Sleep training for the chaos master is going well. We have had magnificent nights, and blah nights. Even during the blah nights I am getting more sleep than I have in over a year.
Today, I put down two, wide awake, not terrible tired kids, in the same room. I said 'it's time for sleep' and walked out. Standing outside the door I could see and hear that Jeanne was snuggled in her bed, lying still, whispering 'good night' to her panda, while Loki was lying in his crin kicking the sheets. He wasn't crying or fussing at all, just making lip smacking noises. Like he was still awake and not quite ready yet to be quite. I waited about 4 minutes, went in and whispered "it's time for sleep" to Loki, rubbed his back for a mere moment and walked back out. No one cried, he didn't fuss or wake up more, and in 15 minutes I was sure they were both asleep.
Last night, Loki slept from 8pm to 2am, without benedryl (which is the only other time he has slept this long, we spent the day at the farm and the poor kid was miserable with his allergies). Of course, he was a fussy, crying mess from 4am to 630 when we got up, but that is so much better than we've had.
I think I'm only on night 6 (as of tonight) and hubbers put him down tonight. He reported that Loki seemed fussy in his arms, as if he wanted to be put down. He was, and put himself to sleep.
Sweet.
If he continues on this trend, I will move him back into 'the kids' room very soon. It so nice when a plan comes together.
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
Sleep training
So..... as you avid readers have noticed, we have a problem with sleep in our house. Mainly by the Lord of Chaos, Loki.
For 2 nights and 2 days now I have done the following:
~not picked Loki UP when he cries. I do touch him, hug him and tell hin he is ok, I do not ignore him. This rule is ignored when he is actually hurt and not just whining.
~I have repeated "it's time for sleep" each and every time he wakes at night, without picking him up, rubbed his back, and gone back to bed. I repeat this every 1-4 minutes. He usually lies himself back down and settles himself.
Since I have started I have noticed the following:
~twice now (both today) I have put him down for a nap and for bed (just now), while he was awake but clearly sleepy, rubbed his back, said "it's time for sleep, I love you (put on blanket), goodnight" and walked out of the room. Both times, he hasn't made a peep. No crying, no fussing, no standing, no hissy fit. I don't have to go back in to settle him.
~at night, he still wakes many times, but the 'sessions' are short. He stands up and cries, I turn over, rub his back, tell him "it's time for sleep" he lies back down and goes to sleep. Sometimes he will actually go to sleep sometimes it takes 5 'sessions' or so. Either way, its better than nursing him 6 times a night or brining him into my bed. Which reminds me.
~I've not brought him into bed with me, unless we are up for the day and it is the 'morning' nursing session. I now have ceased all co-sleeping (he is too strong now, and his constant slaps in the face and kick to my bladder randomly throughout the night do not bring about thoughts of love and peace. I prefer to think of my children fondly, thus no more co-sleeping.
~ I only nurse twice a night now, midnight and 5 am. I want him to get used to sleeping for many hours without the need for nursing. In a month or so I *may* take out the midnight and move it to 3am, it's all dependent on how he does.
~I told my husband that I will do this for 2 weeks. Two concentrated, full attention, no nonsense weeks. I feel confident that much will change in that time. Loki understands so much of what I say now, and the fact that I am never ignoring him is helping (my belief).
Perhaps, just perhaps, I will be able to sleep for fours hours, all together, in the next 6 weeks. Perhaps. It would be the first time in 15 months.
Perhaps.
P.S. Thank you to both my dear husband and my darling daughter for being patient during this time, and sleeping in beds that are not their own, so that I may help Loki learn to sleep better. I adore you both.
For 2 nights and 2 days now I have done the following:
~not picked Loki UP when he cries. I do touch him, hug him and tell hin he is ok, I do not ignore him. This rule is ignored when he is actually hurt and not just whining.
~I have repeated "it's time for sleep" each and every time he wakes at night, without picking him up, rubbed his back, and gone back to bed. I repeat this every 1-4 minutes. He usually lies himself back down and settles himself.
Since I have started I have noticed the following:
~twice now (both today) I have put him down for a nap and for bed (just now), while he was awake but clearly sleepy, rubbed his back, said "it's time for sleep, I love you (put on blanket), goodnight" and walked out of the room. Both times, he hasn't made a peep. No crying, no fussing, no standing, no hissy fit. I don't have to go back in to settle him.
