For the past three nights Colin has been up - last night was the worst - he was up from 8 pm to 4 am - I am so tried - I stayed up from 8 pm to 2 am with him and then John stayed up from 2 am to 4 am with him. I felt bad for John because he has to leave for work this morning at 5:30 am because it snowed here and he had to go out and salt. He got home at 2 pm today and has been sleeping ever since - it is now 8 pm at night. The worst part is today is his birthday and he has worked and slept it all away - I hope we can celebrate tomorrow - I did bake him a cake - so we will do dinner and cake tomorrow - hopefully.
So the first two nights - I tried swaddling - rocking - singing - putting him in his swing - feeding him, etc.
Last night I thought maybe it is gas so I tried gripe water twice and also some gassy holds my friend told me about - no luck - I also tried switching up his sleeping position - he usually sleeps in the rock and play at night - so I put him in his bassinet - thinking maybe he wants to sleep flat. No luck.
So tonight I am going to try gas drops in his formula and try to increase his formula a bit as well. I am also going to put him a swaddle me wrap - instead of just wrapping him in a blanket myself. I may also try a white noise machine if he really will not sleep.
If none of this works I will call the doctor on Monday and see what can be done - I honestly do not know what is wrong with him. Not sure if he is gassy - maybe it is a growth spurt or maybe he just has his days and nights mixed up - of course he has slept all day today too - which is not going to help me for tonight.
I thought it may be his formula but he does perfectly fine with it during the day - it is just at night where we are having the problem. I hope the things I plan to do work tonight - I am not sure how much more of this I can take. Any advice is appreciate.
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My baby is like that in the evenings, she is now 7 weeks old. The only thing that works is to literally nurse her back to back for hours on end. It's like she's processing all the stimulation from the day and it comes out as fussiness. If she isn't nursing she gets pretty screamy pretty quickly. It's the only way I get sleep. If your little guy takes a soother or will nurse I'd recommend it as it works for us. We also swaddle with a swaddle me at night and lights get turned low in the nursery/family room starting at dusk to send the message of night time as sleep time. We also let her sleep as much as she wants during the day- when she's overtired she sleeps less, not more- Sleep begets sleep. Also youre doing a great job as a mom for all the things youve already tried- so pat yourself on the back for that! I found whenever my Addie had a growth spurt she wouldn't sleep at night for 2-3 days then goes back to it. Hers were at 3 and 7 weeks.
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I feel for you. It can be tough with no sleep!
Does Colin have reflux? Look into symptoms online. It gets worse at night and could be causing the problem and it's really common. Just a thought.
Both my kids were terribly colicy babies, so I totally feel for you. It can be so hard while you're "in it." When 5 minutes of crying feels like an hour :-(
Does he like the car seat? One thing I did was strap my baby in the car seat and swing it back and forth until he or she was asleep. My pediatrician said babies lack muscle tone to be sore or uncomfortable, so even if we would find it terrible to sleep in a car seat it doesn't bother them. Once the baby was asleep I put the car seat next to my bed so I could get some sleep.
The other possibility is reflux...both my kids had severe reflux and needed Prevacid until they were 1 year old. If his behavior persists you could ask your pediatrician if reflux is the cause of his fussiness.
You might want to go back on my blog and reread some of my post on babywise. The basic principle is eat play sleep; even if the play is only keeping him awake during a diaper change. You want to teach him to go to sleep on his own (not being rocked, held, needing food). My friends that have done this method have the best kid sleepers. You might need to try to wake him during the day more too. Email me if you want to talk more about it! Google Chronicles of a babywise mom, she has a great blog all about babies and sleeping habits.
Have you tried a boppy? My daughter slept on hers until she outgrew it length wise. Might be a short term solution until you decide which night time method you want to use long term.
At 4 mos we are still having problems so good luck.
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