https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 17:43:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-where-art-thou#post-1737956 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:50:22 +0000 fussygal 1737956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: sorry you're dealing with this, too! </p> <p>@ellewoods84: isn't it nuts how much their sleep varies?! Why???!!! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-where-art-thou#post-1737430 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 06:24:38 +0000 ellewoods84 1737430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha! I was just pulling up hellobee to search about sleep issues and voila! This is the first thread I see! I don't have why advice (sorry!), but we are having some horrible nights also (minus the cold). My LO is 9 weeks old and has never been a great sleeper, but would give us at least 2.5-3 hour stretches. These last couple days, she has been waking every 1.5 hours! She only got 7.5 hours last night which is way far off from the recommended 11. It's a vicious cycle-she fights sleep, becomes overtired, won't sleep.....grrr. So sorry no advice but you are not alone! Hope your LO feels better soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-where-art-thou#post-1737419 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 06:10:07 +0000 Dandelion 1737419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could have written this all myself. M had been doing good almost STTN. M's night last night is just like yours...minus the stuffy nose. :( we were up every hour to two hours. I'm exhausted. He was up a lot the night before and then yesterday he took a nap from 9:30-noon.</p> <p>I'm at a loss too. I hope you (we!) Get some answers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-where-art-thou#post-1737409 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 05:37:32 +0000 fussygal 1737409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD (13.5 weeks) has never been a good sleeper and to make matters worse, she's been stuffed up the past two weeks and her sleep has gone way downhill. We used to be able to get one 4-5 hour stretch, then a few two-three hour stretches totaling around 10-11 hours a night. Sometimes I can coax her back down for an extra hour or two if I lay next to her and feed often. She's never slept longer than 6 hours (two fluke stretches). </p> <p>Since she's been stuffed up it's like we're back to the newborn phase and she's going for 2 hour stretches almost exclusively at night. She's feeling better the past few days but the sleep seems to be getting worse. She must be overtired because she's getting less than 11 hours at night (including wake ups, but she's a fast eater and only takes one side at night). She's a happy baby during the day so she hides her tiredness well (me, not so much...). Naps are still only 40 minutes (she has 4-6 a day - gah!), but I've come to terms with her being a catnapper and it really doesn't bother me anymore. </p> <p>Maybe it's a super early 4 mo. sleep regression, but she's never had "good" sleep to begin with. I'm just tired and frustrated and want to see if anyone else dealt with something similar and when they saw a light at the end of the sleepy tunnel! When did your poor sleeper get better in general at night, and how long does it take to get back on schedule after a sickness? Do they eventually pop back up to their old sleep pattern or is it a slow and gradual process of working back up to longer stretches? </p>