Ben has taken a turn for the much worse. I thought he was getting better because there were actually a couple of nights when he woke just for a few minutes and then went straight back to sleep. But on Saturday his schedule was off again and he had a bad night and then on Sunday a worse night and then Monday his worse night ever.
On Sunday DH and I decided to bring Ben into bed with us after 3 hours of his fussing and crying off and on. It seems like I am breaking down doing this once a week or every other week when he has an extremely bad night. He is not happier in our bed and still fusses or carries on, but at least I do not have to keep getting up... I know this is not ideal, but I figure its the lesser evil, instead of loosing my mind or letting him CIO.
On Monday I was determined to stick it out and get Ben to sleep in his crib at night.
His day was. 7:50 wake, 11:50 nap, 12:20 wake, 3:30 nap, 5:15 wake, 8:40 bed.
He cried at midnight so I gave Advil and he settled to sleep within 5 minuted (on his tummy). Fourty-five minutes later he was crying again. Not a fuss, but a full on scared-sounding cry. He settled to sleep quickly again after I went to him. One hour later he is letting out these huge cries again! This time he wouldn't settle. I did some PU/PD and then just a hand on his back. He won't stay on his side now, but has just started to constantly roll onto his stomach. So I am trying to comfort while he's on his tummy, but he cried harder than I've ever heard him cry for over an hour. Eventually he stopped, but his eyes stayed wide open. He cried again off and on (10 or 15 min breaks) for another hour and then started to totally fall apart again. At this point I decided to breast feed him. Oh God, I feel like the worst parent ever. He ate ravenously than finally fell asleep (5:00am).
Have I created this monster because of my occasional inconsistencies - bringing him into bed or BF at night? Does it sound like teething even though he had Advil? It is very rare for him to cry like this. His schedule seems to be sliding later as we sleep in to recover from night wakings. What can I do to get back on track without getting him more overtired? He is finally getting his appetite back - just yesterday he ate much better and I even breast feed him an extra time. I fear he is hungry at night because he has been eating so little... I don't know what to do anymore.