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Greetings @ 4:27 AM..(BR)
LB will not sleep anymore. DH and I are at the end of our rope.
Tonight she went down at 8:30pm, woke at 11:30 b/c she lost her paci. (this happens EVERY night at this EXACT time, wtf?) Up at 1 to eat, wouldn't go back down till 2. Up at 3:40, and DH just got her back down.
Each time he gets up with her and tries to soothe her but she just screams until I feed her. I try to feed her as little as possible (ebf) but she screams when I stop. This last time, while I was feeding her, she kept stopping and laughing and squealing at me. Infuriating! I feel like she just doesn't want to sleep!
Growth spurt? I hope so because we are going on almost a week of this and we are so burnt out!
Any advice Mamas, cuz we are dying here!!
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Re: Greetings @ 4:27 AM..(BR)
How old is she?
It could be a growth spurt or teething. A has been doing this a lot too....but kind of on and off. She'll sleep great for about a week, and then like cr@p for about a week, then great again for about a week....and this cycle just continues. I couldn't figure out why either......and then she cut 6 teeth in the last 3 weeks! 2 of the 6 were molars. So, for A it's definatly teething.
how old is she?
i wouldn't cut her nursing short - let her eat and maybe she'll go back to sleep.
she might also be going to bed too early and isn't tired enough for more than a nap.
and i'd lose the paci because that will a continual problem every time she can't find it in her crib. she should learn other soothing techniques.
definately do not cut the feeding short or else she'll just keep waking up. Also doing small feedings could create issues with your milk supply since you are not allowing her to empty your breast.
We have been feeding MJ on demand. He's now 9wks old and STTN. He has his last bottle around 10 and then sleeps until 6:30. We do use a pacifier but thankfully he doesn't care too much about it.
Have you tried any type of routine at night? Depending on age it's hard but you can start laying the foundation for one. How many ounces is she taking during the day?
The only times Jack ever work in the night were because of a growth spurt. He STTN early and just continued. We never had the paci issue and cut it out by 4 months, which is when he started with a stuffed bear. He was able to soothe himself that way.
We have no routine yet because our schedules with work and babysitters changes daily and thankgod he adjusts every time. Can you put something in her crib to entertain her, then maybe she'll pass back out? We have the crib piano he'll play with in morning and go back to sleep or just wait with it until we get him out. If she knows the crying will get her attention maybe ignoring some of it which help with her changes.
Today we put his bottle in his crib when DH left for work (I was sleeping). He work up and drank bottle and played when I check the monitor and I was able to to sleep in until 9am.
First off Hugs!
It could definitely be a growth spurt. And that may be why she is looking to breastfeed so much! How old is she?? I only ask because maybe you could read up on sleep training. DS was waking once a night till he was about 5 months old. We basically did a modified CIO and it worked. Yes he did cry but he learned to self sooth.
As far as the paci I wouldn't be concerned about that (IMO) do what's right for you and your baby! There is too much pressure for parents to get rid of them.
Sleep patterns seem to come in waves. DS is turning 3 in a week and he still has inconsistencies where he wakes in the middle of the night for a week or so then doesn't then goes back....it comes in phases. The amount of eating would lead me to say it's a growth spurt, but it shouldn't last more than a week. The growth spurt could have started it but her wakings could become habit and you may need to do a little sleep training to get her back on track. I forget how old she is and if she's old enough for sleep training but you may need to do as pp suggested and try a little CIO to stop the wakings if she doesn't stop on her own.
Good luck!
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Thanks ladies!
She is 7 months old now and we have a great routine before bed time. It has been the same since she was 3 months old.
So far, I have tried feeding her until she falls back asleep at 2am, but she still gets up at 4:30. Maybe it is a growth spurt. I am off to the library today (and if they dont have it there, barnes & noble) to check out some sleep training books.
Any recommendations?!