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Post by rebeccabunch on Feb 21, 2018 12:40:55 GMT -6
What time is he waking typically? I think 9 sounds like a good time. He wakes up to eat around 5 then back again until 6:45 or so and that's when we start our day. This is like ideal. 🏆
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Post by ajetter on Feb 21, 2018 13:21:55 GMT -6
rebeccabunch similar, but if she wakes up before 6:30 she usually goes right back to sleep. What does your MOTN feed look like? I unswaddle, change her diaper, nurse one side, reswaddle, nurse the other side, and then hold her upright for about 15 minutes on my shoulder. I’m trying my best with this kiddo to not intervene in the sleep department unless she’s crying. There has been a few times that’s she’s resettled herself even if she wakes up when I put her down. This morning she took nearly a two hour nap, she woke in the middle and was grunting and squirming but eventually she went back to sleep. It was amazing and gives me hope! Now I just have to try and let her fall asleep on her own. 😬😬
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Post by rebeccabunch on Feb 21, 2018 14:19:41 GMT -6
rebeccabunch similar, but if she wakes up before 6:30 she usually goes right back to sleep. What does your MOTN feed look like? I unswaddle, change her diaper, nurse one side, reswaddle, nurse the other side, and then hold her upright for about 15 minutes on my shoulder. I’m trying my best with this kiddo to not intervene in the sleep department unless she’s crying. There has been a few times that’s she’s resettled herself even if she wakes up when I put her down. This morning she took nearly a two hour nap, she woke in the middle and was grunting and squirming but eventually she went back to sleep. It was amazing and gives me hope! Now I just have to try and let her fall asleep on her own. 😬😬 We hv the same MOTN routine except I was holding her cradle for 20-30 to get her in a deeper sleep before I put her down. The whole wake up is usually an hour including this holding time if she transfers. Today it was 3 hours bc she wouldn’t sleep and I gave up when my boys woke up and handed her to H in tears. Maybe I will hold her up instead. I suspect some reflux discomfort. Going to start that tonight and aim to have her down at 10 and not 10:45ish.
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Post by ajetter on Feb 21, 2018 14:41:20 GMT -6
rebeccabunch this might be stupid but are you wearing long sleeves at night? I always noticed my girls were harder to transfer from a cradle position if they were touch my skin. I might totally be imagining it but I swear making sure they’re resting on fabric instead of skin has made a difference in sleep transfers. And Arden is in a RnP, so it might make a difference, as opposed to a flat bassinet if that’s what you’re working with. Not saying you should use a RnP, just that I’m cheating over here. Lol.
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Post by benandjerrys on Feb 21, 2018 16:36:56 GMT -6
rebeccabunch similar, but if she wakes up before 6:30 she usually goes right back to sleep. What does your MOTN feed look like? I unswaddle, change her diaper, nurse one side, reswaddle, nurse the other side, and then hold her upright for about 15 minutes on my shoulder. I’m trying my best with this kiddo to not intervene in the sleep department unless she’s crying. There has been a few times that’s she’s resettled herself even if she wakes up when I put her down. This morning she took nearly a two hour nap, she woke in the middle and was grunting and squirming but eventually she went back to sleep. It was amazing and gives me hope! Now I just have to try and let her fall asleep on her own. 😬😬 This is so so clutch. "The Pause". Wait to see if they go back to sleep. With DD I did this during the day and she always put herself to sleep from like 2 mos. but in MOTN I'm not my best self and I do whatever is easiest and fastest and so motn wakeups were the worst with DD forever. I'm clearly a creature of habit because I've been unable to do the pause MOTN this time too.
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Post by benandjerrys on Feb 21, 2018 16:37:33 GMT -6
He wakes up to eat around 5 then back again until 6:45 or so and that's when we start our day. This is like ideal. 🏆 He's a relatively good sleeper at night. Days must be in my arms for at least 30 minutes and then I have a 50% chance at a transfer.
