I was dismayed to realize that even if he slept all the way through to midnight, that he wouldn't get 12 hours of sleep for the day. My first instinct was to classify the day as a "fail" even though we had lots of smiles and cuddles during the day too.
I try to make sure he doesn't stay awake over 2 hours to try to keep him from being overtired. He rarely goes to sleep on his own, so it takes a lot of time & work on my part to get him to sleep. That means he's awake just about an hour before I start worrying about him going to sleep again. I wonder if I'm making it harder than I need to? Do others watch the clock this closely and count up the total number of hours each day?
I feel this exact same way. I am sitting here at 11:51 pm watching the clock instead of in bed, hoping that my DD sleeps until midnight so she gets at least 12 hrs of sleep marked down for today. Today was a beast of a no-sleep day. It's worse than it has been in a really long time. No naps today except a 15 min one and loya of crying. So naturally I'm anxious about her sleep tonight and her day tomorrow, even though it hasn't started yet. No advice, just empathy.
Don't stress about it mama you're doing a wonderful job and if LO is tired they will go to sleep!
Unfortunately this is not true for my DD; at least not today! She was exhausted all day and crying she was so tired, but none of the things I tried for hours to help her get to sleep worked.
I'm sorry @giggler25. I"m trying to be more relaxed about it, but it is impossible to do so on days like you describe. I hope your LO gets some good rest tonight so that you can do the same.
And @becole42, I do the same. I used to tell myself that if I got out of the first trimester, I'd quit worrying, and then it was if I made it to viability, and then I told myself that I'd quit worrying once we made it through L&D. I need to just admit that I'm a nervous nellie!
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
@Lissiehoya LO really did smile last night when she was not staying down after multiple times of trying to get her back to sleep between 2 and 4:40. This of course was not cute!
Last night was probably one of the worst nights after 2 nights of thinking maybe we were getting back to normal. Ha up from 2-5:30. I will say yesterday we were at a family thing and she would only take 2 10 minute naps. Both my fault because I tried putting her down since she seemed completely out the first time and she woke right up then wouldn't go back to sleep. I get it strange place afraid mom was leaving her. Then the 2nd time I said well I'll just hold her and go out and join everyone she seemed to be pretty out again and will sleep through noise. Well standing up and opening the door startled her so she wanted to suck and I couldn't get it back out fast enough so she woke again. She ended up falling asleep in the car we had her pjs on and I went to put her to bed but she realized she was sleeping and started trying to stay up so I rocked and nursed her and she went back to sleep. Woke up an hour later then 4 hours later. Yay for 4 hours but then the battle began. When she finally did go back to sleep 3 1/2 hours later she slept for 1.5 hours and tried to fight to stay awake again even though she was clearly falling asleep in the monitor. So I finally got her back down and it's now 10. I'm a little worried for today and tonight now but I am not waking her. I feel like this week she has gotten worse and worse about sleep fighting! I can barely get her to sleep and sometimes just have to give up. She will pull off because she knows that makes her fall asleep and just start wiggling and screaming and grunting. Kicking her legs shaking her head whatever she can do to stay awake and in the middle of the night she goes for the face.
@jsquaree hoping it works again and you guys can all get some much needed sleep. I said the same thing but then Saturday night happened and I was tired of the fighting for hours in the middle of the night so we let her cry and since then she has put herself back to sleep many times and I now know when she really does need to eat. Now if only I could put her down for naps!
I know DS is really tired but I'm watching him on the monitor and he's rolling around making owl noises and DH and I are cracking up. I'm hoping he puts himself to sleep as usual but I know he's delirious because his naps sucked today.
