possanda
12-07-2010, 09:41
Let me start by saying that I love my son and would never wish for a life without him, but man I wish he would sleep properly.
This might take a while to explain so I hope that some of you read through and can offer some advise.
DS was 4 weeks premmie at 8.7p had a depressed sternum and spent 3 days on his tumy in special care on monitors, Iv's and 24 hr care.
Sleep from the start was difficult. He would only cat nap and have to occational long day nap. Would sleep with me most nights when he wouldn't by himself. Then it all went bad.... I had way too much milk and he was getting bad tummy aches, and would wake every hour.
This went on for about a month until my milk settled. I changed him from sleeping with me to sleeping in his cot and he seemed to get better at night. He would go to bed at 5.30pm wake at 1am and 4am then sleep through till 7am.
This lasted a little while, then he got 2 teeth at 3 months!!!! Never slept longer than an hour during the day and at night needed to be resettled (taking 40 mins) every 1 1/2 hrs.
My milk suffered and I wasn't giving him enough to sleep happily and gave up at 6 months and changed over to formula. He also started solids at 4 1/2 months to try to fill him up at nights.
He is now 8 months old and his sleep cycle changes daily.... I have the same ritual everyday, and his night times havent changed either.
Recently he will sleep through one night waking once at 4.30am and have a 2 hour and a 1 hour nap during the day. The next night he won't settle and wakes every few hours and will want to get up at 5am, and will only have 2 x 40 min sleeps which he fights me on everytime.
I put him to sleep the same way each time, I have the room dark, I maintain the same room temp, he gets enough exercise, he eats and drinks well, I read to him, I play with him, we take walk around the garden and play with the animals.....
I use controlled comforting technique and for the first 10 mins of putting him down he has a music box he listens to and he is left to whinge a bit. However I never let him cry too much or get hysterical, I will always pick him up if he needs it.
He is a happy little boy, but I wish he would sleep properly for my sake and his.
I just don't know what else to try....
:sleeping:
This might take a while to explain so I hope that some of you read through and can offer some advise.
DS was 4 weeks premmie at 8.7p had a depressed sternum and spent 3 days on his tumy in special care on monitors, Iv's and 24 hr care.
Sleep from the start was difficult. He would only cat nap and have to occational long day nap. Would sleep with me most nights when he wouldn't by himself. Then it all went bad.... I had way too much milk and he was getting bad tummy aches, and would wake every hour.
This went on for about a month until my milk settled. I changed him from sleeping with me to sleeping in his cot and he seemed to get better at night. He would go to bed at 5.30pm wake at 1am and 4am then sleep through till 7am.
This lasted a little while, then he got 2 teeth at 3 months!!!! Never slept longer than an hour during the day and at night needed to be resettled (taking 40 mins) every 1 1/2 hrs.
My milk suffered and I wasn't giving him enough to sleep happily and gave up at 6 months and changed over to formula. He also started solids at 4 1/2 months to try to fill him up at nights.
He is now 8 months old and his sleep cycle changes daily.... I have the same ritual everyday, and his night times havent changed either.
Recently he will sleep through one night waking once at 4.30am and have a 2 hour and a 1 hour nap during the day. The next night he won't settle and wakes every few hours and will want to get up at 5am, and will only have 2 x 40 min sleeps which he fights me on everytime.
I put him to sleep the same way each time, I have the room dark, I maintain the same room temp, he gets enough exercise, he eats and drinks well, I read to him, I play with him, we take walk around the garden and play with the animals.....
I use controlled comforting technique and for the first 10 mins of putting him down he has a music box he listens to and he is left to whinge a bit. However I never let him cry too much or get hysterical, I will always pick him up if he needs it.
He is a happy little boy, but I wish he would sleep properly for my sake and his.
I just don't know what else to try....
:sleeping: