I thought once you got through the sleepless nights stage it was basically over other than an occasional night here or there. Well, boy was I wrong! The occasional night here and there is several nights in a row here and there (which recently seems to be quite often)! When Denver's butt was so owie he started getting up during the night...we're guessing because he was itchy and in pain. Now he's been doing it again. First, we thought it was because he kicks all of his covers off and rolls all around in his bed so we went and bought new jammies yesterday so he wouldn't freeze (they are fleece WITH feet so he should stay warm, right?), well once again a little before 1a.m. we hear a "waaa, waaaa" coming from Denver's room. Daddy went and saw he was still wrapped up so at least last night it wasn't out of being cold...and then told him it was still "na-nigh time", but he continued to scream frantically. I went and got some Motrin, gave it to him, wrapped him up (because now he did have the covers off), and immediately silence! Now we think it's those silly teeth. When you look at his gums you can see white all over so I'm guessing it won't be long and this kiddo will have a mouth full of teeth! I'm pretty sure the other top front tooth is really close to popping through. Then again at 5a.m. came more crying. We gave in and let him eat, he ate and went right back to sleep. That's such a dilemma....when you're tired and just want that last little bit of sleep and you know if you feed the guy he'll go back to sleep that's all you want to do, but then you wonder if we feed him is he going to keep on getting up this early in the morning and wanting to eat? We've also been trying to cut back on the nursing and switch to the sippy cup. We've struggled here as well. Denver will drink some milk out of his sippy cup, but he won't consume the amount of milk in a day that he's supposed to unless he nurses! Anyone with any advice or suggestions we'd gladly take them. (You can even leave a quick comment at the bottom of this "Sleepless Nights?" blog by clicking on comment! Hint, hint....are people scared to leave comments...seems only people who have a blog ever leave comments on anyones blog.)
Denver showing off a pair of his new warm jammies!
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It was my birthday yesterday and Evan invited a couple friends over for supper. It was nice to hang out at home, but do something with some of our friends. We're at the time in our lives where almost all of our friends are either pregnant or have a child or too. Denver loved being able to play with some of his friends at his house. It was so cute watching them play together. At one point all 3 of the little ones were back in a little corner. I didn't get to my camera fast enough so I didn't get a picture of it, but it was pretty funny. Denver is always finding the tiniest places to crawl into. He likes to trap himself behind his jumperoo (which we found out can be dangerous...Daddy was napping one day while Mommy was at work and woke up to Denver crying because his head was stuck in the railing!! Don't worry Daddy got it right out, but it sure scared Dad and I don't know that he'll fall asleep while Denver's roaming around anymore!), he also loves to crawl under his high chair and to play under there...the problem is figuring out how to get back out of all these places.
Here are some more pictures of our little man:
Denver loves to crawl in the closet and play in there. Typically he gets himself into trouble in there because he always pulls the little scrubber off the swiffer and chews on it (GROSS!). He'd play in there for hours if you let him.
Here's Denver walking to Mom. He still won't take more than 6 steps and then decides its faster to get down on the floor and crawl. Evan thinks he'd win a crawling contest for speed. If you open the fridge door you can bet he'll be there in a couple seconds no matter where he was in the house before you opened the fridge!
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2 comments:
If my kids went from sleeping all night to waking and crying, it was usually either teeth, a growth spurt, or they were sick. We have learned that if we suspect teeth, or a cold, we will give them Motrin before bed (though my Dr. says not to give it for more than 4 days). This usually helps. Then if they still wake up and you think they are needing something more, you can always give Tylenol too. Plus you can add orajel for quick relief.
But, I have also went through spells where they just seem to miss mommy and daddy and think "hmm, wonder what they are up to? Maybe I should cry and see if they'll come". Then I use my 15 minute rule. I don't go in there unless they've cried for 15 min. You have a baby cam like I do so you can check and make sure that they are safe. Many times they have stopped before 15 minutes and eventually they learn that we aren't going to come running so they stop.
With the sippy, my kids usually took a while to learn to like it. I just kept giving it to them so they could get used to it. Once you totally wean him and he realizes that the sippy is all he has, he will learn to like it. My 3 little ones decided they liked it better than a bottle at 10 months so it was easy to make the switch. It isn't usually that easy. I think it took Ashlyn a couple of weeks without a bottle to like her sippy.
Hope some of this helps. Sorry it's so long. I love his new jammies.
Cadi
Denver looks nice & warm in his new PJ's! Even at 20 months, we recently went through a spurt of sleepless nights - I don't think you're ever in the clear & can say those days are over!
As for milk & the sippy cup....does he drink anything else out of the sippy cup? Olivia got used to water first and then when we got rid of the bottle, she wanted nothing to do with milk in the sippy. The pediatrician said as long as she got enough dairy from other sources - yogurt, cheese, pudding - it was fine if she didn't drink milk. We just kept offering it to her & after a couple of weeks she was drinking it regularly, and actually requesting over water throughout the day!! Keep working at it, and you'll get there!
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