Crying it out. Co-
sleeping. Feeding on demand.
Feeding on schedule.
Solids before bed.
Cereal in the bottle.
Cereal by spoon.
Bedtime routine. Bath.
Warm room. Quiet room. Dark room.
Ambient noise. Socks.
Rocking. Wiggling.
Walking around the bedroom.
Patting and singing.
Drugs: ibuprofin,
tylenol, orajel, plus
homeopathic
crap that never works
no matter how many times
you tell me it does,
mom. Prompt care to rule
out the ear infection we
knew he didn't have.
Admission of de-
feat. Netflix on demand at
2:30 AM.
Whiskey in the slow-
cooker casserole. Whiskey
on the breakfast toast.
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8 comments:
HAHAHAHAsob. Bless you.
Sounds like a baby lives in your house! CJ
OH honey!
I wish I could help...but I'm still living the nightly terror. Netflix is not that bad! I've watched some perfectly horrible movies at 3 AM. Although, Jack is very partial to the weather channel as of late...
xoxo
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Not sure whether this will make you feel better or worse: I'm still there and my twins turned 1 earlier this month. I'm beginning to doubt they (or I) will ever sleep through the night.
Um... I think you just summed up the first 18 months of life with boy #1. Boy #2 just pulled a bait and switch - after sleeping great for several weeks, has been waking up every 2 hours for the past 2 weeks.
So sorry - the constant night waking is serious torture. Possibly whiskey in the bottle is the best answer (kidding, maybe...)?
Wow, what a crazy time, Melinda. Lots of love to you.
Elizabeth
This was brilliant.
I'm convinced all advice on this topic is anecdotal. Just keep telling yourself it won't last forever - that's what I do.
Love the blog, love the haikus. Not sure if this will help, but my now almost 7 year old went through a phase when she was about 18 mos old where she just WOULDN'T sleep. Drive me batshit crazy, she'd wake each night at 2ish, and be up more or less until 4ish. The only way to soothe her was to walk her around bouncing in the jogging stroller in the upstairs hallway. There were more than a few nights when I considered letting that stroller bounce down stair-by-stair-by-stair (which is why I *always* bucked her little darling self in, with both shoulder straps.)
Sigh. It does get better, though. She has been sleeping through the night for *at least* three years. Maybe even four.
Best of luck staying sane during this time. I found that she wore me out so bad at night that I couldn't be patient at night. There were nights I literally thought I might go insane.
For what it's worth, we did peg some of the sleep disruptions to her being REALLY sensitive to my menstrual cycle (we were still breastfeeding.) So I'd have two terrible weeks followed by two fine weeks during which time I'd forget everything that had transpired before, then two more terrible weeks and back and forth. Really, quite certain I was nuts. Took care of my hormonal shifts via...medical intervention, and she grew up, and things got a lot better by about two and a half.
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