Waking up at 3am every night?

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My baby is safe in his dock a tot at night. It’s a safe co sleeper that keeps him on his back so he can’t roll over and has thick sides so we don’t roll over on him. He is safer in this than in his own crib since he can roll over in that that. Mary and Jesus will protect my baby I have faith but thanks for you parenting advice
 
Thanks for everyone’s kindness and responses. I no longer wake at 3am due to the st Michael prayer and rosary before bed that some have suggested. And also those concerned about my baby cosleeping with me, we place him in a cosleeper called a dock a tot. It keeps him snug and prevents him from rolling over and has thick sides so we don’t roll over in him. It’s the safest co sleeper and we are pleased with our investment. Besides, I trust Jesus and the Guardian angels will protect my baby. I do not fear. God Bless You All and hope you all have a beautiful Holy Week and Easter💗
 
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Let’s say that there is some “foul play” going on. They have to have permission to bother you. What you should consider doing is not throwing fuel on the fire. Examples of doing that might be to get really wound up about it, openly challenging them [which would be the worst thing you could do] giving them any sort of attention.

Again, this is just for arguments sake since you want to exclude medical discussion. Things you can do that will help?

-Sign of the cross at bed time with Holy Water.
-Sprinkle Holy Water around your room, or blessed salt.
-Pray some Catholic deliverance prayers
-Continue with the sacraments
-Turn the clock AWAY from you so you cannot look at it.

Demons are like cats. If you don’t feed them, they will usually go away.
 
Sorry, but to believe that waking up at 3 am is like having an appointment with the devil, and trying to use holy water, rosary, and other things of godliness to chase him out, is superstition because they are beliefs that have nothing to do with the Faith revealed by Christ and taught by the Church!
And to be afraid of a creature, even if it is the devil is a sin! because it is a lack of confidence in the omnipotence of God.
You are baptized, and God Himself lives in you when you take communion and you are still afraid of what !!!
 
Thank you for this. The thing is my husband will be baptized catholic this Easter vigil. He was an aethiest when I married him and now he is a firm believer. Ever since he turned away from sin and starting praying God has revealed himself in many ways. But He has also had some terrifying moments in dreams with black dogs trying to attack him, dreams of him in Hell and face to face with Satan but Jesus protecting him, and many other similar attacks during the day. I awoke once at 3am after having a dream that my husband was in trouble but I couldn’t help him. When I woke up he was having stomach problems and told me he had a vision of a black cat trying to enter his stomach and owls, hairless rabbit and other demonic creatures around him. He is an organist at a Catholic Church and the priest helps him as well. So this is why I suspected demonic activity when I started waking at 3am. But thanks again all for your responses both scientific and religious.
 
No you are awfully wrong. Read the book “An exorcist tells his story” by father Gabriel Amorth. The rosary, holy water, confession, prayer, weekly mass are the greatest weapons we have against the devil. Yes we must not fear and trust in God but we must also be aware of the spiritual warfare that is happening in today’s world! May God Bless you
 
I reckon you wake up because you have a newborn in your bed.

Without reading all the replies, I assume your son wakes you up because that is what they do. They are a newborn and want to be fed or swaddled. I don’t know if you have them in a moses basket or a dockatot in your bed, because as a mother, it would be your natural instinct not to crush them when you rollover and thus you would wake up.

I must say that I’m concerned that you would dismiss a scientific or natural explanation to your question. This is an unhealthy approach in life if you begin to apply this irrational type of thinking to issues and problems.
 
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In the responses I stated that I looked into scientific causes already which is why I am not looking for that type of response. Yes we have a dock a tot. Thank you for your concern and response. Have a nice Holy Week and happy Easter💗
 
I see, well I hope you can find a solution to why you wake up. Happy Holy Week and Easter to you as well.
 
Thanks for elaborating. That sheds a lot of light on the situation, at least to me. I was such a horrible sinner when I was young, of the alley cat variety, so trust me, when I even thought about becoming Catholic, as I did for years and years, something would sometimes happen to discourage me. The nature of what happened eventually told me that I was on the right path, not the wrong one. The vast majority of converts I am sure, never experience this type of thing, but I did.