~at night, he still wakes many times, but the 'sessions' are short. He stands up and cries, I turn over, rub his back, tell him "it's time for sleep" he lies back down and goes to sleep. Sometimes he will actually go to sleep sometimes it takes 5 'sessions' or so. Either way, its better than nursing him 6 times a night or brining him into my bed. Which reminds me.
~I've not brought him into bed with me, unless we are up for the day and it is the 'morning' nursing session. I now have ceased all co-sleeping (he is too strong now, and his constant slaps in the face and kick to my bladder randomly throughout the night do not bring about thoughts of love and peace. I prefer to think of my children fondly, thus no more co-sleeping.
~ I only nurse twice a night now, midnight and 5 am. I want him to get used to sleeping for many hours without the need for nursing. In a month or so I *may* take out the midnight and move it to 3am, it's all dependent on how he does.
~I told my husband that I will do this for 2 weeks. Two concentrated, full attention, no nonsense weeks. I feel confident that much will change in that time. Loki understands so much of what I say now, and the fact that I am never ignoring him is helping (my belief).
Perhaps, just perhaps, I will be able to sleep for fours hours, all together, in the next 6 weeks. Perhaps. It would be the first time in 15 months.
Perhaps.
P.S. Thank you to both my dear husband and my darling daughter for being patient during this time, and sleeping in beds that are not their own, so that I may help Loki learn to sleep better. I adore you both.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Quick wrap up of the "Eating Better" and onto new things
S, I abruptly stopped posting due to painful lack of sleep. We were all wasted, grouchy and hurting. Sickness was inevitable. Needless to say, after my month long venture to eat as vegan as possible, I came away from it learning a few things. Here they are.
1) I don't miss chicken at all.
2) Cheese was far easier to give up than I thought. Now, I choose vegan cheese when out, very little or none at all.
3) I am now choosing to eat a vegetarian fare, with still finding as many vegan meals to enjoy as possible.
4) I learned to cook a bit! And it was fun! That made me feel good, especially when I would create a vegan meal that my whole family liked. I knew I was providing whole foods, packed with nutrition for my family and it was made with love.
5) Hubbers and I both lost weight. I lost 4 pounds and 1% of body fat (while never going to the gym) and Hubbers lost 6 pounds while going to the gym sparsely.
Onto new things:
Loki and sleep. What ever we have been doing for the last year has not been working. We are trying something new. With that, we played musical beds with some of the family. Hubbers is in Jeannes full sized bed, Jeanne is in Loki's crib, Loki is in the pak n play in my room, and I get the bed. That way Jeanne and daddy are behind three doors, the better to buff agains the screaming.
Now, I will put Loki down after brief back rubs, a kiss and 'night night'. If he cries, I let him be for about a minute or two, then I rub his back, kiss his head, tell him it's 'time for sleep' and gently lie him down, without ever picking him up. I repeat as often as needed, going back to him every minute or two, even a couple of times when he is calm and quite. I do this so that when I tell him "mommy is close", he knows it since I prove it.
I feel like this is a much more gentle method than CIO, especially since Loki can clearly understand much of what I say to him, but not yet speak to me yet.
A) I don't leave him for extended times
B) Using CIO with young infant, basically takes the only form of communication babies have, and shows them that you will ignore them. To me, you are telling your infant, I hear you crying, and I don't care. Keep crying, and I will ignore you. Get used to me ignoring you. Either get used to me ignoring you faster, or keep crying. This just doesn't fly with me. I know plenty of people who have tried this and that its worked for, and people that have tried and it doesn't work. I don't care really. I'm not doing it.
1) I don't miss chicken at all.
2) Cheese was far easier to give up than I thought. Now, I choose vegan cheese when out, very little or none at all.
3) I am now choosing to eat a vegetarian fare, with still finding as many vegan meals to enjoy as possible.
4) I learned to cook a bit! And it was fun! That made me feel good, especially when I would create a vegan meal that my whole family liked. I knew I was providing whole foods, packed with nutrition for my family and it was made with love.
5) Hubbers and I both lost weight. I lost 4 pounds and 1% of body fat (while never going to the gym) and Hubbers lost 6 pounds while going to the gym sparsely.
Onto new things:
Loki and sleep. What ever we have been doing for the last year has not been working. We are trying something new. With that, we played musical beds with some of the family. Hubbers is in Jeannes full sized bed, Jeanne is in Loki's crib, Loki is in the pak n play in my room, and I get the bed. That way Jeanne and daddy are behind three doors, the better to buff agains the screaming.
