https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 01:54:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319979 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:00:44 +0000 mrswin 2319979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Yeah, I would love to still be swaddling her but she will roll in it :bummed: I thought her startle reflex should be gone by now...<br /> We are using the Merlin at night for right now </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319786 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:24:04 +0000 blackbird 2319786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: angrier lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319785 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:23:00 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2319785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: that's how my first was. This one seems to be a little angrier...lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319783 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:22:30 +0000 blackbird 2319783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrswin: that sounds more like startle reflex issues to me. Both my kids did well in a Merlin sleep suit or swaddle for that stage! Hate that </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319779 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:21:35 +0000 blackbird 2319779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: yeah but only made it 20 min. It's more like he protested </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319421 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:27:10 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2319421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: did you CIO? Im fine with it, it just didn't seem to work when we tried a few weeks ago. She was SO tired during the day because none of us were sleeping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319418 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:26:27 +0000 mrswin 2319418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: Yeah, this is my first but I tried to make sure she has good sleep habits and she usually does but I am lost with what the issue is right now. We might try ditching the Merlin suit because maybe she will be happier if she can roll onto her side/stomach. Grasping at all the straws!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319412 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:24:34 +0000 mrswin 2319412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I don't mind sleep training and we are doing Ferber checks right now but she seems to be so unsettled, the arm and leg flapping is non stop, so crying just seems to get her more worked up and the flapping gets worse. May do it this weekend because something's got to give </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319377 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:16:53 +0000 blackbird 2319377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep train? I hit my limit last week and did it and we are all much happier for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319313 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:00:07 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2319313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrswin: my first LO had sleep problems at this age but I always attributed it to me giving her bad habits. I did my best not to create bad habits this go round so I feel so frustrated. CIO worked for DD1 so I feel lost this time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319276 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:45:06 +0000 mrswin 2319276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: My DD has been rolling non stop and working on sitting so I don't know if that is contributing to her wake ups </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2319272 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:43:52 +0000 mrswin 2319272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: It has to be a 6 month thing. My DD is having a similar issues all around. She used to go down at 8 with one wake up around 4am to eat and then up for the day at 7am. The last few night she is going down at 8 like normal, putting herself to sleep but then she is waking up at 10 and 11 and 1/2 and then at 4am to eat. This morning she was sooo restless from 4am to 7am that I don't think she got any deep sleep! She could barely handle 1.5 hours of awake time before her first nap! She wakes herself up flapping her arms and legs. For some of the earlier wake ups I have been going in and soothing her but the 1/2am one she usually cries and I don't have the energy to CIO when I have to leave at 5:30 for work! </p> <p>I also have a cold and little patience for this...I'm sorry I can't offer any advice but I just want you to know you aren't alone :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-sleep-is-the-bane-of-my-existence#post-2318866 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 08:25:04 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2318866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD2 will be 6 months on the 24th. Around 6 weeks old she started doing longer and longer stretches of sleep at night, even STTN 2 to 3 times a week. Around 2.5 months I started a solid sleep routine for both naps and bedtime and by 3 months she was going to sleep on her own 95% of the time. Then her nights started get jumbled. She would be off for a few days then seemly getting back to good sleep, then off for a few days, etc. Then around 4.5 months she started rolling over and really struggling to keep her hands still and naps and bedtime became kind of a crap shoot, but I still wasn't needing to rock her to sleep so I was trying to tough it out. But her night waking kept increasing and I knew she wasn't hungry so I decided that we should try sleep training for night waking before 4 am. 2 nights of 2+ hours of crying (the crying was never constant but it was still too long) and her being exhausted during the day I decided she wasn't ready. Things got better for a night or 2 and then just steadily got worse. She is waking up 4+ times a night. Sometimes I nurse her just because I'm effing tired and I want her to go back to sleep. I'm fighting off a horrible cold and I honestly feel like it's lingering because I'm not getting rest. She seemed fine until last night I noticed her nose was stuffy so I rubbed some Vicks on and gave her a bit of Tylenol but she still couldn't settle and ended up sleeping in our bed all night. I DO NOT enjoy cosleeping. All my muscles tense up and I sleep terribly, so this is not an option. Her naps are good. About 3 naps a day at least and hour long wit one 2 to 3 hour nap in the middle of the day (the past few days she's been sobbing through her long nap too, even if I'm holding her). She still goes to sleep on her own and bedtime is no later than 7pm. I don't know what else to do. I feel like I'm doing everything "right" but it's not helping her. I'm exhausted and losing my patience with both my kids and struggling to focus on the happy moments because I feel so defeated by the bad ones. I need rest. I'm tired of being sick and I know she would be happier with better sleep too. Please help! </p>