myJaxon

I know I know, Ian is a newborn and sleep is now a luxury. The problem is that since Ian developed RSV, he hasn’t been sleeping in his bed, but has to be held by either mama or daddy. Since this helps his congestions, we can’t complain too much since it helps him sleep; but the problem is that if we’re holding him, than we can’t go to sleep. The past couple of nights we’ve tried getting him to sleep in his bed and he would wake up within moments of us lying down. This wouldn’t be so bad if it didn’t frustrate us.

Last night, we tried something new. I went to bed at 8:30pm and Jesse stayed up with Ian until 1am. Then it was my turn. I was able to close my eyes while Ian slept, but I didn’t really get any sleep. This helped Jesse and I a little - neither of us were frustrated since we couldn’t get him to sleep. He was sleeping, we just weren’t.

The only true problem with this resolution is that I’ve been up since 1am and I won’t be able to get some sleep until after Jesse is home at 6-6:30 tonight. We need to get Ian back to sleeping in his bed. We’re hoping that this is just a phase due to his RSV, because if it’s not, we’re going to be in trouble.  If anyone has any suggestions, let us know.  We’re willing to try anything, although we have already tried a lot.