Now, I will put Loki down after brief back rubs, a kiss and 'night night'. If he cries, I let him be for about a minute or two, then I rub his back, kiss his head, tell him it's 'time for sleep' and gently lie him down, without ever picking him up. I repeat as often as needed, going back to him every minute or two, even a couple of times when he is calm and quite. I do this so that when I tell him "mommy is close", he knows it since I prove it.
I feel like this is a much more gentle method than CIO, especially since Loki can clearly understand much of what I say to him, but not yet speak to me yet.
A) I don't leave him for extended times
B) Using CIO with young infant, basically takes the only form of communication babies have, and shows them that you will ignore them. To me, you are telling your infant, I hear you crying, and I don't care. Keep crying, and I will ignore you. Get used to me ignoring you. Either get used to me ignoring you faster, or keep crying. This just doesn't fly with me. I know plenty of people who have tried this and that its worked for, and people that have tried and it doesn't work. I don't care really. I'm not doing it.
Friday, March 30, 2012
"S" is for screaming.
Thank you Loki. Thank you for sleeping four hours last night. Not all at once of course, thanks for splitting it up into painful 30-45 minute segments. And thanks also for filling the silence with all that screaming. Oh, and the kicking, I loved that too.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The dreaded "S" word.
Sleep.
Holy flying Spaghetti Monster. When Loki is sick, or teething, or feeling very Loki like, he just won't sleep. And by that I mean, he requires being held, for hours. The worst part about this is that the normally 'mama's boy' really wont relax and settle in my arms... Except, I won't realize this until I try for 2 hours. Then the super hero DAD will come to our rescue and in a no nonsense tone to his voice, takes Loki and he falls fast asleep on his Daddy's chest.
This has been a bad sleeping week. Sunday night/Monday morning, we heard him starting to sniffle. Monday morning was his 12 month check up, which included 3 vaccinations.
Loki weighs 19 pounds 4.5 ounces (10%)
He is 29.5 inches long and is generally a healthy boy.
He is also cutting 3 teeth at the same time.
Of course the pediatrician flinches when I tell her he still wakes several times a night.
So tylenol was already being giving to Loki. Of course, now, he has sore teeth, sore legs, his body is ramping up his antibodies and he is teething. He's not happy. So he didn't nap well, so he was moody, so he didn't sleep at night.
Finally, last night, he only woke 5 or 6 times, but was able to be rocked or nursed easily back to sleep. No siting in the rocker for hours and no screaming. Even though I was up at 5:30 am, I feel great.
Now, I am planning on going to see a friend today. I will have to give Loki Benadryl though, as I have determined he has allergies just like his Daddy.
Holy flying Spaghetti Monster. When Loki is sick, or teething, or feeling very Loki like, he just won't sleep. And by that I mean, he requires being held, for hours. The worst part about this is that the normally 'mama's boy' really wont relax and settle in my arms... Except, I won't realize this until I try for 2 hours. Then the super hero DAD will come to our rescue and in a no nonsense tone to his voice, takes Loki and he falls fast asleep on his Daddy's chest.
This has been a bad sleeping week. Sunday night/Monday morning, we heard him starting to sniffle. Monday morning was his 12 month check up, which included 3 vaccinations.
Loki weighs 19 pounds 4.5 ounces (10%)
He is 29.5 inches long and is generally a healthy boy.
He is also cutting 3 teeth at the same time.
Of course the pediatrician flinches when I tell her he still wakes several times a night.
So tylenol was already being giving to Loki. Of course, now, he has sore teeth, sore legs, his body is ramping up his antibodies and he is teething. He's not happy. So he didn't nap well, so he was moody, so he didn't sleep at night.
Finally, last night, he only woke 5 or 6 times, but was able to be rocked or nursed easily back to sleep. No siting in the rocker for hours and no screaming. Even though I was up at 5:30 am, I feel great.
Now, I am planning on going to see a friend today. I will have to give Loki Benadryl though, as I have determined he has allergies just like his Daddy.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Potty training and nursing
So, first, I'll start with the good news. I have deliberately not posting about potty training, well because, you don't really care, and you don't want to know the details. But at this point, I'm going to give you the details, so deal. ;)
Suffice to say that it has been a long road. We started when Jeanne was 3 months old, and she had consistently pee'd on the potty (Thank you Elimination Communication books!). Pooping took longer, but she got that down around 6 months, and was good to go. She used the potty several times a day and night, and would even remain dry throughout the night at times due to sitting in the potty pre-one year old. Moving, a nutritional switch to (non organic/ GMO) soy milk switched all that and we had a girl with horrible belly problems for 3 months (poor thing). Once we figure out it was the GMO soy, we took her off it and she was all better within 2 weeks.