Off to a bad start tonight. DD took her normal 4 oz bottle of BM from DH and I rocked her to sleep as usual. Laid her down with eyes closed and everything. Five minutes later, screaming and had flipped over. Soothed her back and gave her her paci. Within 1 min same thing, let her cry for 4 min since there was nothing visibly wrong. Went back in, picked her up and she immediately stopped crying and went back to sleep. Put her back down and same thing. Nothing but holding her worked, tried to put her down one last time and fail! Hubby suggested "giving her the boob" so I did and she ate from both sides then went to sleep. She's been asleep for almost ten minutes. Hoping that's all it was and that for some reason she just needed more to eat. If this keeps happening, debating if I need to increase her bedtime bottle to 4.5 oz. but I remember reading breastfed babies typically don't need more than 3-4 oz at a time. Here's hoping we get to sleep tonight...
@kendy20 mine was eating like she was going to hibernate tonight. Maybe growth spurts? I wasn't so lucky though she woke up at her usual time. She really needs to get rid of this first feeding! I know she doesn't need it. It's like she just got used to eating at this time and can't get back to sleep without it. Can't complain though at least she's starting to sleep better. Now that I say that she'll probably have a rough night from here on out.
@sstwinklinglites our LO did this same thing for a couple weeks. She would go down without a fuss for bed and nap horribly then the next week she fell asleep for naps really easy and would fight going down for bed. After a couple weeks of switching she's back to horrible naps and going down to bed easy. At least that way there's an end in sight right!? That doesn't mean she is sleeping well during the night though just letting me put her down easier. Some nights she still fights but for the most part it's back to normal. I think they are just so curious right now that they can't have good naps and go down for bed easy that is just asking way too much!
Not sure if this applies to you @kendy20 - but my DD usually goes to bed between 7 and 7:30 and sleeps until 5:30 the next morning. DD woke up screaming at 11pm two nights ago. I could see the past few days that she is cutting teeth, but they haven't come through yet. I gave her some Tylenol and nursed her and she fell back to sleep.
Is she maybe waking up from pain?
edit bc spelling is hard.
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It's like 4MW is starting up all over again here! Lots of night wakings and short naps. It's so discouraging.
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
@QOTR I agree and she is fighting every nap today. She has slits for eyes yet she's still screaming and shaking herself awake. Maybe I just need to put her in her crib. I just feel bad because I think she might be teething but I've tried Tylenol and teething tablets. She's still acting this way so now I just think she's overtired.
@Lissiehoya , no matter how hard DH can try, he can't put dd down for bed. She will realize it's him and start to cry and scream. We've tried to just let her figure it out with him but it gets to the point where nothing is working and it's easier for me to hold and rock her back down. I really wish we could figure it out because it would be nice to have a night off from rocking and singing just once a week, but no such luck.
Also, any moms the only person who can put their LO to bed? I asked DH to get DS to sleep tonight--I had already read to him and breastfeed him and he just needed someone to keep the paci in while he fell asleep--so I could take a shower. I get out of the shower and DS is no longer in the crib and is screaming his head off. I have no idea what DH did, but... seriously?
Same here! He used to be able to get her to sleep then one week around 3 months she just stopped letting him. I mean I'm sure he could still but it would involve lots of screaming and crying. I don't know what her deal is! It would be nice to have a little help in that department especially since she won't take naps off of me now.
Anyone still holding their LO while they nap? Should I just start putting her in her crib after she falls asleep every time and hope for the best? Maybe one day she'll just realize that's what is going to happen and if she's tired she'll stay asleep? Ha! Probably not huh? She gets so cranky I get nervous putting her down now because I don't want her to wake right up then not go back to sleep or take another 30 minutes falling asleep.
We're having the same problem. Right now, I can only get him to sleep nursing. Even if the nanny or DH give him a bottle, he still fusses (and then escalates to full-blown screaming fit) until I come in and snuggle him. All of our sleep problems also started at 3 months.
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
DS didn't sleep at daycare at all (actually he fell asleep at 4:05 and I got there to pick him up at 4:15)! That's 9 hours of no sleeping. He didn't even sleep in the car on the way there or the way home. He wasn't as fussy as I thought, and he is now zonked out in bed (fell asleep on the boob almost immediately and only rustled a little bit when I put him in the crib). We'll see what tonight brings?! This kid is clearly going through something!
