Peepers wants to sleep. She tries to sleep. She gets whiny in her sleep. But….She tosses and turns all night. She has the hardest time finding a comfortable position. She is sleeping in our bed with us. She will sometimes get lucky and find a spot and fall asleep and stay asleep for 3+ hours but other times every 45 minutes or so she is tossing and turning and moving trying to find a comfortable spot. I wonder if she wouldn’t sleep better by herself? It’s been a while (our second night home) since we have tried to have her sleep on her own–in the pack-n-play in our room. I am wondering if she would be better off in her own bed?
She doesn’t wake up much at night to eat anymore and more often than not–she rejects a bottle to settle her down in the middle of the night. She just can’t find that way she wants to sleep. We have wanted to wait to put her up in her room until she sleeps a little better, as we don’t want Minnow to wake up every time Peepers does. Minnow is a pretty sound sleeper, but his hyper-aware sometimes of what his sister is doing. I just want her to be able to get a good night sleep and for me to be able to help her. We are past, it seems, the long crying jags at nighttime and she has settled into a bedtime and is pretty easy to put down, but keeping her down is hard because she just can’t find that right spot.
Maybe she needs more room. Maybe she has too much room? I just wish I had the answer. Anyone out there have any suggestions or profound expertise they would like to share with me? I am open to just about any suggestion.
Thanks.
Embracing Imperfection 
Our 5 year did the same thing in his sleep. I was worried he had a sleep disorder. I couldn’t sleep with him at all and he did much better in his own bed…tossing and turning the night away. Also, how has her lab tests (poop) turned out? Lydia is sleeping better now that she is on Soy formula and has taken the flagyl.
Becky
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Hayat sleeps really well, but she does move a LOT in her sleep. We tried to keep her in bed with us, but she didn’t seem comfortable and nobody was getting any rest. So we ordered a regular mattress for her pack and play, which is about the same size as the crib she was used to at Wanna, and she flipped and flopped in there all night, but didn’t wake up. It was a bit of a challenge to find a real mattress, though, but I found one on line and it’s great. Let me know if you want more info and I’ll look up the details my brain has purged.
That’s what worked for us. Hope some good rest comes your way soon — and stays!!
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Boomer definitely slept best in his own bed. I could never rock him to sleep, he doesn’t sleep in the car very much, but put him in his bed and he’s fine. I thought in the beginning that being in his own little bed was probably what he was used to..
BTW, how does Thursday sound for getting together?
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All 3 of mine were sling babies. In fact, Teeny just busted the trusty sling! When they were little babies, they would fall asleep in the sling, which was then easy enough to lift over the crib rail and slide off. The sling would stay snug around them and they wouldn’t seem to notice that we weren’t holding them anymore. It kind of bundles them like a receiving blanket almost and you can tuck it around them snugly so their reflexes don’t wake them.
That said, 2 of 3 went through a stage at around 7-10 months in which they would not let us comfort them to sleep and they cried until they drifted off. It almost killed me, but hubby handled it better so pass this off to your husband if need be! Then, with both, when this phase ended, they moved to a mattress on the floor and out of the crib for good and we would just lay down with them while they fell asleep (usually falling asleep ourselves!)
Sorry so long…sleep is a fluctuating thing and each kid & family is different. Do whatever works for you and that is the right answer! I do know that all my babies were challenging at Peepers age as they seemed to be on the verge of big developmental changes and were easily frustrated, etc. Hang in there – you’re doing great!
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Micah doesn’t sleep well in our bed either – tosses and turns until I put him back in his bed and then he falls right to sleep. Have you thought about a co-sleeper that sits by the side of your bed? I’m thinking of doing that with our second, but not sure if there is an age/size limit for them.
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Elsa doesn’t sleep well unless she’s in her own bed, and in her own room! She falls asleep in my arms, but if I keep her there too long, she starts to fidget in her sleep and wakes herself up. If I put her down in her own crib, she goes to sleep happily (almost never even fusses) and sleeps soundly.
I had planned to use a co-sleeper (attached to my bed) for a long time for attachment purposes, but after a few weeks of BAD sleep (for both of us) I started putting her in her crib in her room and we both slept better.
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Mine were both restless sleepers like that so we could never do the bed sharing thing. My son took longer to sleep through the night and it wasn’t until we moved him out of our room (in the pack n’ play) to his own crib in another room that he finally started sleeping better (after a bit of crying it out, but not much). I would try a transition place (such as an office) to get her used to sleeping on her own, then move her into the room with your other child.
Good luck!
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