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From: acmooretx@hotmail.com
To: karen_richardson@sbcglobal.net; ririzarry@shepherdsguide.com; b_ljones@sbcglobal.net; katrina@alpinenorth.com; rgmccain@sbcglobal.net; fromm_family@earthlink.net; mjtrnr@yahoo.com; christyryan@sbcglobal.net
Subject: RE: any advice for a tired mommy?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:46:14 -0600
sorry everyone, I didn't realize I replied to all.
Well, consider yourselves lucky, I normally charge for imparting that kind of wisdom, I'll charge all of you the next time around. hee hee. :) just kidding!
Angie
From: acmooretx@hotmail.com
To: karen_richardson@sbcglobal.net; ririzarry@shepherdsguide.com; b_ljones@sbcglobal.net; katrina@alpinenorth.com; rgmccain@sbcglobal.net; fromm_family@earthlink.net; mjtrnr@yahoo.com; christyryan@sbcglobal.net
Subject: RE: any advice for a tired mommy?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:44:05 -0600
Hello. As long as Gabriel is not sick, or if he is only a little sick as he is right now with a cough, when he cries in the middle of the night we do not go into him. We have a camera in his room (got it from Sam's for $69) that we can watch from TV so we check in on him throughout the night but we just let him cry himself back to sleep. We were in a similar situation a couple months ago when he had been sick and he had started to wake up around 12 or 4 or both and I was going into him and feeding him (he's in 10%). Well, we re-read the Dr. Ferber book and decided to let him cry himself back to sleep. Dr. Ferber says they are still asleep when they wake up and cry and you should let them cry themselves back to sleep. When you go to them (especially at their age now) they learn to wake up at those different times to eat, atleast that's what Gabriel was doing. we basically encouraged him to wake at 12 or 4 to eat. It sounds like you will need to keep them separate at night until you can get them back on routine. Now this is just my 2 cents because Gabriel will wake up and cry at least for a few minutes every night and sometimes for several minutes, several times a night. I always check on him with camera and then after he's gone back to sleep to make sure he's not wet, etc. but Dr. ferber's method has worked for us. I'm so sorry you're having such a hard time!!
Take care and blessings!
Angie
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:29:30 -0800
From: karen_richardson@sbcglobal.net
Subject: any advice for a tired mommy?
To: ririzarry@shepherdsguide.com; b_ljones@sbcglobal.net; katrina@alpinenorth.com; rgmccain@sbcglobal.net; fromm_family@earthlink.net; mjtrnr@yahoo.com; acmooretx@hotmail.com; christyryan@sbcglobal.net
Hi girls,I am exhausted and could use some advice if you have any.My boys are not sleeping well. Until about 1 month ago they both slept through the night for 10-12 hours. Prior to Christmas, Drew started waking up screaming at least once a night. Usually, we could just pat his bottom and he would fall right back to sleep. Sometimes he would cry long enough that I would give him a bottle, which I don't mind because he's only in the 25% in weight. He also started throwing big fits before his naps and once he fell asleep, would only stay asleep for about 45 min. Then we went to my brother's house for Christmas which threw him even more off his schedule. He had a harder time getting to sleep because of all the noise, so I would lay down with him to help him fall asleep, and then put him in his pack-n-play. I have never done this before - in fact, they have never slept with us at all. I thought after everything settled down from our holiday travels, spoiling from the grandparents, and any other possible phase that they were going through that it would get better, but it's only gotten worse! Drew has been waking sometimes up to 5 times a night, and just recently, Bryce has started doing the same. The last 2 nights I was up almost every hour of the night with one of them. I have always put them in seperate rooms for naps because they wake each other up and have had to this for bedtime now, too. They have both been teething a lot, I think they're going through a growth spurt and they just got a cold (from the church nursery! why do parents bring their sick kids to church so everyone elses kids get sick too?!!!)Anyway, as you can probably tell from my tone, I'm tired and frustrated. I can't keep this routine up and have the energy I need for them during the day. If you have any motherly advice for me, I would greatly appreciate it.I hope you and your little ones are doing well!
Karen
