Baby Sleep Questions

adiaz132003 · August 2016

meggyme said:

adiaz132003 said:

Good morning all, day 3 of going to sleep without a pacifier. I realized letting him cry is not for me so I'm trying to rock him so he's falling asleep then I'll put him down and pick him up if he cries. Well I put him down but I guess it wasn't long enough cause his eyes popped open but zero tears. Now he's been sitting alone in his crib for about 20 just looking around. Every now and then I hear a yawn but I still here him moving. I'm sure he won't sleep on his own so I'm just waiting in the room for the cry and I'll start over. I know, stressful but I can't take the crying. I suppose letting him be happy in the crib should be a good thing cause then it's not a stressful place for him and I'm hoping he will settle himself one day.

My LO will do the same thing and I decided to just leave her to her own devices until she decides she needs me. Otherwise I end up waiting 15 minutes for a cry that doesn't come. Especially at night when it means extra time asleep.

Yeah about 5 min later the crying started but I didn't let it escalate past whining. I tried nursing, rocking and singing to help him go down but even after his eyes were closed he would still wake up when being put down so it took over an hour to get him to finally fall asleep.

Eta: we had to give in. He was getting worse with each nap and crankier during the day plus I remembered he's in a wonder week. DH and I realized that he can't be soothed other ways and ends up crying himself to exhaustion each time which isn't healthy and it this age he needs his sleep above all else. I can survive with replacing the dummy during naps and he doesn't need it at night so night wakings should be an issue. We said we'd try again to go cold turkey once we see hes able to calm himself down at times. Until then we will try gradual weaning where I pull it out slowly as he's goes into light sleep.

vintagevix2016 · August 2016

We had a rough day today. I was initially only able to get one decent nap out of him earlier in the afternoon. It went downhill from there. He just wouldn't stay down for the following nap and wouldn't take the breast either. He would take a few gulps and then push away and cry. He calmed down for a bit later in the afternoon but started back up again at 5pm. After about an hour, he drank a little bit from my breast and then I was able to put him down by 6pm. I was only planning for him to take a catnap but we are about to hit the 2hr mark and he is still asleep. I have rotten luck when it comes to waking him early from a nap so I'm torn between waking him so that he can be put down for the night at 9:30pm or let him sleep and take it from there. I don't recall having trouble with him sleeping his usual time when he has napped a long time this late before but it still makes me nervous.

meggyme · August 2016

vintagevix2016 said:

We had a rough day today. I was initially only able to get one decent nap out of him earlier in the afternoon. It went downhill from there. He just wouldn't stay down for the following nap and wouldn't take the breast either. He would take a few gulps and then push away and cry. He calmed down for a bit later in the afternoon but started back up again at 5pm. After about an hour, he drank a little bit from my breast and then I was able to put him down by 6pm. I was only planning for him to take a catnap but we are about to hit the 2hr mark and he is still asleep. I have rotten luck when it comes to waking him early from a nap so I'm torn between waking him so that he can be put down for the night at 9:30pm or let him sleep and take it from there. I don't recall having trouble with him sleeping his usual time when he has napped a long time this late before but it still makes me nervous.

Sometimes if I want Jackie to wake up on her own, I'll go in and unswaddle her and she'll start to wake up slowly. Maybe go in and turn up the lights or something that will start to wake him up gradually.

vintagevix2016 · August 2016

meggyme said:

vintagevix2016 said:

We had a rough day today. I was initially only able to get one decent nap out of him earlier in the afternoon. It went downhill from there. He just wouldn't stay down for the following nap and wouldn't take the breast either. He would take a few gulps and then push away and cry. He calmed down for a bit later in the afternoon but started back up again at 5pm. After about an hour, he drank a little bit from my breast and then I was able to put him down by 6pm. I was only planning for him to take a catnap but we are about to hit the 2hr mark and he is still asleep. I have rotten luck when it comes to waking him early from a nap so I'm torn between waking him so that he can be put down for the night at 9:30pm or let him sleep and take it from there. I don't recall having trouble with him sleeping his usual time when he has napped a long time this late before but it still makes me nervous.

Sometimes if I want Jackie to wake up on her own, I'll go in and unswaddle her and she'll start to wake up slowly. Maybe go in and turn up the lights or something that will start to wake him up gradually.

He ended up waking on his own just after I submitted my post. He had a great nursing session a little bit ago and is currently passed out. I'm waiting for some time to pass for his reflux before laying him down in his playard.

