Babies: 3 - 6 Months

Not your typical baby. Please help!

So I know my little guy is not a typical baby. He almost never cries. (I wish he did sometimes, he doesn't even cry for a bottle). He goes to sleep around 8 and then will wake up and talk for awhile at random hours throughout the night. I don't know if he does this every night because he never cries and sometimes I don't hear him talking. Then he will wake up about 5 or 5:30 and talk until I go get him up. Sometimes I leave him to see if he will go back to sleep. He stays awake until about 7:30 when I finally go get him. But he always has a huge grin on his face and never cries. So I don't know how to get him to sleep longer. And I don't think it's a hunger thing. Any suggestions?

Re: Not your typical baby. Please help!

  • If he's happy and not crying then what's the problem? I can see how you'd want him to sleep longer of course, but an overtired baby will cry throughout the day (at least in my experience). His talking must be self soothing. This is a good thing! If he's happy throughout the day, gaining weight and meeting his milestones then I'd say he's doing pretty good, right? Is he talking in his sleep or maybe just keep on leaving him and letting him talk, maybe he will eventually fall back asleep too.   I think I'd probably continue doing what you are doing now if he's otherwise thriving.    


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  • Your kid is not crying yet you are complaining?

    Also, waking up for the day between 5:30-8 is pretty standard. Not sure how late you expect him to sleep but you probably won't get much later.
  • I am not complaining, I am more worried because he only gets about 10 hours of sleep including naps and That doesn't seem like enough for a 5 month old.
  • I went to check on my kiddo this morning because he hadn't made a peep and he was smiling away in his crib.  It was 8:50.  It's fine.  He will let you know if he needs you.
  • My daughter is the exact same way (well, was until she became a little more socially aware of how much fun it is OUTSIDE the crib)

    My DD wakes up throughout the night to do...god knows what. Crawl. talk. laugh. party. I've looked on the monitor at 2 am to just see her sucking her thumb, eyes wide open, silently babbling to her sleep monkey. She's just up, and seems happy

    Though i don't know why you leave him in there for 2 hours when he's awake...the longest i'll leave DD in the morning if she wakes up earlier than normal is about 20 minutes (the same i'd do if she wakes up early from a nap and is fairly happy)
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  • I would tend to agree that 10 hours total per day doesn't seem like enough to me either. I think they need closer to 14 or 15 hours at that age. BUT...if he's otherwise happy and thriving.... maybe he just needs less sleep than the average baby!  

    Maybe mention it his ped next time you are there and I'd say if his weight and milestones are good then there's nothing to worry about!  Love happy babies!! 
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  • On mobile so I can't see how old your LO is but for most 4 or 5 mo old the longest they should be up is usually around 2 hrs. He might be getting in an overtired loop if his first awake period is too long.

    If he's sleeping 9 hours in the day does that mean he is only napping an hour? How do you get him to sleep for naps? Or night?
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  • I'm all for leaving a happy baby to entertain themselves but there is a chance that after lying around for 2 full hours with no movement and little stimuli that your baby isn't needing naps because he hasn't done anything.

    My daughter is 7 months and sleeps 15-17hrs a day.  When she's up it's a mix of quiet alone time and active social time.  Without the active social time I think she'd sleep way less.  After all that stimuli she needs sleep to process it all.

     

  • The only thing I see wrong with this port is that you leave him alone in his crib for two hours. Getting up at 5:30/6 is normal for some kids no matter what you try to do to extend it. I personally wouldn't leave him alone for two hours in there no matter how happy he seems.
    This! My DS is a very happy baby too. Only cries if I can't get my boob out fast enough ;) ! The longest I'll leave LO in his crib is 10-20 minutes so I can maybe shower, have a cup of coffee and a few minutes of quiet time. But my goodness if LO is happy don't mess with it! lol Just get him out of that crib more! :) GL!!
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