Nora was sleeping through the night at 7 weeks and she would occasionally wake up, but when we put her pacifier back in she was asleep again. For the past two weeks she has been waking up twice a night and acting like she's starving. I've been feeding her because she won't go back to sleep and I am afraid she's not getting enough during the day. #1 Should I give he rice cereal to try and fill her up? #2 Is she too young to "cry it out"? #3 Does traveling mess with their sleep patterns so much that she would be waking up a week 1/2 after we return home?
I should add that the lactation specialist said to be a clock watcher right now until she is 6 months since she's so distracted and not eating as well during the day. She recommended I feed her every two hours until she's 6 months. ugh.
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Meredith did exactly the same thing. In her case, it started with the trip to Cali and it lasted for a solid 6-8 weeks after we got back. I really started to lose my mind. The main problem was that got into the habit of getting too many calories at night, so she WAS hungry. We had to really work on getting those calories into her during the day. Do with that what you will...and know that you have my sympathy, cause that was the hardest time for me.
Kate
Thomas really got messed up with his sleeping when we traveled and he was only 4 1/2 months old. I didn't feed him though when he woke up because he was use to not eating at that time. I eventually had to listen to my mother-in-law who told me to put him in a room that was the furthest from mine and let him cry it out. It made it easier b/c I didn't have to hear him, but I still would check on him every now and then but didn't pick him up. It worked because after only three nights of that he began sleeping through the night and our lives were so much better:)
Elizabeth stopped sleeping through the night when she was 4 months old. We tried to let her cry it out because we didn't want to keep feeding her (after she obviously could do without it). We didn't know what was going on. Then, about 2 weeks later, she got her first tooth and we figured out that maybe this was the problem. So, I'm sure you hear this often, or if not you will soon, but "Maybe she's teething."??!! :)
Feed her every two hours? Woah. I'm with Amanda on crying it out. I bet she's not hungry at night--just kinda off since traveling. If it were me, I wouldn't feed her again in the middle of the night b/c she'll get use to that and you're not helping the problem getting her to sleep again. Maybe you could just go in there and settle her and not feed her???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (hee hee)
Let her cry. We just got back in town from my brother's wedding and I am afraid that we might run into the same problem. The time change and everything really throws the schedule off.
By the way, do you have Girl Meets God? The library doesn't have it so I thought I might borrow from you.
julie- yes, it's kate's but i'm sure she wouldn't care. the kiterunner is better in my opinion...
I'll take Girl Meets God...they had the Kite Runner at the library. By the way, my doctor told me that by 4 months it would be good to have Ryan's feedings spaced out to every 4 hours. So call your doctor and ask him and ignore the nipple nazis who want you to shove your boob in your kid's mouth every second you possibly can.
i'll bring it to lunch tomorrow if you are coming boob lady
They put us on cereal at 4 months, but check with your doctor. With Parker we had to let him CRY it out. It is hard, but we just turned off the monitor. I agree, feeding through the night may create a pattern. I love the nipple nazis! That is great.
Oh, Ang... so sorry for the wake-up calls. It's so hard after you reach the sleeping through the night phase. I am not sure what to say. I wasn't able to nurse so my situation is a bit different.
Sorry I haven't commented lately. My sister is in town and we've been busy. I liked your post about the PPD. It took me forever to figure out what BCPs were (I felt like I had to know since you said "girls only"...finally caught on!). Like everyone else, I think it's normal and part of adjusting to a new ....everything (role in life, responsibility, body, marriage, etc....) Motherhood is harder than you think and yet more rewarding than you think but it all gets mixed up at times. I will be praying for you, dear friend! Thanks for your honesty. I am about to post an "honest" message soon!!
Love you!
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