...LO has been napping and breastfeeding around the clock almost every hour today. Wouldn't take a paci, was just super hungry and sleepy, but not long enough for me to nap along to. Of course, now she's wiiiiiide awake. And even with a shield, my nipples are so so sore right now.
LO slept like an angel most of the day and then at 11:30 wanted to be wiiiide awake! I'm also nervous now because after a good feed he got fussy and kept wanting to nurse but every time I would put him on the breast he would pop off, root around again and scream. We did this for almost two hours. I don't know if he was trying to nurse for comfort or if he is in pain or what but he has been spitting up more tonight and some of them are borderline projectile (though I had him over my shoulder so I can't really tell). I hope this isn't the start of reflux
My right side is turning into an overachiever. Woke up sooo engorged but can't complain too much because DD slept a four hour stretch (so I got 3!). In other news, DH goes back to work in the morning and I'm so anxious to be on my own with two kids 20 months apart...
We could not get Isla to go to bed tonight. We tried walking her around the house until she was asleep but then she'd wake up whenever we tried to put her down or whenever I'd get in bed to just try to hold her in a comfortable spot. Finally i let her just fall asleep while nursing and I got her to sleep for a couple hours but then she was back up again and extremely fussy. It's been nearly 2 hours of this AND I can feel that in getting sick by the way my throat feels. I cannot imagine doing all of this while sick... She's nursing now, hopefully this time puts her to sleep...
This thread is so quiet lately. Is my baby the only one being extra difficult about sleep now? We were doing so good but in the last 4 days, she's been so fussy. My husband also just went out of town for three days. This is going to be so hard.
It's almost the middle of the night here (5am) for a lot of you east coasters it's full on morning. But I'm up pumping and hearing the girls whining and im praying once they both eat they go back to sleep for a couple of hours. They've been doing alright at night but their naps are so inconsistent during the day that I feel like I have to be "on" all day long and it's exhausting. I miss eating my lunch with 2 hands free haha
My nights are hit or miss lately depending on how DS1 sleeps. DS2 pretty consistently sleeps around 4hrs at the beginning of the night, then is up every 2hrs after that.
This thread is so quiet lately. Is my baby the only one being extra difficult about sleep now? We were doing so good but in the last 4 days, she's been so fussy. My husband also just went out of town for three days. This is going to be so hard.
Definitely not alone @missnc77 . DD sleeps a good 4 hour stretch beginning of the night and then up every 2 hours after that until she's wide awake around 6 or 7 in the morning. This all only happens when DH is home which is 4 nights a week until he deploys in a couple weeks. When he's on duty and has to stay on the ship those other 3 nights it's like she's completely forgotten about sleep and isn't having it. She's only been napping during the day for these short 15 min naps only a handful of times through the day too, and I'm really hoping she gets back to a couple 2 hour naps during the day otherwise who knows how or if I'll survive this deployment.
I went to bed around 11. I woke up at 7:30 and was in complete shock. How did my baby sleep 8.5 hours??
As I nurse her/pump the other side - some vague memory of a 30 minute nursing session is floating back to me and my husband informed me from 11 to 2 she slept on his chest. Either way it was a great night, but I must have been sooo tired!!!
I have same situation with 15 minute day naps! Unless I take LO out in the car or for a long walk. Then he sleeps the whole time. I obviously can't rest during that time, but it does seem to reset him and he's easier to get to sleep when we get home.
@That1didntcount Your post reminded me of the most bizarre dream. My husband and was trying to handle a cry fest the other night to give me some sleep. I could still hear her crying, and it went into my dream. Kanye West was holding me captive to feed children. When I heard the baby cry, I started trying to escape. Right then I woke up to my husband standing over the bed with a crying baby. He was so frustrated and started going off about how she'd fall asleep then wake up when she was put down. I stopped him mid-way and told him I just dreamed Kanye West kidnapped me for my breastmilk. At least I made him laugh.
LO used to be easy to put down before bed. It went like this:
7-feed 8-10 fussy/witching hour. Lots of rocking/bouncing 10-feed then sleep from 11pm-4amish
Now she's doing the fussing after the 10pm feed as well. I almost wonder if we're causing it. By the time we get her quiet and sleeping after the first fussy time, it's already time to eat. So, we're putting down an exhausted baby only to wake her up again. I think I'll stick to feeding her every 2-2.5 hours today then once I finally get her to sleep the first time, just not wake her up for the next feeding. I'll wait until she either wakes up, or I wake up engorged similar to the 4am feeding. Is that bad to skip that 10/11 feeding if she's asleep?
@missnc77 are you waking to feed during the rest of the night? I would definitely let her sleep, I know it is tough because your body wants to feed, but maybe an earlier bedtime is what she needs? She might just be trying to drop that last feed for a longer stretch of sleep....
