G is going to give me a heart attack

OMG… LOL

So the past few nights I’ve been having SO many problems getting G down. I swaddle him up and then go in his room. He will drink his bottle and NOT go to sleep so I will then have to rock/walk him down. Except he will scream and scream and scream at me. So the past few nights I ended up NURSING him down after I gave him a bottle of pumped milk. LOL

Which meant I didn’t have any milk to pump! Yay!

So last night (shot night – ugh that was ugly) I just nursed him down. Tonight I gave him a 5oz bottle. He closed his eyes but then drank the whole thing and was awake! Well, I have my sister downstairs watching Sam so I don’t want to walk him around so I just offer the boob. Well, he starts nipping and sipping, which is so annoying. So, ok he is full.

But he’s still awake! And then he starts squirming and screaming! AHHH! 3rd, 4th night in a row? This nighttime routine has been driving me batty for awhile (and wait until I tell you what the Dr said from my questions to him, asking for help – haha).

So anyway, I unswaddle him and he calms down a bit. I have a snuggle velvet/fuzzy blanket that I was holding next to his cheek (I was trying something new with a lovey, type of thing), hoping he would go to sleep drinking his bottle and having his lovey next to him. So after I unswaddle, try the boob again, try rocking him, he was just looking around.

So I put him in his crib. I really would LOVE for him to fall asleep by himself, you know? In the next few weeks I was going to try it but all the times I’ve tried it before (swaddled), he just screams for 5min before I go and get him. (I think it’s a little to soon for that – for me at least.) So I was going to wait a few weeks or a month before venturing into the cry-it-out territory.

So I put him down, unswaddled, and tuck his lovey around his arm and down his body, and walk downstairs. And I just hear him muttering and moving around. And I’m thinking, ohmygosh, I think my sister is leaving around 745 (although she COULD stay later if I really needed her too – but she is going out so I want her to get to her outing, etc) and I’m envisioning G muttering to himself for a half hour and then screaming at the time I’m getting Sam ready.

AHHH! Nightmare!

So, after ten minutes, it’s pretty quiet… I have the rain noise on in there and little movement. SO I go in there to peek. I slowly turn the handle… Open the door…

And I see a baby with his arms down by his SIDES and his THICK fuzzy LOVEY blanket OVER HIS WHOLE HEAD!!!!!

Man, his baby gate clanged so loud as I jumped in there to make sure I just didn’t suffocate my baby. (How many times have I blogged about this suffocation theme??) DUDE! He pulled the whole thing over his head and put his arms down! I know he likes to eat and love his blankies but this was a little ridiculous!

I think he was a little surprised when I yanked it off his head and made sure he was still breathing.

I just looked at him… like, WTF? And he was so peaceful just laying there.

So I backed out of the room.

I got myself a drink.

(Not that kind of a drink, haha – just a pepsi!)

Walked back up to check on him again. Stupidly I left the blanket in there, except it is at the bottom of the crib… and he’s just laying there unswaddled and his eyes are closed now.

LOL – So operation “go to sleep by yourself, crazy baby” worked tonight even though I wasn’t planning on it.

And even though he’s not in his warmest sleeper (since I thought he would be swaddled – *sigh*). I wonder what will happen tonight. Oh well. I can just swaddle him up later.

But my heart is slowing calming down. Sheesh.