I'll be glad when my husband returns from his weekend golf trip. He's a big help and great moral support.

adiaz132003 · August 2016

vintagevix2016 said:

meggyme said:

vintagevix2016 said:

We had a rough day today. I was initially only able to get one decent nap out of him earlier in the afternoon. It went downhill from there. He just wouldn't stay down for the following nap and wouldn't take the breast either. He would take a few gulps and then push away and cry. He calmed down for a bit later in the afternoon but started back up again at 5pm. After about an hour, he drank a little bit from my breast and then I was able to put him down by 6pm. I was only planning for him to take a catnap but we are about to hit the 2hr mark and he is still asleep. I have rotten luck when it comes to waking him early from a nap so I'm torn between waking him so that he can be put down for the night at 9:30pm or let him sleep and take it from there. I don't recall having trouble with him sleeping his usual time when he has napped a long time this late before but it still makes me nervous.

Sometimes if I want Jackie to wake up on her own, I'll go in and unswaddle her and she'll start to wake up slowly. Maybe go in and turn up the lights or something that will start to wake him up gradually.

He ended up waking on his own just after I submitted my post. He had a great nursing session a little bit ago and is currently passed out. I'm waiting for some time to pass for his reflux before laying him down in his playard.

I'll be glad when my husband returns from his weekend golf trip. He's a big help and great moral support.

Super happy to hear he's nursing well. It's a great glimmer of hope.

vintagevix2016 · August 2016

adiaz132003 said:

vintagevix2016 said:

meggyme said:

vintagevix2016 said:

We had a rough day today. I was initially only able to get one decent nap out of him earlier in the afternoon. It went downhill from there. He just wouldn't stay down for the following nap and wouldn't take the breast either. He would take a few gulps and then push away and cry. He calmed down for a bit later in the afternoon but started back up again at 5pm. After about an hour, he drank a little bit from my breast and then I was able to put him down by 6pm. I was only planning for him to take a catnap but we are about to hit the 2hr mark and he is still asleep. I have rotten luck when it comes to waking him early from a nap so I'm torn between waking him so that he can be put down for the night at 9:30pm or let him sleep and take it from there. I don't recall having trouble with him sleeping his usual time when he has napped a long time this late before but it still makes me nervous.

Sometimes if I want Jackie to wake up on her own, I'll go in and unswaddle her and she'll start to wake up slowly. Maybe go in and turn up the lights or something that will start to wake him up gradually.

He ended up waking on his own just after I submitted my post. He had a great nursing session a little bit ago and is currently passed out. I'm waiting for some time to pass for his reflux before laying him down in his playard.

I'll be glad when my husband returns from his weekend golf trip. He's a big help and great moral support.

Super happy to hear he's nursing well. It's a great glimmer of hope.

Thanks, me too! He's done really well lately, I hope it continues

rbflei · August 2016

Anyone have some ideas on how to switch my baby to flat crib sleeping. Currently she is in the Fisher Price rock n roller which works great but day care has cribs only. When we tried naps in crib we got a child who didn't sleep for a day which was not good. Do I just need to stay the course and keep putting her in the crib when asleep? Or are there any tricks out there? We are two weeks out from day care and want to make transition as easy as possible.

Lizbeth86 · August 2016

What if you wait until she's asleep before putting her into the crib? Will she sleep then or does she wake up right away? If she will sleep that way, maybe you can do that as a start to get her used to the crib?

rbflei · August 2016

Sorry, I put her to sleep on me then transfer to crib. Usually she would sleep one to three hours but in the crib 15 min max. Then screaming. Now I Rock her to sleep in her room but that does not seem to help either.

Lizbeth86 · August 2016

Are you swaddling her? I'm really not sure what else will help her stay asleep.

26pointrunningfor2 · August 2016

We are trying to get our baby to nap in crib without being put down using the swing. I have no advice, just sharing that we are going through the same struggle (on top of the fact that our baby has started going through a major sleep fighting stage). From what I keep reading, it seems like perseverance and continuing to try is the only thing that works. In other words: struggle through it :'(

rbflei · August 2016

Thanks. The info makes me feel better. One way or another daycare is happening. I'm sure she will accommodate

meggyme · August 2016

Has anyone dealt with night terrors? My LO has woken up two different nights instantly screaming bloody murder and even trying to nurse her won't calm her down. Not sure what to do and it gives me flashbacks of the first few helpless nights when we couldn't figure out why she was crying.

adiaz132003 · August 2016

meggyme said:

Has anyone dealt with night terrors? My LO has woken up two different nights instantly screaming bloody murder and even trying to nurse her won't calm her down. Not sure what to do and it gives me flashbacks of the first few helpless nights when we couldn't figure out why she was crying.

