Nighttime sucks. That is all.

KonaCoffeeBean · July 2015

The old thread is getting pretty unwieldy. Let's start a new thread devoted to the craziness of nighttime.

KonaCoffeeBean · July 2015

A couple of nights ago my son slept for nearly 6 straight hours, and so did I. Fantastic right? But there's a dark price to be paid for sleep. Engorged boobs, blocked duck, now mastitis. Nighttime sucks.

klkonwi · July 2015

I only get 2.5 hr stretches the last few nights....... Nighttime sucks. Horribly

KaLikeAWind · July 2015

Even when LO sets his own schedule, his schedule is every 2-3 hours. Usually right at the 2 & 1/2 hour stretch just like @klkonwi. I'm hopeful as he gets bigger / older that translates to longer sleep sessions

KarasTwin · July 2015

Ya'll know what else sucks? Hiccups. This poor kid can't catch a break. They used to not bother him, but lately he gets really angry with them. It makes me sad.

I've stopped setting an alarm at night and letting him wake us when he's hungry. 4 weeks today and the nights haven't been too bad but I'm really not sure how I'm going to function properly when I go back to work

MaliKaela · July 2015

My hubs has been incredible with night time. He's one of those freaks of nature that is totally good to go with 5 hours of sleep. I am like the polar opposite. And when I don't get enough sleep my pain gets worse. The thing that is driving me crazy is the boobs! They wake me up even when dh has ds covered for a period of time. If I breastfeed for a year does that mean I can't sleep through the night for a whole year? Uh!

katyqv · July 2015

LO hasn't let me put her down today or she screams, which in turn makes her baby acne very, very angry and hard to look at. Poor girl. I'm so dreading tonight. But maybe she'll sleep like a champ tonight? I'm sure that's just wishful thinking.

dancegurl1118 · July 2015

The dog won't stop yelping unless someone's comforting him. The only other option was to keep him at the vet overnight but that would've stressed him out more. This is going to add a whole other layer of fun to the upcoming night!!

virginiaunicorn11 · July 2015

We've (finally!!) figured out a schedule that makes things better. Either I go to sleep with LO at 8:00 (or 9:00 or 10:00, whenever he goes down), and either nap an hour and get up, or I just stay asleep with LO. When he wakes at 1:00 or 2:00 am, I feed him and DH comes into the room for the first time (he stays up) and changes him. Then we all go to bed, and I'm on duty til 7:00 am. That's only one or two more wake-and-feed sessions.

Just having this one session with DH's help at 1:00 am lets me stay in bed longer, and has been game-changing. Now my problem is staying up to Bump...

aligons · July 2015

@KarasTwin Gripe water has helped tremendously with hiccups. Soon as I put a few drops in they immediately went away!

aj1327 · July 2015

katyqv said:
LO hasn't let me put her down today or she screams, which in turn makes her baby acne very, very angry and hard to look at. Poor girl. I'm so dreading tonight. But maybe she'll sleep like a champ tonight? I'm sure that's just wishful thinking.

This. And he seems to be cluster feeding. I'm sure it's that 6 week growth spurt. I'm already exhausted and dreading tonight.

SarahBaby87 · July 2015

aligons said:
@KarasTwin Gripe water has helped tremendously with hiccups. Soon as I put a few drops in they immediately went away!

I second this. He needs no where near a full dose to get the hiccups away.

courtyowl427 · July 2015

DH left for work at 7:15am and not home yet (10p) Holy long day alone with 3 week LO. At least when he's home for dinner (and yes, grape tomatoes out of the container and saltines qualify as dinner) I can have a conversation with someone who can talk back and maybe take a shower. Fingers crossed it's a good night....

KaLikeAWind · July 2015

Sleep related - after dropping my mom off we came home and LO was fussy. I tried to soothe him, but DH made me lay down and gave him a bottle of formula instead. I had just just bf LO about 30 min prior, and I could have done a little more boob time, but I was SO tired and DH could see it. So he fed him and soothed him and somewhere in there I feel asleep on the couch for almost 2 hours. After having the sole responsibility of LO for 3 days straight, an evening nap was ah-mazing. I feel so much more prepared to face the night tonight now.

