1 nap still not working

[babybarr]

Safe trip home and I hope that your DH can give you some help and things would improve with Caleb.  hugssssss

Ditto

Hope you have an ok journey back.

Post when you get a second.

[*Jo*]

ugh! what a day, got Caleb up at 3.30am and he fell asleep at 7.05am for half an hour on the plane, then he fell asleep in the car and we transferred him to his bed, he woke up at the 50 min mark (surprise surprise) and i patted him back to sleep where his total nap was 1.5 hours long. hes really strange today, throwing massive screaming tantrums where he is hitting me in the face, doesnt want to go anywhere near DH, screams if he takes him, poor DH thinks Caleb has forgotten him. im so tired i just want to cry, i nnearly passed out in the store earlier so im about to take a nap but Caleb onlly wants me, is this normal? hes been fine all week pretty much with everyone else but hes never been like this with DH.

so we are aiming for a second nap later today, not sure what time though because hes instantly tired as soon as hes awake due to the short night so going by tired cues isnt going to help at all.... *sigh* im not going overseas again without DH.....

[koe2moe]

  perhaps get DH to take DS out for a walk in the pram or something??  Caleb might be OT and OS and teething and all   Just so tough!!  hugsssss

[babybarr]

Hugs Jo

I wouldn't worry too much at this point.  You've gotta remember little Caleb has been through a lot in the last week or so.  2 plane trips at odd times, a time change - twice and probably just starting to get into a routine somewhere else and is now back home.  He may have a bit of clinginess as you are his only constant - iyswim?

I know you're tired but if you can get through the next few days I think you'll get there.  Just do as much as you can with DH too and get DH to do stuff with Caleb whilst you're still in sight.

[*Jo*]

Yeah I wondered if I was the only co stanat and that's why he was clingy, DH took him for a walk in the stroller to help him fall asleep and it worked fine and he had another 55min nap then early to bed, he woke up once at 3am and I just went in, pulled he blankets up and left, I'm figuring he needs me to reassure him I'm still there just at the moment. So he was asleep by 5.45pm last night and awake at 5.05am, DH got up to him (he actually really wanted to!) so I went back to sleep. I must admit it's been a crazy couple of days, I think I might be doing a bit of APOP till things settle down.

[koe2moe]

that's good!!  sounds like things are starting to improve already!!  great job!!   get some rest yourself

[*Jo*]

Yeah I wondered if I was the only co stanat

lol i am brain fried, that was meant to be "constant"

[koe2moe]

Quote from: Calebsmummy on Today at 04:23:40 AM
Yeah I wondered if I was the only co stanat
lol i am brain fried, that was meant to be "constant"

hahaha i did wonder what that might mean and thought it must be my english

[babybarr]

Glad things are picking up.  Yes just APOP what you need to at the mo and then get straightened out soon.

[Tweakster]

Jo when we went overseas we had a big adjustment coming back and a big fat case of SA.  Then when we moved house the same happened again and that was one of the times I ended up sleeping on his floor.  These LO's are just objecting to and dealing with the change I think.  So APOP sounds warranted in my opinion. 

[*Jo*]

well he also now has an ear infection in both ears and then this morning hes woken up with a full on cold, this of course was at 5am that he started his day! i managed to APOP the second nap yesterday and his bedtime was 6.30pm so i wasnt really expecting him to wake so early this morning!

it seems to be the second nap i need to APOP only, as hes so used to only one nap, he only had one naps per day while we were on holiday, so we cant get a second nap wihtout APOP, but how am i gonna get his wakeups back to normal? this 5am business is rough lol, i cant really stretch out his day much longer, hes still taking short naps in the day (yesterday was 55mins and 40mins long)

[Tweakster]

this 5am business is rough lol,

Welcome to our life lol 

I wish I had some advice but really it's survival mode when they have an ear infection etc.  But I know that Finn bounces back really quickly, his meds only take like a day or so to kick in and then he's all back to himself.  What about APOP back to sleep at the EW?  Or if you sleep on his floor - go in when he wakes and just tell him to go back to sleep while you lie there with eyes closed? 

[*Jo*]

WEndy - I wish that would work but pretty much as soon as we are in his room if its been more than 10 hours sleep he will stay awake so we try to prolong going in as much as possible until its an actual cry. sleeping in his room wont work either, hes just one of those kids it wont work for, if he knows im in his room he will want me even more...

well ive just given him nurofen for the ears and cold, just put a vaporiser on in his room and put some olbus oil on a hanky near his bed to help him breahte better, lets hope we get a decent nap out of him this morning!

[Tweakster]

I wish that would work but pretty much as soon as we are in his room if its been more than 10 hours sleep he will stay awake so we try to prolong going in as much as possible until its an actual cry. sleeping in his room wont work either, hes just one of those kids it wont work for, if he knows im in his room he will want me even more..

Yep same here.  It's tough isn't it.  Better to just leave him to it then, will he play in his room with some toys in the cot - you could try putting stuff he hasn't seen for a while?  At least he's getting 'rest' if not sleep at that early hour.

Hope he gets back on the sleeping wagon soon!

[*Jo*]

nope, tried toys, doesnt even bother with them, he just cries out. he hardly every wakes up "happy" im getting really sick of his waking up cry, its like a cough which then escalates into a cry, annoys me! he just slept an hour and 15 mins for his nap, woke up at 11.20am so its a long day till bedtime grrrr