Any ideas? I'm so delirious right now, so I apologize if this post is not "together". LOL!
He'll wake up, not necessarily crying, but wiggling like crazy. (I'm sure it's gas...his nickname is "Methane Boy". It doesn't bother him enough to cry, but rather just wiggle around and grunt a bit.) He'll do this about twice a night and then one feeding. (Which means I'm up 3 times. I don't give him enough time to cry for his feeding...can just tell he's hungry since he'll wake up chewing on his hand. That's the good thing about sleeping in the nursery.) He's about 14 pounds and my doctor doesn't recommend giving him any rice cereal until he's 4 months. Hubby takes over on the weekends, but during the week I feel so sluggish. Can't nap when he naps either...can't fall asleep for some reason. Oh, and I sleep in the nursery so hubby can sleep through the night and be 100% at work.
I guess what I'm asking is...is it time I leave the nursery so I won't hear all the wiggling (it IS cute sometimes...LOL!) and just wake up to crying for the feeding? Gosh, it's loud crying though and then I'd have to warm up the bottle.
I heard about Babywise and putting babies on a schedule but it seems too early for a "schedule". What did you do????
(PS- Hubby and I do have "intimate" time...but I do miss the snuggling at night. LOL!)
Thanks in advance *SMILE*

By Kellyj on Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 12:12 pm:

I found that when we moved DD out of our room and into the nursery that we all slept better. She was less restless and I didn't wake up everytime she moved around. She moved into the nursery at about 6 weeks and slept through the night at 8 weeks. It was my mother's day gift from her

By Andi on Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 12:24 pm:

My daughter is the same age. She goes to bed between 9 and 10 at night wakes up around 1:30 to eat then she wakes up again around 5 to eat. I also sleep in a twin bed that we have in the nursery while DD is in her crib, for the same reason you are doing it. I plan on doing this for a couple more weeks then I will go back to my room.
I really don't like the Babywise book but that's just me, some people swear by it. I knew a few people that used it when my DS was born and they seem to have the same problems that I did. I think babies will figure out what they need and make there own schedule. Now that my DS will be starting Preschool next week DD will just have to go with the flow. No morning naps at home or she will just have to nap in the car.
Good luck and hope you get some sleep soon.

By Pamt on Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 01:27 pm:

I have personally heard negative things about Babywise, but I do agree with the general concept that life doesn't totally revolve around the baby and rather the baby adapts to the life of the family. I would suggest leaving the nursery myself. Like Kelly, we ALL slept much better once the boys went from the bassinet in our room to the crib in theirs at about 6-8 weeks. I wouldn't go to him unless he is crying because many times he may wake up just a bit and get himself back to sleep. This is an important skill that you want him to learn . If he is hungry, wet, teething, etc. he'll be sure to let you know.

BTW, where in Alabama do you live? I was born and raised in Dothan, lived in Montgomery for a couple of years, and went to college in Mobile.

By Kaye on Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 05:56 pm:

Babywise is the opposite of attachment parenting. Ezzo vs sears. You can do a net search on those different philosophies and see which one fits you best. I am more an AP parent, my babies slept with me or near me for sometime. My middle didn't, he just didn't need it. I guess what I am saying, is what is your mommy instinct telling you? Do you feel like you need to cut the cord, or do you feel like you want to be there for a bit longer? There is no right answer to this question. So as far as AP goes, if you put your baby in bed with you, or attached to you, your warmth will help it sleep longer. You do get used to this and you will sleep too. Babywise will tell you at 10 weeks or 10 lbs the baby should be sleeping for 6 hours. They reccomend just ignoring the crying baby for a set amount of time. This is hard to do, but people swear by it. As far as you getting rest. The baby doesn't have to be asleep for you to nap, put him in a playpen next to your bed. Your body will get used to no sleep and you will eventually get a pattern. Also could you take a quickie nap when hubby gets home, those couple of hours could make a big difference.