Preston did one time but was able to calm down by sucking. So sad

khenry12 · August 2016

Addie started to have night terrors just last week. It has only happened twice but it's so sad. She wailed in her sleep and didnt wake when I picked her up, just kept waiiing. I woke her up by rubbing her head/feet and talking to her. Once awake she was ok, little jostled and wanted to cuddle but not terrified anymore. I had them as a child and still get them occasionally so I knew what it was at least.

pandora21524 · August 2016

So last night our 11 week old started fussing, and when I went to grab her from the bassinet I discovered that she'd rolled over (while swaddled) and was in a face plant on the mattress. It was scary! She was trying to roll back over but couldn't, and it scared me to think what could have happened if I had decided to go to the bathroom for a few minutes before getting her

So now we have to ditch the swaddle! I ordered a zipadee-zip but don't know what to do in the week or so until it arrives! She won't sleep longer than 30 minutes without being swaddled or held; she still has a strong startle reflex. I'm going to try swaddling her with one arm out in the rock n play (where it's harder for her to roll over), but even that makes me nervous! And here I thought I had another month or two before we had to transition... Boo.

vintagevix2016 · August 2016

pandora21524 said:

So last night our 11 week old started fussing, and when I went to grab her from the bassinet I discovered that she'd rolled over (while swaddled) and was in a face plant on the mattress. It was scary! She was trying to roll back over but couldn't, and it scared me to think what could have happened if I had decided to go to the bathroom for a few minutes before getting her

So now we have to ditch the swaddle! I ordered a zipadee-zip but don't know what to do in the week or so until it arrives! She won't sleep longer than 30 minutes without being swaddled or held; she still has a strong startle reflex. I'm going to try swaddling her with one arm out in the rock n play (where it's harder for her to roll over), but even that makes me nervous! And here I thought I had another month or two before we had to transition... Boo.

Oh geez, yea that would be so scary to discover! I'm glad she is safe!! I think she should be okay in the rock n play because of the way it is shaped.

vintagevix2016 · August 2016

For those moms whose babies are sleeping 5+ hour stretches during the night, do you notice them eating more before going to bed/during the night (assuming they have at least one feeding)?

Tawny87 · August 2016

vintagevix2016 said:

For those moms whose babies are sleeping 5+ hour stretches during the night, do you notice them eating more before going to bed/during the night (assuming they have at least one feeding)?

I always give my son an extra ounce or two before bed so he sleeps longer. He is not breast fed though so it is easier for me to monitor.

ETA: He usually has a 6-8 hr stretch at night. He will be 12 weeks on Friday I think?! Is that bad I don't remember lol? Any how he will be three months sept 10.

KaylaR628 · August 2016

vintagevix2016 said:

For those moms whose babies are sleeping 5+ hour stretches during the night, do you notice them eating more before going to bed/during the night (assuming they have at least one feeding)?

Yes. When my baby sleeps 6 hours, which has happened a handful of times, she usually eats for about 45 minutes before. She drifts off but I let her continue to suck when she wants to until she pulls off herself.

lac1252 · August 2016

vintagevix2016 said:

For those moms whose babies are sleeping 5+ hour stretches during the night, do you notice them eating more before going to bed/during the night (assuming they have at least one feeding)?

Initially, yes. My lo has been sleeping 5+ hours the past 5 or 6 weeks and those first few weeks she'd nurse about 35-45 min before bed. Now she's sleeping about 9-10 hours and she nurses for her usual 20 min before bed. Though this could be because she's become a more efficient eater.

adiaz132003 · August 2016

Ugh I'm so jealous. I'm tempted to try and give him a bottle first then let him nurse before bed to see if he wants more and see if he sleeps more. I noticed that when he slept longer was while I had oversupply and now he might only get a couple inches from me at bed time. Maybe cause I also give him a feed an hour before bed so he might be getting his full feed then and not getting a full feed before bed. I'm gonna test that out tonight and see. I just gave him one side for a pre nap snack at 6 so I'll wait till he's ready for bed at like 9.

26pointrunningfor2 · September 2016

pandora21524 said:

So last night our 11 week old started fussing, and when I went to grab her from the bassinet I discovered that she'd rolled over (while swaddled) and was in a face plant on the mattress. It was scary! She was trying to roll back over but couldn't, and it scared me to think what could have happened if I had decided to go to the bathroom for a few minutes before getting her

So now we have to ditch the swaddle! I ordered a zipadee-zip but don't know what to do in the week or so until it arrives! She won't sleep longer than 30 minutes without being swaddled or held; she still has a strong startle reflex. I'm going to try swaddling her with one arm out in the rock n play (where it's harder for her to roll over), but even that makes me nervous! And here I thought I had another month or two before we had to transition... Boo.

