Hello ALL!!!
I have been away from the "blogging" world for some time, but I am making a
personal goal to complete some important posts this week! This is the 1st and the
most urgent!!!
Our SWEET, ADORABLE Britan is STILL NOT sleeping well at night!!!!!!!! For
instance, last night she was back and forth between me and Brooks from 1 AM
to 4 AM!!!!!!!!!!! What is wrong, what should we be doing, why can't/won't she
SLEEP??!!!
I posted several months ago about the "Magic of the Babywise Book" and that
helped for approximately 2.2 seconds (MAYBE 3 weeks) and when I say it helped/worked, I mean she wasn't getting up ever hour and 1/2, she was only
getting up every 4 hours, WHICH at the time was a HUGE improvement. BUT once we
got her eating cycle regulated, her sleeping routine never quite reached
PERFECT!
And then we put her on a cruise ship for 3 nights and then "forced" her to
have fun in Orlando for another 7 days (she really had fun, I am just thinking
now that this has probably prohibited progress). So we come back from a magical
vaca (which I will blog about later this week) and she is off track again, which we did expect, but here we are almost 2
months later and still no consistency to be found!!!!
I should have started keeping a sleep journal a long time ago, but this is
what I remember from the past week............
Wednesday was decent, went down around 9, got up at 4:30, ate and slept till
6:30!! GOOD NIGHT
Thursday TERRIBLE went down around 9, was up 1 UNTIL 3, most parts SCREAMING, so I think teething.
Friday better than Thursday, down at 9, up at 3ish, down till 7!!!
Saturday ok....down at 9, up at 11:30, down till 5....
Sunday PERFECTION!!!!!!! Down at 9 up at 5:30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down till
7:30!!!!!!!!
Last night......TORCHER! down at 9, up at 1 AM until 4 AM!!!!!
OMG, there is NO pattern, you see!! Please help me!!!
Here is a list of things that might answer some questions for you:
EARS! My 1st thought too, but she has NO symptoms (I know it can be ears
without symptoms), but still nothing, not sensitive to touch or no pulling.
ALSO, last month when she went for her check up, her ears were PERFECT and that
night she had one of these episodes of 1-4 AM! SOOOO it makes me think, not
ears!!
TEETH!!!! I wonder daily! I was always the person that said babies don't
teeth for months before getting teeth, but I am now EATING those words! She only
has 2 teeth, she will be 10 months tomorrow, according to the "chart" she should
have 4. I truly thought she was getting them months ago, but still nothing.
Also, at the doctor visit she said she saw them trying to POP through and here
we are a MONTH later no TEETH!!! SOOOOOO MAYBE!!!!!!!!!!???????
Nightmares!! I question, do babies have nightmares, sometimes the only thing
that calms her is to be held tightly and she refuses to get back in her bed!
Reflux! I am convinced that it is GONE and will NEVER come back!! She hasn't had her meds since Feb. and is doing fine without them!
Growth Spurt?! I am not sure...she is on her eating schedule and she appears to get full at those meals, she doesn't cry for more and sometimes doesn't always eat it all....
CRYING IT OUT!!!! Oh, yes! I was a believer! This was what helped us from
Babywise, but honestly once she has cried for 15 minutes at 2 in the morning,
who can sleep anymore. SO we do let her cry in 15 min. intervals and at times
longer and it doesn't help and doesn't stop!!!!
Routine! My house is run on a routine, her eating is routine, her
napping is routine, her bedtime is routine!
I am also terrified because we are going to Washington State in a few weeks...her 1st time flying and a different time zone should really improve her schedule, right?
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO for all the experts out there...send me your thoughts and
any other suggestions!!! BECAUSE not sleeping for 10 months is starting to show
its toll!!!!!
Thanks and LOTS of love from the Sleepless Derting's!!
Stayed tuned till tomorrow!!!!
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