I need HELP! Jack needs a swaddle to keep his arms down while he sleeps, he still scares himself awake.. the problem is he is too fat/long for a regular SwaddleMe swaddle.. Any suggestions on what I can do to keep his arms down? He isn't rolling over yet and sleeps in a rock n play so thats not an issue yet.. thanks!!
This is pretty much exactly the situation we are in. Bennett just outgrew the regular SwaddleMe, so we ordered the large size which fits great. He also sleeps in a rock n play and doesn't roll yet, so I'm going to keep swaddling for as long as I can. We actually experimented with the zipadee zip last night and he did okay for the first half of the night but wouldn't settle down after his MOTN feeding, so we put him back in the SwaddleMe.
@bankssl1 Try the Halo sleepsack that swaddles. Those worked well for us until the Hulk figured out how to break his arms out AND roll
I have to second the Sleepsack. It keeps arms in way better than the swaddleme ever did and grows with them a lot longer, plus can be used as just a wearable blanket in the future.
thanks y'all!I will be ordering the HALO. I will do anything to get some sleep. 4 month sleep regression along with a hulk baby that escapes a swaddle does not agree with me
God, I just don't get it. Almost every night when I out him down to sleep he wakes up either 5 min later or an hour later but he is screaming in agony. We can't figure out what is wrong. He never does this for naps, in fact he normally wakes up happy and quietly from naps. It only ever happens for that first time we out him down for night sleep. Once he cries for 15 minutes we have to soothe him back to sleep and he is fine and sleeps all night only waking for food every 3-4 hours. Why is he waking up screaming just that first time?
Does it matter what time he goes down? If you try to put him down later or earlier, would it still happen? Just curious. Damien does that too, but to a lesser degree (just cries a little and fusses a bit, no screaming). If he goes down at 7:30pm, he is up at 8/8:30pm. If he goes down at 8pm, he is up at 9pm. I've wondered if it is because he used to go to bed at 9/10pm initially and we gradually made it earlier awhile back. I dunno though, this waking up an hr later thing started about a week and a half ago. Like Preston, he has no issue the rest of the night and he doesn't do it during naps either.
Does it matter what time he goes down? If you try to put him down later or earlier, would it still happen? Just curious. Damien does that too, but to a lesser degree (just cries a little and fusses a bit, no screaming). If he goes down at 7:30pm, he is up at 8/8:30pm. If he goes down at 8pm, he is up at 9pm. I've wondered if it is because he used to go to bed at 9/10pm initially and we gradually made it earlier awhile back. I dunno though, this waking up an hr later thing started about a week and a half ago. Like Preston, he has no issue the rest of the night and he doesn't do it during naps either.
Yes ours started a week and a half ago too. He tends to go to bed anytime between 7:30-8. Tonight was the worst. He woke up twice and the second time he screamed for an hour straight, red eyes, red face, wouldn't nurse, and we even tried to blow in his face to distract him but it just stunned him and he kept screaming. Then he chilled out enough to eat a little, which he didnt need but he gulped fast, threw up on daddy and now he smiles and chatting. WTF?!
Does it matter what time he goes down? If you try to put him down later or earlier, would it still happen? Just curious. Damien does that too, but to a lesser degree (just cries a little and fusses a bit, no screaming). If he goes down at 7:30pm, he is up at 8/8:30pm. If he goes down at 8pm, he is up at 9pm. I've wondered if it is because he used to go to bed at 9/10pm initially and we gradually made it earlier awhile back. I dunno though, this waking up an hr later thing started about a week and a half ago. Like Preston, he has no issue the rest of the night and he doesn't do it during naps either.
Yes ours started a week and a half ago too. He tends to go to bed anytime between 7:30-8. Tonight was the worst. He woke up twice and the second time he screamed for an hour straight, red eyes, red face, wouldn't nurse, and we even tried to blow in his face to distract him but it just stunned him and he kept screaming. Then he chilled out enough to eat a little, which he didnt need but he gulped fast, threw up on daddy and now he smiles and chatting. WTF?!
