Yeah my husband says I'm getting more sleep than him because he sleeps 5 hours and I sleep 4 + 3 (I do the overnight feed) during the week when he works and I'm on leave.
I still somehow don't think my sleep is any better!
@hoodoll82 I've tried to explain to my DH that even though it adds up to 7 or 8 hours of sleep, because it's so broken up and interrupted, it's not the same good straight thru sleep. He found that out one night when he attempted to do the feeding when DD woke up at 3:30 and wouldn't go back to sleep until almost 5:30. He said after getting up after that (he still slept longer than I did) that he was SOOO tired. Men...they think they know when they really have no idea!
Yup definitely worse to have broken up sleep. I'd kill for 5-6 hours uninterrupted sleep
Ugh so LO has started getting super loud and grunty while she sleeps about 2 weeks ago now. I've had to wear earplugs and those don't even help. After her middle of the night feeding I've been leaving her in her swing in the living room because I can't take the noise. Our bedroom is very close so I can still hear her but not so many of the grunts Anyone else's LO loud? Do they outgrow this or is this how babies are during the night? We won't be buying a house until after I graduate in December so right now we are stuck in a one bedroom. I wish we had her own room or I would have started putting her in there
Woke LO up dream feed a little bit ago and since then he has escaped his swaddle, woken himself totally up, and is now reswaddled and still flopping around like a fish out of water. What the heck, dude?! He doesn't even move this much when he's awake, and he's a dancing fool.
Also, my nightlight busted during all of this so I'm flying blind. Thankfully it will be light out soon....when LO needs to be changed again it will be light enough to see. RIP Christmas tree light. I loved you.
I'm exhausted. DD thrashes around and grunts and makes noise every night and wakes me up (we cosleep, didn't plan on it but it happened). The DH is having a 'me' day tomorrow where he isn't bothered at all does whatever he wants, listens to music, binges on Netflix, etc. and I'm pretty f**king jealous. I would kill to sleep comfortably, uninterrupted, not have my only time to myself in the bathroom peeing or showering (half the time DD is in her bouncer in the bathroom with me anyways) I got a second interview for a job this past week and if I get it, DH is going to be the one that gets to wake up with DD, get her to sleep etc. I'm just not sure if he really gets how exhausting a colicky crying baby is when you do it all 24/7.... Sorry, guess I should've put this under randoms...
LO is 10+ weeks and has started sleeping in pretty good 5-6 hour chunks to start the night, then waking every ~2 hours from there. But there are certainly exceptions. Two nights ago he woke every. hour. between 2:00 and 8:00 am, to feed (this is different from kimchi night!).
Still trending towards better, but like @mindaa , he still has the Every Hour night occasionally. I'm also blaming growth spurts, but who knows. Babies be babies.
Don't kick me for saying this, but... LO has started to enjoy chilling on his own in his pack n play for 10-30 minutes before he falls asleep. I am kind of missing the days when he would sleep on my chest! He so rarely wants any of that right now. It's a good reminder for me that each phase is fleeting and has its perks, though certainly its crappy side.
@hoodoll82 I've tried to explain to my DH that even though it adds up to 7 or 8 hours of sleep, because it's so broken up and interrupted, it's not the same good straight thru sleep. He found that out one night when he attempted to do the feeding when DD woke up at 3:30 and wouldn't go back to sleep until almost 5:30. He said after getting up after that (he still slept longer than I did) that he was SOOO tired. Men...they think they know when they really have no idea!
DH is actually doing 2 weeks with LO starting Monday when I go back to work. We will see if he still feels this way when he is the one getting up!
I'm also doing an online support group and the sleep consultant running it says ironically babies need the most sleep in the beginning of the night and sleep deepest then - and early morning they are only sleeping lightly, hence wake ups after 3 or 4 am.
However, adults need to be asleep between 2 and 6 am for real repair to the body.
its almost 11pm, LO still isnt sleeping, this is the latest so far he has been up and whatnot since daytime usually he is down already and would wake up for a feed in a bit. maybe this has to do with laying in bed till almost noon -_- i havent even gotten a proper dinner.
