Ugh This Child!!

[MarissaNicole]

Glad to hear!

Wife of a PGY-5

[OrionGrad]

[MENTION=1889]SoonerTexan[/MENTION] Oops, I meant to respond. Glad things are improving! I'm still stumped about what we should do about our sleep problems, but I'll probably have a million questions if we decide to go the Sleep Lady route.

[SoonerTexan]

I should note he woke up 3 times in a 15 min span not an hour after I wrote that post

[OrionGrad]

Ugh This Child!!

BabyT keeps doing this thing where he'll have a couple AWFUL nights that make me convinced we'll need to sleep train, and then right when I'm at my breaking point he'll start sleeping for some longer stretches for a few nights and I rethink the whole thing. He's too young for it now anyway, so we'll see.

[SoonerTexan]

They know. I swear

[SoonerTexan]

Okay, we are still in a better place than when we started, but it is going downhill fast. He woke up FOUR TIMES last night within an hour period and just would not go back down. Then we just brought him to bed with us because it was 1 am and you know...work in the morning. I tried twice to put him back in the crib when he was dead asleep and he wasn't having it. Tonight looks like it is going to be similar. Naptime is downhill too.

Since we began this journey he has slept through the night ONCE. The wakeups that used to be a quick tuck back in are now 10-30 min ordeals. I'm over it. Maybe this is a stage? If so, it is a long one. I weaned him 2 weeks ago so he isn't waking up to nurse. No teething. Not sick.

There were a few blurbs in the book about babies with "certain personalities" (i.e. difficult children) that could present challenges, but "By George with enough perseverance you can do it." I'm ready to call the Sleep Lady's bluff on this--perhaps they just started hitting developmental milestones that most kids hit around 2 and sleep regardless of what you do?

At any rate, I'm still glad we did it because even getting him to sleep in his crib at all is a big deal. However, at this point, I'm too exhausted to follow the routine in the book. I'd be up half the freaking night. He's so STUBBORN. Maybe after 3-4 weeks of straight, hardcore battles with every wakeup it would work, but it just isn't worth it.

SLEEP KID SLEEP.

[Howfunitis]

Has anyone heard of the Wonder Weeks? I heard there is a book which should be a great read but I got the app and I have to see, it was pretty dead on with my daughter in knowing how she is changing with milestones. It was almost as if looking at the chart it provided I was able to see why she was acting out or having a "hard" time going to sleep.
I've haven't really had any issues with my daughter sleeping (knock on wood) but it took hubby's help which I know is hard for a lot of us.


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[Thirteen]

Okay, we are still in a better place than when we started, but it is going downhill fast. He woke up FOUR TIMES last night within an hour period and just would not go back down. Then we just brought him to bed with us because it was 1 am and you know...work in the morning. I tried twice to put him back in the crib when he was dead asleep and he wasn't having it. Tonight looks like it is going to be similar. Naptime is downhill too.

Since we began this journey he has slept through the night ONCE. The wakeups that used to be a quick tuck back in are now 10-30 min ordeals. I'm over it. Maybe this is a stage? If so, it is a long one. I weaned him 2 weeks ago so he isn't waking up to nurse. No teething. Not sick.

There were a few blurbs in the book about babies with "certain personalities" (i.e. difficult children) that could present challenges, but "By George with enough perseverance you can do it." I'm ready to call the Sleep Lady's bluff on this--perhaps they just started hitting developmental milestones that most kids hit around 2 and sleep regardless of what you do?

At any rate, I'm still glad we did it because even getting him to sleep in his crib at all is a big deal. However, at this point, I'm too exhausted to follow the routine in the book. I'd be up half the freaking night. He's so STUBBORN. Maybe after 3-4 weeks of straight, hardcore battles with every wakeup it would work, but it just isn't worth it.

SLEEP KID SLEEP.

Daylight savings time ruins us for 5-7 days: is it possible that's what's happening here?


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[SoonerTexan]

It's been happening since before DST :/

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Neither of mine STTN until 14-15 months. Ever. And then one day they just started. I don't think it's a book or a technique. I think the kid is ready to do it.

I think people who sleep train and/or learn certain sleep habits were kids who would have done those things anyway. It irritates the hell out of me how much people are like "well, you just do XYZ for 3 nights and then it works!". For your kid, I guess, but I'm not doing it "wrong" if it doesn't work for mine.

D will NOT go to sleep unless I'm in the room. She will scream for 2 hours and slam things to make noise if she has to (keeping C awake). I just sit in there. It's too annoying to fight that battle right now.

[Vishenka69]

Good luck, but DS refused to sleep until he turned 2. I've tried everything, several times. One day something just clicked. Unfortunately, your needs are nowhere on his list of priorities.

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[SoonerTexan]

N was like this too. But not so bad!

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Honestly, I found it less stressful to know it was my child and not that I was "doing it wrong" or that if I just tried ALL THE WAYS, I'd figure it out. I don't have time for that.

[Thirteen]

Honestly, I found it less stressful to know it was my child and not that I was "doing it wrong" or that if I just tried ALL THE WAYS, I'd figure it out. I don't have time for that.

Yes -- this was DS1.


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[Phoebe]

DD3 hasn't slept through the night since we moved her out of the crib six months ago. She used to be a champion sleeper.


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