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Post by addymac on Jan 27, 2018 9:12:38 GMT -6
We decided since nights are going well to sleep train for naps. He's in there crying right now and I hate it. I hope it goes well. Oh good luck! jt2378 is right- you guys have done amazing w sleep training in such a short span of time, fx naps will be just as easy or even easier 🤞🏼
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Post by addymac on Jan 27, 2018 9:57:25 GMT -6
jt2378 how’s the toddler doing? I hope she’s feeling better!! Does anyone’s LO sleep on their tummy? Tried it with N the other night since he rolls over all the time while awake and it didn’t have the magical effect we were hoping it would, but since our pediatrician friend it was fine, I released my SIDS anxiety and tried it. I was trying to remove the swaddle and introduce a new helping mechanism but 👎🏼 Kid must know when we are near our breaking point. Last night we swaddled and he woke up once, at 2 - and ate both sides of the boob, and only had to be resettled once after being put back in the crib. And then went back to sleep til 7! I actually woke up before he did and was like OMG IS HE DEAD 😂 but then he woke up. DH slept through the 2am wake up, which is fine bc I had to BF anyway, and he got up at 7 to feed so I could nap a little longer. I wish I knew what it was that made him sleep so well. I would recreate it every single night if I could 🤣. I was all ready for sleep training a la king26 but I didn’t even have to lol. I’m sure he will be a little asshole Sunday night when I have to go back to work Monday morning and DH is on nights Sunday, but it was a nice break.
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Post by king26 on Jan 27, 2018 10:03:12 GMT -6
I'm so glad N slept last night addymac ! J only woke up once last night again. He slept a 6 hour stretch then 4 hour stretch. So nap number 1 he wailed for 18 minutes then slept for 40 in the crib. Nap 2 he cried for 8 minutes and is currently sleeping. I'll be happy for anything over 30 minutes.
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Post by jt2378 on Jan 27, 2018 10:50:50 GMT -6
Thanks for asking about DD1 addymac. Holy shit yesterday was awful, poor thing was on fire and miserable, brought her back to the pedi and blood work and strep test all negative so they said maybe flu and swab test was too early or just nasty virus. Today I think we are turning the corner. Fever was much better and she slept better so hopefully we don’t all get this because omg 🤞 Awesome about N’s sleep! Is he in the crib now? M only is for napping and I have got to get her in there for night and out of our bed and yes she definitely prefers sleeping on her side or stomach and always ends up that way. I hope his good sleep continues for you!
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Post by king26 on Jan 27, 2018 12:07:11 GMT -6
Thanks for asking about DD1 addymac. Holy shit yesterday was awful, poor thing was on fire and miserable, brought her back to the pedi and blood work and strep test all negative so they said maybe flu and swab test was too early or just nasty virus. Today I think we are turning the corner. Fever was much better and she slept better so hopefully we don’t all get this because omg 🤞 Awesome about N’s sleep! Is he in the crib now? M only is for napping and I have got to get her in there for night and out of our bed and yes she definitely prefers sleeping on her side or stomach and always ends up that way. I hope his good sleep continues for you! Glad she is feeling betyer. Fevers are scary.
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Post by bsouls on Jan 27, 2018 12:28:38 GMT -6
R woke up at 3 and then woke multiple after that. I finally brought her to bed around 5 and she slept on me until 7:30am. I was reading this last night: www.weebeedreaming.com/my-blog/early-wakeup-helpSo, I’ve been trying for better naps today to see if that helps at night. She’s been napping four times and I think she needs to cut down to three. I think we are moving R to the crib tonight. I wanted to get a new monitor that has a temperature alarm before we did it. But, she needs to sleep through the night without laying on me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 15:28:26 GMT -6
Why does it seem when things happen, it’s on a weekend? There’s some bright red blood in the baby’s stool, dr google says it’s probably fine. There’s one thing that is super scary, so I spiraled on that and looked at way too many poop pictures. 😆
I’m just going to keep my eye on it and call the pedi on Monday.