The other set back was a second child. Everyone told me that she would have a setback, but I was stubborn and didn't believe. I thought she was pretty much done and had bought panties when she was 20 months old. Yeah, a very needy, colicky, screaming infant who could not be put down really changed the dynamic in the house and she very seriously had a long, tiring setback.
Ten months later (that's now), I am very happy to say, that Jeanne has been in panties all day, everyday, in the house, and out and about and has been dry for 3 weeks now. Of course, now that she is out of cloth diapers and is wearing panties, her pants fit her differently now and she looks so big. She has an amazing vocabulary, better than some 4 year olds, but has the emotional maturity of an 18 month old. Eh. That's my girl.
Loki.
Loki is 10 months old now. At his 9 month visit he weighed in the 2th percentile, which was a reduction for him. The Doctor also, very condescendingly, told me that babies his age should either be sleeping thorough the night or perhaps waking once. So I tried to not pick him up every time he cried (which is somewhere between every 3 to 4 hours). I tried to space out his nursings to only every 4 hours. I tried to rub his back and shush him back to sleep.
I did this for 3 weeks.
Sure, I was able to shush him back to sleep, but it would take a full 15-20 minutes, and he would ALWAYS wake up within 60 minutes of going back to sleep. ALWAYS. He would also ALWAYS wake up hubbers when he was home. Since I was now out of bed and standing up in my cold a$$ room, I would be absolutely wide awake and would have difficulty going back to sleep, but it didn't really matter since Loki would wake up again so soon. One morning, after another difficult night, hubbers took Loki out of the room at 5am so I could get little sleep. He brought Loki into the living room and put him in the playpen which is next to the couch. Loki was standing in the play pen and every time he fussed, hubbers put a cheerios in his mouth. He said he did this for almost an hour. When I got up, hubbers looked at me and said, "I think the kid is just hungry Crystal. I think he really does need to eat/nurse".
So now, I am back to nursing him, all. night. long. This makes for a quieter Loki during the night, it allows my husband to sleep longer, and doesn't wake up my daughter. It also leaves me frustrated and annoyed by the morning. I feel like a small leech lives in my room. It doesn't matter if I sit up with him, nurse him then put him back in his crib or if I bring him into bed with me. Either way he wakes up at the 4th hour, then 3 hours later, then 2 than 1. It's like he knows all he has to do is SCREAM and I will lift my shirt. I live in a 3 ROOM apartment. Allowing the only person who brings money into this apartment to sleep is important. Allowing my daughter to sleep is important. Her potential for grumpiness and being loud when tired is high, and I rather she sleep and be well.
My son, is a needy, weak, fragile little boy and there is just no changing that.
My husband recently remarked that he is glad we didn't name him Leonidas (it was a favorite of his for a short time). That would have been hilarious. Loki, though, fits him perfectly in every way.
This is my life. I nurse.
Suffice to say that it has been a long road. We started when Jeanne was 3 months old, and she had consistently pee'd on the potty (Thank you Elimination Communication books!). Pooping took longer, but she got that down around 6 months, and was good to go. She used the potty several times a day and night, and would even remain dry throughout the night at times due to sitting in the potty pre-one year old. Moving, a nutritional switch to (non organic/ GMO) soy milk switched all that and we had a girl with horrible belly problems for 3 months (poor thing). Once we figure out it was the GMO soy, we took her off it and she was all better within 2 weeks.
The other set back was a second child. Everyone told me that she would have a setback, but I was stubborn and didn't believe. I thought she was pretty much done and had bought panties when she was 20 months old. Yeah, a very needy, colicky, screaming infant who could not be put down really changed the dynamic in the house and she very seriously had a long, tiring setback.
Ten months later (that's now), I am very happy to say, that Jeanne has been in panties all day, everyday, in the house, and out and about and has been dry for 3 weeks now. Of course, now that she is out of cloth diapers and is wearing panties, her pants fit her differently now and she looks so big. She has an amazing vocabulary, better than some 4 year olds, but has the emotional maturity of an 18 month old. Eh. That's my girl.