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Post by sweetsurprise on Feb 21, 2018 16:59:56 GMT -6
LO is 6 weeks.
I start the routine (diaper, pjs, sleep sack, sound machine, lights off, last feeding) at 7:30pm. He's usually asleep between 8-9. First wake up at 1 then 3 or 4 am. Then either 5:30 or 630.
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Post by dragonflyinn on Feb 22, 2018 11:53:57 GMT -6
rebeccabunch DS goes down between 8-9, depending on when his last feeding is. He usually nurses around 4 or 5, is awake for awhile and I do pajamas around 6:30-7 & he falls asleep around 7. So then wakes up briefly to eat again at 8 or 9 and then we snuggle for about a half hour as he falls back asleep & then he is down for the night. So different from DD who wouldn’t go down until like 10:30 😭😭 He wakes up in the AM for the day around 7:30 if he is nursing then. if he eats earlier like 6 then he usually goes back to sleep until 8 or so.
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Post by marygracerich on Feb 23, 2018 6:00:48 GMT -6
I finally have time to post our routine. Between 7 and 9, he usually takes 2-2 1/2 3oz bottles. I guess he is sort of fueling up for the night. I don’t really know but he definitely cries to eat a bunch during those hours. After whatever bottle is closest to 9pm, we swaddle him and put him to bed. The room is usually dark. As long as he isn’t crying, we leave him to fall asleep on his own. He is still currently in the bassinet next to my bed. That is purely because I haven’t gotten brave enough to put him in his crib yet. Since my house is so small, his crib is in a loft space that’s sort of above my bedroom. I can see his crib from my bed so I don’t know why I haven’t pulled the trigger yet. I’m sure I would hear him if he got up.
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Post by cake on Feb 26, 2018 7:17:01 GMT -6
Anyone else have a baby that doesn’t sleep more than 3 hours at a time? And 3 hours is a really good stretch for him. Normally it’s closer to 2 hours.
The past 4-5 days, sleep has typically been about 3 hours, 2, 1.5, and finally another hour before we are up for the day. There’s lots of grunting and noise before I actually get him up, hoping that he will fall back asleep. So I’m not getting as much sleep as him because of the noise and I always hold him upright for at least 10-15 minutes because he’s thrown up a few times when I don’t do that. He is bottle fed, I can tell he’s eating a good amount at each wake up. And he falls back asleep pretty well.
Maybe this is just a growth spurt? But man, I’m tired.
ETA he is 5.5 weeks
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Post by marygracerich on Feb 26, 2018 7:29:46 GMT -6
Anyone else have a baby that doesn’t sleep more than 3 hours at a time? And 3 hours is a really good stretch for him. Normally it’s closer to 2 hours. The past 4-5 days, sleep has typically been about 3 hours, 2, 1.5, and finally another hour before we are up for the day. There’s lots of grunting and noise before I actually get him up, hoping that he will fall back asleep. So I’m not getting as much sleep as him because of the noise and I always hold him upright for at least 10-15 minutes because he’s thrown up a few times when I don’t do that. He is bottle fed, I can tell he’s eating a good amount at each wake up. And he falls back asleep pretty well. Maybe this is just a growth spurt? But man, I’m tired. ETA he is 5.5 weeks At 6 weeks, my little guy was eating pretty frequently at night for a few nights. It got much better after that. He now eats a bunch before bedtime and that stops him from waking I guess. I really don’t know though. That being said, with the exception of one two hour nap each afternoon, he only takes naps that are less than an hour all day. Some as short as 20 minutes.
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Post by cake on Feb 26, 2018 7:37:16 GMT -6
marygracerich That gives me some hope! My little guy is pretty similar when it comes to naps. He normally gets one really good one of 2-3 hours (time of day for this is constantly changing) and then short little ones all over the place.
