Today, I finally got my fussy newborn back to sleep after the creaking of my chair woke her. I then crept two rooms over and opened a pack of chips, the crinkle of which woke her again. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after hours of trying to put a screaming baby to sleep, she finally fell asleep in my arms. I was so happy. Then, I got the hiccups. FML
Today, my newborn daughter has kept me up all day and all night for the past few days. Usually my husband sleeps. I finally cracked and yelled for his help, only for him to scream at me that he needs sleep and gives her to me anyway. FML
Today, after two hours, I finally got my very cranky, sick baby to fall asleep. Five minutes later, a neighbor started shooting off fireworks. FML
Today, it took me 2 hours to get my toddler to sleep. Just after I got him down, my mom woke him up by banging my pots and pans around in the sink. FML
Today, I tried fixing the squeak in my bedroom door. Instead, I made it dramatically louder. That night, when I sneaked to the kitchen for a snack, the door shrieked like a horror movie prop. My family thought someone broke in. It was just me craving chips. FML
Today, I woke up to the sound of my newborn screaming. I frantically hopped out of bed and stumbled into the nursery where I was met by the priceless sight of my five-year-old daughter attempting to breastfeed her understandably frustrated little brother. FML
Today, my 10-month-old kept me up all night after a gruelling day. I finally fell asleep with her at about 2 a.m., and I woke up half an hour later to her hands on my throat, and her biting my nose. Startled, I took a big breath through my nose and snorted an ungodly amount of slobber. I’m awake now. FML
Today, I woke up at 4 a.m., my back sore from being twisted like a pretzel due to my toddler. I successfully moved him, then my sick baby woke up, tried to nurse, screamed because he couldn’t breathe through his nose, screamed because I suctioned his nose, tried to nurse a blanket, then screamed when I offered him an actual boob. FML
Today, my energetic 10-month-old decided to stay up four hours past bedtime. After I FINALLY got him to sleep, I tried to go to bed. My husband is now snoring, farting and taking up my side of the bed. I desperately need some sleep. FML
Today, I'm so tired from constantly soothing my crying 2 month-old baby that I've started trying to soothe inanimate objects with baby talk whenever they make a noise. My fridge started beeping and I began an involuntary chorus of, "It's OK darling, shhhhhh, it's alright." FML
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Sia_Will 13
That's crazy, my baby wasn't like that at all when she was a newborn. I would talk loudly and watch tv and do whatever around her while she slept. Never bothered her. Hopefully your baby grows out of that soon!
TabooSushi 24
Geebus. Get that baby into a soundproof bubble for sleep time! I kid, of course. That really sucks, I hope she grows out of the fussy stage soon so you can all get some rest!
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False_Stupidity 42
Her super powers have been discovered early! This reminds me of something I heard from one of my workmates, who has a 4 month old. He says you could drop a pin on the other side of the house and his baby will hear it and wake.
clawstrophobic 15
The best thing to do is introduce her to sound when she's sleeping, so when she tries to sleep in the future little noises don't keep her up all the time. White noise (or other sounds) in particular.
jasoncann 10
Leave a radio on in the baby's room when the baby is sleeping.
janfleury 19
Start having noise around the baby when she sleeps. Start soft and increase till everything is at a normal volume. I could vacuum and do anything else around my kids while they slept. That way when you want to go out but it's nap time it will not matter. They will sleep not cry. One of mine slept through a concert in a park with fireworks.
itsme82 18
It won't last forever. Someday you will look back fondly. My daughter was the same way. Any noise and she was up crying. So I feel for you op. I really do. Stay strong... This too shall pass.
protoskore 27
next time open the chips in a bucket full of water to muffle the sound
melaniaeviania 7
My parents seemed to always throw a party when I would sleep so I can now sleep easily through loud noises. So now my husband and I are always loud around our 2-month-old (not on purpose, we're just loud people) and she can sleep through anything it seems. I would try introducing sound while she is sleeping especially since she is a newborn it is still early enough to get her used to loud noises :)
murph_fml 21
This happens when you try to be too quiet. If you maintain normal levels of noise, little stuff doesn't wake the baby. My 3 daughters can sleep thru the garbage truck, the snow plow, and a bucket loader outside their window.
MonCapitan 4
Being a father of two, I can safely say that being dead silent is the worst thing you can do. Talk on the phone, watch TV, listen to the radio. The baby will learn to get used to noise so you can continue doing your own thing. If they become accustomed to silence while they sleep, it can be hard to break them out of it.
acmariner99 25
Our baby is a sensitive sleeper too. We use a ton of white noise to attempt to drown out other noises and disturbances. It works pretty well and she only wakes for a bottle (most nights)