can we talk babies/STTN?

cookiemonster03 · October 2011

what'd you do that worked? I know they're young - 12w/7w adjusted this coming Friday - but chris goes back to work in 2 (3?) weeks and something has to give. Quinn sleeps from 8-12, then till 3 or 4 then till 6 or 7 now. She's manageable and I think up an appropriate amount for her size/age. Avery is a disaster. She's hard to put down and generally screamy if you move her off whatever position she likes on your chest from 8-10 or 11. The last two nights she's only slept in her crib 30 min at a pop and spent the rest sleeping (perfectly fine) on us. It'd be perfectly fine with me if she and quinn slept the same, even being up twice overnight.

Any tips/ideas to a) get her to sleep, you know, not on us and b) sleep longer?

MrsAD · October 2011

Having an evening routine (bf, bath, diaper, clothes, book, bed for us) helped Eli to go down at a certain time every night, but there isn't really anything that's going to help them STTN except time. Eli was on the verge of STTN when I went back to work (he was 12 weeks) and then went through his four month wakeful period (early). He was up every two hours for nearly a month and a half (and needing to eat one or two of those times) before STTN. He has been fine until the last two weeks when he started to really crawl, and now he wakes up to crawl around and play again. Their sleep patterns are constantly changing with new developments, so even if they STTN now, they may start to wake up again once they start doing more.

cookiemonster03 · October 2011

gah. not what i was hoping for. there's no magic pill? Stick out tongue

honestly it'd be much better if they slept at the same time. its the double wake ups that are killer. (we stopped trying to wake them together overnight b/c quinn just spits up whatever she eats if you try to dreamfeed her).

jessica6283 · October 2011

The only answer I have is wait until they are about 9-10 mos. Seriously it sucks, but ben only slept thru the night in the last few months, and I tried EVERYTHING the pedi recommended, however she did tell me that some kids it's like 15-16 mos before they sleep thru the night.

I do agree with the bedtime routine.

PBJ63010 · October 2011

I wish there was a magic answer for you. Brynn started sleeping through the night about 3 months. Then at about 4 she went through a month and a half long 4 month wakefuls. Since then she is totally sporadic. There will be 3 weeks she won't wake up once. Then a week where she will wake up once a night and nothing except nursing for 2 minutes will be the only thing to soothe her back to sleep. She is all over the place. Sadly I think the only thing is time.

slensic · October 2011

I agree with everyone else. We have a firm routine in place and we have no problem getting her to go to sleep at roughly the same time every night. We are in the middle of the 4 month wakeful period unfortunately and have been for a couple of weeks now. So the biggest chunk I am getting is 4 hours and that is if I got to bed right when she does. I am hoping it doesn't last as long as Eli's and Brynn numero uno but I am just trying to ride it out.

PBJ63010 · October 2011

slensic:
I am hoping it doesn't last as long as Eli's and Brynn numero uno but I am just trying to ride it out.

This whole sentence made me giggle but especially the bolded.

cookiemonster03 · October 2011

hehe. I know it won't be perfect, but only getting up once or twice a night sounds so enticing Stick out tongue

NineTwentyOhEight · October 2011

cookiemonster03:
hehe. I know it won't be perfect, but only getting up once or twice a night sounds so enticing

Maybe once you move to the new house you guys could each sleep in a separate room with one baby...then at least you are only taking care of one at a time, and can sleep when that baby sleeps...you could switch nights so that you take turns with whoever is sleeping better/worse. Or maybe that wouldn't work, I don't know. just an idea. I don't know how you do it, sister.

cookiemonster03 · October 2011

NineTwentyOhEight:
cookiemonster03:
hehe. I know it won't be perfect, but only getting up once or twice a night sounds so enticing
Maybe once you move to the new house you guys could each sleep in a separate room with one baby...then at least you are only taking care of one at a time, and can sleep when that baby sleeps...you could switch nights so that you take turns with whoever is sleeping better/worse. Or maybe that wouldn't work, I don't know. just an idea. I don't know how you do it, sister.

I'm hoping they'll be sleeping well enough we can trade off nights soon. Getting up twice every other night sounds ok to me. Last night Avery fussed for a couple of hours (the witching hour is no joke with this kid) and finally went to sleep at 11. Chris fed Quinn at like 2 and I remember telling her to wake me if I didn't hear Avery. I woke up in a panic at 5 and checked on them. The kid slept till 6!

CTri17 · October 2011

a routine + maybe she needs to be slightly elevated (maybe she's having some small reflux issues?)

Is she sleeping on her tummy when she is on your chest? If so that may be because her tummy feels better that way?

I think they are waking up a normal amount so just keeping some routine should help.

cookiemonster03 · October 2011

they have a bedtime routine. i know a lot of the issue is she's young. A LOVESSSSS to sleep on her belly though. We let her while we're awake and in the room for naps (the pedi even agreed it was fine). We had had the crib elevated, but just dropped it since neither spits up anymore.

CTri17 · October 2011

cookiemonster03:
they have a bedtime routine. i know a lot of the issue is she's young. A LOVESSSSS to sleep on her belly though. We let her while we're awake and in the room for naps (the pedi even agreed it was fine). We had had the crib elevated, but just dropped it since neither spits up anymore.

just because she doesn't spit up doesn't mean there is no reflux, it could be silent reflux which is what Lucy had, it might be worth it if it means more sleep

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