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Post by marygracerich on Feb 26, 2018 7:38:16 GMT -6
marygracerich That gives me some hope! My little guy is pretty similar when it comes to naps. He normally gets one really good one of 2-3 hours (time of day for this is constantly changing) and then short little ones all over the place. Have hope! Our babies are still little. This time won’t last forever. Eventually there will be more sleep for everyone. It’s sucks for now but it will get better.
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Post by easternshoregirl on Feb 26, 2018 7:40:21 GMT -6
marygracerich That gives me some hope! My little guy is pretty similar when it comes to naps. He normally gets one really good one of 2-3 hours (time of day for this is constantly changing) and then short little ones all over the place. STUCK IN HERE: same! And I never know which will be the big one....
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Post by cake on Feb 26, 2018 7:46:33 GMT -6
easternshoregirl That’s the worst part! Some days I just really want to take a nap and to be woken up 20 minutes later is a bit brutal. Hopefully it will all come together soon enough.
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Post by bassa on Feb 26, 2018 8:19:28 GMT -6
Anyone else have a baby that doesn’t sleep more than 3 hours at a time? And 3 hours is a really good stretch for him. Normally it’s closer to 2 hours. The past 4-5 days, sleep has typically been about 3 hours, 2, 1.5, and finally another hour before we are up for the day. There’s lots of grunting and noise before I actually get him up, hoping that he will fall back asleep. So I’m not getting as much sleep as him because of the noise and I always hold him upright for at least 10-15 minutes because he’s thrown up a few times when I don’t do that. He is bottle fed, I can tell he’s eating a good amount at each wake up. And he falls back asleep pretty well. Maybe this is just a growth spurt? But man, I’m tired. ETA he is 5.5 weeks Yup! That sounds a lot like our pattern as well. Occasionally she’ll go 4 hours, but usually it’s 2, 3, 1.5. And then up and down fussing till it’s time to wake up.
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Post by ajetter on Feb 26, 2018 17:09:06 GMT -6
When do you plan to have LO sleep in their own room? If baby girl continues to do well at night (I’m not holding my breath) I’d like to start trying to break some of the bad habits we’ve already started (sleeping in the RnP). Can’t decide if I want to start off by moving the RnP into her room, or try getting her on a flat surface in our room then transition to the crib. 🤷🏼♀️
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Post by marygracerich on Feb 26, 2018 17:20:07 GMT -6
When do you plan to have LO sleep in their own room? If baby girl continues to do well at night (I’m not holding my breath) I’d like to start trying to break some of the bad habits we’ve already started (sleeping in the RnP). Can’t decide if I want to start off by moving the RnP into her room, or try getting her on a flat surface in our room then transition to the crib. 🤷🏼♀️ I went from the rnp to the bassinet in my room. We have done two nights now with him in his room in his crib. I think we are sort of a special situation though because I don’t need a baby monitor when I am in my bedroom. His “room” is the loft above my bedroom. I can see the side of his crib from my bed. He is up a flight of stairs but still not far away. I will post a pic of my view later.
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Post by watermelonseed on Feb 26, 2018 18:03:19 GMT -6
I’m hoping to do the crib transition between 4-6 weeks. I caved and got out the RnP the last 2 nights because I desperately needed some sleep.
Last time I made the switch by day naps first with rolled towels under the mattress and keeping a worn shirt of mine in the crib when the baby isn’t in it.
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Post by sarahh on Feb 26, 2018 18:06:10 GMT -6
We didn’t move DD1 until 9 months. We will probably do DD2 at 6 months when the SIDS risk decreases. I have bad anxiety and being in a safe sleep group on facebook hasn’t helped at all.
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Post by dragonflyinn on Feb 26, 2018 19:24:59 GMT -6
When do you plan to have LO sleep in their own room? If baby girl continues to do well at night (I’m not holding my breath) I’d like to start trying to break some of the bad habits we’ve already started (sleeping in the RnP). Can’t decide if I want to start off by moving the RnP into her room, or try getting her on a flat surface in our room then transition to the crib. 🤷🏼♀️ We put DD in her own room at 2 months. This guy will stay in our room until he is only waking once & it’s predictable...this is bc he will share a room with DD so I don’t want to move him until I know he wouldn’t disrupt her too much. Although when H is deployed this summer DD May end up in bed with me so then I’d move him into the crib in their room sooner lol.