Wow, that's crazy! Hopefully tonight's level of intensity won't repeat itself. I wish I had an answer, I'm just as baffled!
I wrote about how my husband was taking the initiative on weekends to take care of Damien once he was fully awake so that I could sleep in...well I think I'm going to have to put an end to it.
My husband's attitude about it is getting worse with each weekend, not towards Damien but towards me. And heaven forbid Damien is a bit fussy during the 1.5 - 2hrs that he is awake, that again pits him in a bad mood. Damien was great with him this morning and he was still in a foul mood when I got up. He doesn't do tummy time and Damien needs as much tummy time as possible for his physical therapy. On top of that, he isn't giving Damien his meds (Zantac) and when I've brought it up, he rolls his eyes and says he doesn't want to because Damien will associate him with something negative. I tried to explain that doing it twice a week wasn't going to have that effect but he doesn't believe me. It's just frustrating because this was supposed to be a sweet gesture to show his appreciation for everything I do for Damien (that's how he explained it to me) but it sure doesn't feel like it when I'm met with a bad attitude, as if I'm the one that's forcing him to do it.
Ok, I'm reaching my point of frustration that makes me want to cry. Ethan learned to roll over a few nights ago, and we were so excited. Well, now he does it ALL night long and won't go back to sleep easily. He's woken up 4 times in the last 5 hours and I'm exhausted. This is the second night in a row that this has happened. My husband has made 3 bottles in the last 5 hours that Ethan doesn't want. He will rock him back to sleep and then put him down, only for him to roll over and wake up an hour later. I go to pick him up and he's crying. I lay him in the bed to see if he will go back to sleep. He doesn't and just keeps crying. My husband wakes up, gets mad at me because "I'm not doing anything", picks him up and goes downstairs. When I ask why he says "well, obviously you don't want to watch him" and shuts the bedroom door. Umm. Ok. So now Ethan is finally asleep downstairs with my mom and my husband went to sleep in the other room until he has to get up for work shortly. Ugh. I'm upset and clearly sleep deprivation makes me emotional. I need a break
Ok, I'm reaching my point of frustration that makes me want to cry. Ethan learned to roll over a few nights ago, and we were so excited. Well, now he does it ALL night long and won't go back to sleep easily. He's woken up 4 times in the last 5 hours and I'm exhausted. This is the second night in a row that this has happened. My husband has made 3 bottles in the last 5 hours that Ethan doesn't want. He will rock him back to sleep and then put him down, only for him to roll over and wake up an hour later. I go to pick him up and he's crying. I lay him in the bed to see if he will go back to sleep. He doesn't and just keeps crying. My husband wakes up, gets mad at me because "I'm not doing anything", picks him up and goes downstairs. When I ask why he says "well, obviously you don't want to watch him" and shuts the bedroom door. Umm. Ok. So now Ethan is finally asleep downstairs with my mom and my husband went to sleep in the other room until he has to get up for work shortly. Ugh. I'm upset and clearly sleep deprivation makes me emotional. I need a break
I'm sorry this is a thing. If it makes you feel better the rolling at night normally doesn't last too long so hang in there.
Ok, I'm reaching my point of frustration that makes me want to cry. Ethan learned to roll over a few nights ago, and we were so excited. Well, now he does it ALL night long and won't go back to sleep easily. He's woken up 4 times in the last 5 hours and I'm exhausted. This is the second night in a row that this has happened. My husband has made 3 bottles in the last 5 hours that Ethan doesn't want. He will rock him back to sleep and then put him down, only for him to roll over and wake up an hour later. I go to pick him up and he's crying. I lay him in the bed to see if he will go back to sleep. He doesn't and just keeps crying. My husband wakes up, gets mad at me because "I'm not doing anything", picks him up and goes downstairs. When I ask why he says "well, obviously you don't want to watch him" and shuts the bedroom door. Umm. Ok. So now Ethan is finally asleep downstairs with my mom and my husband went to sleep in the other room until he has to get up for work shortly. Ugh. I'm upset and clearly sleep deprivation makes me emotional. I need a break
It gets better you just have to get through it. My husband use to get upset if I couldn't calm our boys during rough nights like that. The sleep deprivation is rough but you can get though this! I can send my 4 yr old to hang out with your little one, he came into my room at 1am and 4am asking if it was time to get up! He's never done that before so it was new.
