Waking up every hour is not acceptable!

[SnuggleBuggles]

The past 3 nights almost 4m old ds has been waking up about 4 times a night (every 2 hours) but last night he woke up at 1,3,4,4,5,6,8. I guess I should be thankful that he slept from 10:30-1. I never wanted to swaddle or use a pacifier b/c of the night issues they could cause and I am being proved right. I had to go in twice because he had undone his arms from his Swaddle Me and twice to retrieve his pacifier. I fed him 2 times, maybe? It's all a blur.

I am sure part of the problem is because of his rolling. He can roll onto his belly but not so great rolling back on to his back. He probably wakes himself up to practice. I remember similar sleep problems when ds1 was learning new skills. It has to get better though!

I can not take this crappy sleep anymore! I wasn't going to complain
about the fact that he is no where near the sleeper ds1. I know other babies his age sleep 8+ hour stretches. On a good night ds sleeps a 4 hour stretch. I could suck that up. But, I have to complain now about waking up every hour.

I think the pacifier and swaddle are going to disappear. Especially that darned pacifier. It's been a blessing and a curse.

Just had to vent. Thanks for listening. Keep your fingers crossed that things improve!

Beth

[sarahsthreads]

Oh, I remember those nights with DD1...she'd lull me into thinking I might finally be getting enough sleep for a week or so, and then one night she'd have a night like that. It's enough to drive any sane mama to complain.

I hope you get a chance to nap today!

Sarah

[Clarity]

My dd was sleeping 6-7hrs at stretch at 3 months, but by 4 months she was waking up very regularly again. I recall your pain.
There's a sleep regression that I've read about at that age...so it's probably just temporary. Hope that helps you get through the tough nights. I googled 4 month old sleep regression and came up with a bunch of stuff. http://moxie.blogs.com/askmoxie/2006...t_are_sle.html had some helpful information.

[chlobo]

Well if it's supposed to be a phse, my 7.5 mo old didn't get the memo as he's still waking way too frequently, so I feel your pain.

I hope yours is just a phase.

[npace19147]

1 year here and still waking up too frequently. Heck, my 3.5 yo still wakes up too often!

Hope things get better for you, sleep issues are the worst!

[gatorsmom]

Beth, I often wonder where your baby is at in certain things like crawling, teething, sleeping, etc. As you mentioned before, it is fun having babies the same age!

As for the sleeping thing, I just noticed that fussy Greenbean has teeth close to poking through. Could your baby be teething?

If it makes you feel any better, after 1am, both my twins woke up every hour last night. and only once did they wake at the same time. My way of handling that is to kick my husband out of the bed (he is usually only too glad to escape the angry mob) and I cosleep with them. As soon as one fusses, I stick a boob in his mouth and then go back to sleep. Until the next one fusses. It is the only way I get any sleep.

I don't have any advice except to let you know you are definitely not alone!

[StantonHyde]

Duct tape. Seriously. You can wrap it around the swaddle so it does not come undone. My neighbor did that--it worked. My DD slept in a swing until she was 6 mos old. She turned out to be a tummy sleeper--so she needed to have the side of her face touching something--the side of the swing. Your baby maybe a tummy sleeper--it would be worth a try at nap time.

I hope you get sleep tonight. Sleep issues are PAINFUL!!!!

[Melarina]

DD fought her way out of the swaddle at a week old - but the Miracle Blanket stayed put. We ended up not using the swaddle for other reasons, but if you're looking for a swaddle that will stay on, that one did for us.

[SnuggleBuggles]

Originally Posted by StantonHyde

Duct tape. Seriously. You can wrap it around the swaddle so it does not come undone. My neighbor did that--it worked. My DD slept in a swing until she was 6 mos old. She turned out to be a tummy sleeper--so she needed to have the side of her face touching something--the side of the swing. Your baby maybe a tummy sleeper--it would be worth a try at nap time.

I hope you get sleep tonight. Sleep issues are PAINFUL!!!!

Oh, I would tummy sleep him in a heartbeat if I could right now. He had been tummy sleeping when he comes to our bed around 5am but this new rolling over think is throwing a kink in that plan. He can roll onto his belly but once he gets there he can only get back to his back like 25% of the time and it angers him so much. I keep telling myself that in a few days he'll have this rolling thing mastered and maybe that will help.

Dh isn't going for the duct tape. It has merits though!

Beth

[SnuggleBuggles]

I'm so glad there is somewhere I can go and vent my woes to a supportive and helpful crowd. Thank you!! I'll let you know if tonight goes any better. I think I'll be quicker to bring him to our bed tonight just so I can maybe get some sleep. He has been kicking me a ton lately so I haven't been getting good sleep with him there.

The Miracle Blanket is so well loved but the warnings about the amount of time you are supposed to use it have me all freaked out.

You know, I am starting to think he is just angry on his belly b/c he is trying to crawl. He seems to be trying to propel himself while on his belly. Ugh. He won't master that for a while and that could equal lots of frustration.

I might try no swaddle tonight. Problem with that is he pulls out his pacifier. Sigh.

Thanks again for the sympathetic ears and helpful advice!

Beth