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June 2014 Moms
The SleepEasy Thread
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Re: The SleepEasy Thread
(I know YOU know all this lol... just ammo in your arsenal to tell hubby when he's having a hard time. He's not alone in his feelings. It does get get easier when you see progress! And every night I go over our previous night/day's sleep and I see we're moving in the right direction and that makes me happy!)
eta: She woke up once more from 3:20 - 3:40 and spent half the time fussing and half the time crying. Still... progress! Down from 5-7 wake ups a night to 2. Previous night she spent 1 hr 14 mins total crying. Last night was less than 40 mins total crying time.
Bed 715, asleep by 740 with 19 min crying!
Wake ups from 930-1, but quiet and put himself back to sleep - we only know bc of the monitor
Dreamfeed 130 for 7! minutes
Put him back to bed and he let out one good cry then settled in less than 5
Fussing at 5, put himself back to sleep
Aaand I woke up at 7:09 and he was still asleep....so i woke him up and here we are
I'm almost giddy right meow
Naps are still a mess, but at least we're getting there
eta I'm so grateful for this thread since it's given me the balls to continue on with this given all the other successes going on
What happened @MegEL85? Do you think it could have been a bit of an extinction burst? Or maybe a tough time with the time change?
DS did not adjust completely to the time change, he was up chatting at 4:30. Hopefully that will get better tonight.
Night 2 . . Is this progress? He WAS super tired when we put him down at 7:45 (prob from less napping) and was basically asleep instantly upon entering his crib. I did a dream feed at 9:30, LO fussed once at 11 and once at 12 but no check ins required, then I had a tech fail and missed the alarm for my 12:45am feed I am weaning but managed to still wake up before LO and nursed for 5 mins at 1:20. At 3:45 i nursed him for 4 mins.
So here's where it gets rough, at 5:25 DS wakes up and I can see him trying to go back to sleep . . But nope, so he cries on and off until 6:30 when I went in to feed him and get him up for the day. Advice here? I feel like maybe he's hungry in the morning, should I add another feeding at like 5am?
I think we might try to move the bed time back to 7am tonight, especially if naps are hard again. Also, it's okay to get them when they are crying and it's the designated wake up time, right? I feel like that's kind of sending mixed messages but obviously can't wait forever for LO to stop crying to get him up. And do I make the first nap 1.5 hours from when he actually woke at 5:25 this morning?
Man I'm tired. Sorry this is long and kind of scattered. Thanks for the help though
I'm not entirely convinced he's hungry. Remember we just went thru the time change. His body may still think it is an hour later than it is. This is where you've got to be tough and let him work it out. Page 242-244 deals with some troubleshooting tips. DS was up 1 hr earlier today as well.
For early waking (but still in crib), you are not going to adjust the first nap any earlier than the 2 hr window from your intended wake time. Review page 88. Does that make sense?
Naps are a bigger struggle. The first two naps went well yesterday and today (so far), but nap #3 was a complete disaster. Screamed the entire hour on the first attempt and for about 30 minutes in the second attempt and only slept about 15 mins total. I'm changing our routine to make sure I nurse her well before it's time to go down. I think she thought she was being nursed to sleep and then was upset when she was brought to the crib instead. Poor thing. It was heartbreaking
Our day seems to go like this:
Bed at 8pm, up at 7am. Feed.
Can barely stretch to 2 hours; is usually giving tired cues at 1 hour.
Nap at 9am, 45minutes sleeping, 15 crying w/check-ins. Feed.
Gets fussy 1.5 hours after nap #1 ends, try to stretch to at least 11am.
Nap at 12pm, 40min sleeping, 20 crying. Feed.
Gets fussy at almost 2 hours
Nap at 3pm, 45min-1hr. Feed.
Nap at 5pm, 20-40min., crying.
Feed at 720, Bed by 8.
So he always fights going down for naps super hard (I can try early or late and he just cries and claws at me during his entire routine). Then he wakes up crying and extremely cranky. I can NEVER get him to go past 2 hours post-nap before he's crying and acting like he's tired. I've tried bumping his bedtime earlier (7pm) and following through with naps, but nothing seems to change. Are naps supposed to be this bad? Any suggestions?
J14 Jan Siggy Challenge: Santorini
He's 4mo 1week, but before we started sleep training he would nap between 30min and 2 hours, so I know he can go longer (even though the book says some cant). Same with eating - he used to eat every 3.5-4 even with STTN, but now he acts like he's starving at the 3hr mark. But I'll keep it up to see if after next week things improve. He really might be bored, but he goes to sleep within 2 minutes of me putting him down so it's hard to tell. DH is watching him tonight while I take an exam so I'm curious to see if he will act differently.
J14 Jan Siggy Challenge: Santorini
Actually sleeping the full 11 hours can take some time. Pages 70 and 242-244 talks about what to do for early morning waking. They do recommend either not checking in or elongating check ins for waking with less than an hour to go.
I will say that I can actually get stuff done now...while before there was nothing until bedtime. So I'll keep fighting back as long as it achieves his rest and my sanity (and both happiness!).
J14 Jan Siggy Challenge: Santorini
Day 6 bedtime: cried, but asleep in less than 1 MINUTE. Last dreamfeed tonight.
Day 2 naps:
nap 1 - asleep 36 mins, fussed the rest of the hour
nap 2 - asleep 41 mins, fussed the rest of the hour
nap 3 - asleep 30 mins, fussed the rest of the hour
Hope these naps sort themselves out soon, but bedtime is working out really well, so we're powering ahead and tackling it all at once.
-am I reading this thread correctly that baby should be 14 lbs before trying? (Don't worry. I plan to get the book. Just wanted clarification).
-is part of the plan to wean fully from pacifiers?
-has anyone had this not work? Or does it appear to be fairly fool proof?
We are suffering from 20 minute naps. And the required nursing for nighttime wakeups. It's not awful at night but she's getting up 3x. Sometimes to eat, sometimes just because she's awake.
Bedtime can be really hard. She'll lay in her crib and cry and fuss for 2 hours sometimes. She's so overtired.
I'm nervous. I'm not quite ready yet but I'm preparing myself.
It isn't about weaning from pacifiers, you can give it to them when they are awake and going to bed or nap, but during check ins, there should be no contact or touching, so if baby cannot reapply the paci, they don't get it back. Correct me if I'm wrong there @nunzchucks but that's what I understood.
The book was pretty easy to understand and follow and made a lot of sense! We are starting tonight tho, so no idea how it will work..