Last night he was up every hour .... Yeah.... Growth spurt I suppose. Praying for tonight to go better. It IS going to get better right?!?! Dear lord I hope so.
LO refused to go to sleep until 11 and has just been waking up every 30 minutes to an hour since then needing attention. Not hungry, just needing to be acknowledged. I'm so tired. DH woke him up right after bedtime by waking over to him and just talking away (innocently, he didn't know what havoc simply speaking to the kid does at bedtime) and LO decided it was time to party....again....After missing his last and only big nap for the day. Now I have over tired grouch baby tonight...by myself, obviously
Why is this little girl so loud at night?? Gas?! Reflux?! Idk but I can't sleep!! I start back into my last semester of nursing school on the 31st. I want to cry knowing how little sleep I'm already going to get
Well, tonight was fun. Hubby is out of town for work for the very first time since LO's birth, leaving me alone with two dogs and a two month old. All went well today, but around 10pm I discovered that one of the dogs had killed a possum and deposited it on the screened porch, and I freaked out. Soooo disgusting, and I was going to have to deal with it myself, due to hubby not coming home until Thursday.
Hoped to nurse LO to sleep and put her down in the rnp as quickly as possible so I could take care of it, but I couldn't make a successful transfer until just after midnight. After she was finally out, I got three big trash bags -- two to cover the tools I used to scoop up the possum, and another to dump the animal and the contaminated bags into. The possum was on an outdoor rug, so I also rolled that up and put it in the trash bin. Thank goodness our garbage pickup is tomorrow morning!
Then, because I don't know for sure which dog killed it, I decided to bathe them both, washing thoroughly and as much of their muzzle area as possible, which took a good long while. Then started the laundry with all their dog toys, the blankets they had laid on, and the towels used after the baths. Then fed the dogs several treats; no idea if there's any real science behind this, but I wanted to "wash" the possum out of their mouths if possible, so I figured having them chew and swallow something else (and possibly make them thirsty) would be good. Finally, I got in the shower myself and took a nice long shower.
At 3am I was finally ready for bed but have been kind of worried and not able to sleep yet. I think one of the dogs licked my hand sometime after the possum was killed but before I knew about it, and I may have touched LO after. I washed her off as soon as I found the possum, but I'm wondering if it's possible some kind of bacteria was transferred to her? Am I being crazy? Neither dog had any injuries and both are current on all vaccines, so I'm really not worried about them; they're fine. Just wondering if there's possum germs still hanging out in their mouth!
LO will likely sleep until 5:30 or 6:00, but that is fast approaching now...
Started bedtime at the normal hour...and LO screamed/fought it for almost 2.5 hours before falling asleep. Finally. She had one decent 2 hour nap yesterday (and 3 20 minute naps, ugh), but it was late in the day....it's just the worst because you don't want to interrupt the one good nap (Especially since I was napping too) but you also want her to sleep at night.
She did sleep 5.5 hours for the first stretch...granted it was on top of me and not in the bassinet because I was afraid to botch a transfer after a 2.5 hour struggle, but still. I probably slept 5 of those hours straight without waking up at all even though I am in a recliner and not a bed...so I can't complain too much.
We go to the doctor tomorrow about the reflux issue I think we're having so hopefully sorting that out will help her sleep better. She seemed to be really struggling with discomfort last night. Poor baby.
LO just went down for the night. Which means if she sleeps 5 hours (which has only happened twice) I'll be up before 1 am and every 2 hours after. When will this get better? Her 2 month shots are tomorrow, so tomorrow night will be even worse than tonight.
LO started his day way way earlier than normal (like 7am early) and he has been out cold since a little after 4pm (its now 6pm for me) and i fear that he isnt gonna sleep tonight. -_-
LO had his two month shots this afternoon. Ever since we got home he has been SUPER fussy. He normally is pretty laid back, but there was major screaming/crying going on. Poor baby.
