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ok ladies... i am calling in the big help! LOL! kate won't sleep... our heat is funky and no one will fix it right... i am exhausted and moody and frustrated. i can't stop crying today and am feeling so so so so so overwhelmed. i feel like i should be doing the exact opposite of everything i am doing... all the time. and to top it all off, i don't even know if this is making any sense!

i know it could be worse, but for me it's seeming impossible. i am trying not to wallow, and i don't think it's ppd rearing it's head because i have an ok attitude and don't feel down. i am just exhausted! we have tried cio, we have tried varied bedtimes... nothing is working well. thanks... for listening and praying. i hate that i feel so much like i am complaining... it's just tough i guess!

Hi Sparrow,

Sorry, I dont think I have any suggestions about Kate not sleeping... could she be teething early?  I have no idea.  I'm sorry you're going through all of this though.  When it rains, it pours sometimes.  I hope it gets better really soon!

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.  (James 1: 2-4)

As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered.... And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. (James 5: 11a, 15a)

I am so sorry to hear that Kate is deciding not to sleep for you. Is the temperature in the house making her sleeping all wacky? I wasn't sure since you did mention that nobody is coming around to fix it. Is it too warm in there or too cold?

How long has she cried to CIO? I know that it is so hard to listen to them cry, but do you think that perhaps she gets too much stimulation before bedtime? Is there any routine that you follow for bedtime? As you can tell I really have no idea and I'm just taking guesses to try to help out.

I will be praying!

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HUGE HUGS and TONS of prayers for you!!!  I am SO sorry it's all piling up on you.  And you make total sense....this is the hardest job ever and we are but mere mortals : )  I've already told you I don't have any good advise on sleeping...Haven is still way off track.  Again, once you find something that works...just do it.  Don't worry if it follows the "rules" of what "they" say is best.  OH I did want to mention that Haven could only sleep propped up on her boppy for about the first 4 months.  I swaddled her tight or put her in a swaddleme wrap and just propped her up on the boppy in her crib (that is after 3 months when I finally moved her to her crib : )  She didn't wiggle around much so she never fell off the boppy.  Then we used one of those wedge positioners that kept her at an angle.  It helped her.

I am praying for you and thinking about you.   Praying God will wipe away your tears!  Love you!!!

 

 

  

 

 

ALSO....Haven took every single nap in her swing until she was a year old!!  It was the only way she would nap...and it worked for us...and she isn't too badly broken : ) ha ha....she naps in her crib just fine now.  And when she had rough nights...she slept in her swing then too.  It worked for us....and we got sleep.  I would strap her in with a blanket, turn on the sound machine attached and sing to her until she feel asleep....she would STTN a lot of times just rocking in her swing.  We kept the battery companies in business!!  Then we bought rechargeable batteries : ) 

Just a thought for you : )