For two consecutive nites, my angelic baby who sleeps real soundly and follows a 3-hour routine in the day turned really easily irritable in the night and that made both her exhilarated parents exhausted.
Having her in the day is really a bliss, she sleeps in heavenly peace and awakes only when it's time for her feed punctually! Even when she awakes before it's time for her milk milk, she lies contentedly in her cot/rocker and observes her surrounding quietly.
Of late however, nothing seemed to be able to comfort her in the nights. She had, for the past two nites (as well as on certain nights ), stayed awake from 12midnight to 6 in the morning! Literally awake! The exasperating part was, she cried non-stop! And each time she did that, Mummy's heart literally broke! It was sheer heartache to see her wincing in agony, her face turning red from wailing and hearing her sweet little voice turn coarse from all the bawling!
Nothing we did seemed to work. Here's what we've tried:
- cuddled and hugged her + patted her
- rocked her both by hand and with the baby rocker
- fed her milk and/or water
- used pacifier magic
- watched dazzling x'mas tree lights + listened to x'mas music
- put her in between us on the bed
- checked and changed her diapers
- applied soothing medicated oil on her little tummy ("Ru Yi" oil)
- Burped her
- Played lullabies
- switched on the air purifier to calm her down
- placed security pillow on her
- adjusted the room temperature
- swaddled and unswaddled her accordingly
- Talked to her (in various volumes and tones)
In all, we tried all means and ways but little Adri was simply inconsolable! Tricks that worked in the day all failed! And the funny part is, the moment the clock hit 6am, she dozed off! =O
Am trying to practise Parental Directed Feeding. Didn't have to deliberately enforce anything, Adri's routine fitted nicely. I pray that come 12th week (as indicated in the books), Adri would have been sleeping soundly through the night and Mummy and Daddy wouldn't have become "pandas".
Boy, she's only approaching 4 weeks, that many more weeks of sleepless nights to go! I certainly hope that all necessary adjustments would be expedited.
Now i understand why many mums with young kids don't have the energy and time to doll up.
I fully understand...*Yawn...*
Life is becoming more unpredictable;
Every day is a day of new learning.
P.S. Juz dawned upon me that 12am - 6am was the period where i rested when i was preggy!
2 comments:
As I write this comment, I wonder if u are awake since I m now in the window period 12-6am =) I hope tonite is a restful nite for u. Maybe she's not used to something that goes on at nite... seriously I dun know wat. But I do recall, when my little cousin was young, my mom helped to take care and somehow, he kept us all awake every single nite as we took turns to carry n rock him, non-stop throughout the nite. and like adri, he fell aslp when sun came up. and that, lasted the whole first month... good news is, u only have a few more days to go.
Bingo! I was awake but thankfully not throughout the nite. Mart and I stayed awake and observed Adrielle until 3 in the morning. When we finaly decided that it was safe to leave her in the swing, we took a nap. It was so funny! We tried to practise that which we have read from books - dimmed the lights, whispered and was really light-footed thru'out the whole night! It was really funny to be whispering to each other and to speak to baby in a real gentle and soft tone! But wow, all that worked! Baby stayed quietly awake in the swing and slept only at around 3am. She only whined a little when she wanted her milk milk. Yesterday was great! I certainly hope tonight will be better! =D
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