When you're overtired like this you're producing too much adrenaline to get off to sleep easily - just like babies do! I had the same problem as you - finding it difficult to sleep outside regular sleep hours. How about you try napping with Gus in the day, lying her one the bed with you? Even if you don't sleep that's OK - just rest your body for an hour and then get her up when you get up.
Little Mister has always slept through Seth's crying and she is super-grumpy to wake up too. I felt pretty resentful for quite a while there, but now I let her sleep through as long as she gets up with him in the morning and I can go back to bed for another hours sleep. She knows she can't get grumpy about that because I'm doing the night shift every night!
I promise you things will get better soon when you start to get 4 hour stretches of sleep. I know it doesn't seem like much difference between 3 and 4 hours, but it's huge trust me. You will nearly feel like a normal human being again!
One more piece of ass-vice - apparently babies who get lots of sunlight during the day make the change-over better. Maybe taking Gus for walks in the pram in the afternoon will help her get her day/night thing right and will help you burn off that extra adrenaline so you sleep better too.
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Date: 2007-08-14 08:39 am (UTC)Little Mister has always slept through Seth's crying and she is super-grumpy to wake up too. I felt pretty resentful for quite a while there, but now I let her sleep through as long as she gets up with him in the morning and I can go back to bed for another hours sleep. She knows she can't get grumpy about that because I'm doing the night shift every night!
I promise you things will get better soon when you start to get 4 hour stretches of sleep. I know it doesn't seem like much difference between 3 and 4 hours, but it's huge trust me. You will nearly feel like a normal human being again!
One more piece of ass-vice - apparently babies who get lots of sunlight during the day make the change-over better. Maybe taking Gus for walks in the pram in the afternoon will help her get her day/night thing right and will help you burn off that extra adrenaline so you sleep better too.
Thinking of you girl!
xxx Mermaidgrrrl