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Not sleeping
September 17, 2006
So we went on vacation to the beach where my entire family stayed in one house. Then we all got a cold within a week of our return and it was a bad one...we stayed in bed for a week or so. Now, we've recovered and the little man has decided that he does not need to sleep anymore. He does not want to go to sleep till midnight or later and then he only sleeps till 3 or 4. He nurses alot then and goes back to sleep till 6 AM when he comes to our bed to stay (my husband goes to work then) and sleeps till 9 or 10. I feel like a zoombie.
I have such a hard time getting up at 3 am and not being angry. I know he has no malice in waking me up but sometimes I have to count to 10 before I go in there and get him. I've tried leaving him to "cry it out" and 15 miutes is about my limit before its just too much. I don't think that is the best option for us. I keep hoping that its a developmental thing - that his little brain is getting so much info that its just difficult for him to turn it off but the sleep dep is getting to me! I hate that its Sunday night and I know I won't let my husband get up with the baby at 3 to soothe him. I feel bad on the days he has to go to work in the morning and I don't ask him to get up with the baby. We'll see. Its 9:30 and the baby is tired so maybe we'll see if he goes down now. Wish me luck!
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