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Post by king26 on Jan 27, 2018 18:04:00 GMT -6
So naps were hard today. I knew it would be worse buy I am done today. He cried 18 minutes the first time, 8 the second, 25 the third, and 3 the forth m. All 4 naps were 40 minutes so he is consistent but he's down sleep today and he's weepy. He also scratched his head open during one nap and has a horrible rash on his neckline. This all sucks tofay. I'm hoping he goes down to bed easily because he's so tired. But I guess 4 40 minute crib naps is a good start
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Post by king26 on Jan 27, 2018 18:04:40 GMT -6
Why does it seem when things happen, it’s on a weekend? There’s some bright red blood in the baby’s stool, dr google says it’s probably fine. There’s one thing that is super scary, so I spiraled on that and looked at way too many poop pictures. 😆 I’m just going to keep my eye on it and call the pedi on Monday. I hope it's nothing and that you won't need to go in on monday
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Post by addymac on Jan 27, 2018 18:06:37 GMT -6
Why does it seem when things happen, it’s on a weekend? There’s some bright red blood in the baby’s stool, dr google says it’s probably fine. There’s one thing that is super scary, so I spiraled on that and looked at way too many poop pictures. 😆 I’m just going to keep my eye on it and call the pedi on Monday. Ugh I’m sorry. I hope it was a one time thing and it self resolves. Was he straining hard to poop earlier?
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Post by addymac on Jan 27, 2018 18:08:12 GMT -6
R woke up at 3 and then woke multiple after that. I finally brought her to bed around 5 and she slept on me until 7:30am. I was reading this last night: www.weebeedreaming.com/my-blog/early-wakeup-helpSo, I’ve been trying for better naps today to see if that helps at night. She’s been napping four times and I think she needs to cut down to three. I think we are moving R to the crib tonight. I wanted to get a new monitor that has a temperature alarm before we did it. But, she needs to sleep through the night without laying on me. Ugh sorry for the crappy sleep. Hope crib sleeping helps with the not laying on you
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Post by addymac on Jan 27, 2018 18:10:49 GMT -6
Thanks for asking about DD1 addymac. Holy shit yesterday was awful, poor thing was on fire and miserable, brought her back to the pedi and blood work and strep test all negative so they said maybe flu and swab test was too early or just nasty virus. Today I think we are turning the corner. Fever was much better and she slept better so hopefully we don’t all get this because omg 🤞 Awesome about N’s sleep! Is he in the crib now? M only is for napping and I have got to get her in there for night and out of our bed and yes she definitely prefers sleeping on her side or stomach and always ends up that way. I hope his good sleep continues for you! Oh man. I’m glad she’s feeling better today. Hope she keeps improving. Yeah, he is a crib only sleeper and napper now. Our nanny got him into the crib for naps really easily (she’s magical, I swear) so we decided to just go with it for bedtime. Plus he kept waking up when we would wake up at 5am and that was not cool. So much better for him to be in his own room even though I was not planning on it. Ugh I wanted to go out for dinner tonight but he’s being really fussy and idk if we should risk it. ☹️
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Post by addymac on Jan 27, 2018 18:29:33 GMT -6
Just saw this on DHs fb feed and thought of all you ladies. It made me chuckle and then cry, haha.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 18:31:07 GMT -6
Why does it seem when things happen, it’s on a weekend? There’s some bright red blood in the baby’s stool, dr google says it’s probably fine. There’s one thing that is super scary, so I spiraled on that and looked at way too many poop pictures. 😆 I’m just going to keep my eye on it and call the pedi on Monday. Ugh I’m sorry. I hope it was a one time thing and it self resolves. Was he straining hard to poop earlier? I could hear him grunting, but he usually poops 3+ times a day so I’m not sure if he was straining.