Finally got him calmed down at 7pm. Afraid for tonight.
Has anyone mastered "put your baby down sleepy but awake"? Every time I try this he just stares up at me and eventually starts to cry. If he isn't totally asleep when I put him down, he wakes up completely. So I am always soothing him to sleep (rocking, nursing, walking, carrier, etc) and thinking the whole time that I am ruining his ability to sleep on his own but having no idea how to do it.
@AlwaysSunny1012 my DS was this way. We had to do sleep training with him to get him to learn to self soothe. I waited until he was 8 months old, which if I had to do it again I'd probably start at three months. He was a sleepy/lazy eater at night so I had a hard time getting burps out. I think gas was our major issue to get him to go to sleep drowsy. He also relied heavily on his pacifier so if it fell out and he woke up I had to put it back in and rock him to sleep. I feel your pain. It just takes practice and repetition.
My LO has been sleeping most of the day and just went down after a long feed without and trouble. Tonight may be interesting. Fingers crossed it's a growth spurt and she'll sleep great tonight. If not, I'll catch you on the flip side.
Is there a 10 week growth spurt?? My goodness, my little one won't stay asleep for more then 10 mins at a time tonight and very fussy this momma is sleepy
And of course LO pooped right when I started giving her her middle of the night bottle. I have to wait 30 mins after feeding so she keeps it down. So we're sitting here she's passed out and she smells god almighty bad. And now I have to wake her up to change her. Ugh
That time when you wake overnight at the time your baby usually wakes up, but baby is still sleeping. Yet you can't go back to sleep because you are sure that ANY MINUTE NOW baby will wake up, so you are half out of bed at every fart and sigh as they adjust themselves in their sleep. Then you see baby is *still* sleeping, so you lay back down, only to sit up again at the next noise.
Thankfully, there was only 15 minutes of this before he woke up for real and true. I mean, him sleeping longer would've been great... But I would have been pissed if I couldn't go back to sleep and was on edge like that the entire time.
That time when you wake overnight at the time your baby usually wakes up, but baby is still sleeping. Yet you can't go back to sleep because you are sure that ANY MINUTE NOW baby will wake up, so you are half out of bed at every fart and sigh as they adjust themselves in their sleep. Then you see baby is *still* sleeping, so you lay back down, only to sit up again at the next noise.
Thankfully, there was only 15 minutes of this before he woke up for real and true. I mean, him sleeping longer would've been great... But I would have been pissed if I couldn't go back to sleep and was on edge like that the entire time.
Just got done with this EXACT cycle. My body is now programmed to wake at 4:30am no matter what. I guess the bright side is that I don't get woken from a dead sleep by screaming - hate that.
I'm pretty sure I've been doing a 5am dream feed for the past 2 weeks. She doesn't even open her eyes during both sides or a diaper change. Then just drifts back to sleep in her crib. What a weird baby.
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@Sammy K I'm right there with ya. I thought that by almost 13 weeks, LO would be sleeping better. I'm so jealous of everyone whose babies sleep through the night. I'm freakin' exhausted. I don't understand why the kid won't sleep!
My LO just slept in his pack n play from 4:15-7:50 (he's still sleeping), with no swaddle. He hates the swaddle and it's hell getting him in it. He started in the rock n play at 10, so at his next feeding I decided I'd give it a try. He kept waking up and whining, but I soothed him by patting him and leaving my hand on his tummy. It took 45 minutes, but I made myself stick with it. I feel so triumphant. Ha-now to just put him down in there at the beginning of the night. Then, next step, crib!
The final tally for the night: down at 8, up at 9, 11:45, 2:15, 4:00, and 5:45. DS will be up at 6:30. I'm about ready to give this baby away.
This is me every night! Except last night I got a stretch from 12 to 3:30! Woohoo. I'm really making sure i put him down for good naps now. I read that if they don't sleep enough during the day they won't sleep well at night.
@jesshrou DH said she woke up 2 more times that I somehow slept thru and he rocked her back to sleep. One time he said he woke me up, which I also don't remember. Scary.
