https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 20:38:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1007786 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:24:51 +0000 Smurfette 1007786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: She did redeem herself by sleeping till 8 this morning. But she just took 23 mins of full on crying to finally lose out to her morning nap. Getting her to sleep last night was rough too. Maybe she is teething and that is what is going on. Who knows. I feel like I have no clue what I am doing these days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1007781 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:21:21 +0000 JoJoGirl 1007781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: aaagh bummer :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1007776 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:17:58 +0000 Smurfette 1007776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I am sorry!! Babies are so hard. R was sleeping till 5 and has been waking up 30 mins earlier every night. Last night she woke at 1130 and 5. So much for sleeping through the night. I am not sure what is going on with her. She isn't going down for naps easily either too. We might have to resleep train :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1007770 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:13:23 +0000 JoJoGirl 1007770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, she is back at it. Up from 2:30-4:30 last night. It seems to be every few days regardless of her napping. I feel like sleep training is our only option, I can't go to work like this. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1003411 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:18:41 +0000 LazyLightning 1003411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: so it's like, ok, do I have a really shitty day just to get 5 hours of sleep at night? Sigh, babies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1003403 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:16:55 +0000 JoJoGirl 1003403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LazyLightning: Yes! It's such a hard balance - she's such a pain if she hasn't napped enough, but her best sleep nights have been the days she doesn't nap at all :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1003401 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:16:00 +0000 LazyLightning 1003401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. Same problem here and with a baby about the same age. She is so fussy without her daytime naps...but with them, she wants to wake up and stay up at 3 am!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1003250 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 08:19:46 +0000 JoJoGirl 1003250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maybebaby: That sounds glorious!!!! My mom did that for me once when she was visiting, but my boobs still woke me up after around 6 hours :( Hope your night goes better!!</p> <p>@looch: That's what everyone keeps telling me.. two steps forward, one step back. Thanks for helping me keep perspective, I'm so tired :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1003226 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 08:08:30 +0000 looch 1003226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you're making progress, it might seem like you arent, but you have to look at the long term. One night isn't a trend!</p> <p>Hang in there mama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1003219 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 08:03:20 +0000 maybebaby 1003219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Ugh, I am sorry it wasn't a repeat performance. For a while we were getting a 6 or 7 hr stretch almost every night, but we are not on an almost identical schedule to your day yesterday. I made DH promise to sleep in his nursery tonight on the air mattress while I sleep in our room...he will give LO pumped milk at the night wakings and I will get the first straight 8 hours of sleep I've gotten since 2nd tri! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1003204 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 07:56:53 +0000 JoJoGirl 1003204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maybebaby: Not as well :( I was like a nap nazi trying to recreate the other day. She woke up finally at 8:30am, napped 9:30-10:30, 12-1, and then 3-5. She was down for the night by 7:30, then up at 1am and 5am and wouldn't go back to sleep. Grrr! DH took her at 6 and said she slept for maybe 30 more minutes. It's 8:45 now and she just went down for her first nap. Gah.</p> <p>@erinpye: It actually depends on her! I can tell when she will go down easily or not, depending on how much she wakes up during the feeding. I can usually put her down "awake" (ie her eyes are open but she sort of slept through the whole feeding) and she'll fall right back asleep. If she really wakes up during the feeding and looks around, gets distracted, stares at the nightlight etc, I know she won't go down on her own and will start the rocking/bouncing/etc routine again. Which often doesn't even make her go back to sleep. Once she's up, she's up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1002836 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 03:01:14 +0000 mrbee 1002836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with everything @looch: said! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1002826 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 02:37:27 +0000 erinpye 1002826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry :( I know exactly what that's like. Are you putting her down while she's still awake, after her night feedings? I know a lot of people recommend that, but it just NEVER worked for us. We had to rock our DD back completely to sleep before putting her back down, until she was about 9 months old (although she was waking much less often by that age). I read something that said babies need to be parented to sleep at that young of an age, and it helped me feel less frustrated that she was "unwilling" to fall asleep, and realized I just needed to help her get there. </p> <p>Another thought is she may not be getting enough sleep total. Check the total number of hours in a 24 hour period--for 3 months old, she should be getting 3-4 naps per day and sleeping a total of approximately 15 hours for every 24 hour period, with only 90-120 mins of wake time between naps (a catnap or two is OK!). When babies get overtired, they wind up, and wake more often/ earlier. It's definitely true for our DD. </p> <p>Good luck, mama! Glad that with the update she slept well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1001844 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:19:55 +0000 maybebaby 1001844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Eee I saw your post on Facebook--that is so exciting! How did today go? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-1000811 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:14:24 +0000 AprilFool 1000811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: haha sounds complicated! Am crazy jealous of that 9 hours. That looks like a good schedule, very similar to my LO who is just a bit older. