Hey Asshat

When I post a thread on a community forum regarding my concerns about Nathan's sleep pattern, please don't minimize my concerns. I posted there looking for help, similar stories, solutions, support, etc. Also, please read the original post that covers most of the questions you then waist my time asking and having me answer again.

And if you say that this is "normal" please back that up with some literature for me. Because I don't think it's normal for a baby at 8.5 months to not be able to sleep beyond 2 hours at a stretch and everything I read says it is not normal.

I really dislike Asshats when I'm not tired but when I'm super tired I hate Asshats!

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[Victoria]

I don't like douches either.

[summer]

I was talking to my co-worker J, and she thinks maybe the baby is stressed. She might be onto something here. We had a foster baby that was very stressed, and I kept avoiding it because the baby had other issues like reflux etc. In the end I had to do a ton of streatching of the arms and legs and body with the baby (a few times a day) set naps, set bedtime, and some CIO to get into the daily life this baby would lead. Cold, dark room for both nap and bed really worked wonders. Warm hot bath before bed, and a bowel of warm baby oatmeal mixed with formula or in your case breastmilk would help. For stressful things we used a calm drop from whole foods. Some babies for whatever reason are born stressed and research shows it starts within the pregnancy. So not place blame on you at all. I myself am stressed out all the time and less sleep I have the more stress I build up. However, if it is a brain issue connection, than CIO won't work after 14 days. But the bottom line is the doctor should have given you some advice because without proper sleep for the baby and you, both of you can become sick and it can lead to other medical issues. Some people say it is where you place the babies crib, some say the baby needs to be all alone in his room. This all could be the case or not. This is when we wish the baby could talk to us and tell us how we could help. We have to guess and try:) Sending you hugs and sorry the board was so rude...