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12-10-2012 at 9:53 PM
4ever Youn...
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My brain is shot.

I need to do a little, ok alot of venting here. My DD is 10 months old and REFUSES to be laid down for any naps or for bedtime anymore. I do the whole "bedtime schedule" and have done the "Ferber method" and it worked for a while, but screams when I put her down now or if I leave her for a little bit and go back in, it's worse than before! She is teething, so I give her some tylenol or teething tablets but what doesn't make sense is that she isn't bothered by it any other time. What's even more frustrating is that she wants me to hold her standing up and gets mad if I sit or lay down with her. I'm pregnant with our second and am PRAYING things change before I'm huge! My husband works midnights and sleeps during the day so he's out of the question for help. I get mad at him simply for the fact that I'm jealous he doesn't have to deal with this. My brain is no longer functioning properly...just today I accidently gave someone my maiden name and forgot how old my DD is. What gets me through the day is that no matter what, I still love her sooooo much! Sorry for the long vent, but any words of wisdom or encouragement would be great. I need all I can get! Thanks!
 
12-11-2012 at 6:11 AM
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Does she have a history of reflux? Have her ears been checked recently? Both times DD1 has had an ear infection, she would scream bloody murder when we tried to lay her down to sleep. She didn't show any symptoms during the day.

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12-11-2012 at 7:33 AM
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Does she have a history of reflux? Have her ears been checked recently? Both times DD1 has had an ear infection, she would scream bloody murder when we tried to lay her down to sleep. She didn't show any symptoms during the day.

 

Yes! DS was doing this a couple weeks ago, not quite to the extent as your LO, but similar.  I couldn't rock him with him laying down, but sitting up head resting on my chest, and was very difficult to get to sleep, even though he was clearly exhausted.

We went to the dr for his swallowing problems, and she noticed his ears were red! He's on antibiotics, and much much better. He never showed any symptoms during the day either, no pulling on his ears, no acting like he was in pain, no fever...

Hang in there Mama! 

ps- I think it's normal to be angry at your significant other in your situation. I was the same way when FI was working, and I was on maternity leave. I was EBF and it didn't make sense for him to wake up in the middle of the night with DS, to feed a bottle when I would have had to pump it for him anyways. I was so jealous that he got to sleep through the night.  Just make sure you share your feelings, and ask for him to help in other ways when he is home and awake - even if it's not baby related, like dishes, laundry, whatever needs to get done. Our biggest problem is that I hold a ton of resentment against FI for those 6 months of no sleep... don't let it get like that!

 


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12-11-2012 at 12:08 PM
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With Lucia the check in method of CIO never worked. She gets royally pissed if we go back in. So we did extinction CIO with no checkins and that worked much better. The girls I nanny were the same way.

I would definitely check the ear infection thing first, but it is totally normal for a 10 month old to get mad at naptime. They would much rather play and are learning how to vocalize their anger.

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12-11-2012 at 1:40 PM
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My guess is that it is due to the teething.... all bets were off when DS was getting his teeth all the same time. I just rolled with what I could... rocked him a lot, sometimes had to let him cry back to sleep (obviously to an extent, it never got to bad) I gave in a lot more then I would because I knew he was in pain... sometimes just rocking him he was still upset  :( Once teeth came through things went back to normal... :) Hang in there Mama, I know it's tough but you will get through this. And then the 1 yr molars come, HAHA! Which I believe is upon me now...

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12-12-2012 at 11:16 AM
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Sounds like she is not feeling too well to me too. My daughter was super clingy for about 2 weeks. She got her first cold. Before you let her CIO, I would check with your doctor too. Either way, it will not last forever. Hang in there!

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12-12-2012 at 11:35 AM
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Thank you all! You have no idea how grateful I am for your responses! I'm going to check into a possible ear infection but another thing I just thought today was that she possibly is transitioning to just one nap a day. So to test it out, I waited until after feeding her lunch to lay her down. She was so good all morning and laid down with absolutely no problems! In the past, I thought she needed a nap when she was acting "cranky" but I suppose that could be the teething. It's all so confusing with the first one, but hopefully we found the solution! Keeping my fingers crossed that baby #2 is easier with experience under my belt!
 
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