I don't even have a freezer stash due to excess lipase so separating me and baby isn't an option. Sigh. We're traveling to this dang wedding on her 6 month bday so her sleep is bound to be all screwed up no matter what. This mommy gig is harrrrrrd.
We have a wedding out of town this weekend too. And I only have a days stash of BM - not much for sure. We're going to be supplementing this month now that she's taking a bottle again so I can build up a bit more and be ready for the weekend away. And @becole42 - that sounds terrifying! Glad little guy is seemingly all good. Give him lots of snuggles!
@kittyriot how did you get your LO to take a bottle again? My DD has refused it for months. I've tried many different approaches and failed. Mind sharing your method please? I'm at a loss.
@fussybunch - after trying everything with no success, my mother decided to give it a whirl when I was out running errands one day recently, she just did so with water. LO loves water, we'll give her a few spoonfuls at dinner time, we give her frozen washcloths for teething so we knew she LOVED water. So she loves the bottle right now with a bit of water in it - I fill one with a level 2 nipple with 2 ounces (what pedis recommend at this age) in the morning and use that periodically throughout the day. Kinda scared for the first time we try it with formula so I can get back on a pumping schedule. That's next weeks hurdle!
@kittyriot thanks so much! I'm gonna give this a shot too!
We made it to the other side of the 4MW's in one piece. Babe started sleeping okay again...and then this week happened!
Each and every night has looked something like this....
In crib by 8, awake at 11, 2, 3:30, 5:30, 6:30, then up for the day at 7:30.
I'm exhausted!
We're two weeks away from 6 months and I keep threatening to leave and check myself into a hotel. Empty threats. The whiney days are so long. The naps are a battle and she must be held. The nights are all over the place. I've been holding onto a shred of hope that next week will be better.
The highlight of last night...She woke at 4:30. I had fed her at 10 and 2:45 (I think) so I went in assuming not hungry. After some wrangling I got her calm and held her for 20 - 30 mins. Set her down in the crib and she was completely still. 10 mins later I'm drifting off when the crying starts again. My brain runs through all the curse words I know and I lay there for a minute taking a few calming breaths. DH wakes up and says, "when's the last time she was up?"
Man I could if written this myself! Please don't tell me 6 months is worse I keep holding I to a shred of hope that by 6 months done magical switch will go off and she'll sleep. Our LO was also up at 4:30 this morning and I get her back to sleep even dropped the monitor and she didn't budge. 2 minutes later she's up crying again. No matter what I did she fought me. Her eyes were rolling and she still fought me. Ugh !
@kittyriot Thanks for asking! DD mostly just played. She chewed on the bottle nipple for a bit and when she got some water, oh the face! I'm going to keep at it though. This girl is one tough nut to crack!
@fussybunch did you try that early bedtime thing? I know you had said your LO was getting fussy at a certain time and I had mentioned reading something about starting bath at that time or an hour before then having LO to sleep at that time . Just curious if you were able to try it and if you noticed a difference?
You all have me nervous for the 6 month mark, now. CIO was a success. Day 1 took 90 minutes, day 2 took 40, days 3 & 4 took 30 minutes, and tonight, I only had to go in once after 5 minutes of half fussing/half crying. LO has decided he's a side sleeper, and I love it--it's so darling. We still have a few random wake-ups (mainly he's been waking up SUPER early and thinks it's time to play, we've co-slept the past 2 mornings) and he still wakes up 3 times to eat, but OMG it's so much better than every hour or so. I was so reluctant at first, but there was a HUGE difference after a day, and I cannot believe he went down so easily tonight (I was especially nervous because DH had to go back to work until midnight so it was my first night at it alone). Now we'll be moving on Wednesday, so we'll see if it lasts. Fingers crossed.
I gave in to CIO also after DS waking every 30-60 min at night. First night he cried 20 min, second night 7 min, 3rd night 3 min. He's actually sleeping in the crib too. Just hoping for longer stretches of sleep. He's only giving me 2-3 hours but it's better than before. Plus I like that he can put himself to sleep finally. I don't dread bedtime anymore.
