Comments on: Sleep Deprivation http://kaisermommy.com/2007/09/03/sleep-deprivation/ Seeking witty tagline that tells you I'm kicking my ass in gear and to please come watch. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:09:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mrs. Flipphead http://kaisermommy.com/2007/09/03/sleep-deprivation/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Mrs. Flipphead Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:38:56 +0000 http://kaiseralex.com/2007/09/03/sleep-deprivation/#comment-95 Brought over from other site:

Mrs Flipphead denofwolves.wordpress.com

Mine would fight and fight and fight, not to go to sleep. He (don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t get depressed by this) didn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t sleep through the night until he was 16 months old.

At 18 months old, he will take one nap during the day now. But I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t dare drive anywhere with him, closer than two hours before his nap because if he falls asleep in the car (even for 5 minutes), he wakes up as soon as the car stops and will NOT take a nap after that. I hate that gas is so high or I might be tempted to just drive around for two hours.

I cry when I hear about people forgetting their babies in their car seats and then the babies die. I know how that happens?¢‚Ǩ‚Äúsleep deprivation.

I took my (then three year old) to preschool one day when my younger son was four months and still waking every 1 1/2 hours to nurse for 40 minutes. I was putting my three year old?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s back pack in his cubby when he asked me if I was going to work. I told him I was going home until it was time for me to pick him up. This was out of my ordinary routine (my mom who usually watched the baby while I worked and my oldest was at preschool was sick that day). As I was telling him this and I remembered the reason I wasn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t going to work, it slowly dawned on me that I had left my sleeping infant alone in the car. I just?¢‚Ǩ¬¶left him. Momentarily forgot I had a baby.

Fortunately, I was in the building less than 10 minutes, it was a cool spring day. I had locked the car and he was still sleeping when I came out (complete miracle that he was still sleeping).

I ALWAYS keep the diaper bag, back pack, what have you in the front seat with me as a reminder now. And every time I hear about a baby who died because someone deviated from their routine and forgot to drop the baby off at daycare?¢‚Ǩ¬¶a chill goes up my spine.

You will survive this. Your baby will survive this. You can do this. I can tell by your writing that you are a strong woman. With practice, you will learn to sleep sitting up, holding your baby.

The mind is a beautiful thing. You won?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t go crazy. Your brain adapts and it will engage in dreaming and REM sleep while sitting up and within minutes of you falling asleep, rather than the normal 90.

If you need a shoulder, or reassurance that you are not losing your mind, and the crazy things that run through your mind because you are so tired, are normal?¢‚Ǩ‚Äúdrop me an email: mrs.flipphead@hotmail.com.

]]> By: The Other Dawn http://kaisermommy.com/2007/09/03/sleep-deprivation/comment-page-1/#comment-47 The Other Dawn Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:33:07 +0000 http://kaiseralex.com/2007/09/03/sleep-deprivation/#comment-47 It will pass. I think. I am not sleeping throught the night yet. But I have to believe it will pass. Or I would walk in front of a bus (totally not on purpose, probably just sleep walking). My son did this same thing-- we ended up sleeping with him on our chest in a recliner. Once he got older, we just gave up and co-slept. We just needed to get some effing sleep, and we didn't care how we got it, short of drugging the baby. You'll figure it out. Or he'll get over it. It will pass. I think. I am not sleeping throught the night yet. But I have to believe it will pass. Or I would walk in front of a bus (totally not on purpose, probably just sleep walking).

My son did this same thing– we ended up sleeping with him on our chest in a recliner. Once he got older, we just gave up and co-slept. We just needed to get some effing sleep, and we didn’t care how we got it, short of drugging the baby. You’ll figure it out. Or he’ll get over it.

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September 4th, 2007 at 10:54 pm ?Ǭ? Edit

It will pass. My oldest child (now 17) was just like your baby. He woke up to everything. Wouldn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t sleep unless he was ON me. Screamed everytime anyone put him down. Screamed non-stop in the car seat. I understand that kind of bone tiredness?¢‚Ǩ¬¶but I swear it will pass. He will sleep the night some time. It may not be soon. But it will happen.

]]> By: Jennifer http://kaisermommy.com/2007/09/03/sleep-deprivation/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Jennifer Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:28:03 +0000 http://kaiseralex.com/2007/09/03/sleep-deprivation/#comment-42 It will pass. It's strange, usually the first born is the angel baby so that they fool you into having more. The first one, she slept through the night by 8 weeks. I remember being all smug as shit when people were surprised at that. Boy, someone cursed me for sure. Then, the Evil one came. I couldn't sign Glen up fast enough for a vasectomy. I think she was about a year when she finally slept through the night. Earplugs helped. Cause she will STILL wake in the night, "talk" a bit and go back to sleep. Unfortunately, my plan to never CIO with any of my kids died a horrible death, when we determined that the ONLY place the Evil one would sleep was attached to me. That was NOT going to happen. There was no middle ground with her, it was "attached to mommy" or full bear screaming. We determined that she simply was not getting enough sleep, and that the screaming was a result of that. The Ped suggested moving her bedtime back an hour, which we did, and she started going down easier. Once we also bought a noise machine, that helps drown out the sounds of her eldest sister running a circus next door. It will pass. It’s strange, usually the first born is the angel baby so that they fool you into having more.

The first one, she slept through the night by 8 weeks. I remember being all smug as shit when people were surprised at that. Boy, someone cursed me for sure.

Then, the Evil one came.

I couldn’t sign Glen up fast enough for a vasectomy.

I think she was about a year when she finally slept through the night.

Earplugs helped. Cause she will STILL wake in the night, “talk” a bit and go back to sleep.

Unfortunately, my plan to never CIO with any of my kids died a horrible death, when we determined that the ONLY place the Evil one would sleep was attached to me. That was NOT going to happen. There was no middle ground with her, it was “attached to mommy” or full bear screaming.

We determined that she simply was not getting enough sleep, and that the screaming was a result of that. The Ped suggested moving her bedtime back an hour, which we did, and she started going down easier. Once we also bought a noise machine, that helps drown out the sounds of her eldest sister running a circus next door.

]]> By: Sara http://kaisermommy.com/2007/09/03/sleep-deprivation/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Sara Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:26:09 +0000 http://kaiseralex.com/2007/09/03/sleep-deprivation/#comment-41 This shitty, fucking, pain in the ass time will pass. It will so pass that someday you'll be one of those assholes who says, "oh I miss those days when they were so small and easy to care for." It will pass. You will someday be out of this sleep deprivation torture chamber called your own life. It will. You will make it. You deserve to drop a lot of swear words - as many as you need to. Someday you'll sleep blissfully all night long. Someday you'll wake up rested. Someday he will too. You'll be okay. You really will. This shitty, fucking, pain in the ass time will pass. It will so pass that someday you’ll be one of those assholes who says, “oh I miss those days when they were so small and easy to care for.”

It will pass. You will someday be out of this sleep deprivation torture chamber called your own life.

It will. You will make it. You deserve to drop a lot of swear words – as many as you need to.

Someday you’ll sleep blissfully all night long. Someday you’ll wake up rested. Someday he will too.

You’ll be okay. You really will.

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