@laurendiaz02 Maybe try the Baby Merlin sleep suit? My daughter can roll over normally, but not with the suit on! Might be worth the price for a few nights of good sleep. Not that we're getting good sleep -- the suit does nothing to prevent a baby from farting herself awake, ha -- but it might work for you.
Rough night last night. DS has been sleeping in the newborn napper that fits on the top of the pack n play at night since birth. Poor guys has also basically be too long for it since birth, but sleeping with his legs curled up helped him fit. In the last two weeks, I can hear him at night trying to stretch out and kicking the walls of the pack n play, so I finally took the napper out on Saturday and let him sleep in the elevated floor. What a disaster! It's been 3 nights of tossing, grunting, kicking, and waking up every hour. I finally gave up at 5 o'clock this morning and drug the napper back out of the closet, and he slept beautifully for the next 2.5 hours before we had to get up for the day. How in the world am I going to transition him to the crib in the next couple of months if I can't even transition him out of the napper?
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Rough night last night. DS has been sleeping in the newborn napper that fits on the top of the pack n play at night since birth. Poor guys has also basically be too long for it since birth, but sleeping with his legs curled up helped him fit. In the last two weeks, I can hear him at night trying to stretch out and kicking the walls of the pack n play, so I finally took the napper out on Saturday and let him sleep in the elevated floor. What a disaster! It's been 3 nights of tossing, grunting, kicking, and waking up every hour. I finally gave up at 5 o'clock this morning and drug the napper back out of the closet, and he slept beautifully for the next 2.5 hours before we had to get up for the day. How in the world am I going to transition him to the crib in the next couple of months if I can't even transition him out of the napper?
I would try naps first. Once he gets used to that for short periods then try at night. That's how we got Preston used to the crib vs our bed.
Rough night last night. DS has been sleeping in the newborn napper that fits on the top of the pack n play at night since birth. Poor guys has also basically be too long for it since birth, but sleeping with his legs curled up helped him fit. In the last two weeks, I can hear him at night trying to stretch out and kicking the walls of the pack n play, so I finally took the napper out on Saturday and let him sleep in the elevated floor. What a disaster! It's been 3 nights of tossing, grunting, kicking, and waking up every hour. I finally gave up at 5 o'clock this morning and drug the napper back out of the closet, and he slept beautifully for the next 2.5 hours before we had to get up for the day. How in the world am I going to transition him to the crib in the next couple of months if I can't even transition him out of the napper?
Omg we have the same problem! Baby is now too big for the napper but slept well in it. I think my son liked that he was reclined a bit and now he's flat on his back in the top part of the pack n play. It's been 4 nights and I've just brought him in bed with me so we can sleep.
I might elevate one side of his crib with books or something but I can't really do that with the pack n play.
Rough night last night. DS has been sleeping in the newborn napper that fits on the top of the pack n play at night since birth. Poor guys has also basically be too long for it since birth, but sleeping with his legs curled up helped him fit. In the last two weeks, I can hear him at night trying to stretch out and kicking the walls of the pack n play, so I finally took the napper out on Saturday and let him sleep in the elevated floor. What a disaster! It's been 3 nights of tossing, grunting, kicking, and waking up every hour. I finally gave up at 5 o'clock this morning and drug the napper back out of the closet, and he slept beautifully for the next 2.5 hours before we had to get up for the day. How in the world am I going to transition him to the crib in the next couple of months if I can't even transition him out of the napper?
