Sleep drama (again)

[judecorp]

Co-sleeping was a temporary fix, it seems. She is no longer content to sleep next to me. She must be held tightly by me in the crook of my arm. At least, that was all that would work last night - and she still woke up every hour or so.

At one point she was sleeping in the crook of my arm (which is incredibly uncomfortable and usually ends up hurting my arm, hand, shoulder, etc.) and she must have been laying just so, because she managed to totally block the circulation to my hand. When she woke up fussing, I realized that I had gone past the pins and needles stage, past the dead hunk of meat stage, and I /could not move my fingers or thumb/. It was the freaking scariest thing that has ever happened to me. I was sitting there trying to will my fingers to move.

Eventually I had rubbed my arm enough that the pins and needles feeling came and I was able to move my digits again.

Seriously scary! And getting an hour (or so) of sleep last night was seriously sucky.

Comments

[heartspunmom.livejournal.com]

Forgive me if you've tried/been asked about this already, but have you tried putting her on her tummy? My son is a terribly light sleeper but seems to settle for longer periods when he's on his tummy. He also loved to be swaddled when he was brand new.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I would love for her to sleep on her tummy. If I put her on her tummy (or if she rolls onto her tummy) she thinks it's play time. She pushes up, crawls around, etc. etc. Not sleep. I have even tried rolling her onto her tummy when she is in a deep sleep - wakes up, crawls around.

Currently she is still swaddled because being totally immobile is the only way she will settle down enough to fall asleep. But she breaks out of every swaddle. And hates being swaddled.

[heartspunmom.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it only really works for us if he's already fallen asleep in arms. Which he does. Every night. Because there is no other way.

I'm so sorry you're still struggling with this. It sucks, I totally know.

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Wow does that ever sound like it sucked. Sorry you had to deal with that and sorry that the co-sleeping solution is no longer working. Sounds though like no matter how much Punk might want it, you holding her the way she's requiring is NOT going to be a long term option. Hope you can find something that will be a good medium for everyone involved!

[tea-soaked.livejournal.com]

Sounds seriously sucky - sorry.

[juju-bug.livejournal.com]

oh! poor mom... why do our babies have such trouble sleeping at night?? I hope it gets better for you really soon. I hate those nights where you are constantly woken up, and then its nearly impossible to go back to sleep yourself (if the baby even lets you). Rio's night time sleep has been pretty good lately - but her naps are all wacky now. I don't know why, and I just keep playing it by ear and following her cues. But she still fusses herself to sleep and it makes me feel like a total failure at times. :( ugh.
By the way - has punk sprouted any teeth yet? I haven't seen anything for RIo yet (but she sure acts like its going to come out any second)!
wishing you a restful weekend...

[jodied.livejournal.com]

I sometimes do that to my arm when I'm sleeping. I pick it up with my other hand (which is really gross, now that I'm writing this), and let it hang off the side of the bed for a few seconds, and the feeling comes back right away as soon as the blood starts flowing. I don't know how well that would work with a baby on the bed (and obviously not with her still on your arm!), but it might work for you!

[anaccidentofhope.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

wow, that's totally sucktastic. There have been nights when that's how Sassa needed to sleep and though I love cuddling with her, I always feel like shit afterwards.

[yip95.livejournal.com]

yep, that sh*t sucks. we're currently weaning Zach off "the arm". Overnight, he's pretty much slept on our chest or on an arm since 6 weeks old. (Or in the hammock). But, along with getting him to sleep on the crib mattress, it's been working pretty well to get him to fall asleep NOT on the arm. Of course, then we tend to roll him over to his belly. But he will fall asleep/sleep on his side or occasionally on his back.

I'm sorry that your arm had that freaky thing happen. It is really weird when you lose control of a limb. Especially in the middle of the night, I'm guessing!

Oh, and re: the swaddles. It was pointed out to me that it'd be cheaper for you to just go to a Joanne's or whatever and buy a 48" square of flannel. You don't even have to hem it. You can handwash it (just soak and wring out) if you don't want it to fray, but really you could machine wash it and cut off the frays if they happen.

[lemur68.livejournal.com]

I co-sleep with Ginger

[chroniclesofconception.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

Hoping you get some much-needed sleep very soon :) And that is freaky!!!!!

[osuptygal.livejournal.com]

No matter how many times it's happened, it still freaks me out when my limbs get to that stage. Do not EVER fall asleep with your arms above your head/stretched out straight above....then you have TWO lifeless limbs...I've nearly gone nutso from this.