Dear Pod People,
Please return my baby. My perfect little baby who…
- Takes 3-4 45-minute naps a day every 2 or 2.5 hours.
- Sleeps through the night for 10 hours.
- Puts herself back to sleep when she wakes up.
- Sleeps in her crib.
I do not appreciate the pod baby you have left in her place. You see, the pod baby is teething.
The pod baby you see above is not as easy going as my baby. This pod baby nurses to sleep, wakes up an hour later, must fall back asleep on me, and then wakes up every time she goes back into the crib, so I finally give up and bring the pod baby into Mommy and Daddy’s bed where the pod baby decides every few hours that she must sleep on me, not next to me.
And, of course, I get no sleep because I’m convinced I will either roll on said pod baby or roll over while the baby is on top, which will send the baby onto the floor.
I was willing to take care of the pod baby until my husband and I had this conversation:
Thoughtsy: When does the teething stop?
Kiefer: I think they have all their teeth around 2 years.
Thoughtsy: NOOOOOOOOOO!
So there you have it. Just when I thought sleep was once again mine for the taking, I find out there’s another year and a half of no sleep.
Faaaaaantastic.
August 11th, 2014 at 9:02 am
cuteeeeeeee girl ❤
August 11th, 2014 at 9:10 am
She is adorable.
August 11th, 2014 at 9:11 am
Have you tried Pop-Tarts? Perhaps frozen? Don’t worry, after the teething she’ll start sleeping again. Until you enter the bad-dreams-and-scared-f-the-dark phase. That’s just a couple years long. Then you get a good solid eight years, at which point she’s a teenager… there’s no sleeping after that.
August 11th, 2014 at 9:28 am
But surely that little face makes it all worth it? Such a cutie!
August 11th, 2014 at 9:39 am
My pediatrician used to tell me just when you think you’ve got their sleep routine down, they go and turn it upside down. Have faith, one day she will be sleeping so well you won’t be able to get her out of bed for school. So the fun times will continue….
August 11th, 2014 at 9:51 am
She must be suffering too. It will pass. She’s lovely, give her a big hug and a kiss on those sweet cheeks for me.
Leslie (mother of 4 and survived)
August 11th, 2014 at 9:57 am
2 years? Oh noooooooo. Good luck!
August 11th, 2014 at 10:06 am
Bahaha noooo.
August 11th, 2014 at 10:47 am
Once teeth come through on the top and the bottom, the rest are a breeze. Teeth turn babies into little, drooling nightmares though.
August 11th, 2014 at 11:54 am
No one ever told us about this, did they?!
August 11th, 2014 at 11:55 am
Have you tried some vodka? I assume you have a couple bottles of the flavored stuff left, yes? Just give her some of that. She’ll sleep like . . . well, you know.
August 11th, 2014 at 1:33 pm
I second vodka. Rub some on her sore gums. She’ll be less sore and get to sleep faster!
August 22nd, 2014 at 7:39 pm
Do I have vodka. Ppppplease. =) I should probably do fruit flavored since she hasn’t had any other solid foods yet. Right?
August 11th, 2014 at 12:48 pm
Awww she is so cute.I suggest frozen teething rings!
August 11th, 2014 at 1:19 pm
Snorts. Love this! XOXO – Bacon
August 12th, 2014 at 3:16 am
Oh my gosh. Cuteness overload 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
August 14th, 2014 at 9:49 am
Ugh. The worse! I hope it gets better for you and Pod Baby!
August 18th, 2014 at 4:15 pm
My approach is to sleep when the baby sleeps, day or night. Others may make the mistake of thinking daytime naps are the ideal time to, say, do the dishes. That’s risky behavior. Sleep when the baby sleeps (all 15 hours or so) and you won’t worry too much about the nights. You may need to worry about the kitchen though.
August 25th, 2014 at 3:39 pm
This behavior lasts until the permanent molars come in when they are 12. Sorry.
August 28th, 2014 at 10:31 am
Look how cute she is! She can’t possibly be a pod baby. LOL. Averey finally got her first tooth at 11 MONTHS. I thought the poor girl would be toothless forever. But thankfully she had one on her first birthday. 🙂
Tylenol and those cold teething rings work wonders. Give her a hug for me! We had four girl babies at Averey’s party and my Grammy self was in heaven. 😀
September 8th, 2014 at 9:14 am
Pod babies come and go, even with teething, or mine have. That, OR, pod babies lull you into a false sense of security by having them go back to normal only before snatching it all away again. Right now mine is teething again, too, and it’s all the fun you just described!
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