Omg we have the same problem! Baby is now too big for the napper but slept well in it. I think my son liked that he was reclined a bit and now he's flat on his back in the top part of the pack n play. It's been 4 nights and I've just brought him in bed with me so we can sleep.
I might elevate one side of his crib with books or something but I can't really do that with the pack n play.
I went out and bought the Chicco Lullago bassinet once Savannah outgrew her smaller bassinet- it's bigger but still feels more snug than the p&p. She did NOT sleep well in the top of the pack n okay and I'm not ready to move her to her crib yet. So far it's going pretty well.
So Savannah has been on a serious sleep regression for the past month. We had a couple good night last weekend after giving her Tylenol for teething pain. Issue is I feel very conflicted about giving her Tylenol every night.
So after a bad week I bought a swaddle me fleece swaddle and last night she slept 7 hours straight last night! I didn't give her any Tylenol either.
Question is- is anyone else still swaddling? I guess I should add that she's in a bassinet right next to my bed and wears the Owlet at night so I'm not overly concerned about rolling over since I hear every move.
Damien is doing long stretches of 6 to 8 hours each night the past few days and though I do wake up a couple of times during the night, I fall right back asleep. So why am I so exhausted? I still feel like I did when he was waking every 2-3 hours.
So Savannah has been on a serious sleep regression for the past month. We had a couple good night last weekend after giving her Tylenol for teething pain. Issue is I feel very conflicted about giving her Tylenol every night.
So after a bad week I bought a swaddle me fleece swaddle and last night she slept 7 hours straight last night! I didn't give her any Tylenol either.
Question is- is anyone else still swaddling? I guess I should add that she's in a bassinet right next to my bed and wears the Owlet at night so I'm not overly concerned about rolling over since I hear every move.
I am but arms out since Charlotte rolls back to stomach. She's in her crib and I have a pillow under one end of the mattress to elevate it. I swaddled my boys till about 6 months they slept better.
Damien is doing long stretches of 6 to 8 hours each night the past few days and though I do wake up a couple of times during the night, I fall right back asleep. So why am I so exhausted? I still feel like I did when he was waking every 2-3 hours.
Still getting used to it? Lol. I envy you right now. We are up once ever hour or two. Not so much for food but he is just so restless! I hope it's only because he's sick. Sometimes I feel like this will never end and I'll be up this much forever.
@laurenm2123 we've been swaddling Simon all along, and only in the past week have we started leaving one arm out. Since you're able to keep a close eye on her and do it safely, I see no reason not to swaddle. The Happiest Baby on the Block sleep book says lots of babies need swaddling for at least four months. I'm jealous of your 7 hours of sleep! Simon had gotten up to getting at least one 5-6 hour stretch a night, and starting about a week ago I'm lucky to get a 3-hour stretch.
So Savannah has been on a serious sleep regression for the past month. We had a couple good night last weekend after giving her Tylenol for teething pain. Issue is I feel very conflicted about giving her Tylenol every night.
So after a bad week I bought a swaddle me fleece swaddle and last night she slept 7 hours straight last night! I didn't give her any Tylenol either.
Question is- is anyone else still swaddling? I guess I should add that she's in a bassinet right next to my bed and wears the Owlet at night so I'm not overly concerned about rolling over since I hear every move.
We still swaddle Charlotte arms out and she's been in her crib for about a month but she's still not rolling yet. She's been sleeping 9-11 hour stretches since 10 weeks, I'm almost afraid to stop swaddling! Now that it's getting colder at night and since she pretty much kicks her legs out of the swaddle every night we're thinking of putting her in a fleece sleep sack.
We are still swaddling and she sleeps around 9 hours every night. I'm afraid to stop swaddling because it's working so well. We bought the merlins sleep suit to transition out of the swaddle but it seemed way too big so we're going to wait a little longer before switching. @laurenm2123
I'm envious of you who are still swaddling, I'm just too scared now and it's definitely shortening her sleeping stints. She was so violently trying to break out of the swaddle that i was afraid she'd accidentally flip over while her arms weren't free. I'm exhausted!
