Anyone else up with LO?

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Anyone else up with their babies/kids? I'm bored (5am here). I SAH, so night wakings on weekdays are my turn. 4th night in a row up with DS. It's like he's lost his ability to soothe himself back to sleep. Same thing every night. He's not crying, upset, or hungry, just AWAKE. He wakes up around 2, I listen to him babble for 30-45 minutes, which finally turns into yelling. I turn on his white noise machine, give him his pacifier, rub his chest for a few minutes, and he goes back to sleep for about 30 minutes. Juuust long enough for me to think "I think I got it...." and fall back asleep myself. Rinse and repeat (DH takes a few turns) until around 4:30-5 when I've had enough, I rock him for ~15 minutes and he falls asleep and stays asleep until 7ish when he's up for the day. He's not cranky at all the following day from lack of sleep (although I am!) and he naps just fine like normal. I hope this passes soon, I'm tired!

[bunch]

Ha. I'm here. Good morning! Dd started screaming at 3:50. I think it's another effing tooth. We've been watching the news aNd screaming since. At 5 I gave up and got her an English muffin. My fingers are crossed that she passes out again soon. Blah.

[Willis Jackson]

Morning! DD slept in until 5:30.

[keyslover]

Me! Actually I managed to nurse dd back to sleep, but it took a while and now I am awake. It is too early for me to start my day.

We just moved the girls into the same room (dd1 is 4years and dd2 is 15 months) and I think u gave gotten the most continuous sleep in years. I think I am gonna like this- minus the 4am wake up.

[karinothing]

I am here, but I am up for work DS did sleep horribly last night. He seems to always sleep bad on Sundays. I do not know why BUT It sucks. I mean Saturday night he only woke up at like 130 and 5 and then slept in till almost 9am!

But last night? Up like 5 times. WHY DS WHY?

[jinnifah]

Thankfully I was only up with him once at 3:30ish and now again at 7am. We had a miserable weekend of him waking up every 45mins all night Fri and Sat, and 2 loong days with the 3 of us exhausted and cranky. I'm hoping my happy baby is back today after a good rest.

[Deleted]

Morning DD slept until 5:30 and I was able to get her back down at 6:00, which wasn't bad. It's often hard to soothe her back to sleep.

Of course two seconds after I climbed back into bed I heard DS2 getting up and demanding breakfast. "I need my milk! I need my pancakes!" OMG, don't wake up the baby! lol

[satama]

DS2 was up at 4, but DH went in and somehow convinced him to sleep a little more. Was up for good at 5:45, now we are just hanging out and watching "Breaking Amish " until DS1 wakes up.

We just came back from vacation with my ILs and DS slept like crap all week because FIL kept the air on so cold. I kept turning it up and he would get up in the middle of the night and turn it back down. I must have mentioned it like ten times. On the last day MIL said "why didn't you say something, we don't want the baby to be cold?" Um, DH and I did say something, at least a billion times!

[satama]

Sept 17, 2012 6:01:05 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

Yes pumping. Had my first mom guilt breakdown. Only one person could stay last night with us and my mom wanted to so we let her. Baby was up all night until 3 and I eventually sent her to the nursery for 3 hours I feel so guilty but I'm so tired from the surgeries. She is back now though.

Do NOT feel guilty! Take advantage of the help while you are in the hospital. You will only have it for so long. I let them take both of my kids between night feedings, I could not get up to change diapers anyway and it was great because they would help me get situated, then hand me the baby, then bring me fresh water to drink.

[bunch]

Sept 17, 2012 6:01:05 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

Yes pumping. Had my first mom guilt breakdown. Only one person could stay last night with us and my mom wanted to so we let her. Baby was up all night until 3 and I eventually sent her to the nursery for 3 hours I feel so guilty but I'm so tired from the surgeries. She is back now though.

definitely don't feel bad. Get as much rest as you can. I hope you're feeling ok.

[bunch]

Dd passed out on h for 30 mins until his alarm went off. Lonnnnnng day ahead.

[Here]

Sept 17, 2012 6:01:05 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

Yes pumping. Had my first mom guilt breakdown. Only one person could stay last night with us and my mom wanted to so we let her. Baby was up all night until 3 and I eventually sent her to the nursery for 3 hours I feel so guilty but I'm so tired from the surgeries. She is back now though.

Dont feel guilty. I had E at 4am so the following night, my husband went home to sleep since the sofa bed was not comfortable. It was just me and i thought i had it until she started crying alot. The nurse ended up being the same nurse during the delivery and was so sweet. I didn't want to put her in the nursery, but she took her for tests and it just ended up taking up the entire time between feedings. I think I sent her to the nursery another time that night because I realized how great sleep was.

[Here]

Since e just turned one, I keep thinking about this time last year and getting up multiple times a night. Ugh.

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Sept 17, 2012 6:01:05 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

Yes pumping. Had my first mom guilt breakdown. Only one person could stay last night with us and my mom wanted to so we let her. Baby was up all night until 3 and I eventually sent her to the nursery for 3 hours I feel so guilty but I'm so tired from the surgeries. She is back now though.

Oh no, don't feel guilty! Take all the help you can get now. You need to sleep as much as possible so you can recover and get back on your feet. You'll have plenty of opportunities to bond with the baby at 3 am when you take her home, believe me

[pugz]

Squirms went to bed early and was up to eat at 12:30 and then 5:30. I should have gone to bed early too, it just feels so weird to go to bed before 11pm when that's been my bedtime for years.

she was fighting the boob and the bottle this morning, guess she just wanted a little snack, not the whole meal I should know better than to force it, because she horked half the bottle back up on me, smiled, then went back to sleep. Sigh.

[Brie]

Been up for awhile with excruciating pubic bone pain...I can't get comfy enough to sleep unless I'm totally exhausted. So much for stocking up on sleep before he gets here.

[jinnifah]

Sept 17, 2012 6:01:05 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

Yes pumping. Had my first mom guilt breakdown. Only one person could stay last night with us and my mom wanted to so we let her. Baby was up all night until 3 and I eventually sent her to the nursery for 3 hours I feel so guilty but I'm so tired from the surgeries. She is back now though.

Don't feel guilty! Accept all the help you can from the staff. You need rest

[jr009j]

Sept 17, 2012 6:01:05 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

Yes pumping. Had my first mom guilt breakdown. Only one person could stay last night with us and my mom wanted to so we let her. Baby was up all night until 3 and I eventually sent her to the nursery for 3 hours I feel so guilty but I'm so tired from the surgeries. She is back now though.

Don't feel guilty! You have to let yourself recover too or else you will be useless once you get home.

[Ashley&Scott]

Starry- Don't feel bad sending her to the nursery. You need the rest, they'll bring her back when she's hungry.

Pugz- I used to go to bed at 10/11ish...now it's 8/9ish

[Deleted]

DS had a terrible night... the worst wake up for me is when he wakes up at 11 and will not settle for DH. I just got to sleep at 10:30 and I HATE waking up just after I go to sleep. And then he was up 2 or 3 times overnight and wanted to get up at 5:45. I don't need to be up until 6:30.

Someone got dumped back in the crib with his Elmo phone and I cranked up MY white noise.