Babies: 3 - 6 Months

need sleep help

Hi, I was hoping you ladies could offer some advice.  My LO is 5 1/2 months old, but he was born 1 month early.  At the end of March he slept through the night for 3 weeks straight.  Then it was over...Since the start of April he has been up multiple times a night.  Sometimes every 2 hours, sometimes only once it just really depends.  We have started solids and he is starting to really enjoy it.  I have a really hard time letting him CIO and it only lasted about 3 minutes until I caved in.  We have tried co-sleeping and even that doesn't help much either.  LO can roll on to his belly but not back, so sometimes that wakes him up. Oh, and when he is up during the night sometimes he eats 3 ounces, and sometimes only 1. 

Not sure if this is just a phase we need to keep powering through or if anyone has an helpful advice. Thanks! 

Re: need sleep help

  • flclflcl member
    Hey... I'm jumping over from the 0-3 months board so I don't have any helpful advice.  @MGalles: good luck, that's rough.  My LO, much younger, is going through the same thing.  Ive heard about the 4 month sleep regression and have been wondering if thats what my guy is going through extremely early.  Maybe that's what you're experiencing with your LO?  Hang in there...

    @joelies: how did you come to the decision to stop NT feedings?  How did you know your LO is ready for something like that?  My LO always seems hungry when he wakes up overnight so I feed him.  Ive been EBFing and I feed on demand... my DH's co-worker said I was building bad habits by feeding him like that, especially overnight.  

    What's your experience with that?
  • MGallesMGalles member
    Thanks ladies!! I didn't realize you couldn't do sleep training until 6 months.  I've been reading Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child - and the book made it seem like starting early. Maybe just with self soothing.  

    I haven't tried sleep training because I'm a teacher and I'm already tired enough the way it is. 
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  • flclflcl member
    Thanks ladies, @joelies & @Sing2phins‌, you've both been so helpful. @mgalles, I'm reading the same book and got the same impression as you, that the training should start early. I'm just trying to learn and pay attention to my LOs sleep cues and be more consistent with how I'm putting him down for naps and bedtime. Some of my friends were telling me that I should start letting LO cry it out, that it's good for him. I was so uncomfortable with that and I was wondering if that was me being a FTM. Its reassuring to hear from other moms that CIO shouldn't be attempted till 6months and that he's still too little for bad habits to form. Thanks again and have a great weekend!
  • What does his bedtime routine look like? How does he fall asleep? Making sure he falls asleep on his own, will help tremendously. That way he doesn't rely on you when he wakes from a sleep cycle in the middle of the night, instead he'll use his own self soothing skills to fall right back asleep. 
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