We stopped swaddling for a while and it's been awful! So I bought the halo sleep swaddle that can be arms in or arms out and it was a miracle last night! She hasn't rolled back to front yet which makes me less nervous. I ordered the Zippadee Zip at 6am while she was eating after I wrote my first note because I am still not 100% comfortable with swaddling her arms in for much longer.
I wonder how much money I will spend on getting her to sleep... my husband may kill me!
Damien is doing long stretches of 6 to 8 hours each night the past few days and though I do wake up a couple of times during the night, I fall right back asleep. So why am I so exhausted? I still feel like I did when he was waking every 2-3 hours.
Still getting used to it? Lol. I envy you right now. We are up once ever hour or two. Not so much for food but he is just so restless! I hope it's only because he's sick. Sometimes I feel like this will never end and I'll be up this much forever.
Could be it. Who knows, maybe I'm just permanently exhausted thanks to motherhood ;-) How is Preston feeling today? Any better?
laurenm2123 Jack will be 4 months on Sunday and we are still swaddled! I just switched from a swaddleme to the Woombie but if I don't swaddle him, no one gets any sleep. However, with this 4 month sleep regression.. no ones sleeping anyway!
I think I know the answer, but is it possible for him to get too much night sleep at this age? This is his second night in the sleep suit and he slept 10-5am, then 5:30-7:30. I guess it is magic for us! But will that mess up tomorrow's sleep? I should add that all his naps are always crap these days--never more than 30 min, even with suit yesterday.
@vintagevix2016 maybe you are still partially waking every 2-3 hrs in anticipation? I might take a few days for your brain to relax I still wake at 1am for a few minutes every night since that used to be my LO's first feeding.
I think I know the answer, but is it possible for him to get too much night sleep at this age? This is his second night in the sleep suit and he slept 10-5am, then 5:30-7:30. I guess it is magic for us! But will that mess up tomorrow's sleep? I should add that all his naps are always crap these days--never more than 30 min, even with suit yesterday.
@vintagevix2016 maybe you are still partially waking every 2-3 hrs in anticipation? I might take a few days for your brain to relax I still wake at 1am for a few minutes every night since that used to be my LO's first feeding.
I don't think baby can get too much sleep at night, but I also think every baby's different. My LO pretty consistently sleeps 7:30-6:30 at night. She was a horrible napper up until this week. She's now been taking 3 naps a day from 30 min-2 hrs. But that took a bit of trial and error on my part to understand her rhythms. She's been waking up from her last nap if the day around 5:30 and is still more than ready to go to sleep for the night around 7:30.
I think I know the answer, but is it possible for him to get too much night sleep at this age? This is his second night in the sleep suit and he slept 10-5am, then 5:30-7:30. I guess it is magic for us! But will that mess up tomorrow's sleep? I should add that all his naps are always crap these days--never more than 30 min, even with suit yesterday.
@vintagevix2016 maybe you are still partially waking every 2-3 hrs in anticipation? I might take a few days for your brain to relax I still wake at 1am for a few minutes every night since that used to be my LO's first feeding.
Stuck in the box: Damien usually sleeps from 8pm to 8am, give or take 30mins. He naps three times during the day as well and two of them typically last 1.5 to 2 hours. He does have his days where he just does a few 30 to 45mins per nap and others where his naps will last 3hrs! I try to make sure he doesn't lay down for his last nap past 5:30pm. Usually that last nap is only an hour long so it works well with our current schedule of putting him down for bed at 7/7:30pm (he usually takes 30min to actually fall asleep).
Yea, it could be that my brain hasn't adjusted yet. He did a few long stretches a couple of weeks ago and just as I was getting used to it, he went back to 3-4hr stretches. I'm thinking the long stretches won't last long again since he is due for his sleep regression soon. We shall see!
Damien is doing long stretches of 6 to 8 hours each night the past few days and though I do wake up a couple of times during the night, I fall right back asleep. So why am I so exhausted? I still feel like I did when he was waking every 2-3 hours.
