Sorry, my mind has been a little foggy the last few days. My nights have not gone very smoothly, which has left me a little sluggish and pretty tired.
I would say that the last few nights are when I really feel like I have 2 children. My little ones have successfully been waking me up at different times and fortunately that means I am not getting any type of solid sleeping.
Calan has been waking up in the middle of the night for quite some time. He doesn't say anything, but he rocks and bangs against the crib. Everything that I have read about this behavior says that it is normal and a soothing technique. Unfortunately, it keeps me up. I just can't sleep if one of my babies isn't asleep. So, while I don't have to attend to Calan, his rocking can last anywhere from 15 minutes to (like last night) 2 hours.
And, it always seems right as one baby is going to sleep the other wakes up. It is one of those nights that you just feel like you can't win no matter what you do.
To add to the night, my parents were here staying the night as they were passing through on their way back home. So, Calan kept everyone up and I feel like a bad mom because I can't figure out why my son is waking to rock each night.
We have changed his diaper, we have shortened naps, we have lengthened naps, we have put him to bed early, we have put him to bed late. We have done everything that we can think of and the rocking continues.
To me, it is hard because there just isn't an easy way to help sooth him. I have tried rocking him and holding him and singing to him, but the second I put him in his crib, he gets in the corner and starts rocking. Most of the time, I watch him on the monitor and he is asleep rocking. I really do see how it is a soothing technique for him, but why is he doing it in the middle of the night after he has been asleep for hours? That is my biggest issues. I just want him to sleep peacefully through.
I understand and get why Maisie wakes up, but Calan is frustrating because I can't figure it out. I can't help him and I feel powerless over his and my lack of sleep.
Anyone ever deal with this? Did you figure it out?
We have done something similar to my daughter. She wasn't cleaning her room, so we boxed up everything on her floor and put it away until she could pick up her room. For 3 months, she played with the items she still had and was content. We reintroduced her toys to her, a box at a time and it was like all brand new toys to her!
ReplyDeleteWe now try to do as you do, and put them out of site, so they aren't everywhere, but she's 6, she makes a mess a lot with everything. My 4 year old son, he does the same thing, but I've been trying to put more toys out of site, so he doesn't just get them all out again.
Regina
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