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Post by sweetsurprise on Feb 26, 2018 19:58:59 GMT -6
I haven't decided when to put LO in his room. TBH I like having him by my side for easier access and I know he's my last baby so I'm kind of savoring having him by me. I will probably change my mind when I go back to work and can't go to bed as early as I am now. I'm going with the flow right now and that means the RnP is by my bedside!
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Post by helloerrbody on Feb 26, 2018 20:55:47 GMT -6
Anyone else have a baby that doesn’t sleep more than 3 hours at a time? And 3 hours is a really good stretch for him. Normally it’s closer to 2 hours. The past 4-5 days, sleep has typically been about 3 hours, 2, 1.5, and finally another hour before we are up for the day. There’s lots of grunting and noise before I actually get him up, hoping that he will fall back asleep. So I’m not getting as much sleep as him because of the noise and I always hold him upright for at least 10-15 minutes because he’s thrown up a few times when I don’t do that. He is bottle fed, I can tell he’s eating a good amount at each wake up. And he falls back asleep pretty well. Maybe this is just a growth spurt? But man, I’m tired. ETA he is 5.5 weeks This baby is giving me 4 hour stretches some night, but DS1 didn't sleep more than 2 hours at a time (maybeeee 2.5) unless he was on my boob in bed with me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 20:57:11 GMT -6
He’ll probably go in the crib in his room around 6 months at night. He’s in a mini crib in our room currently but hangs out in his crib for naps and stuff in his room now.
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Post by helloerrbody on Feb 26, 2018 20:58:52 GMT -6
I won't move baby into his own room until he is ready for sleep training - 6 months is what I'm aiming for. I like to have him near me, plus his room is upstairs on the opposite side of the house from us, so hell no to making that trek MOTN multiple times. NEWP. I don't really worry about creating bad habits now, because I am just desperate for sleep and that trumps all. So he is sleeping in the RNP and bedsharing. I will just deal with those habits during sleep training.
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Post by pippiann on Feb 26, 2018 21:46:22 GMT -6
When L was being released from the NICU they told me that they now recommend rooming in until a year now! 😳 I will probably wait until 6 months?! Me and h are sleeping in different rooms and really miss sleeping with him. We’ll have to figure it all out.
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Post by ajetter on Feb 26, 2018 22:51:29 GMT -6
When L was being released from the NICU they told me that they now recommend rooming in until a year now! 😳 I will probably wait until 6 months?! Me and h are sleeping in different rooms and really miss sleeping with him. We’ll have to figure it all out. Oh man, yeah no. We could never last a year. DH is sleeping on the living room couch. I miss him and he misses the bed. I’m hoping she’s in here until 12 weeks, but DH is already wishing her out.
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Post by dragonflyinn on Feb 27, 2018 5:46:22 GMT -6
When L was being released from the NICU they told me that they now recommend rooming in until a year now! 😳 I will probably wait until 6 months?! Me and h are sleeping in different rooms and really miss sleeping with him. We’ll have to figure it all out. Oh man, yeah no. We could never last a year. DH is sleeping on the living room couch. I miss him and he misses the bed. I’m hoping she’s in here until 12 weeks, but DH is already wishing her out. This is why we moved DD earlier. H is such a light sleeper we were never in the same room at night with DD in there too. Gave me all th Sadz.
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Post by ajetter on Feb 27, 2018 6:00:45 GMT -6
dragonflyinn my H sleeps like the dead. But he also snores, clears his throat a lot, and has a 4:30am alarm. Don’t want him waking up me and the baby. Either way though, it stinks.
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