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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Sleep Deprivation


Ok, so for the last month or so Landen has decided that he doesn't need a nap during the day and he doesn't like to sleep at night either.(PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS A PHASE)
We moved his room to Zach's old room b/c the doorways are larger(for his wheelchair) and it's just a much bigger room (for all of Landen's toys). Zach wanted his old room back anyways b/c he likes to be closer to our room.(scaredy cat)
I wake up at 3:30am to go to work and I usually don't get to bed till around 9:30 or 10p. Landen decides he wants to wake up at 11pm and SOMETIMES he may go back to sleep around 1 or 2am but that's only for about an hr. I have been getting about 2-3 hrs of GOOD SLEEP(if there is such a thing) my body doesn't even know what the heck good sleep is anymore.
So, I hear people talking about "sleep training". Let me tell you how my sleep training went for 1 day. Yes, I said 1 day and I know I should give it more than 1 day but just wait.
I try to rock Landen and sing to him  b/c that's what I've done since we brought him home.(ok, so maybe it's my singing that's keeping him awake)so rocking didn't help... I put him in his crib(to cry it out, and hope he will cry himself to sleep b/c that's what the Dr's say to do)Oh no, not my son.  He cries so hard and gets so upset that he vomits ALL over the place. It's not just a little spit up either. I mean all over his comforter, crib sheets, soaked through his clothes, in his hair, down the crib etc. He did that twice in 1 day so "sleep training" for my child is not going to happen. And yes, I tried to let him cry it out yesterday as a matter of fact and once I heard him gagging I ran in there and grabbed him. And do you even want to guess how I get him to sleep in the middle of the night??? THE ONLY WAY HE WILL EVENTUALLY FALL BACK TO SLEEP IS IF HE LAYS ON MY CHEST. Yep, I lay on my back and he lays on top of me. If I try to move him, he wakes up.
My nephew sleeps like 20 hrs a day ( not really but he sleeps a whole freakin' lot). Like he will go to sleep around 8pm and not wake up until 11 or 12 the next day...then go down for a nap at like 2 or 3 in the afternoon...and he's almost 2 yrs old. I tell my sister in law that that is not normal but maybe it's just not normal for my son to sleep like 6 hrs total in a 24 hr period.

Calgon, please take me away to somewhere I can get some sleep!!! 


So, since he won't sleep in his "new" room, this is where he is sleeping now..... IN OUR ROOM IN HIS PORTABLE CRIB. Let's hope he sleeps through the night!


And here is his "new" room that he refuses to sleep in.


FYI... I needed to add that my husband DOES indeed get up with Landen too! He's amazing and he will try to get me to go take a nap while he tends to Landen but it breaks my heart when Landen cries and reaches for me.  
Thanks to my sweet husband who does so much for us. Thanks for getting up in the middle of the night with him too! =)

2 comments:

  1. Oh dear, that is quite a problem! I have no help to offer you, no suggestion whatsoever. Good gravy, I hope something works out soon though because momma needs some sleep.

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  2. Cassie,
    Momma does need her sleep! Thanks for all your suggestions and help on this matter. =)
    And NO he did not sleep all night last night even though he was in our room. He was up from 2-4am. Geez this kid is like the energizer bunny..keeps goin' and goin'. =)

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