Comments on it could take 3 months: CATCH UP

No advice here. I'm just starting to learn that wh...

2008-12-24T16:32:00.000-05:00

No advice here. I'm just starting to learn that when you think you have your kid figured out, they go and change on you. Doesn't work very well for a Type A like me who has spent her life learning and following the rules. :)

Get some tylenol prepped before bed, in a syringe,...

2008-12-24T11:23:00.000-05:00

Get some tylenol prepped before bed, in a syringe, and then when he wakes up the first time, give it to him. Then nurse.

It will make him dopey enough to calm down and sleep again.

Yeah, unpopular with some people who will be horrified, but he's obviously in distress and this will mean he will only be up for 5 or 10 minutes instead of screaming for ages.

Do it as long as you need to, to get some rest. It won't hurt.

Pob, like others here, slept beautifully early on,...

2008-12-24T10:53:00.000-05:00

Pob, like others here, slept beautifully early on, then from about 4.5 months to 9 months she woke several times a night, often for up to 2 hours unless we sat in the chair in her room and held her. It was awful. And then she mostly got better, although she still often wakes 1-2 times a night, but often we don't have to go into her any more.

Main thing is that you are not doing anything wrong, and to echo what someone else said, just do what works. That included, for us, using calpol (baby paracetomol) if she seemed to really be in pain for the teething, and also us alternating nights on duty so that we weren't both zombies in the morning. One of us slept in the spare room next to her room and the other in our bedroom, a floor away. Don't know if you have that option, but don't both struggle through, no point in both of you being in pain.

Good luck, we are here for you, we've been here for you, and this too shall pass. Go check out Moxie's site on sleep stuff, you will know that you are not alone.

Everyone lies. Pob slept through from about 6 week...

2008-12-24T10:47:00.000-05:00

Everyone lies.

Pob slept through from about 6 weeks to about 4.5 months (with one night feed at about 1030pm, which we'd wake her for). Then all hell broke loose and she didn't sleep through again til about 9 months. Even now she wakes once or twice most nights, although we often don't have to go in.

I don't know what the night waking was about - teething possibly, but it took until the end of that period for her first tooth to come through. Developmental spurts, quite possibly. Losing the dummy? Maybe. Hunger? Possibly.

Nothing we did seemed to make a difference - giving her a feed or not, letting her cry for a few minutes or not, letting her fall asleep on us or not, etc etc. At some point she just grew out of it.

So I'm sorry I don't have any advice, and I know it really really sucks, but it will pass.

For sleep, Moxie is really good, you might go and read some of her past entries.

Main thing is you are not doing anything wrong, and feel free to do whatever works so that you get the most sleep.

The thing that saved us was alternating nights on duty so that at least one of us was ok in the morning. The one on duty would sleep in the spare room, the other would sleep in our bedroom which is a floor away from Pob's room.

Oh, and do try calpol or whatever the US equivalent is in case it is teeth - the poor babies are in awful pain, and it can really give them a few hours of relief.

Good luck sweetie.

wonder books is a great book! highly recommend it....

2008-12-23T16:43:00.000-05:00

wonder books is a great book! highly recommend it.

as for the sleeping, yes, i think parents lie about their kids sttn. i'm sick of people telling me to CIO because their kid sleeps 11 hours every night straight. i think they must be lying. what kid doesnt wake up when they are sick or teething or have a developmental breakthrough, etc? i think what they mean is that generally the babies sleep well, and if they stir or fuss its easy to get them back down. i may be wrong, who knows?

your kid's sleeping habit sounds like mine - except mine never slept THAT well. he has always woken up at least 2x a night. i think we're more in the range of normal than those "liars" are. =)

Awww my friend, I have absolutely no words of wisd...

2008-12-23T13:31:00.000-05:00

Awww my friend, I have absolutely no words of wisdom. I do feel for you, though and hope you find some relief and sanity!