Loki.
Loki is 10 months old now. At his 9 month visit he weighed in the 2th percentile, which was a reduction for him. The Doctor also, very condescendingly, told me that babies his age should either be sleeping thorough the night or perhaps waking once. So I tried to not pick him up every time he cried (which is somewhere between every 3 to 4 hours). I tried to space out his nursings to only every 4 hours. I tried to rub his back and shush him back to sleep.
I did this for 3 weeks.
Sure, I was able to shush him back to sleep, but it would take a full 15-20 minutes, and he would ALWAYS wake up within 60 minutes of going back to sleep. ALWAYS. He would also ALWAYS wake up hubbers when he was home. Since I was now out of bed and standing up in my cold a$$ room, I would be absolutely wide awake and would have difficulty going back to sleep, but it didn't really matter since Loki would wake up again so soon. One morning, after another difficult night, hubbers took Loki out of the room at 5am so I could get little sleep. He brought Loki into the living room and put him in the playpen which is next to the couch. Loki was standing in the play pen and every time he fussed, hubbers put a cheerios in his mouth. He said he did this for almost an hour. When I got up, hubbers looked at me and said, "I think the kid is just hungry Crystal. I think he really does need to eat/nurse".
So now, I am back to nursing him, all. night. long. This makes for a quieter Loki during the night, it allows my husband to sleep longer, and doesn't wake up my daughter. It also leaves me frustrated and annoyed by the morning. I feel like a small leech lives in my room. It doesn't matter if I sit up with him, nurse him then put him back in his crib or if I bring him into bed with me. Either way he wakes up at the 4th hour, then 3 hours later, then 2 than 1. It's like he knows all he has to do is SCREAM and I will lift my shirt. I live in a 3 ROOM apartment. Allowing the only person who brings money into this apartment to sleep is important. Allowing my daughter to sleep is important. Her potential for grumpiness and being loud when tired is high, and I rather she sleep and be well.
My son, is a needy, weak, fragile little boy and there is just no changing that.
My husband recently remarked that he is glad we didn't name him Leonidas (it was a favorite of his for a short time). That would have been hilarious. Loki, though, fits him perfectly in every way.
This is my life. I nurse.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Just because this game is so much fun
Mommy went to sleep around 9:40, then:
Loki wakes at 10:30
Loki wakes at 12:30
Jeanne walk into my room at 1:57 (Internally I am a screaming maniac, "What! It's not even 3:00am yet, what the cus!
Loki wakes up at 2:00, I am so tired, I don't even attempt to nurse him and put him back in the crib, I just bring him to bed.
Loki wakes at 3:00, I nurse him, but he doesn't seem to want to settle down. Then:
Jeanne walks into my room at 3:20 telling me she pee's in her diaper. While Loki is still awake, I go change Jeanne's diaper. She wants to snuggle, but I tell her no and go back to Loki. I pick Loki up and rock him, but he seems wide awake. We walk, snuggle, I hum, I sit the the rocking chair, I put a sleepy Loki in the crib. He stirs within 2 minutes. Repeat above. He stirs and coos at me, I can tell he is staring at me in the dark. I pick him up again, and we rock for a long time. This time it works. The clock says 4:48am.
I don't actually remember the next stage, but somehow Loki got in bed with me, since I woke up with him there. But I heard Jeanne's footsteps and I was already telling her to go back to bed when she loudly declared "My clock is yellow, it's time to play". It was 6:28, time to get up for the day.
Dear hubbers, I am drinking all your dark roast coffee, my mild (cus) coffee isn't working. All my love.
Sesame Street in, first cup of coffee gone, off to brew another one.
Loki wakes at 10:30
Loki wakes at 12:30
Jeanne walk into my room at 1:57 (Internally I am a screaming maniac, "What! It's not even 3:00am yet, what the cus!
Loki wakes up at 2:00, I am so tired, I don't even attempt to nurse him and put him back in the crib, I just bring him to bed.
Loki wakes at 3:00, I nurse him, but he doesn't seem to want to settle down. Then:
Jeanne walks into my room at 3:20 telling me she pee's in her diaper. While Loki is still awake, I go change Jeanne's diaper. She wants to snuggle, but I tell her no and go back to Loki. I pick Loki up and rock him, but he seems wide awake. We walk, snuggle, I hum, I sit the the rocking chair, I put a sleepy Loki in the crib. He stirs within 2 minutes. Repeat above. He stirs and coos at me, I can tell he is staring at me in the dark. I pick him up again, and we rock for a long time. This time it works. The clock says 4:48am.
