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Desperate WM - 4.5mth waking ALL night
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Anonymous
| DS was on a great schedule of sleeping 10 hours with 1 night feeding, but in the last week he's been waking up every 45-90 minutes. I've read this is a normal phase...BUT my DH and I both work. Any advice or tips? We are getting kind of desperate since we're both up all night and its so frustrating. DS is clearly tired during his wakings but just can't seem to settle down. He's also started crying through our bedtime routine as if he's anticipating the rough night ahead. If we give up and let him sleep on our laps on the couch, he'll sleep for hours...but then we aren't sleeping! HELP. |
Anonymous
| Only one of you should be responsible for night responding at a time. At least one of you needs to stay non-sleep deprived. You can shift every couple of days. |
Anonymous
| Could be teething, or maybe a cold brewing. Did you take his temperature? Sounds like he just doesn't feel good vs. some new pattern to be waking up that much. |
Anonymous
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Try putting him in an extra layer. It's been cold lately, and the fact that he likes sleeping next to your warm bodies could mean that he's feeling chilly. Maybe a fleece sleep-sack over his pjs.
Good luck. It is soo tough. |
Anonymous
| Mine did the same thing at the same age. Could be multiple things - teething, cold, growth spurt etc... Have you started rice cereal yet? I noticed that once we did that he started sleeping a little more along with the increased amount of cereal he got. Then I cut down on the night feedings. I'd feed him only an ounce or 2 and then rock back to sleep. After a week (which seems like an eternity) he was back on schedule. We are up to 11 hours a night now!!! But if only I could get myself to bed on time... |
Anonymous
| I have to say that the only solution for us in the similar situation (at 6.5 months) was letting him cry it out. After one night, he went back to sleeping longer stretches. |
Anonymous
Her baby is only 4.5 months old. She cannot do CIO yet - it's just cruel in a baby that young. |
Anonymous
| Mine was exactly the same at that age. He had been sleeping for 11-12 hours from 7 weeks to 15 weeks. Then he started waking once a night for a couple weeks, then twice a night. I did all kinds of research on the 4 month sleep regression, all of which basically told me it was normal but there wasn't much I could do about it. My husband and I both work full time so it was pretty painful, but we just alternated nights. As he got closer to 6 months, he went back down to one waking and then none again (although teething and illness still cause wakings almost constantly it seems). His progression though did seem to correspond with starting solids but it may have been a coincidence. |
Anonymous
| OP, my son is 5 months and just started the same waking-every-hour thing the past few nights. I've also noticed he's constantly mouthing things (hard sides of his paci, rattle, my finger) so am betting it's teething. Last night after all else failed, we tried Tylenol and that got him to settle (at least until it wore off a few hours later.) Might be worth a try! |
Anonymous
| OP here - thanks for the tips and please keep 'em coming if you have any other suggestions! A little more info: He did start solids about 2-3 weeks ago and LOVES them. Eats one bowl (maybe 3 tbsp) of oatmeal cereal every day at 5:30. He also drools and gums everything and definitely might be teething, but he's been doing this for about 4-5 weeks and only started waking this week. Maybe it's getting worse? I think the hardest part isn't getting up with him, it's that I can't get him back to sleep once he wakes up! He cries when he's really sleepy, almost like he doesn't like the feeling of falling asleep. Is this possible? And he often falls asleep in our arms and wakes as soon as he gets put in the crib! |
Anonymous
| Oh, it sounds like teeth are coming in! Try the Tylenol. It seems to take about 30 minutes to kick in for our daughter, so I give it to her about 30 minutes before bedtime. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| My son (6 months) has been doing the same thing for the past month and a half. He wakes up at least 5 times per night wanting his paci, etc. What helps a little is that my husband and I take turns - he gets up one night, I get up the next. As a pp stated, at least one of you will get a full nights sleep. I spoke to his doc today at his 6 month appt and she said that it should get better in the next month or two. |
Anonymous
| My 4 mo. old is doing the same thing (although he was never sleeping that well to start with). I took him to the doctor wondering about ear infections it has been so bad for the last 4 days, she said no infection and suggested teething. We've been treating the possible teething but with little effect on the waking/crying at night bedtime. And the child isn't eating very well either. I'm hoping it is 4 mo. sleep regression, I hadn't heard of that prior to this post and am comforted that it exists. Any further info on that would be welcome. |
Anonymous
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Here is a link from Ask Moxie that gives some info on the 4 month and 8 month sleep regressions.
http://moxie.blogs.com/askmoxie/2006/02/qa_what_are_sle.html |
Anonymous
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And if it makes you feel any better - my DS didn't' get sleep regressions because he was such a horrible sleeper to begin with!
You have a lot of company, not that it makes you feel better in the middle of the night. |