This may have been discussed but what are you doing for naptime? Cio? Rock to sleep? I have been trying cio but where do I start? I let her cio today and she fell asleep quickly but this doesnt always happen. How long do you let them cry at first? Do you go in and comfort?
@fussybunch did you try that early bedtime thing? I know you had said your LO was getting fussy at a certain time and I had mentioned reading something about starting bath at that time or an hour before then having LO to sleep at that time . Just curious if you were able to try it and if you noticed a difference?
Hi and thanks for asking@Hbird05! The earlier bedtime routine didn't work for DD. She still followed her same sleep schedule. We did bath at 6p. She nursed after and she did fall asleep by 7p. I celebrated too early cause she woke up as soon as I laid her down and stayed awake until after 9p. Maybe I need to give it more than one shot though!
@fussybunch I was hoping that would work for ya. We just kept at it then but now I feel like bedtime is all over the place! I just aim for 2 hours after her last nap now and hope for the best.
Re: The Big Snooze (Sleep Thread)
I try to make sure he doesn't stay awake over 2 hours to try to keep him from being overtired. He rarely goes to sleep on his own, so it takes a lot of time & work on my part to get him to sleep. That means he's awake just about an hour before I start worrying about him going to sleep again. I wonder if I'm making it harder than I need to? Do others watch the clock this closely and count up the total number of hours each day?
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
And @becole42, I do the same. I used to tell myself that if I got out of the first trimester, I'd quit worrying, and then it was if I made it to viability, and then I told myself that I'd quit worrying once we made it through L&D. I need to just admit that I'm a nervous nellie!
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3rd BFP-5/22/13! By early June, progesterone plummeting. Another loss.
August 2013 - started Donor Egg process, but surprise BFP with my own eggs.
Dear Son born 5/28/14
Last night was probably one of the worst nights after 2 nights of thinking maybe we were getting back to normal. Ha up from 2-5:30. I will say yesterday we were at a family thing and she would only take 2 10 minute naps. Both my fault because I tried putting her down since she seemed completely out the first time and she woke right up then wouldn't go back to sleep. I get it strange place afraid mom was leaving her. Then the 2nd time I said well I'll just hold her and go out and join everyone she seemed to be pretty out again and will sleep through noise. Well standing up and opening the door startled her so she wanted to suck and I couldn't get it back out fast enough so she woke again. She ended up falling asleep in the car we had her pjs on and I went to put her to bed but she realized she was sleeping and started trying to stay up so I rocked and nursed her and she went back to sleep. Woke up an hour later then 4 hours later. Yay for 4 hours but then the battle began. When she finally did go back to sleep 3 1/2 hours later she slept for 1.5 hours and tried to fight to stay awake again even though she was clearly falling asleep in the monitor. So I finally got her back down and it's now 10. I'm a little worried for today and tonight now but I am not waking her. I feel like this week she has gotten worse and worse about sleep fighting! I can barely get her to sleep and sometimes just have to give up. She will pull off because she knows that makes her fall asleep and just start wiggling and screaming and grunting. Kicking her legs shaking her head whatever she can do to stay awake and in the middle of the night she goes for the face.
Ugh! So over it!! Sorry long vent!
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
Anyone still holding their LO while they nap? Should I just start putting her in her crib after she falls asleep every time and hope for the best? Maybe one day she'll just realize that's what is going to happen and if she's tired she'll stay asleep? Ha! Probably not huh? She gets so cranky I get nervous putting her down now because I don't want her to wake right up then not go back to sleep or take another 30 minutes falling asleep.
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Dear Son born 5/28/14
We have a wedding out of town this weekend too. And I only have a days stash of BM - not much for sure. We're going to be supplementing this month now that she's taking a bottle again so I can build up a bit more and be ready for the weekend away. And @becole42 - that sounds terrifying! Glad little guy is seemingly all good. Give him lots of snuggles!
@kittyriot how did you get your LO to take a bottle again? My DD has refused it for months. I've tried many different approaches and failed. Mind sharing your method please? I'm at a loss.