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Sorry about all the sick kiddos, wishing healthy thoughts everyone's way!

So, I've decided I have the energizer baby...he keeps going and going and going and going. His good naps last week were a fluke that I am sure were a result of his viral eye gunk he was fighting. This week has been horrible!!!!!!!!! He naps for no longer than 5-10 minutes once placed in his crib then wakes up I try to calm him while he is still in his crib, but he isn't having it. I get him up and try to rock him back to sleep and he is by this time pissed off at the world. Once I get him calmed down I might get 5-10 minutes of happy baby then he is fussy and again since he is over tired. LJ will sleep for 3-4 hours when we finally get him down at night then another 2-3 after his first waking/nursing. Then maybe another 1-2 and he's up for the day...which I call the vicious cycle of no sleep. Normally he doesn't fight his morning naps but he started off kung foo fighting his first nap at 9 this morning...I texted DH it's starting earlier today and he ed back, I have a Xanax in my sock drawer (meaning for the baby). I did NOT back and said that mommy would rather take it! (not that I would in a million years since I am nursing)

I am by no means a textbook type of parent, but I am at my wits end with this one. I get NOTHING done all day and am exhausted mentally, physically and emotionally. I did what I never thought I would do in a million years...I went to Barnes and Noble and bought "The Happiest Baby on the Block." Now, the challenge will be to find the time to read it.

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Sorry about all the sick kiddos, wishing healthy thoughts everyone's way!

So, I've decided I have the energizer baby...he keeps going and going and going and going. His good naps last week were a fluke that I am sure were a result of his viral eye gunk he was fighting. This week has been horrible!!!!!!!!! He naps for no longer than 5-10 minutes once placed in his crib then wakes up I try to calm him while he is still in his crib, but he isn't having it. I get him up and try to rock him back to sleep and he is by this time pissed off at the world. Once I get him calmed down I might get 5-10 minutes of happy baby then he is fussy and again since he is over tired. LJ will sleep for 3-4 hours when we finally get him down at night then another 2-3 after his first waking/nursing. Then maybe another 1-2 and he's up for the day...which I call the vicious cycle of no sleep. Normally he doesn't fight his morning naps but he started off kung foo fighting his first nap at 9 this morning...I texted DH it's starting earlier today and he ed back, I have a Xanax in my sock drawer (meaning for the baby). I did NOT back and said that mommy would rather take it! (not that I would in a million years since I am nursing)

I am by no means a textbook type of parent, but I am at my wits end with this one. I get NOTHING done all day and am exhausted mentally, physically and emotionally. I did what I never thought I would do in a million years...I went to Barnes and Noble and bought "The Happiest Baby on the Block." Now, the challenge will be to find the time to read it.

Some may disagree with me, but sometimes Ryan took his best naps on his belly. And both kids slept much longer in their carseat (infant carrier) for both naps and overnight. I would strap them in the seat and then swing the seat back and forth until they fell asleep. Sorry it's sucking...hope he starts sleeping more for you soon! Kids just don't appreciate the ability to sleep whenever they want for as long as they want...I wish that could be true for me too!

So the kids slept all day...from 12:30 until...actually the 3 yo is still sleeping but has no fever. The 5 yo woke up with a bad fever and worse cough, so it's off to the ped's tomorrow! Poor buddies...

Just make sure if you do a STFC run that you actually have your head all the way in the car before you close the door and don't try talking on the phone, loading the car and eating at the same time. This can result in a concussion and whiplash. Just FYI

Some may disagree with me, but sometimes Ryan took his best naps on his belly. And both kids slept much longer in their carseat (infant carrier) for both naps and overnight. I would strap them in the seat and then swing the seat back and forth until they fell asleep. Sorry it's sucking...hope he starts sleeping more for you soon! Kids just don't appreciate the ability to sleep whenever they want for as long as they want...I wish that could be true for me too!

