my boys just turned a year old yesterday! i cannot believe how fast this year has gone by!
however, they are sleeping terribly! they slept much, much better from 3 to 6 months than they do now. i am up at least every 2 hours during the night. they do not sleep 12 hours a night, they are not even in bed 12 hours a night. and they don't always nap well either.
we have 2 cribs in our room and a king sized bed. i cannot nurse both babies at one time while lying down; i've tried repeatedly. the boys both start out in their cribs. during the night, i get up and nurse each one when they wake up crying until i'm too exhausted and then one of them goes in the bed with me. that way i only have to get up and nurse one.
on a good night, the baby in the bed will stay asleep and i'm only up a few times with the baby in the crib. on a bad night, neither sleeps well and we are rotating babies between the bed and the crib and dh is taking turns rocking one and they are screaming b/c they only want me, etc.
they are still taking 2 naps a day, but i think the morning nap will go soon. but they still really need that nap on some days. sometimes they sleep really well for naps (meaning 30 to 60 minutes for morning nap and 60 to 90 minutes for afternoon nap, all without waking up), other times they don't. today, one of them woke up and needed nursed back to sleep during both nap periods and neither slept for very long overall.
i am EXHAUSTED. and i have no ideas as to when this will get better or what i can do to help it get better. we see a chiro on a regular basis, i've had her muscle test for food allergies, she checks them for emotional stuff too. i just don't know what to do. i need sleep!
someone please tell me this will get better soon?
however, they are sleeping terribly! they slept much, much better from 3 to 6 months than they do now. i am up at least every 2 hours during the night. they do not sleep 12 hours a night, they are not even in bed 12 hours a night. and they don't always nap well either.
we have 2 cribs in our room and a king sized bed. i cannot nurse both babies at one time while lying down; i've tried repeatedly. the boys both start out in their cribs. during the night, i get up and nurse each one when they wake up crying until i'm too exhausted and then one of them goes in the bed with me. that way i only have to get up and nurse one.
on a good night, the baby in the bed will stay asleep and i'm only up a few times with the baby in the crib. on a bad night, neither sleeps well and we are rotating babies between the bed and the crib and dh is taking turns rocking one and they are screaming b/c they only want me, etc.
they are still taking 2 naps a day, but i think the morning nap will go soon. but they still really need that nap on some days. sometimes they sleep really well for naps (meaning 30 to 60 minutes for morning nap and 60 to 90 minutes for afternoon nap, all without waking up), other times they don't. today, one of them woke up and needed nursed back to sleep during both nap periods and neither slept for very long overall.
i am EXHAUSTED. and i have no ideas as to when this will get better or what i can do to help it get better. we see a chiro on a regular basis, i've had her muscle test for food allergies, she checks them for emotional stuff too. i just don't know what to do. i need sleep!
someone please tell me this will get better soon?
! It took abt 3 days to a week for her to 'get the message' and abt a month for us to smooth out the hickups and now we all sleep. She does get up at 5am but I decided that I wouldnt complain a stitch because she is sleeping now when 'normal' people sleep lol!
