I am so tired.

ARGGGGGHH! I am so tired my two little monsters decided that between each other they would be up 10 times last night. That was only from 3am onwards!! Sophie woke up at 1am and untill 2am she was dadadada and mamamama(she has started to babble) untill i went through and re wrapped her and put her dummy in. But that didnt stop her and in that time i think i was up around 4 times sorting her out!! Then Jack started from 3am flipping himself on his front or spitting his dummy out. So from 3am untill 5.30am i was up every half an hour sorting him. I finally managed to get 1.5 hours sleep b4 they got up. I am actually more tired now then when i was getting up to feed them every four hours. BTW this isnt just a once off they do it every night. SOmetimes not as much but sometimes more. If i dont get up they go hysterical and wont stop untill you go through. I dont understand it with Sophie as she used to sleep 7 untill 7 every night.I HAVE HAD ENOUGH! So does anyone have any suggestions i am open to anything right now! x

 

ARGGGGGHH! I am so tired my two little monsters decided that between each other they would be up 10 times last night. That was only from 3am onwards!! Sophie woke up at 1am and untill 2am she was dadadada and mamamama(she has started to babble) untill i went through and re wrapped her and put her dummy in. But that didnt stop her and in that time i think i was up around 4 times sorting her out!! Then Jack started from 3am flipping himself on his front or spitting his dummy out. So from 3am untill 5.30am i was up every half an hour sorting him. I finally managed to get 1.5 hours sleep b4 they got up. I am actually more tired now then when i was getting up to feed them every four hours. BTW this isnt just a once off they do it every night. SOmetimes not as much but sometimes more. If i dont get up they go hysterical and wont stop untill you go through. I dont understand it with Sophie as she used to sleep 7 untill 7 every night.I HAVE HAD ENOUGH! So does anyone have any suggestions i am open to anything right now! x

 

Are they moving around a lot? DO they share a room or a crib still? I would consider moving one in my room or another room and maybe they won't wake each other up as much.

I know how you feel though. We have plenty of nights like that. It seems like Kevin is never going to sleep a night through

 

Everynight is like that for me...I just wanted to tell you that you are not alone and I will be looking for suggestions, too. The party really starts at 3am for us...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

Maybe you could seperate them? I have found that my babies go through a phase where they wake up at night and play, but aren't crying. I let them play, I figure they're happy, no need to change that. But if they are crying, then make sure night-time is boring, go in do the minimum to get them settled. I'm sorry, I hope they grow out of this soon.

 

Yeah, mine had spurts like that as well. I would get up, make sure all was well, and make them a bottle. I would feed them, and then make them lay back down until at least 6 AM. It usually always worked.

 

I have slept in my bed only five times since my twins were born...and that was for only 3 1/2 hours each time. I didn't have this with my three singletons. I don't know if it is because I am more cautious with the twins since they were so sick when they were born. I could use some sleep.

 

The thing is they dont wake each other up. Jack can be screaming his head off and Sophie is sound asleep or vice versa. They are not actually awake they are just crying b/c the have unwrapped their selfs or ds has dropped his dummy or flipped on his front. I dont want to start feeding them again during the night b/c i dont think they need that. But Sophie usually wakes up at around 1.30am and Jack starts about 3 am and from then onwards my night sucks. I cant put them in seperate rooms as we only have two bedrooms and if you have one in our room then i get no sleep at all as both of them snore lol and i am a light sleeper.I hope that doesnt seem horrible !!! x

 

I don't want to get a debate started here, but what about CIO? It might be worth the couple nights of crying. Are they teething? Maybe some Motrin before bed would help.

Just throwing some suggestions out there

Crystal

 

Lou,

I am with you..we are fighting the same thing for the most part..so you are not alone..I am the husband and just the other day on my way to work I had to look down to see what i was wearing because I don't recall getting dressed..I could have had my slippers on for all I knew. It is crazy but we just get through it. The last two nights we have just let them cried.the first night in less the 20 minutes...asleep...last night almost 40 minutes of fussing/crying..I went a brought the one girl in bed and she fell alseep on my chest..and that is how I woke up. We just started putting them in their own room and play sofe music (Ray Charles..ect) seems to help a little..soothing. Everyone says it will past so we are just hanging tight. Friends took the girls for three hours on Monday...we went home and slept. Lots of tema work...but we will survive...I hope..staying positive for now..but wasn't the case last week when in a 62 hours time frame I slept 11...wanted to die.

 

Lol i love all the advice i get off you all!!! Thank you .But some of the medicine you suggest we dont get over in Scotland it is totally different stuff. They go down fine (Sophie cries for 10mins)it is just half through the night that the party starts. I have to agree with you Team Dougall sleep is a thing of the past in this house. People keep telling me that this is a phase aswell but WTH i thought phases didnt last long this has been going on for months!!! Jack gets hysterical if you dont put his dummy back in but as soon as you do he just goes straight back to sleep so i dont want to leave him. Sophie just wants to chat at night! Thanks for all your suggestions x

 

hello fellow brit. as far as i know motrin is baby ibuprofen (neurofen) - but check with a pharmacist. in the uk they will only give ibuprofen to babies over 6 months so you may wish to check anyway given the adjusted age of your little ones ...

our girls are also up 3 or 4 times a night - each. almost always it's for nursing. they used to be only once or twice each. i don't know if it's a bad habit or if they're genuinely more hungry (they're not so keen on solids) or if it's teething.

the other night, with a cold, i had to go in over 20 times before 3 am . we ended up giving them some medised (british product of paracetamol (tylenol in the USA) with antihistamine) the following night to clear their noses. one slept through for the first time ever and the other only fed once! i'm not sure if it was the antihistamine making them dozy or the paracetamol helping with teething pains.

i'm really a bit stumped myself, so can't make any helpful suggestions. i think it's something that does happen to many babies around this age as i've seen several other 8 month posters recently. to be honest we're going to do CIO in a couple of weeks if things don't get better - once my husband is available to help out.

sorry not to be more helpful.
lisa