Who is active/reading??

[Amber Lynn]

Hello all...

I have not created an account, but read almost daily and have just recently made my first post. I bet there are a lot of people reading these posts daily and I feel like the board could be more active.

The more posts, the more we help each other get through this tough time.

So...drop a reply if you are reading and let me know what age your LO is and how things are going so far.

My son is 9 weeks 5 days today. It's only 10am but not so bad so far today. The past four nights in a row however, he has screamed from 6-9pm. It normally doesn't start til closer to 7.

One thing that really bothers my son, is he gets the hiccups so frequently. We will be right in the middle of a happy time, where he is smiling and laughing, and the hiccups will come then he will start screaming. It's frustrating. It's like his laughing draws in air or something and starts up the hiccups.

[amberlynn]

Lizzi,

Good to hear the colic phase has passed for you, although I am sorry you are struggling with sleeping.

At what week would you say it was gone? Was it gradual or like overnight?

So far, we don't have much trouble with sleeping. He goes down pretty quick. I just wish he slept a little longer at night, but don't we all?

[alexmom]

My little guy is 14 weeks, and the colic is gone, but we have major sleep issues. He falls asleep quite easily, but has trouble stating asleep. He does have some gas and reflux problems still, but he doesn't (thank God!!) scream like he did before. I hope his sleeping will get better soon, but I think we have to resort to sleep training at some point...
Allthough the (non) sleeping sucks, everything is SO much better now that he doesn't scream down the house every day like he used to. He is a happy baby a lot of the time, but he is very active, trying to crawl now at 14 weeks (which he obviously cant!). I think he wants to be walking and talking, and gets frustrated because he cant do anything His sister was the same way!

[alexmom]

*staying asleep

[Amber Lorraine]

Amber, good point about people not posting enough. I totally agree. I read this post from the time my baby boy was 2 weeks old to now even tho the colic subsided a month ago. We also had major sleep issues with Nolan until about 15 weeks. He all of a sudden started sleeping 12 hours straight...when he went to bed, at like 7pm, I went to bed to catch up on much needed rest. I still kind of go to bed when he does because im STILL tired from the early months of not sleeping, colic, etc. But I feel a LOT better nowadays than I ever have since he's been born. He slept 13 hours straight last night! STRAIGHT without once waking up...we just sleep trained him started about a week ago, hes 6 1/2 months old now. He now is continuing to sleep 12 hours straight at night every single night. If I would have talked to you about this when he was 9-10 weeks old or even last month when he was 5 1/2 months old, no way. he was waking every 2 hours all night long. We were at our wits end. So we went to his 6 month drs apt last week and asked the dr about sleeping. The dr said at 6 months of age, almost EVERY single baby should NOT need a night feed, and that if he was continuing to wake, it was because he wanted our comfort or he was just used to it and us running in his room to comfort him. If you let them cry it out, introduce a lovey(stuffed animal) for them to cuddle up to, make sure you keep them extra warm and comfy at night, and there are other tricks, it works WONDERS. I have never felt so good I go down at 7pm when he goes to bed, and sleep til when he wakes up at 7am. The only reason im sleeping 12 hours straight now is because I am trying to catch up on 6 months of no sleep. So, eventually you feel like your out of the fog when the baby starts sleeping. For me, that was the turning point in my postpartum depression, getting more rest

[alexmom]

Amber Lorraine your son sleeping 12- 13 hours straight sounds AMAZING.
I'm looking forward to sleeping again, I know it will happen one day.

[Amber Lorraine]

alexmom, you DEF will start sleeping and the baby will soon too! how old is your baby? The dr told me that most babies
don't start truly consistently sleeping through the night until at least 6 months of age. So, don't worry if it hasn't happened yet!
but good rule of thumb is to in the beginning go down to bed when the baby does so you can catch up on ur rest too!

[alexmom]

He is only just over 3 months old. I don't mind getting up once or twice to feed, I could do that for months.. But he's up every 1-2 hours (3 if I'm lucky), and now he doesn't even fall back to sleep while feeding.. It's rough!! I agree with you, it's necessary to go to bed when the baby does, I have to- otherwise I wouldn't function..

[alexmom]

He is only just over 3 months old. I don't mind getting up once or twice to feed, I could do that for months.. But he's up every 1-2 hours (3 if I'm lucky), and now he doesn't even fall back to sleep while feeding.. It's rough!! I agree with you, it's necessary to go to bed when the baby does, I have to- otherwise I wouldn't function..

[Amber Lynn]

My son is 10 weeks 1 day. He sleeps from 9:30/10:00-1:30/2:00 normally. Then eats, then is back to sleep til about 5. We are pretty much up for the day after that. The past few days he has been really difficult to put down for naps during the day.

Also, he got his 2 month shots Monday. Monday night he slept through his colicky time and last night wasn't as bad as normal. He was fussy during the usual hellish hours, but not non-stop screaming. It was nice. Wonder if it was the shots or if he is just giving us a little break and will be back full force tonight or what??

[Amber Lynn]

Ok, so a response to my last post. My son was the worst he ever was yesterday, which was 2 days after his shots. His crying was different though. I think he was in pain. We gave him Tylenol and he finally went to sleep