9 month old problems

[MsSassyBaskets]

Last week she was sleeping through the night, going to bed easy, nursing normally... This week she's screaming herself to sleep, waking 3 times a night, and on a part time nursing strike (except in the middle of the night). When she's awake she's moody and very opinionated. Just tell me it passes quickly? I had been using the sleep lady shuffle to help her to sleep on the nights when it was harder, but a lot of nights she just rolled over and conked out so I wasn't being consistent about working through the whole process. Now this week I can't even really do it effectively, she just stands up in her crib and screams hysterically. I'm telling myself it's just another developmental phase - she just started pulling up - but I'm at the end of my rope! I'm working from home today so that I can sit on the couch in my yoga pants and be miserably tired without having to see anyone.

[MrsC]

Oh yeah, 9 months was a rough one and it coincided with our move and teething. My friend just went through it with her son too. Time to jump into survival mode and try to rest when you can. I hope it passes quickly!

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[MsSassyBaskets]

Thanks! I think I mainly needed to hear that this is pretty typical. That helps. I can't imagine she's teething anymore, she already has 2 on the bottom and 4 on the top, I feel like they have to stop coming for at least a couple weeks! I think it's all the other new developments this time.

[scrub-jay]

9 month old problems

My kids were both EXTREMELY successful with the sleep shuffle and we still had periods of time where sleep went to complete hell because something developmental was right around the corner. They were short time periods (although they felt oh-so-long) and sleep returned to normal as soon as the milestone was achieved. Hang in there, keep trying to be consistent with your routines and watch new developments.

ETA: I like pain relievers for teething pain, especially at night.

[OrionGrad]

Yep yep yep. I was JUST reading a blogger (In the Pink & Green, I think) who was describing exactly the same thing with her 10 month old.
I hope it passes soon!

[MsSassyBaskets]

The nursing strike part is the absolute worst... It's hard enough for me to pump bottles for daycare, when she refuses to nurse if I can't pump frequently my supply tanks, which leads to more refusal to nurse and a harder time getting enough for her bottles... I'm on the verge of giving up but I hate to have to switch to formula this late in the game. DH asked if I could just exclusively pump for the next 3 months and my head almost exploded. We've had so many nursing issues, it's incredibly depressing to think we're never going to have a period where it just worked well. There have always been strikes, protests, bottle preference, etc. I feel extreme mommy guilt for not having a good enough bond with her because of daycare. When she's literally pushing me away and yelling at me during most of our waking time together, it's really really hard. Especially when I'm sleep deprived. All I want is for her to want to cuddle and nurse, but she wants to rage instead.

[alotofyarn]

Yep, it gets better, usually!

[ladymoreta]

The sleep thing is likely developmental. If she is teething, watch for signs of ear infection as well. That can hurt when they lay down.

We had what we called the 9-month toy crisis. Suddenly DS was totally over all our existing toys. We made a toy store run, and he was happy while awake again. Maybe she needs more stimulation to wear her out more?

[scarlett09]

Omg it's normal, thankyousweetbabyJesus.

I could have written your description of BabyBaskets sleep patterns (minus the screaming self to sleep). E is awake between 2 and 3am most nights. A couple of nights ago it was awake at 1, 2, AND 3am. Yesterday morning she decided that 445 was a great time to get up for the day (she crashed by 630 and slept until 9). She is relatively pleasant during the day and doesn't nap any more to make up for the lost sleep, which is a bummer for us. I think the adults here are averaging 6 hours/night of broken sleep.

I think it's both developmental and physical. E recently began pulling up to standing. She is also getting all 4 top teeth at once. Plus I read something about the lighter stages of sleep and it seems like it's easier for babies to come out of those when they've got things like standing and teething to contend with.

LM - interesting comment about the toys! Maybe I need to get some more for E. I was trying to hold off because I know it's going to rain toys for her in December.

Good luck! I hope it's a phase that ends quickly for both of us.


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[MsSassyBaskets]

Oh hang in there [MENTION=1433]scarlett09[/MENTION]! I'm right there with you!

Even the overnight nursing session was difficult last night. Yesterday every time I tried to nurse, DD refused and then bit me and laughed. I'll give it another good try, but if this keeps up a couple more days I'm done. Too many hours spent pumping trying to get my supply back when she goes on strike. I need to keep my sanity.

[Thirteen]

Oh hang in there [MENTION=1433]scarlett09[/MENTION]! I'm right there with you!

Even the overnight nursing session was difficult last night. Yesterday every time I tried to nurse, DD refused and then bit me and laughed. I'll give it another good try, but if this keeps up a couple more days I'm done. Too many hours spent pumping trying to get my supply back when she goes on strike. I need to keep my sanity.

Man, don't take it! (Says the woman who gets bit often) I'm no help, but I have zero tolerance for it as well.

So sorry everyone is having a rough go right now. :/


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[MsSassyBaskets]

Tonight was better! A good bedtime feeding with no biting. Still holding out hope for continuing nursing but I feel like it would be good for me to relinquish the obsessiveness around keeping it going. I'll continue to see how it goes...

Also there have been a couple early wake ups but I responded by making it rain pacifiers. I haven't eliminated them yet and pacifier loss is probably at the root of 90% of all wake ups. Going to lose my patience and throw all the pacis away soon, but not tonight.

[HouseofWool]

If pacifiers are the reason she is waking, I would ditch them sooner rather than later.

Get caught up on your sleep so you can deal with it. Then pick a time to go cold turkey. It will be awful, but thankfully only the grown ups will remember.

[MsSassyBaskets]

Yeah I know I'm going have to cold turkey it soon, I just know how bad it's going to be and I'm not ready to deal with that. We're flying with her in a few weeks and I would kind of rather have the pacifier as an option.

[MsSassyBaskets]

I'm such a dummy. I completely spaced out that she was on prednisone for a lingering croup cough. It was roid rage.