Still getting used to it? Lol. I envy you right now. We are up once ever hour or two. Not so much for food but he is just so restless! I hope it's only because he's sick. Sometimes I feel like this will never end and I'll be up this much forever.
Could be it. Who knows, maybe I'm just permanently exhausted thanks to motherhood ;-) How is Preston feeling today? Any better?
Much better. I took him back to the pediatrician because he was still so fussy and squirmy and something felt off to me. Everything I know says that after a few days of antibiotics should at least relieve symptoms of the ear infection and as for the cold his nose doesn't run anymore. He just sounds like he's still got stuff clogged up in the back but he can breath just fine. Turns out the best infection is gone, his throat looks great and she said his cold is definitely on the way out. BUT, she heard some major rumbling in his intestinal tract. She said the antibiotics could be upsetting his gut flora and told me to give his his probiotics twice a day for a while and even some gripe water to ease his belly. I hope that works cause we have a 2 1/2 hour drive tomorrow.
Damien is doing long stretches of 6 to 8 hours each night the past few days and though I do wake up a couple of times during the night, I fall right back asleep. So why am I so exhausted? I still feel like I did when he was waking every 2-3 hours.
Still getting used to it? Lol. I envy you right now. We are up once ever hour or two. Not so much for food but he is just so restless! I hope it's only because he's sick. Sometimes I feel like this will never end and I'll be up this much forever.
Could be it. Who knows, maybe I'm just permanently exhausted thanks to motherhood ;-) How is Preston feeling today? Any better?
Much better. I took him back to the pediatrician because he was still so fussy and squirmy and something felt off to me. Everything I know says that after a few days of antibiotics should at least relieve symptoms of the ear infection and as for the cold his nose doesn't run anymore. He just sounds like he's still got stuff clogged up in the back but he can breath just fine. Turns out the best infection is gone, his throat looks great and she said his cold is definitely on the way out. BUT, she heard some major rumbling in his intestinal tract. She said the antibiotics could be upsetting his gut flora and told me to give his his probiotics twice a day for a while and even some gripe water to ease his belly. I hope that works cause we have a 2 1/2 hour drive tomorrow.
Poor little guy! Hopefully that will resolve the issue in time for your drive. I'm glad to hear everything else is on the way out though. I bet that is such a relief for you all.
@laurenm2123 we still swaddle Jackie (3months), but leave her arms out. She also sleeps in a small bassinet and hasn't rolled completely over in her sleep yet. Just to her side.
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@meggyme Damien hasn't rolled completely during the night either but for the past week he constantly stays sleeping on his side. It seems to coincide with his long stretches so I wonder if it helps him sleep better.
Anyone's LOs having night terrors like every night. The pediatrician can't figure out any other reason as to why he wakes up screaming only at bedtime. She thinks maybe it's because he's in leap 4 which affects sleep and he's having night terrors possibility because he is overtired.
Anyone's LOs having night terrors like every night. The pediatrician can't figure out any other reason as to why he wakes up screaming only at bedtime. She thinks maybe it's because he's in leap 4 which affects sleep and he's having night terrors possibility because he is overtired.
Damien has them periodically lately and they mostly occur a little bit after he has gone to bed. He had one during two naps too but that's it.
Anyone's LOs having night terrors like every night. The pediatrician can't figure out any other reason as to why he wakes up screaming only at bedtime. She thinks maybe it's because he's in leap 4 which affects sleep and he's having night terrors possibility because he is overtired.
Damien has them periodically lately and they mostly occur a little bit after he has gone to bed. He had one during two naps too but that's it.
