No Sleep....

[severine]

How do you get through the day when you haven't slept? C'mon, some of you must have gone through this. Any ideas other than coffee? The little one was up most of the night and coffee doesn't sit well with him... I'm beat! :smash:

 

[Paul]

I take a nap.

 

[bvibert]

I take a nap.

Only an option if both kids decide to go down for a nap at the same time. If one tries to take a nap while our 2 year old is awake there's no telling what havoc she'll cause. She can cause a lot of damage if left alone for a couple of minutes! The 5 month old will just start screaming if left alone for more than a couple of minutes, so that's not an option either...

 

[SkiDork]

Only an option if both kids decide to go down for a nap at the same time. If one tries to take a nap while our 2 year old is awake there's no telling what havoc she'll cause. She can cause a lot of damage if left alone for a couple of minutes! The 5 month old will just start screaming if left alone for more than a couple of minutes, so that's not an option either...

True dat.

Once, our 2 year old (now 7) was "supposedly" napping. Turns out she had removed her diaper, with a full load, and proceeded to paint everything she could possibly reach (including herself) in a nice shade of brown. Nasty.

 

[Grassi21]

True dat.

Once, our 2 year old (now 7) was "supposedly" napping. Turns out she had removed her diaper, with a full load, and proceeded to paint everything she could possibly reach (including herself) in a nice shade of brown. Nasty.

Looking forward to that.

 

[Grassi21]

How about some fresh air? Its not as cool as I would like it to be but that brisk fall air wakes me up.

 

[bvibert]

True dat.

Once, our 2 year old (now 7) was "supposedly" napping. Turns out she had removed her diaper, with a full load, and proceeded to paint everything she could possibly reach (including herself) in a nice shade of brown. Nasty.

She hasn't painted with it yet, but she did remove her diaper and leave a nice deposit on her floor one morning. She has worked on other "projects" when we thought she was napping before too...

 

[Greg]

Sleep is the only answer. I've had luck getting the kids to sleep better at night by totally running them ragged during the day. A lot of time outdoors, especially now that it's cooler really wears them out. Our neighbors comment how our kids are always outside. Luckily my oldest is a great sleeper. She started at two months and now at almost 5, she still sleeps great with only a few "bad dreams" or bed wetting instances here and there. My youngest (almost 2) is getting better but she doesn't sleep as well as her sister. Still tolerable though. It will get better.

 

[bvibert]

We really need to move to a place that has an actual yard so that the kids have some place to go outside and play. Unless she's going to play in the driveway we have to leave the house (load the kids in the car..) to go somewhere that has space to play (ie; playground). She does sleep better when she's been out of the house playing all day, but she's also not really the problem, once she's down for the night you generally don't hear from her until morning. Our son can't even crawl yet, let alone run around so it's hard to wear him out. If you take him outside while his sister plays then he usually falls asleep, which can be detrimental, IMHO, when it comes time to sleep at night...

Thanks though, we know it'll get better. Hopefully it's sooner than later though!

 

[Marc]

I used to pull all nighters in college frequently, and still do occasionally when the call of duty requires.

Maybe I've just gotten used to it, but coffee helps... snacking on crackers or fruit when you start to nod off helps a great deal... or drinking water, or something pretty cold or pretty hot.

I've almost started to enjoy the feeling you get after 36 hours of no sleep. It's trippy when one day blends into a night and just continues right on to the next day.

 

[Grassi21]

I used to pull all nighters in college frequently, and still do occasionally when the call of duty requires.

Maybe I've just gotten used to it, but coffee helps... snacking on crackers or fruit when you start to nod off helps a great deal... or drinking water, or something pretty cold or pretty hot.

I've almost started to enjoy the feeling you get after 36 hours of no sleep. It's trippy when one day blends into a night and just continues right on to the next day.

When our son was born I was awake for about 36 hours. I didn't get that trippy feeling. It was surreal for a whole different reason.

When I get tired I get very silly. I babble on about inconsequential things and make stupid jokes. I was at a friends bachelor party and realized I was 2 hours short of staying up for 24 hrs. I rallied one of my friends and we went back down to that casino and won some loot. :beer:

 

[Grassi21]

Oh and then there was the time I smoked a pork shoulder. http://forums.alpinezone.com/17515-today-i-smoke-my-first-pork-shoulder.html?highlight=pork+shoulder Talk about sleep deprivation. Woke up at 3:30 am and my head hit the pillow at 10 pm. Tough day. Lots of running around keeping the fire up, making sure the water pan was full of apple juice, keeping the dogs away from the smoker, making sure I was smoked out all day....