@kristenk727 Don't tell me that. I keep reading they usually grow out of colic by 3 months. If I'm still fighting this, I don't know what I'll do. At least at 4 months she can cry it out.
We put DD down an hour earlier so we could have some adult time and I knew it'd bite me in the ass. Up twice in the night instead of our usually 2-3am feed. Amazing how just changing 1 hour affects everything! Never again!
@Sammy K he did outgrow the colic. He is the happiest little baby now. So happy that he would rather play than sleep. I've been lurking the May boards since I delivered early, and it sounds like many babies start a sleep regression around 12/13 weeks. Buttttt it apparently gets way better after that. Like you said in another thread.... The days are long (nights are longer), but the years are short.
Fed LO, got him down, and has to sprint to the bathroom. I was hoping the weather change related yuckiness would get better once it went from maybe-rain to actual rain, but apparently it just made my little head cold worse. Gross.
Dear LO, please pick tonight to sleep for longer than three hour stretched.
@house86 my LO is 10 weeks and I also feel like he's going through both a growth spurt and a leap!
Just tried a dream feed for the first time, due to engorgement. We'll see how it works. My own sleep has been a lot better since I've stopped checking the clock or iPad when waking at night, but the downside is I have no idea how LO's sleep patterns are doing. My complaint right now is the past several days, LO has been up and rearing to go at some point between 5:00 and 7:00 am. He used to wake at both 5 and 7, but go back to sleep til 9:00. Blaming myself because at that point in the morning, he gets to sleep in bed with us, so he keeps waking earlier and getting in bed earlier.
Here's hoping the dream feed gives me a few extra hours!
DH works overnight and gets home around 6:30-7am. Normally LO wakes up at this time but I transfer him into the bed with me and we sleep together until around 9. Tonight before leaving for work DH told me to "go to bed early" because he was waking me up when he got home so we could both clean the house in the morning before DD gets up. Really? He's got another thing coming if he thinks I'm going to get up at 7 voluntarily! I'm still on maternity leave so I'm treasuring all of my sleep in days knowing that they will soon be coming to an end!
Despite only napping for 3 20 - minute stretches all day, the last one ending at 2pm, LO still stretched out bed time from 7pm- 10pm tonight. It is actually insane how much she hates going to sleep. Several times from 2-10pm her eyes would be 99% closed, and as soon as she realized what was happening, she'd snap them open like a crazed animal and start crying. Wonderful.
And then the first stretch was still only 3.5 hours. Which means I'll be getting up every 1.5-2 hours for the next 5-6 hours now. Sleep: I love you...see you in a few years.
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I still somehow don't think my sleep is any better!
I've tried to explain to my DH that even though it adds up to 7 or 8 hours of sleep, because it's so broken up and interrupted, it's not the same good straight thru sleep. He found that out one night when he attempted to do the feeding when DD woke up at 3:30 and wouldn't go back to sleep until almost 5:30. He said after getting up after that (he still slept longer than I did) that he was SOOO tired.
Ugh so LO has started getting super loud and grunty while she sleeps about 2 weeks ago now. I've had to wear earplugs and those don't even help. After her middle of the night feeding I've been leaving her in her swing in the living room because I can't take the noise. Our bedroom is very close so I can still hear her but not so many of the grunts
Anyone else's LO loud? Do they outgrow this or is this how babies are during the night? We won't be buying a house until after I graduate in December so right now we are stuck in a one bedroom. I wish we had her own room or I would have started putting her in there
Also, my nightlight busted during all of this so I'm flying blind. Thankfully it will be light out soon....when LO needs to be changed again it will be light enough to see. RIP Christmas tree light. I loved you.
Still trending towards better, but like @mindaa , he still has the Every Hour night occasionally. I'm also blaming growth spurts, but who knows. Babies be babies.
Don't kick me for saying this, but... LO has started to enjoy chilling on his own in his pack n play for 10-30 minutes before he falls asleep. I am kind of missing the days when he would sleep on my chest! He so rarely wants any of that right now. It's a good reminder for me that each phase is fleeting and has its perks, though certainly its crappy side.
