Sleep struggles

I know I know. Everyone warns you that once you have a baby you must say goodbye to sleeping. Andy and I have been doing ok with all this little or no sleep for the past 4 months (almost) but it gets harder and harder. The worst part of it all is that my friends with babies roughly the same age as Gus, well, their kids are sleeping through the night and beyond. WHAT?????

We had been on a great schedule but started to notice that Gus was waking more frequently. We have now are getting up 12+ times a night to give him back his pacifier, swaddle him or feed him (one time.) He will scream and scream and the moment we give him his pacifier or re-swaddle him he turns his head and is out. It seems easy enough but try doing that every hour.

We have been using the "5S's" from the book "The happiest baby on the block." Up until now it has been working great and we got him to sleep 5-6 hours, wake once for a feeding and go right back down for another 4 hours. Just recently this up-down-up-down thing has started.

Everything I read contradicts something. Cry it out, don't cry it out. Swaddle, don't swaddle. Console, don't console....For a first time set of parents "trusting your gut" is like giving a dog a treat and telling them NO. It is confusing. We don't know. Plus, the more you read the more scary it gets. If you do this, that or another thing you will spoil your kids....COME ON!!!

Gus takes great naps during the day and yes he wakes for his pacifier but again we give it to him and back down he goes. He eats like a champ and even the whole concept of "cereal" doesn't work for night time sleeping.

He will NOT sleep without being swaddled because those cute little hands wake him up over and over and the pacifier really does knock him out....

Today we started trying to break him from the swaddle. Legs out first, then one arm and then another....but that can take a month. Then we have to tackle the pacifier...LOST!

That is my rant. The baby is sleeping. I am going to nap. Have to get ready for tonight again!

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  1. Do what's best for you. The more you read the more confusing it will get. You have a long time before you have to worry about the pacifier. You just started giving him solid food. Give him and yourselves a chance!!!! You're doing great

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