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r/breakingmom•
AshLegend

Every 45 minutes!?!?!?!

My delightful baby is positively delightful during the day. Lately, he has been turning into his evil alter ego at night. He goes to sleep just fine, but then he either wakes up every 45min-1hr or will randomly wake up at 12AM and stay up for three hours. This has been going on for the last three weeks and I seriously cannot even comprehend the level of torture we're being subjected to by this little 15 month old creature. Fuck this shit. Just fucking sleep. You're fucking tired and you need to fucking sleep. Mommy and Daddy desperately need to fucking sleep. UPDATE: it was yet another molar last night. Fucking molars, man

Posted May 17, 2014, 5:07 PM UTC · edited

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halfdozenmom•

I feel your pain . Kids #4 &5 were like this for roughly the first 18 months. We even co-slept, didn't help just made the nights a little more bearable. I wish I had some magic advice but I just suffered thru it .

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missingmarkerlids7, 5, 3 and baby•

My firstborn did that until he was 14 months old, and the sleep deprivation got to a level where I was not only depressed but making dangerous mistakes (falling asleep with supper on the stove for example). We did a 3 day Ferber thing and it really worked. If the idea of CIO is more than you can tolerate there are some other things to try too! Sleep is a basic biological need for you and your partner and the kiddo too.

I know how much it sucks, I hope you get the little guy sleeping soon!

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AshLegendOP•

We've discussed Ferber at length, pros and cons. We decided against it for now because the lttle guy doesn't settle well after crying as it is right now.

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[deleted]•

My son did this last month when he was 4 months old. He was awake every 30 minutes it was so not fun.

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AshLegendOP•

Ah yes, the dreaded 4 month sleep regression. We endured that, too. It was rough. It happens again around 9 months . . .

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[deleted]•

Lol I don't know if there's enough coffee in the world to get me through another sleep regression.

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AshLegendOP•

Mmmmm coffee. We drink the good stuff. It's what we look forward to each and every day. My hubby orders a variety of exotic custom roasts from some fancy place and grinds our beans. Damn good coffee, and hot!

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[deleted]•

That sounds awesome. My husband will bring home coffee from whole foods when it goes on sale, but I mostly use our keurig. I have amazon mom so I get a big order of the coffee cups every month lol.

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geekymama•

Kidlet #2 did (does) this sometimes. One of use would wind up sleeping on the couch while she was in her swing...and then I just made room in her room for the swing. I may still have to get up, but at least I can sleep (nap) in bed.

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AshLegendOP•

Our little guy slept in his swing every night until about 11 months when we transitioned him to the crib. We do put him back in it sometimes to see if it will help him sleep longer at 3am but its not doing the trick anymore. Turns out the lttle guy has been cutting another set of molars. Nothing helps that except nursing and baby Advil.

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QuirkyLady(4 y.o girl, 19 mo. boy)•

Have you tried giving him Tylenol for teething pain? It helps us tons.

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AshLegendOP•

Yeppers! Baby Advil before bedtime now that we know he's teething. It has helped, but it's still not great. Thankfully he's a happy boy during daylight hours.

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Little_birds_mommy•

It is four am right now. I am up because my baby is screaming her head off for no reason. Usually, we are out at 8 pm and done until 6 am. Tonight, waves of misery. Teething. I had no idea.

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AshLegendOP•

Teething is so damned fucking evil. Nature sucks sometimes.

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