Thanks for stalking my blog, by the way, thank you from the bottom of my heart!!

peace
shlomit

Gosh, I really have no assvice. Reaching for straw...

2008-12-23T13:29:00.000-05:00

Gosh, I really have no assvice. Reaching for straws here, but have you tried letting him sleep unswaddled? Maybe he wants to be moving and freaks out when he wakes up all swaddled?

The other thing - if his naps are all wonky still, then he might be overtired by the time you put him down at night. Maybe try putting him to bed a half hour earlier and seeing how that does. (I CAN tell you that Baby O sleeps better and longer, with less middle of the night wakings, when we put him down earlier rather than later.)

Hugs. Hope it resolves itself soon.

xxx

The only thing I wonder about are his ears? Have y...

2008-12-23T13:18:00.000-05:00

The only thing I wonder about are his ears? Have you had them checked?

My youngest has never been a good sleeper- but we are ALWAYS battling the ears....with the occasional teething, other thigns sprinkled in there.

I really have no words of advice, but I'm sorry th...

2008-12-23T13:04:00.000-05:00

I really have no words of advice, but I'm sorry this is happening. My neighbor has a son that will be 1 in Januray and he went through a very similar thing. He would even do it if he fell asleep in the car. She started thinking he was having nightmares.

Hope something gives soon!

Yeah as you know, I have no assvice. I am a firm ...

2008-12-22T21:01:00.000-05:00

Yeah as you know, I have no assvice. I am a firm beleiver in do whatever it takes - which seems to be an unpopular theory. Teething is a bitch though.

Ever heard of the Book Wonder Weeks?

Our son J slept through the night from 6 weeks to ...

2008-12-22T20:50:00.000-05:00

Our son J slept through the night from 6 weeks to 3 months, and then all hell broke loose. He has had some very rapid physical development, with rolling over at 11 weeks, to crawling and standing at 6 months. I think it is a combination of that, plus teething that started a few weeks ago.

And the chronic snottiness of the winter.

I think he's generally sore from the teeth or a cold, or working on a new skill. I've caught him whining in his sleep, peeked in on him, and saw him pulling himself to a stand in the crib with his eyes closed, and then collapsing to sleep immediately after.

We've found ourselves sometimes going in and comforting him every 3 hours at night, and then getting a break where he sleeps all night for 3 days in a row.

I think it's just what to expect as a parent. I don't know any parents of infants whose every child sleeps through the night from early on. Those that have one that does are just lucky duckies.

First, two answer your last question, I lied by om...

2008-12-22T09:58:00.000-05:00

First, two answer your last question, I lied by omission: when people would ask if P was sleeping through the night, I would say he slept through the night at 14 weeks old. And then I would stop talking, and completely refuse to mention that he stopped sleeping through the night at 5 months old and didn't do it again until close to a year. But if I said that, people would give me all sorts of assvice and I was tired of hearing it. So I said nothing.

Seriously, nurse to sleep. Anytime you can, anytime you have to. I'm a big fan of doing whatever works, and not trying what doesn't work while you're in the midst of sleep-regression and teething hell. If having C rock him isn't working, just nurse him and get him to sleep. Do you have a place you can lay down with Sacha while you do it? I sometimes would lay with P on a blanket on the floor of his room and nurse; that way, if he fell asleep, I didn't actually have to move him because he couldn't fall anywhere. Plus, we often both fell asleep--sometimes a sleeping mama is a good signal for a baby to fall asleep.

That's all I've got. Wish I had more! It really doesn't last forever, but I know it feels like it will...

Oh my friend do I hear you. We have gone to hell a...

2008-12-22T08:22:00.000-05:00

Oh my friend do I hear you. We have gone to hell and back and there doesn't seem to be much we've been able to do other than wait out the phase. For instance, 2 weeks ago Chicka was up all night every night. Then the following week, full nights pretty much every night. I'm at a loss.

Teething has had much to do with it in our case.

Do you keep a nightlight on in the room?