Mommy2008
03-26-2009, 04:40 PM
My DS is 13 months old. Since about 12.5 months he has been down to 3 feeds per day: AM, afternoon, and bedtime.
This last week, starting on wed. I tried to just get him to nurse AM and PM. and, since he is with the sitter or my mom during the day while I sleep a few times per week, this has worked out fine.
On sat. I was with him in the afternoon and he was giving me a hard time going down for his nap, plus he's teething and maybe a slight cold as well, so I just ended up nursing him that day.
Sunday, DH was home so DH put him down for his nap and he did fine.
Sat. night though. I had a problem falling asleep. I dont know why. I am totally ready for DS to cut back on nursing and soon be done totally. I NEVER have problems sleeping. and, I was dozing off on the couch when DH said, why dont you just go to bed, and we both went to bed. Nothing had changed as far as our night time routine. We watched TV for a few mins and turned it off and I still couldnt fall asleep[&:]. By 2am I couldnt take it anymore and ended up taking a benadryl. I still didnt fully fall asleep until close to 5am[:(], and then had to sleep in yesterday morning cause I was sooo tired. DH got up with DS and took care of him till I got up.
I was so tired yesterday. So, last night around 830pm DH and I both went and laid down in bed. Dh fell asleep right away[which is unsusual for him, Im usually always sleeping before him, always] and I couldnt fall asleep. so, around 9pm I took another benadryl and by 10pm I still wasnt asleep. I took a hot bath and when I got out took another benadryl and was alseep sometime around midnight and then slept all night.
I do work nights at the hospital so I do sleep during the day a few days per week and dont sleep at night 2 nights per week, but Ive been working nights almost 2 years now and never had a problem sleeping at my normal time on my nights im off.
I am trying to determine if this is just a fluke thing, or if its related to at all, with weaning.
We are not abrputly weaning, so I didnt think it would be that. I was laying in bed last night thinking about anything that has changed recently and the only thing thats really changed is us weaning. There arent any other major things going on in our lives.
i know that there is a hormonal shift when weaning, I just wasnt sure how us moms are affected and I really didnt even think about it until last night.
I really dont want to keep taking benadryl to sleep. And, I havent taken anything for sleep since DS was born. and this isnt like me at all. I am not emotional or sad and I dont feel depressed at all.
Have any of you experienced anything similar? if so, how long did it last?
thanks alot
This last week, starting on wed. I tried to just get him to nurse AM and PM. and, since he is with the sitter or my mom during the day while I sleep a few times per week, this has worked out fine.
On sat. I was with him in the afternoon and he was giving me a hard time going down for his nap, plus he's teething and maybe a slight cold as well, so I just ended up nursing him that day.
Sunday, DH was home so DH put him down for his nap and he did fine.
Sat. night though. I had a problem falling asleep. I dont know why. I am totally ready for DS to cut back on nursing and soon be done totally. I NEVER have problems sleeping. and, I was dozing off on the couch when DH said, why dont you just go to bed, and we both went to bed. Nothing had changed as far as our night time routine. We watched TV for a few mins and turned it off and I still couldnt fall asleep[&:]. By 2am I couldnt take it anymore and ended up taking a benadryl. I still didnt fully fall asleep until close to 5am[:(], and then had to sleep in yesterday morning cause I was sooo tired. DH got up with DS and took care of him till I got up.
I was so tired yesterday. So, last night around 830pm DH and I both went and laid down in bed. Dh fell asleep right away[which is unsusual for him, Im usually always sleeping before him, always] and I couldnt fall asleep. so, around 9pm I took another benadryl and by 10pm I still wasnt asleep. I took a hot bath and when I got out took another benadryl and was alseep sometime around midnight and then slept all night.
I do work nights at the hospital so I do sleep during the day a few days per week and dont sleep at night 2 nights per week, but Ive been working nights almost 2 years now and never had a problem sleeping at my normal time on my nights im off.
I am trying to determine if this is just a fluke thing, or if its related to at all, with weaning.
We are not abrputly weaning, so I didnt think it would be that. I was laying in bed last night thinking about anything that has changed recently and the only thing thats really changed is us weaning. There arent any other major things going on in our lives.
i know that there is a hormonal shift when weaning, I just wasnt sure how us moms are affected and I really didnt even think about it until last night.
I really dont want to keep taking benadryl to sleep. And, I havent taken anything for sleep since DS was born. and this isnt like me at all. I am not emotional or sad and I dont feel depressed at all.
Have any of you experienced anything similar? if so, how long did it last?
thanks alot