Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Sleepless Nights
Treyden use to be the best sleeper at night. We never heard a peep from him until 8:30 in the morning. It was heavenly. The past couple of weeks though he has been waking up and getting in our bed. I let him do it a few times and after I got no sleep I decided I needed to put an end to it. Last night he didn't fall asleep until after nine oclock (his bed time is 8:00) and then at 11:30 he comes walking into our room with his apple juice and tried to crawl into bed with us. I got up and took him back to his room. I rocked him and sang him a couple of songs and told him he had to stay in his bed. "Okay Mommy" ( I think he says this just to get me to leave him alone) then I went back to bed. He cried for 1/2 an hour until I went back in and sang him another song. He asked for milk. I told him no (because he would have soaked through his diaper) and went back to my bed. 1/2 an hour later Mitch gets up and takes a turn cuz he can't sleep through his crying. Finally at 1:30 he falls back asleep. TWO HOURS are you kidding me. I just can't figure it out. Some body help me out here. What do I do. I need my beauty rest. I know that two hours may not be a big deal to some of you with new babies but Treyden use to be an angel at night. Plus Kenlee wakes me up for her binkie quite often through the night. Advice PLEASE!!!!!!!!
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I'm not going to be much help, but it seems like when Caleb was going through a growing spurt he wouldn't sleep well cause he would wake up hungry. I found that it helped to give him a big snack before we put him to bed to help control the hunger pains through the middle of the night...it's worth a try!
Ella has always been great at night, too. But there was a time when she was terrible at nap time. She would constantly get up. The thing that worked for her was consistency. For about a week, I would lay her down and then stand outside her door. Everytime she got up and tried to come out, I put her right back in bed. She would kick, scream, etc. but I would just try to stay calm and remind her that everytime she got out I was going to put her back in. Eventually, she figured out that she wasn't going to win. Now, she goes down great - for the most part. You still have those random days where they don't want to do anything that you ask them too! Also, the pediatrician always reminds me that no baby or child has ever died from crying. So, as long as his needs are met, and you can stand it, it's okay to let him cry. Be strong! Good luck! And hopefully sweet dreams soon!
Wow! I can't believe you found us! We are currently living in Philadelphia while Todd is in dental school. We couldn't believe that you have two kids already! Okay I am like pro at sleepless nights! I agree with the consistency. I would stand outside the door with Sadie and have to keep putting her back in bed. Of course that's hard in the middle of the night. With Allie, she was waking every 2 hrs till she was 1. We were so tired one night that we just let her scream. ( I had to get Todd ear plugs) He is too much of a softy. Now she wake for her binky and I think I am going to have to let her scream again. But usually one or two nights of that and then they break the habit.
I wish I could help more but I'm going through the same thing...Carter used to do great and the past like week he's been waking up 2-3 times at night requesting me, daddy, a "liddle drink", a song, to turn his fan on...anything. And it's at the most incredible hours of the night. Plus I'm getting up with the baby. So I don't know if it helps but you're not the only one going through this! Have you tried cutting out nap time? It's a hard thing to do, but we do a "quiet time" instead, where Carter plays with toys, reads books and whatever but can't come out of his room for like 1 1/2- 2 hours. Somtimes when he's really tired he'll just nap by himself. He sleeps better at night this way.
I agree with the big snack before bed. Katie had a hard time sleeping for a while and after we started giving her snacks right before bed she did lots better.
I think the best thing to do would be to set his bed up outside and ask him what he likes better...sleeping in his warm bed inside or sleeping outside in the cold. That should cure him. This is Josh by the way, Brittany would never suggest that. Also, that is my way of saying I have no idea and good luck.
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