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BWLO: Nolan sleep update/question
Before our weekend away, he was doing awesome. We would do our routine, he would either fall asleep nursing or only fuss for a minute then lay down and go to sleep. IF he woke up in the middle of the night, he would fuss for a minute and go back to sleep. He would sleep about 11 hours, then I would bring him to my room and nurse him. Sometimes he would be up for the day, and others he'd sleep for another hour.
We spent 3 days/2 night away and he slept in bed with us both nights. He did NOT wake up to nurse, which is what I was most concerned about. When we got back, the first night was a little rough in CIO terms. It took him around 20 minutes to fall asleep. Since then, it hasn't been too bad but once or twice he's cried long enough or hard enough that Dan has gone in to rock him to sleep rather than let him CIO.
The problem that we're having now is that he's waking up sometime between 330-530 (goes to bed at 9) and crying his little heart out. I've been going in to nurse him (after waiting a bit to see if he calms down) since he hasn't been nursing as much during the day so I figure maybe he's hungry. If he falls back asleep he wakes up as soon as I lay him down and he will NOT go back to sleep in his crib. I bring him in our room and he's fine (obviously). I know this is a bad habit to get into but a) no one is getting any sleep past 330-530 if we don't do it and b) I hate to let him CIO again in the middle of the night, ya know?
I don't know if anyone has any thoughts other than just let him CIO again, but if so I'd love to hear it!
Regardless, things are MUCH better than they were a few short weeks ago... so if he needs to cuddle with us for the last few hours, I'm more than okay with that since we're actually getting some solid sleep!!
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It's hard to say with the vacation thrown in there b/c vacation does tend to mess with them a little.
I know for us if Jane has strange sleep (either crying going down or crying super early in the AM) it more often than not means we're heading into some teething. We are OK with giving her Tylenol or Motrin to help so we do that.
Jane has never slept in bed with us so I don't know what to say about that - I guess if she got up at 3:30 hysterical I'd go into her room and try to get her back down. If she woke at 5:30 I would very grumpily get up for the day and pray for an early long nap!
From my experience, I have regretted bringing Kellen into bed with us ever. Between the time he was 1 and about 19 months (around the time Tessa was born) it was the hardest thing ever to get him to sleep in his own bed every night. He still comes into our room every once in a while when he has a bad dream or wakes up freaking out at night. But, he expects it and will be holding his blanket and pillow waiting for us to get him. Worst mistake we have ever made was having him sleep in bed with us. I agree with Jill, if you are going to sleep with him to comfort him back to sleep either make it his room or a neutral area like the couch. I wish we would have done that. Vacations and sleeping away from home has always screwed with Kellen's schedule too, no matter how long or short of a time period it was. We have never brought Tessa into bed with us, and I hope to continue that trend. I feel like we will have Kellen in bed with us every couple of weeks until he is 10 sometimes :-(
ETA: I would try CIO with him again. We have had to do it a couple of times with Kellen in order to get him back into routine, and it is worth it.
I agree so much with this. If Eve has an odd sleep and crying/cranky middle of the night I do give tylenol or motrin to help her. We can usually tell when trying to first put her down.
If it is before 5, I try to get her down. Lights off. I just zombie walk to her room, rock, and sometimes fall asleep in the chair rocking. Try to put her down. If it is after 5, then it is time to get up for the day and try to put her in the pack and play while I make coffee. And usually throw something on the TV.
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Thanks guys. He very well could be cutting another tooth... he still only has 3 on the bottom and no molars yet so I'm expecting that 4th bottom one at any time!
Of course last night he slept in his bed til 7, I brought him in to nurse and he slept til 930. Hopefully that will continue!
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