I don't actually remember the next stage, but somehow Loki got in bed with me, since I woke up with him there. But I heard Jeanne's footsteps and I was already telling her to go back to bed when she loudly declared "My clock is yellow, it's time to play". It was 6:28, time to get up for the day.
Dear hubbers, I am drinking all your dark roast coffee, my mild (cus) coffee isn't working. All my love.
Sesame Street in, first cup of coffee gone, off to brew another one.
Monday, October 24, 2011
(grumble) Sleep (grumble)
So Daddy is away for a few days, and I was so concerned as to how to put the babes in the bath and to bed, I actually forgot about the journey through the night.
Loki fell asleep and stayed asleep (thank you son) at 7:00pm. Jeanne was put to bed at 7:40pm.
Jeanne only came out of her room once, which is great for her, at 8:05. The children downstairs get taken out of the house every night around 9pm. They scream bloody murder. Every night around 9pm, 3 children in the apartments and in the hallway (echo chamber) scream bloody murder. I didn't blame Jeanne at all. It is a scary sound.
I tucked myself into bed at 9:35pm. Then I was woken up at (around) the following times.
Loki- 12:30
Loki- 2:30
Jeanne- 3:00
Jeanne- 3:30
Jeanne- 4:02
Jeanne- 4:50
Loki- 5:30
Jeanne- 6:17 and up for the day
Jeanne on the potty, Loki diaper change. Jeanne gets some milk and half a pumpkin muffin she helped make. Loki gets Sophie to chew on. Super Why on TV. Now to brew some coffee.
As an aside, thank you hubbers for suggesting the fleece footsie PJ's for Loki. Now, despite his rolling madness, he can remain warm through the night.
Loki fell asleep and stayed asleep (thank you son) at 7:00pm. Jeanne was put to bed at 7:40pm.
Jeanne only came out of her room once, which is great for her, at 8:05. The children downstairs get taken out of the house every night around 9pm. They scream bloody murder. Every night around 9pm, 3 children in the apartments and in the hallway (echo chamber) scream bloody murder. I didn't blame Jeanne at all. It is a scary sound.
I tucked myself into bed at 9:35pm. Then I was woken up at (around) the following times.
Loki- 12:30
Loki- 2:30
Jeanne- 3:00
Jeanne- 3:30
Jeanne- 4:02
Jeanne- 4:50
Loki- 5:30
Jeanne- 6:17 and up for the day
Jeanne on the potty, Loki diaper change. Jeanne gets some milk and half a pumpkin muffin she helped make. Loki gets Sophie to chew on. Super Why on TV. Now to brew some coffee.
As an aside, thank you hubbers for suggesting the fleece footsie PJ's for Loki. Now, despite his rolling madness, he can remain warm through the night.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Sleep?
I used to set my alarm for 7:45am to remind myself to take my medication. I used to wake around 7, as this was when Jeanne was waking up, and Loki would wake soon after. Then I noticed Jeanne was waking around 6:30am, and so would Loki.
Personally, I have started setting my alarm for 6:00am so I can have my 15-20 minutes ALONE to do yoga each morning. The trouble is, I've just realized that the last week or two maybe, I'm always up around 5:00 am, Loki wakes up and just will not go back to sleep. Jeanne wakes up too, usually around 4:45 -5:00 am and hubbers will go to her room to give her milk, in desperate hope she will go back to sleep. Sometimes Jeanne will go back to sleep, and hubbers seems really grateful. Other times, she will just keep fidgeting, turning, or kicking him.... unitl he bascially can't take it anymore, then he gets out of bed.
Now the real kicker is, he goes into Jeanne's room, in hopes that I get more sleep, since he knows I get up so often with Loki throughout the night. Sweet really. But, Loki does the same thing Jeanne does. He wakes at 5:00 am, and will not go back to sleep. He will roll from side to side, grab my face with his teeny, tiny, stupid, strong baby fist and kick me repeatedly.
By the time 6:00 am or 6:30 am rolls around hubbers and I have already literally taken a beating for over an hour, are tired and already cranky. How is it my kids are sleeping less and less often?
Jeanne's total day sleep is between 1.5-2 hours. Rarely she refuses to nap or will sleep for 3 hours.