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Post by jt2378 on Jan 27, 2018 18:52:19 GMT -6
king26, when you started with J, was he really screaming like horribly? I mean I swear this kid sounds like she is screaming bloody murder and checking in just works her up even more. I just feel like night training is never going to work. Ugh I’m so frustrated
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Post by king26 on Jan 27, 2018 19:50:37 GMT -6
king26, when you started with J, was he really screaming like horribly? I mean I swear this kid sounds like she is screaming bloody murder and checking in just works her up even more. I just feel like night training is never going to work. Ugh I’m so frustrated Yes and it got worse every time I checked in. Unfortunately naps today we're even worse. The first night of night training was the worst and it got better quickly as we just didn't pick him up. I'm hoping naps go quickly too because today was rough. It's the tears that get me. The first night of night training I cried. I didn't cry today but I'm just really sad. I will say, it did get better and quickly . I think he was mad he wasn't in our room or bed but I stuck with the check ins and only picked him up twice that first night and it was to feed him. If you want the info I got from the girl who hired the sleep consultant I'll message it to you. It helped a lot.
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Post by jt2378 on Jan 27, 2018 20:36:00 GMT -6
king26, when you started with J, was he really screaming like horribly? I mean I swear this kid sounds like she is screaming bloody murder and checking in just works her up even more. I just feel like night training is never going to work. Ugh I’m so frustrated Yes and it got worse every time I checked in. Unfortunately naps today we're even worse. The first night of night training was the worst and it got better quickly as we just didn't pick him up. I'm hoping naps go quickly too because today was rough. It's the tears that get me. The first night of night training I cried. I didn't cry today but I'm just really sad. I will say, it did get better and quickly . I think he was mad he wasn't in our room or bed but I stuck with the check ins and only picked him up twice that first night and it was to feed him. If you want the info I got from the girl who hired the sleep consultant I'll message it to you. It helped a lot. Thank you! Yes please send it along. I’m losing my mind.
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Post by cwbh928 on Jan 27, 2018 22:17:14 GMT -6
jt2378 I’m glad she is feeling better! I hope she continues to improve! addymac H sleeps on his tummy all the time now. He would fuss and cry for the first few nights he rolled but now he told and fall fast asleep. It freaks me out sometimes, but I know if he can roll he should be okay.
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Post by cwbh928 on Jan 27, 2018 22:20:29 GMT -6
All this sleep training talk has me nervous, but looking forward to starting. It’s crazy that even though this is my second I feel like it’s all new again. I think our first hurdl is knocking out the night feeds which will probably fall heavily on my DH. I can’t pick up H in the middle of the night with out him trying to nurse.
The past few nights have been crappy. He will sleep a solid 5-6 until 2am and then he is up every 2 hours. Leap 5 started today so I’m assuming it has to do with that. Plus he is so cranky with his teeth. We decided to give him Tylenol tonight since he was crying and literally chewing his fingers off.
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Post by bsouls on Jan 28, 2018 7:19:00 GMT -6
R had good naps yesterday. I was able to get in there when she made a noise and pop the paci in twice to get long naps. So, she only napped three times. She went to bed at 8:30pm and slept until 4am. She made noise at 2am, but I got the paci back in before she woke. Usually, she’d be up for an hour at 2am until she fell back asleep.
H dealt with R at 4am, but didn’t follow what I thought we were going to do. He got her out of the crib and was going to let her nap on his chest, but she drooled a lot and wouldn’t settle so he kept trying in the crib until 6am.
So, I’ll be trying tonight. But, I’m not sure how to get her to move her internal clock from 4am.
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Post by jt2378 on Jan 28, 2018 7:34:30 GMT -6
M has just turned into a disaster sleepwise. She took 1 nap for an hour and 15 mins all day! She then was up till 10:00. Up by midnight screaming and I lost track, maybe every 2.5 hours after that? She’s been sick and now we started leap 5 so I’m just doomed. I feel like it’s never going to be the right time to sleep train. I can’t even get a first good stretch. I’m feeling so discouraged and it’s like deja vu all over again.
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Post by addymac on Jan 28, 2018 9:49:50 GMT -6
Ugh jt2378 I’m so sorry I think you should try and ignore the fact that it’s leap 5. I feel like we can always put off sleep training for one reason or another.... and leap five isn’t that bad, I think @easilyunamused said!
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Post by kristyw on Jan 28, 2018 10:00:18 GMT -6
Is anyone using a Zipedee zip? They look like they are ok to use even after baby starts rolling. But I don't want to drop $30 on something useless.