So the kids slept all day...from 12:30 until...actually the 3 yo is still sleeping but has no fever. The 5 yo woke up with a bad fever and worse cough, so it's off to the ped's tomorrow! Poor buddies...

teri... thanks for the qs!!! I've never seen these infamous kleenex qs... km only, right?

Just make sure if you do a STFC run that you actually have your head all the way in the car before you close the door and don't try talking on the phone, loading the car and eating at the same time. This can result in a concussion and whiplash. Just FYI

This sounds like what we went through to a T. Andreas didn't start really "napping" until after 2 months and then only b/c I "forced" the issue. It took months of working w/him to get it down and even now we still have rough days.

The Karp book is a useful one though you might also read ugh, what's it called, author is Weissbluth. Mama2cole recommended it to me. "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child." According to him, regular naps don't develop in most kids 'til after 2 months.

I don't know if that will make you feel better or worse. : O

: hug: : hug: aww Thrifty.. hang in there. I can totally sympathize with you. My last DD has been the worst sleeper. My other 3 were all pretty good, but she has been so different. She is 20 months and still has bad nights (last night she was up at 4 am and 6 am).. I remember when I first brought here home I thought I would never sleep. I thought I felt so bad because I was so much older with her than the rest, but I think it was just her bad sleeping. I agree with SBH, sometimes I thinks it takes some babies longer to get into the nap/sleep cycle. Some seem to do it very young, and others take much longer. I am not a textbook mom, but have managed to survive through 4 of them now.. Sometimes, 'I just did what had to be done for her to get some sleep... at times that meant sleeping on mommy or daddy.. sometimes being carried around in the sling while she slept. Even if I didn't get to sleep, I felt more rested and calm just by having some quiet time, and she was happier with getting some sleep.. Will he sleep anywhere?? or just not in his crib?
And I am guessing you have tried the obvious things like background noise or music?

I'm sorry to hear LJ is not a happy camper. My Mom went through the same thing, with ME... I would not sleep during the day at all, from the moment I got home from the hospital. During the night, the only way I would sleep was if they gave me some gripe water, and they put me in the stroller and my dad would sit in the Lazy Boy (remember this was back in 57, lol) and push the stroller with his foot. They tell me he would get like 4hrs sleep if he was lucky.

This continued into adulthood. I still have problems sleeping. I'm more of a nocturnal person, if it wasn't finally going to a sleep clinic and them having no answers (no sleep apnea or anything) that I finally got sleeping pills, I had no choice, it was interfering in my daily life. Even still, sometimes they don't work and I'm up for 3 days.

If you haven't tried the gripe water on the pacifier, give that a try. Now a days they have so many different things and books... I hope you find something that works for LJ.. so you can get some sleep too.

Thanks!!

Some may disagree with me, but sometimes Ryan took his best naps on his belly. And both kids slept much longer in their carseat (infant carrier) for both naps and overnight. I would strap them in the seat and then swing the seat back and forth until they fell asleep. Sorry it's sucking...hope he starts sleeping more for you soon! Kids just don't appreciate the ability to sleep whenever they want for as long as they want...I wish that could be true for me too!

So the kids slept all day...from 12:30 until...actually the 3 yo is still sleeping but has no fever. The 5 yo woke up with a bad fever and worse cough, so it's off to the ped's tomorrow! Poor buddies...

Just make sure if you do a STFC run that you actually have your head all the way in the car before you close the door and don't try talking on the phone, loading the car and eating at the same time. This can result in a concussion and whiplash. Just FYI

So today DS and I had an hour to kill before our Toy Story 3D movie started so I decided to visit one of the Ts here in Orlando just to peruse clearance. Cashier selection was awesome, BUT all of the cashier screens are positioned right ABOVE the belt scanner. has anyone else ever seen this???? I was shocked. I figured if I was shopping with Otto that he would be tough to disguise. We just walked around a little, got DS a cookie and headed to the movie (which by the way was AWESOME).