Scarlett81
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jana, thanks for the info about chlorella, i will look into it. anything that helps, sure..
amy, i'd LOVE ambien....do they make baby ambien??? thats a JOKE!!! no, i do need to be enough awake that i can hear my lo if she needs me. i can sleep, there's no prob with that.
as for the baby-
i faced facts that my health is suffering/has been suffering for 2 months since she started frequent wakings 2 mos ago. I went from pfts of 70 to 50, and this is the cause. she is 8 months, shes healthy and has enough weight, and is a generally happy child. there is no reason she can't sleep through the night.
i have been adament against CIO, though my mil and sil are advocates of it (within reason). but still i am not a fan of it. however, when my doc told me to stop breastfeeding bc maybe that would help w my fatigue, sleep (bc of night feedings) and metabolism...combined w my lack of sleep....I realized I wanted to try to let her fuss a little.
I thought from the beginning w CIO that it was all or nothing...
You either co sleep, feed on demand and pick up LO each time she fusses and not sleep at all....or you let your child scream and shake and vomit and let yourself sleep. It didn't dawn on me that I didn't have to let it get to that point. That maybe my LO won't need extreme crying to be able to fall asleep on her own. I tried it one night and she really didn't cry/scream she just fussed. The CIO methods say to let her do it for 5 mins, then 7, then 10..I just decided to alter it to my feelings, 2 mins, then 5, then 7..
Well this is the 3rd night and she hasn't even gone past 5 mins!!
She's sleeping better and I am too....I did get up last night a few times for no reason. grr... My body is so used to this I guess.
So hopefully now that she's better (for now..) I will be too. Thanks for your input.
It makes me see that i really do need sleep to be well. Its not a luxury for me.
amy, i'd LOVE ambien....do they make baby ambien??? thats a JOKE!!! no, i do need to be enough awake that i can hear my lo if she needs me. i can sleep, there's no prob with that.
as for the baby-
i faced facts that my health is suffering/has been suffering for 2 months since she started frequent wakings 2 mos ago. I went from pfts of 70 to 50, and this is the cause. she is 8 months, shes healthy and has enough weight, and is a generally happy child. there is no reason she can't sleep through the night.
i have been adament against CIO, though my mil and sil are advocates of it (within reason). but still i am not a fan of it. however, when my doc told me to stop breastfeeding bc maybe that would help w my fatigue, sleep (bc of night feedings) and metabolism...combined w my lack of sleep....I realized I wanted to try to let her fuss a little.
I thought from the beginning w CIO that it was all or nothing...
You either co sleep, feed on demand and pick up LO each time she fusses and not sleep at all....or you let your child scream and shake and vomit and let yourself sleep. It didn't dawn on me that I didn't have to let it get to that point. That maybe my LO won't need extreme crying to be able to fall asleep on her own. I tried it one night and she really didn't cry/scream she just fussed. The CIO methods say to let her do it for 5 mins, then 7, then 10..I just decided to alter it to my feelings, 2 mins, then 5, then 7..
Well this is the 3rd night and she hasn't even gone past 5 mins!!
She's sleeping better and I am too....I did get up last night a few times for no reason. grr... My body is so used to this I guess.
So hopefully now that she's better (for now..) I will be too. Thanks for your input.
It makes me see that i really do need sleep to be well. Its not a luxury for me.