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XP: Lucy waking ever 1-2 hours at night
Since I'm not getting a lot of help from TB, I thought I'd ask you chicas:
We have bed-shared with DD since she was about two weeks old. She has never STTN, but for a few months she was only waking once to eat. Well for the past couple of weeks, she has been waking up every one to two hours. Not hungry, not fussy - just wide awake and ready to play. I usually comfort nurse her back to sleep, but she falls asleep after like two minutes at the breast. Idk if DH and I move too much and disturb her, if she?s too warm, or if it?s something else?.
I?ve read about the 4 month wakeful period, but I thought that after a couple of weeks she?d go back to her routine. No such luck, since she?s over 5 months now! And its really starting to wear on me (I work FT).
So I guess I?m asking if anyone here has experienced this and if they have any suggestions. Should we start transitioning her to the crib? It breaks my heart to even think of doing that so soon, but this choppy sleep isn?t good for any of us?
Re: XP: Lucy waking ever 1-2 hours at night
I'm not sure if this is in the form of advice or not...but here is something I've noticed lately.
Aria mostly sleeps in her cosleeper next to our bed until her 4/5am wake up when I feed her and usually bedshare from then until we get up.
I started noticing that she was waking up at about 4/5 but not fussing. She would grunt a bit, make some noises. She was WIDE awake. So I would assume she needed eats and feed her then put her back to bed. Well, I eventually clued in to the fact that she wasn't falling asleep right away when I put her back down, but she wasn't fussy. I caught her awake for two hours just laying there happily in the cosleeper after her feed one morning. She eventually did fall asleep on her own.
So I've decided to stop reacting when she wakes up without fussing. She seems to be relatively content to just hang by herself in the cosleeper. This morning she stayed in bed until 6:30 by me doing things this way.
Maybe Lucy is doing the same thing? As in, she really doesn't need anything. But since she's between you guys, maybe it's hard for her to just lay and put herself back to sleep. Like, she sees you and wants attention, you know?
I might try the bassinet/pack n play next to your bed for a few nights and see if that helps. Then just let her be unless she's fussy.
I know the feeling about transitioning to the crib. We are transitioning Aria for naps to her crib, but I don't think I can give up having her close to me at night for at least a few more months.
Darn it! I don't want to transition yet!!
What you're saying makes perfect sense though, Jaye. I did a little reading on my lunch, so I'm going to try (in this order):
-rocking her back to sleep, instead of nursing
-PNP in our room
-transition to crib (stay in the room method)
I will be one verrrry sad momma if this is the end of our co-sleeping days.
Can't wait to meet my baby boy!
Lucy when she went through the 4 mo wakeful didn't start STTN until 6 mo when we started her on solids.
You guys are going to have to decide what is best for YOU. For us it was to have her in her crib because every little noise I would wake up/wake her up.
What about putting her in a co-sleeper or a pnp in your room?