By Theresa_Momma on Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 06:56 pm:

My son is 10 weeks old too. When he was six weeks old he moved out of our bedroom and into the nursery. He has selpt a full eight hours a night snice he was seven weeks old. If I were you I would move back into my room, because then you don't wake up everytime the move. I know just how you feel I could never sleep because if Jeremiah even flinched I would wake up!! LOL Anyway then you are only getting up in the night for the feeding. And having the baby cry while you make the bottle doesn't hurt him at all. I just change is diaper while it warms and then before you knkow it the bottle was ready. It worked for me.

By Trina~moderator on Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 07:32 pm:

I agree with Kaye. You and your DH need to sit down and discuss how you'd like to handle this. Research the different approaches and choose what fits your family best or pick and choose what suits you from each philosophy. I'll echo Kaye in saying that there are no right or wrong answers to this question. Follow your instincts and do what's best for your child.

That said, I've heard a lot of negative things about Babywise. I remember reading an article from the AAP stating Babywise methods have been linked to dehydration and failure to thrive.

Tons of sleep info here:
Sleep Index at babycenter.com

By Tink on Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 09:04 pm:

Although my dks are all older now, I found it just *miraculous* that as soon as they were each moved into their own rooms, they would sleep longer. For both of my dds this meant all night, for my ds it was at least 6 hours. It made a huge difference for all of us. I think they slept better because they didn't hear me moving and I slept better not hearing their every snort and gurgle. I think it taught them to put themselves back to sleep when there wasn't a real reason to be awake. HTH

By Mrsheidi on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 12:02 am:

Thanks all! I will try staying in our bedroom for tonight! I'll let you know how it goes!! (Or...I could try to nap if it doesn't go well...ha ha ha.) You ALL are a great help!
Pam- I live in Madison, AL. I was born and raised in Colorado...so I miss the mountains!! But, this town is wonderful and the people are definitely nice and helpful. I've met very good friends here but we are looking for jobs in Colorado again. (I used to ski every weekend and I'm going through withdrawals. LOL!!)

By Kittycat_26 on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 07:58 am:

I thought for sure when I had Timmy that I wanted him to sleep in our room in a bassinet for a while. It seemed like such a simple solution. But I can see that I'm not the only one that didn't get any sleep this way. Every time he rolled over or gurgled or sighed, I woke up with a jump.

For us, the solution was a baby monitor and our own rooms. Good luck.

By Juli4 on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 08:39 am:

I agree with most. Put the baby in another room or in the hall and wait until he cries to get him. I did the same thing. I woke up with every readjustment or grunt. He may sleep better with you farther away also. My daughter would start to wake up if she heard me whisper or move around. also start now by letting him lay in bed by himself when he is getting sleepy and try to fall asleep himself. You will be grateful later. You don't need to let him scream or anything, but if he starts to fuss around then let him a little. THey learn to comfort themself most of the time. I did this with second and third and it has worked well for me.

By Mrsheidi on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 09:17 am:

Well, he ate at 10:30 and we put him asleep while he was still awake. He talked to himself for a while and then fell asleep by 11pm. I woke up at 3am in my room, paranoid that he wasn't ok. Went into the nursery and he was fidgeting a bit, but was alright. So, I went back to sleep. Didn't cry until 5:30am!! I didn't go into a deep sleep bc this was the first time I was so far away from him at night. He's in the room right next door...LOL! So, he's sleeping longer and longer!! Yippee!! Now, it's the hubby's turn tonight!

By Pamt on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:17 am:

Yippee!!! Yahoo!! Wonderful news. You won't know what to do with yourself once you are regularly sleeping at 6 hr intervals.

BTW, Madison, AL---why you're a Yankee! LOL I can certainly understand how AL would be a letdown from CO.

By Mrsheidi on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 11:15 am:

AH! He slept from 10pm to 4:30am! This is GREAT!!