@That1didntcount We've been doing a final feeding (2-3 hours after her previous) between 9-10:30pm. Then we put her down for good and only wake when I can't take being engorgred anymore - usually around 3:30/4am. Then she goes back down easily until 7:30/8pm. I'm also afraid to pump instead of waking her to feed because I don't want her to wake after pumping and have nothing to give her. I try to make sure she's getting 8 feedings in per day which means I sometimes wake her from naps during the day to feed. Is there a better way? I'm open to trying new things.
Edit - this has been her MO until the last few nights.
My nights are hit or miss lately depending on how DS1 sleeps. DS2 pretty consistently sleeps around 4hrs at the beginning of the night, then is up every 2hrs after that.
This is exactly what my little one does. 3-4hours to start then it just gets shorter and shorter as the night goes on! Drives me a little insane!!
This thread is so quiet lately. Is my baby the only one being extra difficult about sleep now? We were doing so good but in the last 4 days, she's been so fussy. My husband also just went out of town for three days. This is going to be so hard.
Nope. Mine also seems to be doing worse than he was the past few days. I feel like I'm always up--night, day, who knows anymore?
This thread is so quiet lately. Is my baby the only one being extra difficult about sleep now? We were doing so good but in the last 4 days, she's been so fussy. My husband also just went out of town for three days. This is going to be so hard.
Nope. Mine also seems to be doing worse than he was the past few days. I feel like I'm always up--night, day, who knows anymore?
@missnc77 if there's a better way I have no idea!! I'm in the same boat where the night time line is getting blurry between the 7/8 and 10/11. Im about to pump bc I went out to dinner with friends and my husband thawed 5 ounces. She didn't take any of it, and now she's screaming and refusing to nurse.
I let her sit on the boob and nurse from 6 to 7:30 pretty much after draining the other full boob at 5pm. She's out like a light right now. Going to wake her up in the next hour to change and for one more nursing then put her down for the night. So far so good. I'm so nervous for tonight with my husband gone.
My dream night - goes down easy and sleeps for 4-5 hours. Goes down easy again and sleeps until 7:30. I hope she's a mama's girl so she will sleep amazing to spite my husband being out of town. I'm so envious of the sleep he'll be getting tonight. No diapers. No crying. No breastfeeding. Am I ever going to know what that's like again?
My mom spent 2 nights at our house last week, Thursday and Friday. She watched LO the whole night and day. I still had to wake up to pump. My husband got his full 8-10 hours of sleep, undisturbed. I was soooooo jealous. Must be nice!!
Guys, I'm such a bad attachment mama! Last night I noticed LO slept 5 hours in his rocker but woke every hour and a half when I moved him to the bed so tonight when DH took cold medicine (a no no for co bedding) I decided to keep him in his rocker next to my side of the bed. Not only is he sleeping longer but he's putting himself back to sleep. Is it possible I have a kid who just doesn't like co sleeping?
Guys, I'm such a bad attachment mama! Last night I noticed LO slept 5 hours in his rocker but woke every hour and a half when I moved him to the bed so tonight when DH took cold medicine (a no no for co bedding) I decided to keep him in his rocker next to my side of the bed. Not only is he sleeping longer but he's putting himself back to sleep. Is it possible I have a kid who just doesn't like co sleeping?
Totally possible! DS1 LOVES to sleep with me. So much so, that when I decided I really wanted to get back to sleeping with my husband (he takes nightly medicine that makes bedsharing a no no) it was an uphill battle. I still end up in DS's bed for part of the night sometimes if he's having a tough night...like last night. DS2 loves to be held and to snuggle for a while, but he has a limit and will fuss to be put down just like he'll fuss to be picked up. I don't see bedsharing in our future. He's perfectly content in the crib in his shared room or the PNP in our room where he sleeps at night. Babe just wants his own space sometimes.
Guys, I'm such a bad attachment mama! Last night I noticed LO slept 5 hours in his rocker but woke every hour and a half when I moved him to the bed so tonight when DH took cold medicine (a no no for co bedding) I decided to keep him in his rocker next to my side of the bed. Not only is he sleeping longer but he's putting himself back to sleep. Is it possible I have a kid who just doesn't like co sleeping?
Yes! DS loved cosleeping until about 10 months when he was clearly restless and in need of his own space at night. Do what works!
My DS finally slept 4 hours... From 7-11pm. Of course, I waited to go to bed until 10:30 as I usually go to bed after his 9:30ish feeding that never happened. Sure enough, he has gotten up every 60-80 minutes since. Blah
That's it. I seriously cannot take the loud grunts and screams anymore. I get about 30 min of sleep between feeds and it's been hell. (Although tonight DH took her downstairs between feeds and I got 2 hrs then 2. 5 hrs and it was glorious).
Shes clearly in pain and I don't know where to start! I've done all the tricks to get her to burp/ pass gas after feeds, elevated the pnp... I'm now about to cut dairy and caffeine. Hell I might as well dive into gluten free. Why not.
