No growth spurt stuff during the day other than just being super fussy in general.
Last night was better, except that it took them FOREVER to go to sleep initially. I had them in bed for the night at 7:15, but they were up every 10-30 minutes until 9:30! It was one more than the other, but neither wanted was hungry, they just couldn't seem to stay asleep. Then they were up to eat at 1 and 4:30 and then up for the morning at 7:10 (I got them up, but don't know if I should have since their evening was so rough). **DH just informed me that Baby B actually woke/cried and had her paci re-plugged all night until she ate at 1!! He usually takes the night shift and only wakes me when they need to eat. When he woke me at 1 he said they had slept great......not sure how crying every 45 minutes is great, but whatever
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They were both really fussy and upset this morning, acting tired before they were even done eating. I tried to put them down for their first nap early, but life happened and they were up for their normal A time. One had a bit of trouble going to sleep and was up an extra 10 minutes. Both had really broken sleep for this nap so their morning looked like this:
E - 7:10
A - 7:35 - Started wind down at 8:00
S - Baby A - 8:15 Baby B - 8:25
Baby B woke at 8:55 & her fussing woke Baby A - Both went back to sleep with minimal intervention
Baby A woke at 9:25, 9:40, 9:45 and then finally settled back to sleep
Baby B just woke at 9:45 and will not go back to sleep
Ugh!
Our routine for the past few days has been:
E - 7am - This is sometimes as early as 6, but I usually get them up at 7 to start the day
A - 7:20 - Wind down starts at 8
S - 8:15-20 - One is usually down 5 minutes before the other....because getting them to sleep at the same time is pretty much impossible
- They usually wake briefly at the 45 during this nap, but since Wednesday have been going back to sleep pretty easily.
E - 9:50 - I would prefer they sleep until 10, but one, if not both, have been waking up 10 minutes before
A - 10:20 - WD 1 hr after they wake
S - 10-10:10 - We usually get a really good nap
E - 1
A - 1:20-30 - They seem to get tired quickly during this A time and I have to keep things low key to keep them up for the whole A time (should I shorten it?)
S - 2:10-15 - They usually wake or make noise at the 45, but have been doing better
E - 3:50 - again they wake about 10 minutes before I would prefer
A - 4:10 - This is when our days start to fall apart. They either get tired very quickly or are very hard to wake up and basically sleep through this feed. They still eat, but are mostly still asleep despite my efforts to fully wake them. Then, when they finish eating they finally wake up and I have no idea what to do with their A time. I usually just let them stay up an extra 5 minutes or so.
S - 5:10-15 - They have a hard time staying asleep for their cat nap and usually only sleep for 30-40 minutes. I know that is how long that nap is supposed to be, but is it ok that they are waking themselves or should they be wanting to sleep longer?
E - 6 - Many days they don't want to eat much.
A - 6:15 - Bedtime routine: Bath, lotion, PJ's, lights out, fan on, cuddle, swaddle, cuddle, bed
S - 7:00-7:30 - This depends on how upset they are during bath time. I do one at a time and sometimes the baby waiting gets super upset and that delays bed because I am trying to soothe one baby and bathe the other at the same time.
DF - 11 - Skipped this last night because I didn't want to risk waking them
NWings - On a good night they are only up once in the early morning between 2:30 and 4.
Until a couple nights ago they would go right to sleep and stay asleep through the DF until their first real feed during the night. Now it seems that they are having a harder and harder time settling in for sleep at night. They wake multiple times wanting their paci or even needing to be picked back up to be able to go back to sleep only to wake again 5-10 minutes after being put down. Then, without changing anything in how I am trying to get them to sleep they will suddenly settle and stay asleep.....it is pretty baffling.
Is that enough of a novel for you? Lol, sorry it go so long!