Restless morning "sleep"?

vszapp

DS is now 4 months old and has been a decent sleeper. I know we're right in the area of the big regression, but so far he has only woken up once or twice extra at night. He goes to bed at 730 or so, and by 5am he starts thrashing around like a wild man. He has done this for a few weeks and mostly sleeps through it. But the past few nights it is now accompanied by whining and half waking up. If I pat him he will sleep again for a few minutes, only to do it again. He's clearly still exhausted and really doesn't even wake up all of the way. Any ideas what's up with this? He doesn't seems gassy, and DD never did this...

ETA: he sleeps in a magic Sleepsuit. Maybe he is sick of being stuck on his back? He still startles in his sleep, so don't think he's ready for a sleep sack.

purtz

My LO wakes around 5am too and hangs out in his crib. If I go to him, he totally wakes up and wants to be fed. So I try, although it's hard, to leave him be and see how long he can chill on his own. Some days are better than others! Today he want back to sleep for an hour and so did I. I know if I keep getting him out of bed, 5 will become his new wake up time instead of 6!

Do you think he's hungry?

vszapp

purtz said:

My LO wakes around 5am too and hangs out in his crib. If I go to him, he totally wakes up and wants to be fed. So I try, although it's hard, to leave him be and see how long he can chill on his own. Some days are better than others! Today he want back to sleep for an hour and so did I. I know if I keep getting him out of bed, 5 will become his new wake up time instead of 6!

Do you think he's hungry?

I don't think he's hungry since he will usually have eaten an hour or two beforehand. If I let him go he launches into a full cry and wakes up DD. It is so weird - he literally can't hold still and it goes on for over an hour until one of us gives up and he wakes up for the day.

usernewname

Yep. That's DS. Sometimes I can get him back asleep in his bed until 7 ... maybe 8. After that I just put in my bed with DH and shower or go on my computer as he will usually fall back asleep with him.

ETA: if its in the middle of the night or I just fed him, I leave him. I only go get him if he does his little shout, then I know he really needs something. He will just happily bang his legs on his mattress.

usernewname

I personally think DS is just not a deep sleeper in the AM hours (I'm a lighter sleeper in the AM), and knows we're only down the hall, so he likes to be close. Its the only time I let him in my bed, and its his snuggle time with DH.

ns1

Both my kids were and are light morning sleepers. 5 or 6 has just become our new morning.

spacepotatoes

My LO sleeps lightly and is restless in the mornings too. I bring her back to bed with me if I can't get her settled in the PnP and we both get more sleep that way.

MerryLove

Same thing here! I've been wondering about it, too. LO starts thrashing about around 4:30 - 5:00 every morning, sometimes whimpering or busting out with a full on cry (and he rarely cries when awake!), but with his eyes closed the whole time. He sleeps in the co-sleeper next to my bed so I usually take him to the guest room pretty quickly so he doesn't wake my husband. We'll "sleep" there until about 6:30 (7 if I'm lucky), but he's usually still for only 10 - 15 minute increments before the whole cycle starts again until he finally opens his eyes for good. We also nurse on and off during this time since that is what calms his mini outbursts. It is very strange and I'm very tired.

deanna1313

I'm having the same problem. He just isn't in a deep/sound sleep anytime after 5. It drives me nuts. He is thrashing and on top of it he scratches his face and forehead all night. He has a bad temper!
I always resort to bringing him into my bed at that time and then both of us can't sleep. It's annoying! It wouldn't be so bad if he was only getting up once during the night, but he's up two or 3 times before that.