wow - our internet access was down for one day and so much seems to have happened on here in that time!
First up - Zac slept for EIGHT HOURS last night!!! OK, so it was from 7pm til 3am, but OMG how cool is that?!
Since everyone seems to be talking about the same stuff I'll skip personals...
Anyhow, our normal night looks like - asleep between 7pm and 8pm, usually until anytime between 11pm and 1.30am at which point he usually comes into bed with me where he is quite happy snacking until about 3.30/4am and then I have to make a bottle. Last night I made a bottle as soon as he woke up and then he was quite happy snacking until 6am. I feed lying on my side with him lying on his side facing me and we both fall asleep. It's very nice and peaceful, and I tend to have at least one afternoon sleep like this each week - especially if he's had a wakeful night and hard to settle.
During the day he generally only sleeps for 45 mins at a time and then awake for 2 hours I just leave him in his cot until he starts grizzling - he can be quite happy chatting to himself for 10 minutes or so. Very occasionally he might nod off again, but I've given up trying to resettle. I think the idea if you want to do it is to go in before they actually wake and start patting or whatever you do so that they move straight into the next sleep cycle. Hopefully after a few goes at that they have then learnt to do it by themselves so you're not stuck doing it everytime
My question at the moment is about getting them to sleep - for a while there I could put Zac into bed when he started showing tired signs and he would quietly just zone out and then fall asleep, but lately he has started grizzling as soon as I put him in his cot. I try to let him be if he is just grizzling quietly, but if he starts yelling I always go into him. The only sure fire way I've got at the moment is to rock him in my arms until he falls asleep and then I put him down. It works, but I don't want to be stuck doing that for too long - he's going to be too heavy! How do others settle their babies?
Our MCHN has weighed and measured him every week up until 8 weeks, then again at 3 months and will do the next at 4 months.
OMG WORST NIGHT EVER!
Oliver still gets bad wind pain. He screams and squirms and his tummy gets rock hard and he's just miserable. Last night he screamed for 12 freakin hours! I'm 99% sure it's wind because, basically, he stinks. That, and when he fed overnight (in the short, short breaks from screamfest '09) his tummy was gurgling and rumbling as the milk went down.
I tried - gripe water, bicycling his legs, tummy massage, warm compress, "colic" hold, panadol, brauer's colic relief, bouncing him and 2 warm baths. He'd finally drift off after about 2.5hours of crying, then would be awake 20minutes later, starting the whole saga all over again! I can't think of anything different I've eaten. Am wondering if perhaps his gut flora is all out of whack from the ab's he was on for his ear infection, coz when he did a poo this morning it stunk! He's finally calmed down but jesus! I'm thinking about taking him in to see a baby chiro next week, there's one that's supposed to be really good in the next suburb, and I figure it can't hurt.
Sorry, I'm no help with the sleep, Oliver really only sleeps for 45mins too. The only time he tends to sleep longer is if he's swaddled (which I'm trying to wean him off of). He's asleep atm, in his sleeping bag, with his arms inside (I figure it's similar to swaddling, but his arms can move a little more). The nurse recommended to me to go in after 35 minutes and wait until he showed the first signs of waking, resettling him before he was completely awake. Apparently most babies wake somewhere between 35 - 50mins after going to sleep, and after a few times, you'd know exactly when to go in. Supposedly this only takes a few days until they learn not to wake at this time? Dunno, everytime I tried it Noah had to come in to see what was happening so it was a dismal failure. Also I still hold Ollie to sleep 80% of the time. Not a habit I want to get in to though, Noah had to be rocked off to sleep until he was enormous, like 15months I think.
About to lose (what's left of) my mind.
oh my so many posts. Sounds like a few bubs are having wonder weeks. Eva's unsettled week was last week.
On the point of resettling: I do a bit of both.It all depends on how long she has slept for and hoe cranky she is when she wakes. If Eva has only beeb asleep for 20 mins I go in ans resettle. If she wakes after say 45mins and is really upset there is no way she'll resettle. If she wakes and is happy I don't rush in to get her, chances are she might go back to sleep on her own.
lovelycate: Have you heard of the pick up and put down technique? You put bub down, wait for them to grizzle, pick bub up long enough to pacify and put bub straight back down..then repeat if required. The idea is not hold bub to sleep, and to encourage bub to go to sleep ontheir own.
another grizzly day here..she is asleep on me at the moment but i bet as soon as i put her down she will wake again.
Hayley usually only sleeps for 30-45 mins during the day. she is bright and bubbly when she wakes up so don't think i would be able to get her back to sleep if i tried! the last couple of mornings she has woken me up chatting away in her cot. very cute, and so much nicer than waking up to crying!
LF- hope you have a better night tonight...maybe he will be so exhausted from last night he'll go straight to sleep...fingers crossed you can get some sleep!
*TMI WARNING** I think i might have an anal fissure or something... never really been 100% since giving birth but it's starting to get painful now and annoying as it gets a bit itchy...really should see a doctor but our old gp has gone to sydney and its not the kind of thing i want to go talking about to just any doctor! so embarrassing...going to get some metamucil tomorrow to see if that helps any.
Lauren - you poor things! I reckon you might be right about his gut flora - ABs always have that effect on me. Apart from taking some probiotics yourself, when I had thrush my pharmacist recommended those Inner Health Plus capsules. He said that I could break the capsules open and give the contents to Zac. Maybe that would be worth checking out?
I hope that tonight is 100 times better than last night
Lauren - I just checked my kids inner health plus that Lumpy has and it says to consult your dr for kids under 2... so you might be able to give it to him - it is already in powder form so easy to give. I took the capsules for a month after my AB's as the dr said it would go through to Fred through my milk.
Cate - good luck for tonight Hope he sleeps for 8 hrs again
Fred has also been unsettled for a week or two here as well. We are feeding twice a night instead of once, but she still sleeps in her cot from 6.30pm to 6.30am. Sleeps during the day average 45 mins as well. I do try the resettle the first time she makes noise, if she smiles at me I know that she is ready to get up, if she doesn't look at me I pop her dummy in, shush and walk out again. One day I got her to sleep 2 hours - it was great! The result of the wonder week is that she now rolls off her tummy both sides, grabs her toys on her toy mat, happily eats her fists, will hold her blankie now and we got our first laugh today during the shopping. She liked the idea that lying in the trolly meant that mum and dad looked at her for an hour, then got tired, cranky and fell asleep! Lumpy has been away with the IL's and my parents this week so there has been a lot of time to sew and rest and play with Fred.
Hi to everyone else, hope you are all well and at least it looks like all of us have bubs that only sleep 45 mins during the day!
I just leave him in his cot until he starts grizzling - he can be quite happy chatting to himself for 10 minutes or so. Very occasionally he might nod off again, but I've given up trying to resettle. I think the idea if you want to do it is to go in before they actually wake and start patting or whatever you do so that they move straight into the next sleep cycle. Hopefully after a few goes at that they have then learnt to do it by themselves so you're not stuck doing it everytime
to everyone else, hope you are all well and at least it looks like all of us have bubs that only sleep 45 mins during the day!
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