(Also, side note, he made me take some of my Tylenol 3s for my weird rib pain. Maybe it helped? I didn't feel the pain while I was trying to nap, anyway. I had been so focused on making it thru the weekend, I had forgotten I had some bf OK pain meds in the house. Ugh)

katyertl · July 2015

I work nights from 4 until about 9pm at a restaurant serving for the summer and hubby works 5am-3pm so needless to say we never see each other and the poor guy has LO when she can not be consoled for hours. She was up screaming off and on from 430 until about 930 for him. I feel so badly. We try everything to calm her. Any advice? I know it might be the "witching hours" but it's absolutely terrible. Granted we are lucky when she wakes up at night she goes right back to sleep and now it's only 10pm, 2am ish and then about 7. So not bad but just trying to get her to bed suckS!!! I hate nighttime. When does this get easier?! How do people even have more then one kid?! I can't imagine doing this newborn thing more than once

ksimo6 · July 2015

@katyertl Have you tried baby wearing during her fussy times? Both of my kids have responded really well to being put in the ergo. Last night, I put DS in the ergo, have him a nook and vacuumed the entire mail level of the house.... He passed out! It may be worth a shot! My husband does it too and the kids settle right down.

katyqv · July 2015

@amccoy129 LO is 6 weeks this Friday. DH is taking care of her right now and I'm having to pump instead of trying to get some sleep. Ugh. Nighttime is pretty much here too. Double ugh.

paige0704 · July 2015

LO and husband are sleeping so I should be sleeping but have to pump grrr

aligons · July 2015

Having a love-hate relationship with the pacifier right now. He's "sleeping" but if it falls out of his mouth he starts making all kinds of noises without waking up. And guess who has to put it back in every couple of minutes. Totally interrupting my "sleep!"

kkdb14 · July 2015

Can I take my "saint baby" statement back? :-<

pearlv88 · July 2015

My LO has been eating every 1.5-2 hours today. Then he last ate at 11:00. He was been wide awake since (it's now 2:00 - the longest stretch he's gone all day). At 12:00, 1:00 and now again at 2:00, while in his bassinet, he started crying so I took him out, tried rocking him, shushing etc. All he wanted was to suck. Usually I am ok with this but tonight it is hurting so bad. He's not actually eating, just sucking on my nipple. My nipple feels so pulled and raw.

Should I introduce a pacifier?! Does anyone just use a pacifier at nighttime? I've been holding off on giving him one, but my nipples are so sore at this point...

Nighttime sucks!!! Literally and figureatively.

kkdb14 · July 2015

LO is currently in the crib for the first night, and isn't upset, just grunting like crazy. It's keeping me awake not because I'm worried she's unsafe, but because I'm worried I'll get comfy and she'll start screaming.

Why.

aliciac2008 · July 2015

aligons said:
Having a love-hate relationship with the pacifier right now. He's "sleeping" but if it falls out of his mouth he starts making all kinds of noises without waking up. And guess who has to put it back in every couple of minutes. Totally interrupting my "sleep!"

Mine was the same way! Then she just decided one night she didn't need it to sleep any more and sleeps great without it (I hope I don't jinx myself). I would have to get up every 5 minutes or so to put it back, but not any more. Hope yours is the same way. She still likes it occasionally during the day, but never at night.

dancegurl1118 · July 2015

She's definitely too big for the newborn napper in her PNP but I am so nervous to put her on just the regular mattress, it looks so uncomfortable. But she keeps kicking the end and freaking out. She won't have a crib for 2 more weeks after we close on our house...

Anyone's LO transition to the mattress of the PNP?

Sammy K · July 2015

I would just like to go 3 hours between nighttime feedings. Is that too much to ask?

klkonwi · July 2015

^^^^ this.

I've been up with him for 2 hours straight now .... He seems asleep and the minute you put him in the crib he freaks out. Bah.......

KaLikeAWind · July 2015

@dancegurl1118 we just started putting LO to sleep using the bassinet of the pack n play - using the mesh clip on insert with the standard pack n play mattress. We didn't use the napper, tho, prior - he just slept snuggled with us in bed. Its an adjustment using the pack n play for that reason, but he does OK on the pack n play mattress. We have to get him to the brink of sleep before we lay him down, but I don't think that's due to the mattress. That's just the way it works with him.

@pearlv88 my LO was introduced a pacifier at 3 days old for brief periods. Now he is almost 4 weeks old and I will definitely use it if I am trying to get him to sleep and I know for sure that he is not hungry nor needing to be changed and starts to cry once we soothe him and then put him down to sleep. If he is only using for comfort as he falls asleep, then once he begins to make the transition into dreamyland the pacifier will fall out and I'll take it away. Of course, sometimes I end up doing the paci dance like PP up there (where it falls out and LO starts to wake up again so you have to put it back and he starts to fall asleep and it falls out and he wakes up again and you put it back and over and over) and that sucks when it happens, but eventually he does fall asleep.