I'm also doing an online support group and the sleep consultant running it says ironically babies need the most sleep in the beginning of the night and sleep deepest then - and early morning they are only sleeping lightly, hence wake ups after 3 or 4 am.
However, adults need to be asleep between 2 and 6 am for real repair to the body.
Sigh.
It IS going to get better right?!?! Dear lord I hope so.
Hoped to nurse LO to sleep and put her down in the rnp as quickly as possible so I could take care of it, but I couldn't make a successful transfer until just after midnight. After she was finally out, I got three big trash bags -- two to cover the tools I used to scoop up the possum, and another to dump the animal and the contaminated bags into. The possum was on an outdoor rug, so I also rolled that up and put it in the trash bin. Thank goodness our garbage pickup is tomorrow morning!
Then, because I don't know for sure which dog killed it, I decided to bathe them both, washing thoroughly and as much of their muzzle area as possible, which took a good long while. Then started the laundry with all their dog toys, the blankets they had laid on, and the towels used after the baths. Then fed the dogs several treats; no idea if there's any real science behind this, but I wanted to "wash" the possum out of their mouths if possible, so I figured having them chew and swallow something else (and possibly make them thirsty) would be good. Finally, I got in the shower myself and took a nice long shower.
At 3am I was finally ready for bed but have been kind of worried and not able to sleep yet. I think one of the dogs licked my hand sometime after the possum was killed but before I knew about it, and I may have touched LO after. I washed her off as soon as I found the possum, but I'm wondering if it's possible some kind of bacteria was transferred to her? Am I being crazy? Neither dog had any injuries and both are current on all vaccines, so I'm really not worried about them; they're fine. Just wondering if there's possum germs still hanging out in their mouth!
LO will likely sleep until 5:30 or 6:00, but that is fast approaching now...
She did sleep 5.5 hours for the first stretch...granted it was on top of me and not in the bassinet because I was afraid to botch a transfer after a 2.5 hour struggle, but still. I probably slept 5 of those hours straight without waking up at all even though I am in a recliner and not a bed...so I can't complain too much.
We go to the doctor tomorrow about the reflux issue I think we're having so hopefully sorting that out will help her sleep better. She seemed to be really struggling with discomfort last night. Poor baby.
Finally got him calmed down at 7pm. Afraid for tonight.
My LO has been sleeping most of the day and just went down after a long feed without and trouble. Tonight may be interesting. Fingers crossed it's a growth spurt and she'll sleep great tonight. If not, I'll catch you on the flip side.
And of course LO pooped right when I started giving her her middle of the night bottle. I have to wait 30 mins after feeding so she keeps it down. So we're sitting here she's passed out and she smells god almighty bad. And now I have to wake her up to change her. Ugh
Thankfully, there was only 15 minutes of this before he woke up for real and true. I mean, him sleeping longer would've been great... But I would have been pissed if I couldn't go back to sleep and was on edge like that the entire time.
@kristenk727 Don't tell me that. I keep reading they usually grow out of colic by 3 months. If I'm still fighting this, I don't know what I'll do. At least at 4 months she can cry it out.
Dear LO, please pick tonight to sleep for longer than three hour stretched.
Just tried a dream feed for the first time, due to engorgement. We'll see how it works. My own sleep has been a lot better since I've stopped checking the clock or iPad when waking at night, but the downside is I have no idea how LO's sleep patterns are doing.
My complaint right now is the past several days, LO has been up and rearing to go at some point between 5:00 and 7:00 am. He used to wake at both 5 and 7, but go back to sleep til 9:00.
Blaming myself because at that point in the morning, he gets to sleep in bed with us, so he keeps waking earlier and getting in bed earlier.
Here's hoping the dream feed gives me a few extra hours!
And then the first stretch was still only 3.5 hours. Which means I'll be getting up every 1.5-2 hours for the next 5-6 hours now. Sleep: I love you...see you in a few years.