No more napping til 6 for DS, I woke him up then but guess I should have sooner. Took an hour and a half to go down and was up 40 minutes later. Gave him some Tylenol in case it was his teeth since he has been gnawing on his hand more than usual and he's now sleeping on me. Going to put him down in a few and pray he sleeps for a while
I think DD is teething again, I can see her second bottom tooth starting to come in. The first one didn't seem to bother her, but she was just up and refusing a bottle. Hopefully we'll get back to sleep until morning, but I doubt it.
Post by waterchurch on Jul 30, 2014 23:21:34 GMT -5
DH and I were talking during dinner about how many total kids we want, as it applies to our next vehicle purchase. DH said "and then #3 comes along!" I replied that 3 kids were not a foregone conclusion and DS started laughing maniacally, head thrown back and everything. As if to say, "I'm a handful, making you question how many more kids you can handle! Muahaha!" Or he likes hearing me correct DH. Either way it was hilarious and we all laughed about it for a long time.
h is dead to me. apparently something was wrong with the camera on our webcam monitor so he went in the nursery to reset it. of course R wakes up FROM THE LONGEST STRETCH OF SLEEP HES HAS IN A MONTH. I got up and nursed, now h is in there rocking him to sleep.
and he had the mother fucking audacity to ask me "what's our plan for motn?" which lately means "how hard will we fight to keep him in his crib before we give up and bed share?" plan?? the plan is for you to do all motn wake ups while I try to sleep because I've also only slept in two hour chunks for the past month and I am raaaaaage.
thank you. I feel minorly better typing that out. h, no doubt , knows I'm angry so I don't keep to completely flip out on him.
I took some of the advice from jjwriter's thread. We put DS to bed earlier (8:30 vs. 9:30/10) and I did a dream feed around 10:30. He slept until just shy of 1 am.
Since then we've been engaged in a battle of the swaddle. He will go down the first time without any fuss but after the first wake up and reswaddle, he fights to get out of it and makes straining noises. I'll take him out of the RNP and rock him but he'll go back to his noises almost immediately after I put him back. He won't take a paci. Ugh, go to sleep dude. He sleeps better with the swaddle if he settles.
bowies - how old is you're babe? I'd consider switching to a swaddling device that's a little more escape proof. we switched R around 6-7w to an A&A easy swaddler - magic! he resisted it going in and then give a quick wiggle once in bed, but he was almost relieved to find himself so snug.
on the flip side, it was miserable to take away at 4.5m because he wanted the security, but could roll too well for my comfort. still, better new baby sleep was more important than the brief battle we had taking it away.
Post by catsarecute on Jul 31, 2014 6:34:23 GMT -5
5 weeks of sleeping directly in the PNP and we had 1-2 motn wake ups.
6 nights in the crib and she is waking up 1-2 a night, screaming her head off. Not sure if she needed to eat at 4:15 this morning but that's what she got.
We are all up and have to go on DD's first road trip today to my IL's house. Packing sucks!
Yes! I have so many tote bags sitting by the back door right now. Feeding stuff, sleeping stuff, clothes & blankies, toys & fun stuff for in the car, not to mention our actual luggage and such! I'm shaking at the thought of ever having a second child and traveling with 2!
bowies - how old is you're babe? I'd consider switching to a swaddling device that's a little more escape proof. we switched R around 6-7w to an A&A easy swaddler - magic! he resisted it going in and then give a quick wiggle once in bed, but he was almost relieved to find himself so snug.
on the flip side, it was miserable to take away at 4.5m because he wanted the security, but could roll too well for my comfort. still, better new baby sleep was more important than the brief battle we had taking it away.
He's 4w. We've been using a SwaddleMe up until now and I think his frustration lies in the fact that he loses access to his two best friends, Left Hand and Right Hand. I'm willing to try the A&A swaddles - do they have a more snug fit? He can sometimes wiggle an arm free in the SwaddleMe.
Also, the microphone feature on our baby monitor has solved our bedtime issues. We think it's separation anxiety. He will stand in his crib and scream but if we call and say "everything is fine, lay down and go to sleep"...he will.
Hat tip to H for figuring this out.
DS is terrified of the microphone. I tried this and he started screaming lol.
bowies - how old is you're babe? I'd consider switching to a swaddling device that's a little more escape proof. we switched R around 6-7w to an A&A easy swaddler - magic! he resisted it going in and then give a quick wiggle once in bed, but he was almost relieved to find himself so snug.
on the flip side, it was miserable to take away at 4.5m because he wanted the security, but could roll too well for my comfort. still, better new baby sleep was more important than the brief battle we had taking it away.
He's 4w. We've been using a SwaddleMe up until now and I think his frustration lies in the fact that he loses access to his two best friends, Left Hand and Right Hand. I'm willing to try the A&A swaddles - do they have a more snug fit? He can sometimes wiggle an arm free in the SwaddleMe.
i dont think the A&A are the be all end although i did love ours, they were just better than me swaddling with a blanket or the swaddlemes. he could could bust out of the swaddlemes by 3w, glad we had them to try, but huge failure for us. the miracle blanket is similar to the A&A easy swaddle, i just happened to get an A&A for $15 from winners (TJ maxx type store).
my kid LOVED his hands, still does, but he could not sleep if he had access to them because OMG HANDS SO INTERESTING!!! i forced the swaddle and we had good sleep until 4 months. now it's all gone to hell, but it's because he is so much more mobile.
good luck! i know everything feels like a crap shoot right now, but i'd try a more escape proof option before giving up the swaddle completely at his age.