Ah, another post on sleeping.
Yep, we’re having issues. The last 3 mornings in a row Ryan has been awake for the day at 5am. AND he has started tossing and turning anywhere from 1:30 to 3:00am. I say “we” co-sleep, but it’s more like “I” co-sleep. Ryan is between me and the wall and Steve is on the other side of me. So when Ryan is tossing and turning, it’s keeping ME awake. By the time it’s 5am and he deicdes to wake up for the day, I’ve about had it and pass him over to Steve – who didn’t get home from work and to bed until around midnight.
We’re both going crazy. We’re both cranky.
I think we’re going to try his crib. I have no idea why he’s acting like this, but maybe it’s because he’s ready to be sleeping alone? We won’t know until we try, I guess, but I do know that Steve and I can’t handle things the way they are right now. And Ryan really loves his crib (when he’s awake) and sometimes naps in there. Maybe it’s because he’s getting teeth?
In any case, thank god there’s always COFFEE.
Ok, back to work 
Aww! Yuck. Sorry you’re having issues. Currently we are opposite! If Hudson ISN’T sleeping with me (including most naps) he is restless and sleeps less than he does with me. Thank God for babywearing during the day. No idea what we’ll do once I need a babysitter, even for an hour! LOL.
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babydickey Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Well that’s the thing… until I get into bed with Ryan at night, he wakes up like every 15 minutes (looking for me and crying). So it’s like… he needs me there next to him in order to sleep… but he tosses and turns and flops his arms around and keeps me awake!
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I didn’t try co-sleeping, so I don’t know what to suggest! It could be his teeth, or he might just be ready to sleep in his crib!!!
By the way, it’s “Sarcastica”. I’ve made a new blog! Stop by and check it out when you get a spare minute
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babydickey Reply:
May 13th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Just tried to go to your blot… it says it’s protected and I can’t view it!
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Just began following your blog last week – I really enjoy reading it as I have a daughter just three weeks older than Ryan so so much of what you write about is exactly what we are going through. I could have written this sleep post last week. We began co-sleeping out of necessity, because my daughter would wake up in the middle of the night and it would take me 2 – 3 hours to get her back to sleep. But then she would grunt and roll around for hours (I think it is teething or gas), and then I would get even less sleep. I did a couple of things that made a world of difference:
1. reintroduced the swaddle (ok’ed this with the pedi first, since she can roll over. they said it is definitely fine) – we use the miracle blanket and it is awesome
2. read the book “Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child” – SO helpful in troubleshooting sleep issues. It does advocate CIO, but it offers other solutions and I just found it helpful in learning how much sleep my daughter needs and what a successful schedule might look like.
3. moved her to her crib all night, and turned down the monitor to the lowest setting, so I only tend to her when she absolutely cannot put herself back to sleep.
4. moved bedtime an hour earlier – surprising, she started sleeping later, not getting up earlier because of that.
Hope that helps! I feel your pain, but a few simple changes for us resulted in a couple of nights of 10 hours straight of sleep!
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babydickey Reply:
May 13th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
omgosh! 10 hours! soooo jealous. I’m going to write another post about this — but we tried Ryan in his crib all night last night for the first time. it did NOT work at all, he was up every half hour. What time is your daughter’s bedtime now?? I think the swaddle is a great idea, we should try that!
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Yikes, I am sorry! We’ve definitely had nights like those. I put my daughter to bed at 7…we have a bedtime routine we start about 6:30. The swaddle is huge…I used to lay her down and she would wake right back up, but with the swaddle, that doesn’t happen.
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