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Post by angryowl on Jun 6, 2017 22:53:06 GMT
Sounds like several of us are in sleep deprivation hell. Anyone want to share tips/tears/etc?
F will sleep on us, but freaks out once she goes in her bassinet. I'm too nervous to cosleep or sleep while she's on my chest, so it basically means H and I take turns being up with her. A friend recently told me she and her husband split the night up between them in a more formal way, and I think I want to try that. I find I can't sleep even if she's just grunting/whimpering, so I need her out of the room entirely while I try to rest.
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Post by piratecat on Jun 7, 2017 0:53:40 GMT
Swaddling helps us some, but having him in the side sleeper and keeping my hand on his chest, or sometimes both hands on his chest and legs, seems to keep him from squirming so much and keeping himself awake. Otherwise I do sleep with him on my chest some because that'll consistently get me a couple of hours of sleep.
I'm making my way through Happiest Baby on the Block. We had a pretty good night yesterday and instead of swinging or rocking I had him upright on my chest, which he seems to like, until he fell asleep and put him down, which worked well. We'll see if that works again tonight.
We also just started having H sleep in the guest room for the times he is not getting up with the baby and taking the baby out of our room when he's fussing between feedings so I can sleep. We were taking turns but neither of us were getting much sleep with all three of us in the same room.
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Post by lupincat on Jun 7, 2017 1:08:13 GMT
We never really had any sleep issues with DS1 so we are in totally uncharted territory here. B can be 100% passed out but starts fussing once he's laid flat and our streches are only 3 hours at the most. I'm just trying to keep things consistent so that he falls into the routine...but mostly I'm just flying by the seat of my pants here.
I wish I had some tips or tricks but I can only offer commiseration. It's so hard with H's long hours too. 15 days in and I'm feeling burnt out already.
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Post by sleepymonkey on Jun 7, 2017 1:53:07 GMT
DS will not sleep flat. He can be completely asleep and the second you put him down, his eyes pop open. He actually really likes being flat on his back when he's awake but it's a total no go for sleep. He sleeps well at night in his RNP but it is starting to cause a lot of gas problems MOTN so we need to transition him out of it asap. So I will be joining you very soon in the no sleep club. DD transitioned out of the RNP around the same age for the same reason but she had no problem sleeping flat so it was no problem. I am not looking forward to transitioning DS.
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Post by irish14 on Jun 7, 2017 2:40:02 GMT
Yep cosleeping. She'll go maybe an hour or two in the bassinet but I get 3 in bed, plus I don't have to fully wake up for 1-2 feeds so I get way more sleep. Her 3 am feed though does NOT work in bed, so I'm definitely up in the glider for that one - and I struggle to not fall asleep on that one. Rest of the night sucks if I do bc she doesn't go back down well then, and it messes up the timing for rest of the night.
This one doesn't really fall asleep nursing, which is weird to me because DS went to sleep on the boob for like the first 6 months at least.
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Post by sagen on Jun 7, 2017 3:23:00 GMT
My LO is swaddled and sleeps in a pack and play bassinet right by my bed. He wakes up every 3 hours but is pretty good about eating and going back to bed. It usually is a 30 min stretch between feeding, diaper, and burping.
The hard part is bed time LOTS of rocking and bouncing.
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Post by angryowl on Jun 7, 2017 6:17:34 GMT
We have the Halo bassinest. Maybe I can adjust it to keep my hand on her. We're lucky if we get half an hour lately with her lying down. Even a three hour stretch would be amazing.
She falls asleep fine on us, doesn't even require much rocking. But the second she goes down, she's awake and fussing.
I think I have Happiest Baby, I need to look for it. We have a travel sleeper that I'm considering putting in the middle of the bed with us.
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Post by piratecat on Jun 7, 2017 10:37:19 GMT
Last night was not quite as good. But at least he is latching better this morning so that's a relief.
