https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:47:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753853 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:27:44 +0000 HLK208 753853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, girl - it's a phase!! I hope! Because E is 11 months and fighting naps hard, just like this. She will CIO for an hour and will not go to sleep at all even though she is tired. I have tried singing, nursing, rocking. I put her in the stroller and took a walk just so she would sleep. Argh. Deep breaths though, it will pass soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753696 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:29:04 +0000 sarac 753696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phase! It will end. It will not last forever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753455 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:44:47 +0000 jmarionsmith 753455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we are sort of going through this too. his screaming is horrible and i can't bear to hear it! it's not a normal cry. i'm thinking he may be going through a little separation anxiety because as soon as i pick him up he calms down and if i rock him he knocks right back out. it's just impossible to put him in his crib.</p> <p>do you think it could be that?</p> <p>whatever it is, i'm sure it's a phase. but know you're not alone! i've nearly lost my mind several times because of this sleep regression! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753450 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:40:25 +0000 Weagle 753450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely a phase. LO did this and I almost wanted to just run away. In fact, I flew to my parents with LO just so I could have help during the day to get through it. There are a lot of things going on developmentally at this age. Not all of it is physical, so it's hard to pinpoint the cause. I promise, though, he will start sleeping again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753411 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:06:35 +0000 IcebergMom 753411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And yes, it won't last forever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753407 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:05:49 +0000 IcebergMom 753407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:( did you try some Tylenol or Advil for perhaps teething pain? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753385 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:47:35 +0000 LovelyPlum 753385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no advice for you, but I wanted to pop in and say that you are doing great. Hang in there, mama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753345 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:24:37 +0000 runsyellowlites 753345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely a phase. I promise it won't last forever! P has been going back &amp; forth on her napping. TBH if she just isn't going down we get back up for a little while and try again in about 30 minutes... that usually helps tremendously &amp; she'll easily nurse to sleep. Our new sidecar setup still has her very excited about all her explore space so any bedding down as been a "fight".</p> <p>Anytime we have stressful sleep phases I resort to doing whatever I have to for us to all get sleep (or more sleep than we were doing what we were doing) and then resume our normal sleep patterns when the phase passes.</p> <p>Hope you can get some rest soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753331 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:18:29 +0000 lovehoneybee 753331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: I tried! He'll be asleep and I'll even be able to get him down into the crib still asleep and stand with my hand on his chest and slowly move away but the second I've taken a step away from the crib he wakes up and freaks out! I tried it in our bed, too...thinking maybe if I could get him down for a nap there I could nap too...but he won't nap in our bed at all! Gah! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753313 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:12:09 +0000 Lindsay05 753313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can probably reassure you that it's a phase. LO did the same thing and it lasted for maybe 1-2 weeks. Every nap was a complete battle. I had to warn people that it was going to be ugly when LO goes down. We just let her CIO each time and it eventually stopped. It's tough though :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753312 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:11:49 +0000 travelgirl1 753312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good lord, I bet you're shattered! Do you ever nurse down at all? I know it might be seen as moving backwards but it might get you a bit of sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/omg-im-about-to-rip-my-hair-out#post-753297 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:02:58 +0000 lovehoneybee 753297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know what's going on, but I'm thisclose to losing it. LO has decided to stop sleeping. He went from waking up once, maybe twice a night (in 14 hours) to being up every.hour. It's sucked, and I'm exhausted but I've managed because he's still napped well....we've been averaging 1-1.5 hours, which is huge for my used to be 30 minute napper. </p> <p>But today. Oh good lord today. He's fought every.single.nap. Hard. Standing up, screaming--wailing--at the top of his lungs every time I leave the room. He's now been up for 5 hours, when 2, sometimes 3, is his normal limit. I've been trying to get him down for a last nap for almost 2 hours. He's exhausted, I can see it in his eyes, and he's giving me huge sleep cues. </p> <p>But he will.not.sleep. </p> <p>I've tried every trick I know. Dancing, rocking, nursing, putting a hand on his chest and shhing and/or singing...he'll be asleep or nearly asleep and the second I turn away he's standing up screaming at me in an unearthly tone. And it doesn't let up. Sometimes he'd cry for a minute or two before a nap but would go almost right down. Now...well, 10 minutes is the very longest I can listen to this before going back in. And as soon as I go in he smiles at me. But if I leave it's an unearthly wail. I'd almost be willing to throw him in the Ergo but he won't sleep in it. </p> <p>I feel like I haven't slept in weeks, and I've barely seen my husband...he got called in on Saturday and didn't get off until 1am last night...I'm so exhausted and am thisclose to screaming. </p> <p>He's almost 9 months. Please, please, please tell me this is a phase that will pass, soon. </p>