I even had some weirdness start up when a decided on a formal date to consecrate myself to our Lord through his Mother, using the Saint Louis De Montfort method. Nothing major mind you. Satan does not want someone who is firmly in his pocket, or at least heading that way to leave his fold, so he will do what he can, or rather, what he might be allowed to do, to deter that. If that action is harmful to your spiritual growth in the long run, chances are great that he will not allow it. If however, good may come out of it, I would say the chances are much better God will allow it.
Free will is a part of the formula as always. We have the freedom to make it worse if we wish rather than doing the right thing. I guess I have experienced these things either due to the type of sins I committed, or I am just that thickheaded, that I need stronger reminders of what the stakes really are than most people! [most likely the case!]
 
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It should come as no surprise to hear people, even in a Catholic forum, dismiss everything as superstition. A correct example of superstition is not throwing your hat on the bed as it is bad luck, or the shattering of a mirror is seven years bad luck.

The Bible, Christ, most every Pope I have ever heard of all talk about the reality of devil, demons and so on. To see the “devil around every corner” is certainly not healthy, but that is an instruction meant for ourselves, not for others. The devil and demons are very real, and they have done a superb job in getting Catholics and other Christians not to believe in him, or that they are all locked in hell, and not running around earth looking for souls to devour and terrorize.

People feel safer in their belief that the devil is not real, or that he is without power. Is “disbelief” a belief that Christ would want us to hold? I think he would rather have us be aware that he was around. Our human enemies rely on stealth, so do our soldiers. What would happen to them if they pretended no one is there? Not the same thing? You may be right. The stakes are far higher, the danger far greater with the invisible enemy then with the ones made of flesh.
 
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No you are awfully wrong. Read the book “An exorcist tells his story” by father Gabriel Amorth. The rosary, holy water, confession, prayer, weekly mass are the greatest weapons we have against the devil
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And this exorcist said you must be afraid of the devil? if he said so, he’s a superstitious man himself.
And if you’re not afraid of the devil, why worry about this 3 o’clock story?
The Christian must be afraid of sin! that is all! the Christian must be anxious about his sins, his vices. As far as this debate is concerned, one of the vices that we must seek to overcome is the lack of trust in God! he who trusts God, even if he recites the chapellet, it is to increase his virtues in order to overcome the temptations against anger, lust, pride and all other sins and not because he would fear the devil who comes at 3 o’clock in the morning.
 
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Consider yourself blessed! I wish I could wake up that easily lol! I always reset my phone alarm a million times and always wake up later than I want lol
 
The Christian must definitely understand that the devil is alway acting under God’s permission! and that when God allows the devil to test us it is for our good, it is to make us earn merit for Heaven (read the story of Job)
The Christian must apply himself to practice virtues in order to please God. That’s all.
 
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Wow Thanks for this response and sharing your personal experience. That was very beautiful how you persevered through Satan’s attempts. If you don’t mind I would love to show your response to my husband. I think he will enjoy reading this so he can relate. And haha I agree. I wouldn’t call it “thickheaded” per say lol but my husband definitely needed those “attacks” to show him what was at stake bc he used to be a little doubtful and thought Christians were naiive lol. He thought Hell and the devil didn’t exist until Jesus took him there in a dream. Satan definitely had a tight grip on him and was upset that my husband was turning away from sin. And yes, every time we were about to do something that would strengthen us spiritually it seemed as if Satan tried to prevent it from happening, but God always let it happen. Praise Jesus! How loving and merciful our Lord is 🙂 💗 May God Bless You!
 
Beautiful response. I wanted to say the same thing but you articulated it beautifully, thank you.
 
By definition, we are afraid of what can separate us from what makes us happy. It is the love of God that should make the Christian happy! but nothing, no external power can separate us from the love of God (read St. Paul), so the Christian should not be afraid of any creature whatever his power!
The only thing that can separate us from the love of God is sin. So the Christian should be only afraid of committing sin. And when one commits a sin, it is neither the fault of the devil nor of anyone but of ourselves.
 
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The only thing that can separate us from the love of God is sin. So the Christian should be only afraid of committing sin.
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Is Satan not, however, the author of sin and the prince of lies?
 
NO, it is not the devil who is the cause of Eve’s sin, but Eve herself. We sin because we do not trust God! God allows the devil to tempt us, not to make us sin, but to earn merit for Heaven by resisting temptation
 
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