 

[Marc]

The longest consecutive period I've stayed awake was for 52 hours.... I started to hallucinate. It was bizarre. I wouldn't recommend it. 36 hours I don't mind though.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

The longest consecutive period I've stayed awake was for 52 hours.... I started to hallucinate. It was bizarre. I wouldn't recommend it. 36 hours I don't mind though.

Hallucinations? Right.....What were the goats saying to you?

 

[Marc]

Hallucinations? Right.....What were the goats saying to you?

They were actually probably closer to mirages...

 

[Paul]

Only an option if both kids decide to go down for a nap at the same time. If one tries to take a nap while our 2 year old is awake there's no telling what havoc she'll cause. She can cause a lot of damage if left alone for a couple of minutes! The 5 month old will just start screaming if left alone for more than a couple of minutes, so that's not an option either...

Dog crate.

We really need to move to a place that has an actual yard so that the kids have some place to go outside and play. Unless she's going to play in the driveway we have to leave the house (load the kids in the car..) to go somewhere that has space to play (ie; playground). She does sleep better when she's been out of the house playing all day, but she's also not really the problem, once she's down for the night you generally don't hear from her until morning. Our son can't even crawl yet, let alone run around so it's hard to wear him out. If you take him outside while his sister plays then he usually falls asleep, which can be detrimental, IMHO, when it comes time to sleep at night...

Thanks though, we know it'll get better. Hopefully it's sooner than later though!

Treadmill and rope.

I'm such a good Father.

 

[marcski]

How do you get through the day when you haven't slept? C'mon, some of you must have gone through this. Any ideas other than coffee? The little one was up most of the night and coffee doesn't sit well with him... I'm beat! :smash:

How old is your little one? You have to let them cry it out at night..Get them sleeping. My oldest, (now 5 yrs.) got in a really bad cycle when she was about 5 months old. The wife and I read a lot of books...and it took 2 nights of crying. The first she cried for about 2 hours the 2nd about an hour. Since then, we have to wake her up some days to get her ready for school. She only gets up in the night now if she is really sick or has a bad dream, both thankfully are very infrequent. The baby (now about 16 months) started sleeping on her own through the night at 9 weeks. She is amazing. She actually points to the crib and would rather be there when tired than in daddy or mommy's arms.

There are 2 trains of thought, some say to go into the room every 15 mins or so and don't pick them up but try to calm them, by talking or rubbing their chests. But with my oldest that got her more riled up, she was like "what the hell are you doing in here and not picking me up." So we just let her cry it out. Some kids do cry so hard that they actually start to cough and throw up...so you have to be weary of that.

Of course you have to do what's most comfortable for you. But to this day, our kids are great sleepers because we let the oldest cry it out!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

How do you get through the day when you haven't slept? C'mon, some of you must have gone through this. Any ideas other than coffee? The little one was up most of the night and coffee doesn't sit well with him... I'm beat! :smash:

Take a nap...I guess you can't smoke pot while breastfeeding but that can lead to a nap...if the little one was up most of the night..maybe he can take a nap...I have no idea really I'm just babbling..living with roommates was a lot...wow kids are pretty high maintenence..I think I'm getting a goldfish

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Only an option if both kids decide to go down for a nap at the same time. If one tries to take a nap while our 2 year old is awake there's no telling what havoc she'll cause. She can cause a lot of damage if left alone for a couple of minutes! The 5 month old will just start screaming if left alone for more than a couple of minutes, so that's not an option either...

Can't you get some sort of cage for the two year old??? Just kidding...lol

 

[ccskier]

My wife is a nurse, sometimes works 3 12 hour 7p-7a, 3 days in a rowe. She comes home when I am leaving for the office around 8. She then has our 9 month old all day, I get home around 6-7, we eat, she lays in bed for an hour or so and then does all over again. Maybe she does a lot of blow or something, but I don't see any money missing. I can't do it. I go out fishing at 2:30am, back in around noon and have to nap for the rest of the day.