Jeanne's total night time sleep (in reality now) 8.5 hours. That is not enough for a toddler. Most toddlers I know are sleeping 11-12 hours a night (not counting pee wake ups or milk demands).
Loki's daytime sleep (total) 2.5 hour nap, this is one 30 minute nap and a 2 hour nap (which is always broken up 3-4 times, he won't actually just sleep for 2 straight hours).
Loki's nighttime sleep (total) about 9.5-10... still doesn't sound like enough for a 7 month old.
Parents nighttime (max) sleep 5.5 hours, always broken up.
Tired.
Suggestions? Other than drugging them of course.
Personally, I have started setting my alarm for 6:00am so I can have my 15-20 minutes ALONE to do yoga each morning. The trouble is, I've just realized that the last week or two maybe, I'm always up around 5:00 am, Loki wakes up and just will not go back to sleep. Jeanne wakes up too, usually around 4:45 -5:00 am and hubbers will go to her room to give her milk, in desperate hope she will go back to sleep. Sometimes Jeanne will go back to sleep, and hubbers seems really grateful. Other times, she will just keep fidgeting, turning, or kicking him.... unitl he bascially can't take it anymore, then he gets out of bed.
Now the real kicker is, he goes into Jeanne's room, in hopes that I get more sleep, since he knows I get up so often with Loki throughout the night. Sweet really. But, Loki does the same thing Jeanne does. He wakes at 5:00 am, and will not go back to sleep. He will roll from side to side, grab my face with his teeny, tiny, stupid, strong baby fist and kick me repeatedly.
By the time 6:00 am or 6:30 am rolls around hubbers and I have already literally taken a beating for over an hour, are tired and already cranky. How is it my kids are sleeping less and less often?
Jeanne's total day sleep is between 1.5-2 hours. Rarely she refuses to nap or will sleep for 3 hours.
Jeanne's total night time sleep (in reality now) 8.5 hours. That is not enough for a toddler. Most toddlers I know are sleeping 11-12 hours a night (not counting pee wake ups or milk demands).
Loki's daytime sleep (total) 2.5 hour nap, this is one 30 minute nap and a 2 hour nap (which is always broken up 3-4 times, he won't actually just sleep for 2 straight hours).
Loki's nighttime sleep (total) about 9.5-10... still doesn't sound like enough for a 7 month old.
Parents nighttime (max) sleep 5.5 hours, always broken up.
Tired.
Suggestions? Other than drugging them of course.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Sleep, dear sleep
Even though hubbers is away, I feel like I had a wonderful nights sleep. Jeanne kept getting out of bed, last night, but finally stayed in after 9pm, the little bugger. That left me with one hour to read, although it is hard to concentrate when I'm so tired, but I had to stay up just in case Jeanne came out of her room again.
Teeth brushed and face washed, I was in bed by 10 past 10. Loki wakes up at 10:30 because he's hungry. He nurses well, and falls right back to sleep in his crib. I snuggle all by myself in the big bed.
Loki wakes at 12:30, soaked through (early for him). We nurse and he sleeps in my space in the bed while I sleep on my belly (a real treat for me!) on hubbers side.
Loki sleeps until 4:30 am (WOW, this was the largest chunk of sleep I have had in, well 9 months!). He nurses and goes back to sleep. I am overjoyed at how rested I feel and actually smile as I lie back down.
Jeanne walks into my room with a beach ball at 5:30 (this makes me giggle, "What are you doing with a ball Jeanne?"). She gets her milk and I tuck her back in.
Jeanne walks back into my room at 6:10. Up for the day!
How did you sleep?
Teeth brushed and face washed, I was in bed by 10 past 10. Loki wakes up at 10:30 because he's hungry. He nurses well, and falls right back to sleep in his crib. I snuggle all by myself in the big bed.
Loki wakes at 12:30, soaked through (early for him). We nurse and he sleeps in my space in the bed while I sleep on my belly (a real treat for me!) on hubbers side.
Loki sleeps until 4:30 am (WOW, this was the largest chunk of sleep I have had in, well 9 months!). He nurses and goes back to sleep. I am overjoyed at how rested I feel and actually smile as I lie back down.
Jeanne walks into my room with a beach ball at 5:30 (this makes me giggle, "What are you doing with a ball Jeanne?"). She gets her milk and I tuck her back in.
Jeanne walks back into my room at 6:10. Up for the day!
How did you sleep?
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