Sigh. I'm just feeling very confused. Austin has definitely been in an OT hole lately but I really thought it was getting better - until last night. But now I'm not sure if this is OT (but there are SO many NWs that I feel that's less likely?), teething (but he'll start the NW a half hour after I give meds - right when they're kicking in, so
), or maybe confusional awareness (but sometimes it lasts all night long which doesn't seem to fit?).
Basically we've been having short NW pretty much every night for the past couple of months. But in the last couple of weeks, also short naps and short nights. The 2 nights before last night were good, though, with either just 1 NW or, on Tues night, almost 11.5h with no NW at all. So I really thought we were on the upswing.
Here's yesterday:
(7:15 PM sleep)
6:15: yelled out, DH went to lay in there and he went right back down
7:15: A
12:05: S
12:50: yelled out, I went to pat his back and he went back to sleep
1:20: again with the yelling/patting
1:50: A (so, despite the wakings, this was the best nap we've had in 2 weeks)
7: S
(11:15: DF ibuprofen)
11:45: started whining, yelling out. We waited to see what would happen and he will stop for a minute but then it sounds like it's escalating so I go in. Pat his back but he REALLY seems like he's still asleep. This goes on every 5-15 min until 1:15 when it just stops.
5:45: screaming bloody murder. Pat his back.
6:30: same thing, and back to sleep
7: awake
He's done this whining/crying when he appears to be asleep thing a lot lately. It's been that way for most of the NWs the past few months. But 3 times in the past 2 weeks now it's been particularly bad. But the other 2 nights it went on all night long. So last night was better but the length of the events makes me think it can't be confusional awareness, right? But I have medicated him up the wazoo and he'll start up right after so I don't think it's teeth. And I usually think OT wakings won't be so frequent. I'm confused! I feel like if I can't figure out what's causing it that I can't fix it.
I am trying to get him out of the OT hole. Shooting for 5h A in the AM and the PM and trying for the best nap I can get, although that hasn't been going particularly well.
Any thoughts?