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Post by cmb on Jun 7, 2017 11:13:58 GMT
Well, my kid is currently screaming like a banshee in his swing so...
Normally, we swaddle and rock him to sleep but he's not having it this week, apparently.
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Post by lupincat on Jun 7, 2017 11:34:13 GMT
I think I jinxed myself by talking about B's sleep because last night....was a doozy.
How can he be so cute during the day and make me want to abandon my family at night?? (Joking, kind of).
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Post by babystandish on Jun 7, 2017 12:13:22 GMT
We swaddle her for the first stretch of sleep and then usually take her out the 2nd one because she comes into bed with us. She's not very good at side lying position so I sit up in bed and feed her and then create a safe place for her to sleep next to me.
She doesn't last long in the PNP if we don't swaddle her so that seems to be key. She usually naps ok in it without a swaddle during the day though. Babies are finicky.
Sometimes I have to put her on my chest and rub her back to go to sleep. I've noticed she likes this when her tummy is upset. After she's passed out good I move her and pray she doesn't wake up.
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Post by sagen on Jun 7, 2017 17:05:14 GMT
My baby is doing the opposite of most he started not wanting to be sat down in the day, but at night is happy to sleep in his PNP. I feel like the baby back pack I have is too burdensome, I think I need to buy a wrap.
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Post by lastkiss on Jun 7, 2017 18:19:48 GMT
Both boys have started fighting the swaddle big time. I don't know if it's time to get rid of them or what
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Post by gimmesugar on Jun 7, 2017 19:20:24 GMT
Lurker here (same name on TCF). DS was born on 5/7 (1 month old today!). I always lurked TD and TCF due to my work schedule and posted on TCF intermittently. Now that I'm on leave, I could probably post more and lurk less. Besides, my conversations are decidedly more one-sided now. DS isn't a champ sleeper or anything, but we've had good luck with the Zen Swaddle and the Sound Sleeper white noise app. He likes the Womb sounds at night, and I'm currently experimenting with the Shh sound today during naps. I paid for the full version so that it would play continuously on an iPad just above the bassinet on a nightstand. At night, he'll nurse and pass out and tends to average around 2 hour sleep stretches. During the day, though, he would fall asleep on me and then wake up a few minutes after laying him down no matter how milk drunk he appeared to be. Eventually I would give up and just let him nap in the RNP. I've since learned that I need to swaddle and nurse in a dark room now that he's distracted by sunlight coming through windows. In fact, I ordered new blackout curtains on Amazon to make our room even darker. MH also discovered that he can be "convinced" to relax and go back to sleep with some light facial massage where he repeatedly runs his fingers from his head down to his temples to get his eyes to close. This is actually a hypnosis trick, and there are videos on YouTube for babies. This only works, though, if he's just a little fussy...not inconsolable or hungry. So anyway...hi...I like to randomly butt in lol ETA: link to video about hypnosis sleep tricks for babies youtu.be/qZn6Nd0bG5kSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by gimmesugar on Jun 7, 2017 22:02:31 GMT
DS will not sleep flat. He can be completely asleep and the second you put him down, his eyes pop open. He actually really likes being flat on his back when he's awake but it's a total no go for sleep. He sleeps well at night in his RNP but it is starting to cause a lot of gas problems MOTN so we need to transition him out of it asap. So I will be joining you very soon in the no sleep club. DD transitioned out of the RNP around the same age for the same reason but she had no problem sleeping flat so it was no problem. I am not looking forward to transitioning DS. I love the RNP, but I don't want DS to get "addicted" to sleeping in it for naps, so I'm trying some of the tips here: www.candokiddo.com/news/baby-sleeping-flat-on-back. I'm still gonna use it, though, if he just won't stay asleep and desperately needs a nap. So far, he's liking a slight side-lying position. I just use the Dockatot to prop him up on one side a bit. Eventually, he wiggles his swaddled self into a flat back position (or close enough for me to quickly and carefully get him the rest of the way there). |
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