We need to start sleep training here too, but I think I'll wait til closer to 6 months. (E's the young end of the month, she just turned 5 months yesterday.)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 10:04:52 GMT -6
jt2378, I’m sorry it’s already so discouraging. I feel like I have to keep putting it off too, but honestly there will likely never be a good time. We just gotta do it! I’m having the same issues as you other ladies. The first half of the night is decent, but after midnight it’s a crapshoot. He rarely ever just settles back to sleep and I’m at a loss to why. I try to not nurse him again until at least 5am, but some nights I get desperate. I’m currently trying to transition him out of the swaddle. It’ll be night 3 tonight with one arm out and tomorrow I’ll take the other arm out. Then the following week, we will put him in his own room. 😬 Part of me isn’t ready, but I know it’ll be better for all of us. Then MH and I can finally sleep together again!
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Post by jt2378 on Jan 28, 2018 10:15:59 GMT -6
Thanks ladies. Yeah I wasn’t going to put it off because of the leap. I just meant I feel like it will fail even more because of that.
What time is bedtime for all your babies?
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Post by king26 on Jan 28, 2018 10:22:18 GMT -6
Sleep training at night has been the best thing ever for us. We did it the week before he turned 5 months and it's been great. We are working on naps now which is a total and complete disaster. He will fall asleep on his own after crying and he sleeps 40 minutes. Which is great for now but we need to work on him sleeping longer then that. We've been doing 4 naps a day which is going pretty well too. jt2378 Our bedtime before sleep training was 830 or 9. Since sleep training we shoot for 730 every night which is going well.
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Post by addymac on Jan 28, 2018 10:31:04 GMT -6
jt2378 ah gotcha. Yeah. I feel ya. Like what’s the point if you think it’s going to fail. Maybe she will surprise you?? Ns bedtime is 8:30-9/9:15/30 depending on when he woke up from his last nap. Since many of his naps are 30-45min - usually only one good ~2hr nap we adjust accordingly. We want a later bedtime bc with our work schedules we might not see him awake if his bedtime was earlier. So I think he takes an extra nap most babies wouldn’t in the evening. But combined with his short naps and later bedtime it works for us. We’ve tried earlier bedtimes and all that does is push up when he first wakes up and means a rougher night for us. So 8:30/9ish works for us.
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Post by jt2378 on Jan 28, 2018 11:16:53 GMT -6
jt2378 ah gotcha. Yeah. I feel ya. Like what’s the point if you think it’s going to fail. Maybe she will surprise you?? Ns bedtime is 8:30-9/9:15/30 depending on when he woke up from his last nap. Since many of his naps are 30-45min - usually only one good ~2hr nap we adjust accordingly. We want a later bedtime bc with our work schedules we might not see him awake if his bedtime was earlier. So I think he takes an extra nap most babies wouldn’t in the evening. But combined with his short naps and later bedtime it works for us. We’ve tried earlier bedtimes and all that does is push up when he first wakes up and means a rougher night for us. So 8:30/9ish works for us. Yeah this was kind of where we were at too because DD1 goes to bed at around 8:00. It’s likely we have to stick to a later time like that but they both usually don’t wake for the day till 7:30-8 so I guess she would still be getting enough sleep. I know I just need to pull the trigger here but I need MH to really get on board and be helpful.
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Post by jt2378 on Jan 28, 2018 12:19:09 GMT -6
So there is no consistency with naps. After crying like crazy for at least 15 mins, she is still sleeping 2.5 hrs later lol. Sorry about my nonstop sleep posts. Maybe I should start a separate thread not to clog up the randoms lol
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Post by king26 on Jan 28, 2018 13:35:03 GMT -6
So there is no consistency with naps. After crying like crazy for at least 15 mins, she is still sleeping 2.5 hrs later lol. Sorry about my nonstop sleep posts. Maybe I should start a separate thread not to clog up the randoms lol Please do. I feel like all of my posts are about sleep now too. J has taken 3 40 minute naps in the crib today which is good. He will take one more before bes. However, he needs a little bit longer on each one as he normally has 3.5 hours in naps but with 4 40 minute naps he is down an hour sleep. He just fell asleep on me after eating his bottle and I'm letting him go.
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