Good luck!

dancegurl1118 · July 2015

Anyone else find their LO with their head and neck arched back while they sleep? It can't be good for her neck...she rolls on her side to sleep.

paige0704 · July 2015

kkdb14 said:
LO is currently in the crib for the first night, and isn't upset, just grunting like crazy. It's keeping me awake not because I'm worried she's unsafe, but because I'm worried I'll get comfy and she'll start screaming.

Why.

Omg this is exactly me!! I don't feel so weird now... I've been doing this since day 1 and i get so angry with myself bc I'm exhausted

Sammy K · July 2015

I think my kid is broken. She refuses to sleep between 3 and 6am. Then she will completely pass out. Between that and wanting to eat every 2 hours, I'm ready to have her sleep in the garage. Kidding. But only a little bit.

delujm0 · July 2015

LO slept in the bassinet from 10pm - midnight last night!

But then after that wouldn't sleep anywhere but on top of me. Thank god we went with a gliding recliner for the nursery. Still not a great place for quality sleep, but better than an upright chair I suppose.

I'm torn between "I should enjoy this adorable clingy phase" and "omg I need to break this habit before i go back to work in 8 weeks."

pearlv88 · July 2015

@mellymar thanks for the reply. That is what I am thinking - if I've tried everything else and I'm sure he isn't hungry, then I'll try the pacifier. Thanks again!

lovethatcolosun · July 2015

LO did a lot better with sleeping in her bassinet last night. I'm usually able to start the night in there, but after her feedings she wants to stay snuggled next to me in bed. Last night I transferred her successfully three times by putting her on her side to sleep.

My gripe is that it's been two days in a row of waking up at five to eat. So sleepy right now.

slr1229 · July 2015

We keep having an issue of going to sleep. After she feeds which is a battle (lately she gets frustrated and kicks and digs head into chest) and I burp her, then try to rock her and she doesn't want to settle down. Only does this at the 9pm feeding. Then after that she is a dream and wakes up twice in the night (3 weeks and 5 days old). Not sure what her deal is with falling asleep.

virginiaunicorn11 · July 2015

delujm0 said:
LO slept in the bassinet from 10pm - midnight last night!

But then after that wouldn't sleep anywhere but on top of me. Thank god we went with a gliding recliner for the nursery. Still not a great place for quality sleep, but better than an upright chair I suppose.

I'm torn between "I should enjoy this adorable clingy phase" and "omg I need to break this habit before i go back to work in 8 weeks."

8 weeks til you go back?! Enjoy the clingy phase. There will be 8 more phases before you go back...

amy4516 · July 2015

How can this kid stay awake for 7 hours straight?! Thank God for DH or I would never sleep at night.

LaurenAnn0405 · July 2015

@dancegurl1118 my LO sleeps with his head off to the side at a crazy angle and/or will sleep with his neck arched-it looks uncomfortable to me but he's sleeping so it must not be too bad!

KarasTwin · July 2015

I'm going to get some gripe water tomorrow! Maybe that will help, little guy hardly ever cries so when he does, I know he's miserable. Thanks!

kkdb14 · July 2015

Update: LO slept in the crib all night with no incline for the first time ever. She did the grunt thing for 20 or so minutes every time I put her back down but she did put herself to sleep every time. I didn't get my 6 hr and 4 hr night, we were up every 3, but I figure that's pretty damn good for the first night not only in a crib but flat on her back. She's always slept in the bouncer.

Is anyone else freaked out that LO will choke on their spit up laying flat on their back? DD has reflux, and last night, the second time I put her back down, she immediately spit up about a quarter of her bottle. It didn't bother her and she seemed to feel much better, but then I was worried about it happening when I wasn't right there to catch it.

delujm0 · July 2015

kkdb14 said:
Update: LO slept in the crib all night with no incline for the first time ever. She did the grunt thing for 20 or so minutes every time I put her back down but she did put herself to sleep every time. I didn't get my 6 hr and 4 hr night, we were up every 3, but I figure that's pretty damn good for the first night not only in a crib but flat on her back. She's always slept in the bouncer.

Is anyone else freaked out that LO will choke on their spit up laying flat on their back? DD has reflux, and last night, the second time I put her back down, she immediately spit up about a quarter of her bottle. It didn't bother her and she seemed to feel much better, but then I was worried about it happening when I wasn't right there to catch it.

I am ALWAYS worried about this. DD doesn't spit up large volumes or very often, but occassionally when we wake up I can see that she has spit up. Sometimes when she's awake the spit up will come out her nose...how do I know that's not happening at night???? I try to get her to turn her head to one side at least but it doesn't always happen. This is why I keep wanting her in our room with us, so I can hear her. I'm going to go crazy when we move her to her crib!

klkonwi · July 2015

@dancegurl1118 you mean like this ?!? Lol............

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