If he doesn't stop this soon I'm trading up for an older model

I have that fuzzy headed feeling you get when you haven't slept much at all more than two hours consecutively alone without the baby on your boob, in your arms or next to you in more days than you can remember and the absolute mind-numbing sense of tired can only be combated with multiple trips to the coffee pot later chased with a Diet Red Bull.  No wonder I'm edgy and nauseated.

Marc was trying to tell me to transfer some money from one account to another and I kept having to ask him to repeat the numbers. It was like the moment the words hit my ears the concept just dropped through my brain like a penny being dropped into a Port-o-Potty at a three-day rock concert ... just .... plop.... and then, ... nothing.  So I had to write it down and make a note to do it later.  Then, I spent the remainder of the baby's nap time reading blogs and jokes and playing on Twitter and I still haven't accomplished anything besides consuming more caffeinated beverages.

I don't really know why Noah isn't sleeping well these days, er, months actually. He slept through the night at three months and pretty consistently all summer long but around nine months he stopped sleeping so well at night.  In the beginning I chalked it up to teething and overactive brain development.

But now, at eleven and a half months, it is just getting rather ... annoying.  I know he did just get his two upper front teeth and that was a big pain, literally, so I was kind and comforting and was all wave-of-the-hand don't worry about me, I don't need sleep, my BABEH is in pain. I suppose it is possible there are more teeth pushing through, but come on, can't I get a day or so or maybe a week of uninterrupted sleep? He isn't up just once, hell, I'd be FINE if it was just once a night.  He wakes up sometimes three and four times a night and has trouble falling back asleep.  He lays in my arms and jerks and twists and tries to crawl away from me, but when I happen to get a glance of his face in the green-glowing light of the baby monitor I can see that he is asleep, while simultaneously thrashing around in my arms.  As soon as I lay him down in his crib he wakes up, stands up and cries - loudly. 
I will usually walk away and go get a drink of water, walk around, turn the heat up or down and then go back in just to start the whole nursing-calming-rocking-NOT-sleeping thing all over again.  It gets exhausting, annoying, frustrating, angering and just downright unbearable sometimes.  At all other times of the day he is absolutely FINE. 

Aside from drugging him with wine, Tylenol or Benedryl, (I have tried those already) do you have any ideas about causes and remedies? 

Comments

[Hilary]

I am sorry that I do not have a remedy- this sounds (from the other comments) like it is entirely normal, though and will pass... I can understand "waiting it out" doesn't sound like a comforting solution, though! Hope you get some real, uninterrupted sleep SOON!

[Diana]

Girl, my blog was named for my child's never-ending wakefulness, so I know your pain well. Call me and let's talk... I can share tips I learned from the sleep consultant over the summer!

[Wife and Mommy]

No advice, but I'm sorry you're going through this. Hopefully he figures it out soon and quits such nighttime nonsense (I am hoping the same for my oldest!).

[jodifur]

Is he learning how to walk? A lot of babies stop sleeping through the night when they learn a new skill so they can practice. Also, sleep regressions. Also, you sometimes never know. Michael stopped sleeping through the night for like 3 months when he was 3. I thought I might lose my mind.