@kami09 I hope you can figure out something that helps! It seems like a lot of people here have had success with the windi.
So...anyone dealing with a toddler sleep regression? DS1 has always been fairly difficult about nighttime sleep unless bedsharing, but had gotten to the point for months where he was either sleeping through entirely or waking once sometimes needing my help and sometimes not. He started getting nightmares off and on a few months ago which shook things up and the past week, he's been up several times each night and absolutely refuses anyone but me (we're talking cry until he pukes sort of upset). I've been employing some gentle sleep strategies to wean him off of my help/me just sleeping with him after wakeups, but it has me up longer with him for now (again! I did similar training with him just before getting pregnant). With his wakeups and DS2's eating schedule, I've been up since 3 today. As soon as my head hits the pillow the other one is up. Please tell me this 2yr old sleep regression passes. The 4mo one completely destroyed DS1's sleep and I'm imagining a repeat here. At least DS2 is a more typical sleeper.
@kbrands7 we're also dealing with toddler sleep regression but not as bad as you're describing. DD wakes every night from 2-3am since DS was born. I usually just go in, check/change diaper and promptly leave. Occasionally H will have to lay with her, but it's been minimal. We have a projector night light that's attached to the slats of her bed so that she can turn it on at any point during the night. It seems to help her feel safe and also gets her drowsy enough to fall back asleep. I'll see if I can dig up a picture of it for you. It might be helpful for you guys!
Aw thank you,@kami09! It's kind of fun when they graduate from the nursery/baby decor to the big girl room decor. I also get to enjoy her room when I sleep with her during naps...whenever those actually happen
@kami09 my LO was constipated and having the worst time so my doctor friend suggested taking a q-tip, dipping the tip in Vaseline, and lightly circling the baby's b-hole with very, very! slight penetration (like a couple of millimeters at most). Make sure you have a diaper down because it worked like a charm within a minute or so. Gas and constipation relief success! He looked completely at peace right after. Kind of seems extreme but I was willing to try anything.
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happens when DH is home which is 4 nights a week until he deploys in a couple weeks. When he's on duty and has to stay on the ship those other 3 nights it's like she's completely forgotten about sleep and isn't having it. She's only been napping during the day for these short 15 min naps only a handful of times through the day too, and I'm really hoping she gets back to a couple 2 hour naps during the day otherwise who knows how or if I'll survive this deployment.
As I nurse her/pump the other side - some vague memory of a 30 minute nursing session is floating back to me and my husband informed me from 11 to 2 she slept on his chest. Either way it was a great night, but I must have been sooo tired!!!
LO used to be easy to put down before bed. It went like this:
7-feed
8-10 fussy/witching hour. Lots of rocking/bouncing
10-feed then sleep from 11pm-4amish
Now she's doing the fussing after the 10pm feed as well. I almost wonder if we're causing it. By the time we get her quiet and sleeping after the first fussy time, it's already time to eat. So, we're putting down an exhausted baby only to wake her up again. I think I'll stick to feeding her every 2-2.5 hours today then once I finally get her to sleep the first time, just not wake her up for the next feeding. I'll wait until she either wakes up, or I wake up engorged similar to the 4am feeding. Is that bad to skip that 10/11 feeding if she's asleep?
Edit - this has been her MO until the last few nights.
Little monsters.
My dream night - goes down easy and sleeps for 4-5 hours. Goes down easy again and sleeps until 7:30. I hope she's a mama's girl so she will sleep amazing to spite my husband being out of town. I'm so envious of the sleep he'll be getting tonight. No diapers. No crying. No breastfeeding. Am I ever going to know what that's like again?
DS1: May 2016
DS2: Jan 2019
Baby #3 EDD: 6/18/24
Shes clearly in pain and I don't know where to start! I've done all the tricks to get her to burp/ pass gas after feeds, elevated the pnp... I'm now about to cut dairy and caffeine. Hell I might as well dive into gluten free. Why not.
So...anyone dealing with a toddler sleep regression? DS1 has always been fairly difficult about nighttime sleep unless bedsharing, but had gotten to the point for months where he was either sleeping through entirely or waking once sometimes needing my help and sometimes not. He started getting nightmares off and on a few months ago which shook things up and the past week, he's been up several times each night and absolutely refuses anyone but me (we're talking cry until he pukes sort of upset). I've been employing some gentle sleep strategies to wean him off of my help/me just sleeping with him after wakeups, but it has me up longer with him for now (again! I did similar training with him just before getting pregnant). With his wakeups and DS2's eating schedule, I've been up since 3 today. As soon as my head hits the pillow the other one is up. Please tell me this 2yr old sleep regression passes. The 4mo one completely destroyed DS1's sleep and I'm imagining a repeat here. At least DS2 is a more typical sleeper.
Eta: picture with projector/night light.
@Jenly17 that room is Pinterest worthy!!