sleep oddness

[magicicada]

ok, i know during a growth spurt, sylvia throws away her schedule. but, yesterday was just wacky.

sylvia nursed for a solid hr before the open house at the new pediatrician's office. (no free formula samples, a decided lack of drug co literature, and a recommendation from a trusted source). she would not sleep at the open house although she was obviously tired.
she did not fall asleep in the car on the way home, but when it stopped. after dinner she was fussing horribly, (after nursing) would not sleep while i held her and wouldn't relax in her crib under the mobile. so jeff tried some tummy time and she fell asleep. we were both watching her, so we let her sleep. i wonder how many of her sleep troubles are due to the whole 'back to sleep' campaign. we still put her to sleep on her back, but i am eagerly awaiting the time when we can let her sleep however she chooses. when she woke up, i nursed her to sleep and headed to bed. she started fussing and could not relax, so i nursed her on the other side while lying in bed. she fell into a light sleep. i was thoroughly scrambled at this point and decided to try putting her in her crib. she took it. it is unprecedented for sylvia to fall asleep by herself in her crib. i'm very proud of her. she only slept for an hr, but that was pretty good. when i've managed to get her in her crib during deep sleep, she's generally only lasted a half hr. but, the rest of the night she was miserable. sleeping through the night is defined as sleeping 6 hrs or more. she's been doing that reliably since the last growth spurt. the past week 3-4 days she has been waking more frequently, but that's ok since all bets are off and she's generally just a bit hungry. however, every time she woke up last night, she was mad. i don't know how else to explain it. i've checked her temperature and i keep peering in her mouth for signs of new teeth, but have not seen any. her diaper was not an issue, although checking it definitely was. sigh. i have no idea how many times she woke up last night.
i do have some hopes that when she's done with this growth spurt we'll be able to transition her to the crib. i had done research on co-sleeping and decided it was definitely safe, but not for me. h_postmortemus and i take up all of our queen sized bed and i like my covers. sylvia slept in her crib just fine for the first two weeks. that ended once she became aware enough of where she was. i would nurse her, rock her, etc and it didn't matter for how long, she woke up the second her head hit the crib and would not be consoled in the crib. after a few nights when i literally never go to bed, i gave up. we've slept together since then and it has worked out better than i had hoped, but i would still like her to sleep in her crib.

Comments

[fizzgig-bites.livejournal.com]

You have my sympathies.

All of this sounds familiar. Once it was cured by prune juice (the doctor told me to give her prune juice in her milk and she was about 4 months old). A little later she pooed a rock with much screaming. She had never been constipated before or since and she was on a breast milk only diet at the time. It doesn't make sense to me but the prune juice did the trick.

Several months before teeth came in she went through a teething fit but no teeth. It was a teething fit though. Look for bumps in her gums. The gums won't be red but there will be bumps. Anna started teething and then stopped for a while and then started again. Anna recently didn't have any teeth come in for months and in the past month she has eight come in. Maybe Sylvia is doing the same thing. Rubbing her gums might help.

Is there any drooling? Is Sylvia grabbing at her ear? Rubbing her nose? Slamming her head? Any strange behaviors? Any repetitive behaviors? Any clues?

There are frequently fussy fits for no reason so get used to them. The good news is in about a year she will be able to communicate what is bothering her.

fussy reasons

[gardenwaltz.livejournal.com]

well, she's not constipated ;). she is drooling, but has been since she hit 3 months. she isn't grabbing at her ear or rubbing her nose. actually it would be darn cute if she was rubbing her nose. she's not slamming her head or doing anything really bizarre. she has been putting her hands in her mouth a lot more, but it's hard to tell if that's because of teething, hunger or oral habit. i tried giving her a soothy teething ring both before and after it had been cooled. her reaction was the same both times. 'ma, what in the world do you think you are doing?' she wasn't mad, she was just worried for my sanity. this evening she was quite upset again, but at least part of it was tiredness. the real question is, why has she been waking up so upset? *sigh* that brings us back to the growth spurt theory. she's mad when she wakes up because her tummy is empty.

Re: fussy reasons

[fizzgig-bites.livejournal.com]

It has happened to us frequently so don't sweat it. Given time, she will work it out one way or another.

*hugs for mom and Sylvia*