I feel like we have the same kid. Lol I did some research and its not a true night terror because those happen when they are older but this is called confusional arousals. At the end of the first sleep cycle (about 60 min after falling asleep) the brain starts to transition into deep sleep. The issue is that the brain is transitioning so it may want to wake up and go into deep sleep at the same time. In mild cases it's when we hear then talking in their sleep or tossing and turning, it's stronger ones they can go into a full cry. All this happens while they are asleep so it seems like they can't be soothed and will suddenly stop and they will either be asleep still or awake but acting as if nothing happened. I'm hoping that it's just happening because their brains are going through a growth spurt in terms of sleep and will pass once they've adjusted to their new sleep cycles.
Anyone's LOs having night terrors like every night. The pediatrician can't figure out any other reason as to why he wakes up screaming only at bedtime. She thinks maybe it's because he's in leap 4 which affects sleep and he's having night terrors possibility because he is overtired.
Damien has them periodically lately and they mostly occur a little bit after he has gone to bed. He had one during two naps too but that's it.
I feel like we have the same kid. Lol I did some research and its not a true night terror because those happen when they are older but this is called confusional arousals. At the end of the first sleep cycle (about 60 min after falling asleep) the brain starts to transition into deep sleep. The issue is that the brain is transitioning so it may want to wake up and go into deep sleep at the same time. In mild cases it's when we hear then talking in their sleep or tossing and turning, it's stronger ones they can go into a full cry. All this happens while they are asleep so it seems like they can't be soothed and will suddenly stop and they will either be asleep still or awake but acting as if nothing happened. I'm hoping that it's just happening because their brains are going through a growth spurt in terms of sleep and will pass once they've adjusted to their new sleep cycles.
You have no idea how many times I've said that to myself haha. I hope you're right though and that this passes. That explanation makes sense and they are going through a big leap right now so that could be it.
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My husband's attitude about it is getting worse with each weekend, not towards Damien but towards me. And heaven forbid Damien is a bit fussy during the 1.5 - 2hrs that he is awake, that again pits him in a bad mood. Damien was great with him this morning and he was still in a foul mood when I got up. He doesn't do tummy time and Damien needs as much tummy time as possible for his physical therapy. On top of that, he isn't giving Damien his meds (Zantac) and when I've brought it up, he rolls his eyes and says he doesn't want to because Damien will associate him with something negative. I tried to explain that doing it twice a week wasn't going to have that effect but he doesn't believe me. It's just frustrating because this was supposed to be a sweet gesture to show his appreciation for everything I do for Damien (that's how he explained it to me) but it sure doesn't feel like it when I'm met with a bad attitude, as if I'm the one that's forcing him to do it.
I can send my 4 yr old to hang out with your little one, he came into my room at 1am and 4am asking if it was time to get up! He's never done that before so it was new.
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I would try naps first. Once he gets used to that for short periods then try at night. That's how we got Preston used to the crib vs our bed.
I might elevate one side of his crib with books or something but I can't really do that with the pack n play.
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
So after a bad week I bought a swaddle me fleece swaddle and last night she slept 7 hours straight last night! I didn't give her any Tylenol either.
Question is- is anyone else still swaddling? I guess I should add that she's in a bassinet right next to my bed and wears the Owlet at night so I'm not overly concerned about rolling over since I hear every move.
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
I'm exhausted!
I wonder how much money I will spend on getting her to sleep... my husband may kill me!
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
I should add that all his naps are always crap these days--never more than 30 min, even with suit yesterday.
@vintagevix2016 maybe you are still partially waking every 2-3 hrs in anticipation? I might take a few days for your brain to relax
I feel like we have the same kid. Lol I did some research and its not a true night terror because those happen when they are older but this is called confusional arousals. At the end of the first sleep cycle (about 60 min after falling asleep) the brain starts to transition into deep sleep. The issue is that the brain is transitioning so it may want to wake up and go into deep sleep at the same time. In mild cases it's when we hear then talking in their sleep or tossing and turning, it's stronger ones they can go into a full cry. All this happens while they are asleep so it seems like they can't be soothed and will suddenly stop and they will either be asleep still or awake but acting as if nothing happened. I'm hoping that it's just happening because their brains are going through a growth spurt in terms of sleep and will pass once they've adjusted to their new sleep cycles.