Lauren is getting older
Friday, October 1, 2010
I need sleep
For those that know me they know that I love sleep. When I was pregnant with Lauren I was exhausted all the time although I got lots of sleep. This is worse. I never thought I could be more exhausted. The worst part is I am sick of people telling me that they all went through it when their kids were young. Then they say that their kids slept 12 hours at night. Well then it is your own fault that you didn't get that much sleep. If mine slept that long I would not be this tired. Lauren sleeps 8 hours or less at night. Usually less. That means that after I put her to bed I still have to make lunches for the next day and make her formula. I can't do that till after she is in bed as it is only good for 24 hours. She is up at 4am everyday which is just too early. I can't even let her play and me nap on the floor as she won't just play on her own. She wants to play with me. Or she just screams and screams because she is actually tired but won't sleep. If she naps it is only for an hour which I like to try and get in a shower or get other stuff done around here that I can't do if she is awake. I have talked to many people, Doctors say there is nothing wrong. The sleep consultant told me that she should just have one nap a day for 2 hours to make her sleep better. I think she missed the part that she is only sleeping an hour or less for a nap. You just can't force a person to sleep. I can just hope that she is getting the last of her 2 year molars and once they are done we are done with teeth till she is about 5 or6. I can hope anyway. Her teeth have never kept her from sleeping before though. I just want to sleep. I am sick of people telling me it is normal. Yeah well everyone who said that didn't get up at 4, deal with a screaming baby till I leave for work at 7, work 12 hours where I need to be alert, Drive to white rock and pick her up from my parents. Get home at 9 put her to bed, Do dishes, make lunches for the next day, make formula, have a shower, get my stuff ready for work the next day and then get to bed about 11 and do it all over again. For those that do how do you do it. For those that don't quit telling me it is normal, How would you know you never had to do it.
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You won't like my answer, because I didn't like my answer...but I did it and it worked.
Alexys was just like Lauren and still doesn't need as much sleep as her friends her age.
But she started trying to get up at 4 too...we took away her bottle (which she still had at night) and let her scream...at the top of her lungs for a week. She mostly just screamed from 4 to 8 everyday. I went in at 4, told her I was there, but it wasn't time to get up yet, and went back to bed. I put ear plugs in and a pillow over my head.
She now sleeps through the night save for getting up sometimes at 4 for a glass of water. I hate cry it out and never wanted to do it...but I was so exhausted I had no choice.
I wish I could do this. The problem is that we have to go get her or she hurts herself. They feel it is something with her brain damage. She punches herself in the face and won't stop even if she has 2 black eyes a bleeding nose and split lip. We found this out the hard way when we left her one night and found her covered in bloos when we noticed something looked weird on the monitor. She will also pound her head into the bed hard. Instead we have to try and hold her while she kicks and hits. She isn't hungry and usually won't eat for about 30 minutes after she is up. The one day she slept till 7 was when I wasn't home and already for work. It has been 2 months now and it is really hard
Oh boy that sounds hard. Can your husband help at night, taking turns? When Sydney wakes up at night, and doesn't go back to sleep on her own, I go in, change diaper, give her bottle and leave. She drinks and falls asleep again on her own. She also has a book in her crib she likes to read and two musical toys (aquarium and something farm with buttons) so she can just play some music. She is often up but plays with those, and talks to herself or sings and I get sometimes even 2 more hours of sleep ... and we're outside a lot. Today we were at Naomi's, and the girls played so much that I hope she will sleep till the morning !
Oh that's terrible Paige, then that definitely wouldn't be a good thing to do - Alexys kicks the wall for a long time, but she doesn't hurt herself.
I wonder if you set up a playpen in her room with a bunch of toys and stuff and went and got her at 4, put her there, maybe that would buy you an hour? :(
(And I think mom's who say their kids sleep through the night lie. I don't even sleep through the night!).
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