Change is afoot in our household. About two days ago, The Peanut decided she would no longer eat her normal 6-8 oz. at each feeding during the day. As a result (we think, or maybe this is unrelated), she no longer sleeps for extended periods during the day, instead napping for anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes. By the end of the day, she is overtired, extremely fussy and has trouble going down for the night, so we spend the hours between 8:00 and 10:00 trying to get her to stop crying and off to sleep.
The mind-boggling thing about it is that NOTHING has changed to cause this change in her behavior. We don't know whether she is transitioning to a stage where she just needs to eat less (maybe she just finished a growth spurt?) or sleep less during the day, whether there is something wrong with her physically, or whether she just decided that she had had enough of the old routine. I realize that trying to employ logic to analyze a baby's behavior can be a fruitless exercise, and maybe I should just realize this is part of the overall child-rearing experience. My Mom said she thinks this is just Jocelyn demonstrating her developing personality. If that's the case, it's OK with me, even if it does test our patience a bit and make things a little tense around the house at times. I would just like to know definitively that she's OK and will continue to be.
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You know, there was a period in time when I thought I would never sleep again. I'm sure you feel stressed and frustrated but I assure this is completely normal. Jeff went through this very thing and when I cried my eyes out to the pediatrician, he told me that Jeff was only trying to let me know who was the real boss. lol.
The only thing to do is not get too frustrated (if possible) and set a limit. Let her cry for 15 minutes and then if she's not giving up, then go in to her. Most often, she'll cry herself right to sleep.
Or maybe she's just really gassy and can't sleep laying down?
Let me know how it goes....
Jenny
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