OK, get your minds out of the gutter. Baby H had a horrible night aside from her newborn days of which we only got to experience a few, I have never lost this much sleep because of her. She started screaming in pain off and on all night from 9pm on. I asked her where it hurt and got nothing. I gave her ibuprofen twice in the night and got about 1/2 hour of sleep once it kicked in and then the crying and screaming began again. No fever and nothing that I could see was wrong. She just wanted to be held and even then she wasn't always calm and quiet. I broke one of my Mommy rules and actually let a child sleep in my bed. I have NEVER done this before. I know this is a controversial issue among Moms. My theory and experience has been at our house that we are all happier in our own beds. I train my kids to be sleepers and NONE of them have been with us since birth . We had Baby H 1 week at birth and CPS gave her back to her Bio Mom for a while. I love all my kids but if they want a happy, sane ,fun Mom during the day I NEED my sleep. Which means we do not bunk with Mommy and Daddy. You get my days I get my nights. When I am toooo tired we do not have a happy household!!!!! I do not feel our bond has suffered or that they are neglected. Baby H didn't really sleep until 6am anyways so I don't know why I am even calling it sleeping with me. Daddy was the only one really getting any rest. The man can sleep through most anything. So we are off to the Dr. My best guess is an ear infection. No nap for either of us because nap time was the only time the Doc had to see her. OH WELL, it will be a try not to be cranky drink a lot of caffeine day!!
When she fell asleep I fell asleep with her and woke up all disorientated at 7:15. This is cause for panic at my house because all the rest of the hooligans have been up for at least an hour by now. So I never know what I will find. Lightning sometimes will take charge and that is not always good. Today it was not to bad. He gave smiley a Disneyland light up neck band in his crib and he was happily playing in the dark when I got to him.
The kitchen was could have been worse. Miss M and Sissy served their own breakfast. The milk was warm when I got to it. Yes there is cereal buried under all that milk and I made her eat it.
I thought for sure once she was out she would stay that way, NOPE... She was up grumpy and yawning at 8:15. I don't think I can do two nights in a row of this so hopefully the Doc figures it out for me.
HAVE A NICE DAY!!!!!!!!!
12 comments:
Poor Baby H and poor you!!!!! Hopefully she gets feeling better and you can get more sleep!
OH man....have we all had nights like that! Sounds like an ear infection or something wierd. I loved your comment when you said the kids get you during the day and you get the night...so true! I hope you survive the day and you have lots of caffeine in your house!
I hope you get it figured out as well! One night with no sleep is beyond enough. Hope she feels better soon.
We don't sleep with our kiddos either, although Jared will try his best. I wake up to him on my feet at the foot of the bed many times!
When they were tiny though, and I was a sleep-deprived nursing momma, there were plenty of times I just pulled them into bed with me and immediately went back to sleep as they were eating away happily. But thankfully the last two started sleeping through the night at 2-3 months, so that ended then!
Poor Girl and Poor Mom!! Hope the Dr finds out what it is and you both get some much needed sleep!
Poor mom and poor Baby H! I too am a happier mom when I get my sleep. Tonight will be a better night for ALL of you.
Yup! I have had one to many of those nights! Not fun! I hope too, that the dr. finds something. Get some sleep as soon as you can.
I don't function well either when I don't get my sleep. And it only takes one night of missing to totally ruin me. Hope she gets feeling better fast, and you get to bed early tonight. The last time Connor had an ear infection, he didn't have a fever, so I thought it was more of a swimmer's ear instead of an inner ear thing. Turns out he had both. Not fun! I'm LOL at Smiley playing in the dark, and that Lightning found something to keep him happy. He will be a good babysitter one day! I think it's cute that your kids try to function on their own, instead of waking you up. Even if it makes for warm milk and spills everywhere.
So so sorry for you!!
I hope that things start looking up for BOTH of your sakes!!
Call me if I can help you.
huge bummer! hope she feels better soon, and hope you get a nap somehow, and tonight is better.
those nights are sooo hard! i hope it goes well at the dr and that she sleeps better tonight
I find after a night like that- the WHOLE WEEK is shot! You just cannot recover. I hope you get lots of naps this week.
And the sleeping with kids thing- I say you do whatever it takes to survive. My sister cannot sleep with her babies. I cannot sleep without them (I think I hear them crying so I am constantly getting up to check on them). This is of course only with our infants. By 5 or 6 months, they are OUT of our bed. Because of course at that point I cannot sleep with them. Funny thing. It is like the switch gets flipped.
yuck...my patience level when I haven't had any sleep is awful! I hope you survived your day, and tonight will be full of sweet dreams!
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