We just got the Magic Merlin suit and it's amazing (in case the zippadee doesn't work). Our baby is finally sleeping without the swing and swaddle (he kept pulling the swaddles over his face!) We are finally getting him to go down and stay down. He's 12 weeks.

jmd921154 · September 2016

My LO is only 2 months (June baby that came July 3rd). Since going through his second leap, he will not nap. He falls asleep on me or DH (which is another thing we need to work on but we've ditched those efforts currently) and then if you put him down, within 5 minutes he's awake. He doesn't fuss or cry but he is just awake. I do this about 5-6 times a day and if we are lucky we'll get 25-30 minutes tops. I've tried putting him down when he's drowsy, with a pacifier, swaddle, etc. also tried all that with rocking him to sleep. No luck!

Anyone else go through this and have any advice? I am praying it's just something he will grow out of! I miss the 90 minutes of freedom 2x a day!

lac1252 · September 2016

jmd921154 said:

My LO is only 2 months (June baby that came July 3rd). Since going through his second leap, he will not nap. He falls asleep on me or DH (which is another thing we need to work on but we've ditched those efforts currently) and then if you put him down, within 5 minutes he's awake. He doesn't fuss or cry but he is just awake. I do this about 5-6 times a day and if we are lucky we'll get 25-30 minutes tops. I've tried putting him down when he's drowsy, with a pacifier, swaddle, etc. also tried all that with rocking him to sleep. No luck!

Anyone else go through this and have any advice? I am praying it's just something he will grow out of! I miss the 90 minutes of freedom 2x a day!

Yes, going through the same thing this week though my LO is 12 weeks. Can't really offer any advice just want you to know you're not alone. I can still get longer stretches out of her during the day if she falls asleep in her car seat bit any time she falls asleep on me and I move her she's wide awake. But the end of the day of she hasn't napped I just give in and let her sleep on me.

rlbrooks84 · September 2016

vintagevix2016 said:

For those moms whose babies are sleeping 5+ hour stretches during the night, do you notice them eating more before going to bed/during the night (assuming they have at least one feeding)?

Charlotte sleeps 10-12 and starts eating every hr a couple of hrs before bed. It makes it hard to do dinner and take of my boys but my husband helps when he's home. My boys weren't sleeping like this until they were older so I'm still shocked she sleeps such long stretches. They just started hitting 12 hrs but she's decided to cut her afternoon nap short and that's making getting stuff done so hard.

26pointrunningfor2 · September 2016

@jmd921154 @lac1252 Try the Magic Merlin sleep suit. Our guy (12 weeks) would only fall asleep with the swing and then would wake up really easily as of two weeks ago. Someone recommended this to us-- it muffles their startle reflex resulting in longer sleep stretches. DS still wakes up overnight every two to three hours to feed, but our naps have been 1-2 hours with this and when he's asleep, he's asleep!!

bedinabelinda · September 2016

Where does everyone's little one sleep? Mine sleeps swaddled in a bassinette at night, in my arms during the day (or sometimes stroller). Swing doesn't do much. If I lie him down in the bassinette for a nap, he sleeps for 30-40 min and I have to either try to put him down for 4-6 naps or end the day with cranky baby. If he sleeps in my arms we do 3 two hour naps and have a happy baby. So I guess I'm sticking with that for now. I watch lots of Netflix

laurendiaz02 · September 2016

bedinabelinda said:

Where does everyone's little one sleep? Mine sleeps swaddled in a bassinette at night, in my arms during the day (or sometimes stroller). Swing doesn't do much. If I lie him down in the bassinette for a nap, he sleeps for 30-40 min and I have to either try to put him down for 4-6 naps or end the day with cranky baby. If he sleeps in my arms we do 3 two hour naps and have a happy baby. So I guess I'm sticking with that for now. I watch lots of Netflix

During the day he naps in the pack n play downstairs and at night in his room (in his crib). We put him down for naps and bedtime awake and he falls asleep on his own. Sometimes his naps are long (2+ hours) and other times they're 45 minutes. He takes several naps a day regardless of the length of previous naps.

adiaz132003 · September 2016

He sleeps in the crib in his room and night and normally only wakes for feedings unless he has bad gas. He also sleeps there for naps unless we are out but he only can sleep for 45 min cause he can't seem to transition sleep cycles unless he sleeps on me. Unfortunately the only place he will easily fall asleep on me in his room cause it's dark. Meaning I can't watch TV or do anything. And he normally wakes up happy after the 45 min so I don't see the harm.

