The battle of the Catnap/ Crib transition/ Mind *#&$
For all you moms out there who have sleeping babies, count your lucky stars! My baby has been a rough sleeper from the start. Not only was he unfortunate enough to have reflux, he is the type that if there is the slightest ounce of discomfort, will wake up every 30 minutes! Sleep in the car you say? NOPE. Sleep in a carrier? NOPE...there are no guarantee's with this child.
Once when he refused to nap we took him on an hour car ride to visit relatives thinking he would fall asleep along the way. NOPE. He literally went ALL day without a nap at that point. We walked him around in the stroller and nothing. Drove an hour home and nothing.
We ended up finding what we call "baby crack". It's a Rock N Play we bought in the States (not available here in Canada) made by Fisher Price and his naps went to a whole 45 minutes and he ended up sleeping at night (with two wake ups for feeds). It has the incline of a car seat which seemed to make him comfortable even when his reflux was at it's worst. This was magic for us! Two wake-ups a night made us feel like we had been on vacation for two weeks! And now, as all good things come to an end, our 6 month old is now sitting up and almost throwing himself out of this thing so into the crib it is and up every 45 minutes we are. Oy.
We have tried a high incline with a wedge, books, a pillow under the mattress, positioning him with rolled up towels under the sheet, completely flat with nothing, completely flat with rolled up towels under the sheet, tummy sleeping (he's strong enough to roll over), side sleeping, you name it. Some nights he surprises us and sleeps a whole two hours at a time. Some nights he is up every time you place him down. Some night's he sleeps for half an hour. We are tired! Please tell me this gets better? I am single handedly keeping Tassimo in business... those t-discs save my life every. single. day. And when I think I'm at my whits end... I see this
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