Up late again tonight with my kiddo. He just won't sleep for any extended period. Just got done taking him for a car ride thinking that would work like last time. No go. He will fall asleep in my arms but once I move he's up crying. For the first 3 weeks he slept like a champ. Thus past week not so much. I'm sure many if you have been through this. Tough part is there is nothing I can do to make him stop crying. He stops on his own and them starts 30 minutes later. That's all just needed to get or out there. Can't advice from the seasoned pros here.
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Brother, I have been there and done that. And if I miss it for sure. There's a country song where the guy says "You're gonna miss this" and I know right now you just want some peace, but trust me, you're gonna miss this. Don't blink. They grow up so fast. Mine just took his last final for his junior year of college. I can't rock him to sleep anymore.Comment
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My son is only 4 weeks old, actually in about 35 minutes. I know he's just a baby and they cry. I'm not complaining, but yea tx Kevin I would like him to go to sleep haha. The wife is crashed, she has done a lot with staying up with him so I don't want to wake her. I guess what gets me more is that there is nothing I do that soothe him. It's just whenever he wants to start and stop.Comment
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Chamomile tea helps soothe the belly. Baby might be a little colicky. Did a 180 for ours and several other friends baby's. Miracle like. Look into it and good luck.Comment
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let him sleep in your arms.....
screw the books
parents need sleep too
this too shall pass.Comment
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Baby's are very demanding and they do drain away Ur battery. I know what u are taking about.. I hate it when baby is sound asleep and then when u put him ini crib he starts moving and then wakes up, then there u go again, baby in arms for another 30-45 minutes waiting to fall asleep for good..
I have an 8 month old baby now and she's not as bad as my It'sy baby... Sometimes all u want is a break.
U definately learn how good it is to have a good night sleep when someone else takes care of baby for u..
Hang in there, it will get easier with time...Comment
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the first couple weeks with my daughter i would fall asleep with her on my chest in the glider, eventually i would wake up from being uncomfortable, that's when i would put her in bassinet, then she would sleep a couple extra hrs than if i just put her in as soon as she fell asleep. just keep trying different things to find out what soothes the kiddo.Comment
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Yea we have broken a few of those cardinal sin rules. On the weekends I will watch tv late at night in bed but the little booger ends up peeing on me. I don't know how it happens to get through the diaper, maybe the way I hold him but I get wet. Haha. Gonna attempt to put him in the crib now, but I may be back in here in a while. Hopefully not though.Comment
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Our first ran us through the wringer. We dreaded nighttime because all he did was cry. I remember a feeling of being at a complete loss for what we should do, but somehow it got better little by little to the point that we sort of came out of this fog at 10 weeks and looked back at the previous 2 months, which seemed like an eternity, and laughed.
You will make it through this, so you and your wife just stick together as a team and do your best. Support each other and give each other breaks. Before you know it, you'll be telling someone else they will make it through it!Comment
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Do yall let him sleep in the bed with you. I have an 8 month old daughter and a 4 year old son and we never let them sleep in our bed. My son slept through the night from day one and my daughter took a coue of days. We had alot of friends have babies when we did, they all complainex of kids not sleeping and everyone of em let them sleep in their bed at some point. I dont know if we got extremely lucky or if kids sleeping in the parents bed has some effect lolComment
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I feel your pain. My son didn't sleep all night until he was 5 . He had a condition called night terrors. He wouldn't go into a deep sleep. He would go to sleep then a while later would wake up screaming. As he got older, he would wake up doing this but he never knew it. His eyes would be wide open but he wasn't awake. He did grow out of it but it took a while. I guess this is why we only had one child.Comment
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Have you tried swaddling your boy. My girls would go to sleep, and stay asleep, if they were swaddled. I believe it reminds them of being in the wombComment
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My boy had reflux when he was a baby, lay down and it would drive him insane which inturn drove us insane. We found some stuff called GripeWater that was a life saver. At the time they sold it in the pharmacy area at WalMart. May look into it and see if it will help.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gripe_waterComment
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Our girl did too. Colouch (sp) also. We found Soy Enfamil helped along with Little Tummy gas drops.Originally posted by cvanbrunt View PostComment
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