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-998360 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:09:14 +0000 JoJoGirl 998360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Will definitely try. I fought her HARD to nap around 3 yesterday and she kept screaming every time I left the room, so won't work so hard at it today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-998352 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:07:17 +0000 Smurfette 998352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I would let her sleep. Just let her nap the same amount of time today. Doesn't have to be the same exact time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-998349 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:06:24 +0000 JoJoGirl 998349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Should I wake her up?! So she'll go back down for a nap at 10? This is so complicated. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-998345 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:04:59 +0000 Smurfette 998345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: That is awesome! She slept better then R did last night. Definitely keep the same nap schedule and see if you get the same results tonight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-998341 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:03:59 +0000 JoJoGirl 998341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: Looking back at my notes, she napped at 10am, 1:30pm (while being worn) and 4:30pm (while being worn) yesterday, which sounds more like a 'big girl' schedule and less like a newborn. Will definitely try that again today! </p> <p>Also she's still sleeping (it's 8). I was so excited I made DH pancakes for breakfast. haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-998228 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 05:42:29 +0000 rachiecakes 998228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: woohooo! that's awesome! I would try to stick to similar schedule today, if possible, and see if it works :)<br /> With DS, he would get into patterns and then teething would happen or we would go away for a weekend and everything would get crazy again, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-998217 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 05:30:01 +0000 JoJoGirl 998217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AprilFool: Actually we do put her to sleep in the nursery because it's STILL bright in our room at 7pm (this would be much easier in the winter, ha ha!). So she falls asleep in the nursery, wakes up in our room, and then usually goes back to sleep in the nursery. We need to fix this system.</p> <p>So update..</p> <p>LO SLEPT 9 HOURS STRAIGHT!!! To bed at 7:45pm and up at 4:45am. Then went right back to sleep at 5 and is still sleeping (it's 6:30am). I'm wondering if this was just a crazy wonder week/growth spurt/sleep consolidation thing now that she's 13 weeks and she'll finally start getting her sleep in order.. or maybe everyone is right that she needs to nap *less* during the day?! She was SO CRANKY last night but I think I will definitely start waking her up from naps longer than like an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-997521 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:26:10 +0000 AprilFool 997521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: hmmm maybe it's the change in room that signals wake time. What time do you usually go to bed? Maybe moving her in there while she is asleep just before you go to bed, so she is not in there by herself for the whole night but wakes up in there so it's not strange to go back to sleep there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-997513 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:19:59 +0000 lomom 997513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: is she going to daycare when you go back? My LO started getting good sleep stretches after daycare. It wears little man out! Maybe this will be the case with your LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-997511 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:18:44 +0000 JoJoGirl 997511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AprilFool: GOod question. It's sort of a stupid system. Our room is VERY BRIGHT with a skylight and huge unshaded dome window. DH and I both sleep with eye shades. So she goes to bed in our room, and then during her night waking I move her into the nursery for the rest of the night where it's dark. She would wake up at dawn and stare at the skylight so right now that's what we do... DH doesn't want to move her into her own room for the whole night because of what he's read about SIDS risk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-997505 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:16:42 +0000 AprilFool 997505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Yay for 7 hours! Is she in your room or her own room? Is she alone in the room when she goes to sleep? You said she's prone to stimulation so maybe you and DH being there at 3am is what makes her want to stay awake? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-997496 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:12:19 +0000 JoJoGirl 997496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Okay so let's see how tonight goes. Today was CRAP in the nap department. 10-10:50am, a catnap around noon for 20 mins, some snoozing in the moby 1:30-2:30 and more snoozing (I don't think she sleeps well in there) 4:30-5:30. She's in the bath now with Dh and I plan to put her down between 7:30 and 8. Will keep you posted :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-995676 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:18:47 +0000 looch 995676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I would log everything, I did because I had to, otherwise I would get all stressed out about how poor the sleep was and when I spoke to the ped about it, I'd have no idea what the actual data was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-995646 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:14:26 +0000 JoJoGirl 995646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Her naps are all over the place during the day, so I should go back to logging them and see what happens. She went back down close to 5 and slept til 7:30, then finally went down for a nap at 10. Sometimes she'll sleep for 30 minutes, sometimes 2 hours. The other day she slept for 3.5 hrs (!?) and that was the night she didn't sleep well, so I need to really start logging it better, I guess. It's hard to know because she often will sleep in the Moby, and that's the only way I can get out of the house, so if I'm out walking around for a while she'll sleep the entire time! I guess I should log that as a 'nap' too and see what trends I can find? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-wont-go-back-to-sleep-after-her-night-wakings-im-so-tired#post-995461 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:32:13 +0000 looch 995461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: are you logging the time awake and napping during the day? I found that the formula that worked well for us was to have a good morning nap about 45minutes to an hour after waking up in the morning. Then, we'd have a longer stretch in the between the naps and even longer between the third nap. My son dropped the third nap quite early and kept the morning nap for a lot longer than most toddlers do (well past 18 months).</p> <p>Sorry for the novel, but not every baby is textbook and follows the sleep begets sleep mantra. I tried to make him a Weissbluth baby, but he wasn't having it, lol. </p>