Lizbeth86 · September 2016

Our LO sleeps in the bassinet at night but during the day we have to choose between the bassinet or something called a summer sleeper which is like a portable bassinet with netting on the sides so she can see out. She would sleep longer in the bassinet bc it's in a quieter room, but she won't usually stay there long enough to fall asleep. She will stay in the summer sleeper bc she can see us and look at things around the room, but she'll wake up sooner bc it's brighter and there's more noise around. We'll usually just try the summer sleeper and either get lucky with a long nap, or have a day full of nursing and putting her back down. If it's really not working, a walk outside in the stroller usually does the trick!

vintagevix2016 · September 2016

Damien naps in either his crib or rock n play, both of which are in the nursery. We used to keep the rock n play in the living room and he would still nap just fine with the brighter light and higher noise level. I keep the light in the nursery on during naps but it is dimmed. At night he sleeps in his pack n play in our bedroom until the first night feeding, then he moves to the crib for the rest of the night.

amangels2 · September 2016

Sam sleeps in his crib at night and for naps. He takes 3 one hour naps during the day and then a 30ish minute nap around 545 and then he goes to bed by 8pm.

bedinabelinda · September 2016

LO just turned 10 weeks. Is it worth me getting a rock n play at this point to try to get him to nap longer? He will only stay down 30 mn or so in bassinette, so I've been letting him nap in my arms. It's all I can think of. We already swaddle. I've never tried a rock n play.

vintagevix2016 · September 2016

bedinabelinda said:

LO just turned 10 weeks. Is it worth me getting a rock n play at this point to try to get him to nap longer? He will only stay down 30 mn or so in bassinette, so I've been letting him nap in my arms. It's all I can think of. We already swaddle. I've never tried a rock n play.

I think we bought our's at 5 or 6 weeks because I kept hearing about it being a lifesaver. Best. Purchase. Ever. We are so glad we bought it!! It helped us get him used to napping so then I was able to start transitioning him to napping in his crib much easier. I don't think it is too late give it a whirl. We bought the auto rocking one, by the way.

26pointrunningfor2 · September 2016

bedinabelinda said:

LO just turned 10 weeks. Is it worth me getting a rock n play at this point to try to get him to nap longer? He will only stay down 30 mn or so in bassinette, so I've been letting him nap in my arms. It's all I can think of. We already swaddle. I've never tried a rock n play.

Depends on what size he is. He might not use it very long. Also beware of introducing movement as a sleep crutch (we are paying the price for using the swing for naps).

StayingFocused · September 2016

Sleep in the crib at night, usually all night. Naps either in crib or chest for his long nap and will catnap on his padded playmat(it's very multipurpose) or pack n play or really wherever he happens to be. These are usually only 10-30 min naps.

adiaz132003 · September 2016

I'm starting to lose my mind. Preston used to be a camp sleeper and I though I had internally good. He would sleep 5-7 hours for his footsteps strech at night then wake up 3-4 hours after that. That first strech was what I needed for restful sleep but now he's waking ever 3-4 hours all night long. He's only 3 months so I don't want to let him cry or even try and get him to sleep without food cause all I can think is "what if he is actually hungry?". Anyone else have a champ sleeper suddenly sleep like a newborn?

vintagevix2016 · September 2016

adiaz132003 said:

I'm starting to lose my mind. Preston used to be a camp sleeper and I though I had internally good. He would sleep 5-7 hours for his footsteps strech at night then wake up 3-4 hours after that. That first strech was what I needed for restful sleep but now he's waking ever 3-4 hours all night long. He's only 3 months so I don't want to let him cry or even try and get him to sleep without food cause all I can think is "what if he is actually hungry?". Anyone else have a champ sleeper suddenly sleep like a newborn?

Damien just started doing this right before our camping trip and the trip didn't make it any better. He went from 4-5hr stretches back to 2-3.

Lizbeth86 · September 2016

adiaz132003 said:

I'm starting to lose my mind. Preston used to be a camp sleeper and I though I had internally good. He would sleep 5-7 hours for his footsteps strech at night then wake up 3-4 hours after that. That first strech was what I needed for restful sleep but now he's waking ever 3-4 hours all night long. He's only 3 months so I don't want to let him cry or even try and get him to sleep without food cause all I can think is "what if he is actually hungry?". Anyone else have a champ sleeper suddenly sleep like a newborn?

This is happening now but I think it's because I've stopped swaddling her and we're leaving her arms out of the sleep sack. I'm too afraid of her rolling over : (

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