Hi All!
It's January 21, 2010, and if anyone has been wondering where we've been, we trying to get some sleep! It's reminiscent of the "old" days when the twins were newborns and expectedly not sleeping through the night. We got super busy with the holidays, and perhaps off routine. What followed is Drew is now having big time sleep issues. He has not been a fan of napping for months now. But, in addition to that, he has not been sleeping well at night for the past 3 - 4 weeks. He will wake up to three times at night, needing to be rocked back to sleep. And by that, I mean he needs to be rocked back to a solid sleep, or else he is awake as soon as he hits the crib again. To add insult to injury, sometimes he wakes up Bree in the process, and I have a real chore on my hands getting them both back to sleep. So, I've been rushing in to get Drew whenever I first hear signs of fussing or crying, in hopes of saving Bree (and me) the double wake up call. Typically, I am up for an hour each time Drew wakes on his own, and up to two hours each time both kids awaken. The sleep deprivation is not faring well for me. To make matters worse, as mentioned, Drew does not like to nap during the day. If he naps, he needs to be rocked to sleep. Usually by the time we are done rocking, he is ready to be up again. Therefore, I am not getting any down time during the day either. No time for chores or blogging, let alone a nap for myself. Drew is crying in the pack n play as I type this. (See next paragraph.)
I have consulted our doctor's office on the matter. The nurse told us, as long as we are sure he does not have an ear infection, he simply has our number. He now realizes he will get rocked at a moment's notice when he cries. Their advice: do not respond, and it will take 3 - 5 days for him to learn to put himself back to sleep. Well, this is easier said than done with twins. We will need to find a new spot for one of them to sleep in order to even attempt this. Otherwise, Bree will pay the price.
So, here we are. Back to Sleep Training 101. I can hardly believe it, as I foolishly thought we were in the clear once the twins started sleeping through the night at 10 weeks. This, too shall pass. Someone recently told me "that's why they call them phases".
At any rate, we do have some good news to share - better news than our lack of sleep. :)
Hopefully, we're back in the blogging saddle again!
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I'm sorry to hear that Drew is not sleeping well for you. I slept many night on the couch while my son slept in the swing because it was the only way to get through the night. I can't even imagine how it would be with two! Good luck!
~McKenzie
Is the good news the baptism, or is there more?!?!? :)
Hang in there, sister. We had lots of "relapses" along the way, and we still occasionally have to revisit sleep training 101 to snap them out of a developing bad habit. I'm not saying this to scare you, just to forewarn you, but when their toddlers (at least in my experience) any break in routine can throw them off schedule. We had to wake them two hours early for our trip to U of M last week, and it took me 3-5 days to get them back on schedule again. Little buggers. BUT, once their more physically active, at least mine have slept VERY well at night, which I know will be a relief to you. EVERYTHING is easier when you're getting adequate sleep.
I know you haven't asked for my advice, so I'll just share my experience and you an do with it what you want, but we DO some CIO for naps, too. I feel very strongly that I need some downtime during the day to be a good mommy, and they NEED the rest, too, whether they think they do or not. I'm going to stick to that. We have a VERY rigid schedule, and they are in their cribs for 2 hours every day (between noonish and twoish.) For the most part, they are sleeping, barring any disruptions to schedule that I mentioned earlier. Again, this is just what works for us...I know that all babies, mommies, and situations are different.
Thinking of you often...those days are hard.
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