I just wanted to document this so I don’t forget.. Or maybe I do want to forget it? Depends on how ya look at it I guess.
So last night was not fun, to say the least. The previous night I only got about 3 1/2 hours of sleep so I was already exhausted and this is where Zoey decided it would be the perfect time to challenge us a little. She figured she has been making this parenting thing a little too easy for us. She really likes to keep us on our toes, ya know?
11:00 – Lay down in bed
11:30 – Baby screaming. Go in and try to soothe her. Not working. Pick her up and rock her until she falls asleep.
12:00 – Baby screaming. Go in and pick her up and rock her.
12:30 – More of the same.
1:30 – Baby screaming. Go in and pick her up and rock her.
2:00 – Baby screaming. Go in and pick her up and rock her.
2:30 – More of the same.
3:00 – Go in and pick her up and rock her. She is wide awake. Give her some Tylenol. She is NOT wanting to go back to sleep at this point. It takes me forever. I finally lay her down while she is wide awake and tip toe out of the room.
3:30 – Screaming again. Go back in there and soothe her back to sleep with a pacifier.
4:00 – Wake Gene up and tell him to go get her because I was DONE for the night. I was so exhausted from the previous night that when I got up with her at 3:30 I felt wobbly and my eyes were hurting so bad that I wanted to cry. My patience were running low due to how horrible I felt so I needed him to take over. He said she stayed up for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours and he fed her and changed her diaper.
It is 9:45 AM right now and she has been crying on and off since 8. She will cry out, not scream, just a cry.. and then it will go quiet and be quiet for a few minutes. Rinse and repeat. I have NO idea what the deal is. My only guess is either teething or night terrors. It’s hard to tell when they can’t really tell you what is up.
I am hoping to somehow get some motivation to get stuff done today. I have lots of laundry and dishes that need to be done.
I am so sorry, that sucks. I hope she is ok, I know you have a lot to do but try to take a nap with her (if she takes one). Good Luck! <3
That sucks. I still think it’s teething or a major growth spurt.
Good Lord!
Gosh, I hope she’s better now. I remember nights where I would sit in the chair in Andrew’s room with tears rolling down my face. I always worried on those nights that I would fall asleep while sitting up and drop the baby. I honestly thought the sleep deprivation was going to kill me.
One thing I’ve learned is that there’s little point in trying to nail down causes of anything unless it becomes a consistent problem. I just write everything off as “he’s just a little kid, they’re weird” and usually we’re back to “normal” within a day or two.
*hugs*