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DS stopped STTN at 4 months...
Our DS just turned 6 months old today! I have a quick question for all you ladies who have moved beyond the 6 month mark now. My DS was sleeping through the night for about 2 months. He started rolling back to belly at 4 months and we had to stop swaddling him (now we use a sleep sack with his arms free). As soon as we stopped the swaddling, he stopped sleeping through the night. However, I can't complain too much because he really only wakes up once a night, for maybe 40-50 minutes. DH and I trade off nights to get up with him for a feeding and a diaper change. Putting him back to sleep is not an issue, we put him down drowsy but awake and he drifts off fine. I have been reading so much about the various sleep training methods and am wondering if we should let him CIO during his late-night wakeful moments (4-5 am, usually). I am hesitant to do so because when he wakes up, it escalates from a little fuss to full-on bawling very quickly, and he usually has a very wet diaper, and I don't want to leave him uncomfortable. We have a very laid-back little guy and he really only fusses when he needs something. At the same time, I have read that by this age they should be able to self-soothe and make it through the night without a feeding. What have other moms in this situation done? Let the baby lead, or work on getting him to self-soothe?
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Re: DS stopped STTN at 4 months...
I could have written this EXACTLY. This is what we went through for about 6 weeks. Slowly, it started to move until 5. At that point I just let him be up for the day-sucked, but at least he wasn't eating during the middle of the night, ya know? We moved his bedtime back to 8, that helped too. I would say your DS is ready, but you might could wait it out for another couple of weeks, too.
You might also try overnight diapers?
Good luck!