Dont know what to do-(sleep related)

heatherNsteve07

My ds is 3 1/2 months and I  know that its rare for them to sttn at 3 months but his sleeping habit is terrible! He goes to bed between 9-10 ish and wakes up every hour until morning! I feed him formula and then 1 hour later hes up again. He cries I try to give him paci and he still keeps fussing and crying until I pick him up and rock him then when I put him down he wakes up again!

I don't want him to get used to me picking him up and rocking him but I wont let him cio at this age. My whole family keeps telling me its becuase I dont put cereal in his bottle. They say thats the only advice for me. I just dont think that putting cereal is a good idea. What do you guys think? I am sooo sleep deprived that I am actually forgetting things and doing stupid things and I am losing my mind. I also work full time too!

Please if you have any advice I would love to hear. Thanks for letting me vent.

janinekrause

ugh. im sorry. i think he does need to learn to fall asleep on his own. Sometimes when they are put down asleep, they wake up and dont know how to get themselves to sleep. Have you tried putting him down drowsy, staying with him,  rubbing his back until he falls asleep?

As for cereal, I don't agree with your family. That doesn't solve the issue. He isn't eating every hour, is he? just needs you to help him sleep?

What about swaddling?

fxz109

Does he have day and night confused? 

Bella3413

how long does he cry before you pich him up? My DD cries in her sleep so we always wait 2 -3 minutes if she is still crying then we pick her up but most often she fails right back to sleep

a_chance2007

im just being nosey and i dont belong on this board.. but... i have a friend who just had a baby and she had this problem also.. the dr. told her to put a little cereal in her bottle that she feeds her right before bed.. instead of her sleeping one hour.. she slept for 3 or 4. She also put the her baby down while she was just about to fall asleep.. and rubbed her belly until she fell asleep.. this way the pick up and laying down didnt wake her.

heatherNsteve07

no he isnt eating every hour. I have tried to put him down drowsy and he just cries and cries, I have done the seahorse, mobile, rainforest soother he wont fall asleep on his own. I guess I will just have to keep trying.

CA2006

Welcome to 3.5 months!  This is EXACTLY what DS did and it only got worse over the following 2 weeks.  We were a mess of a family b/c NOBODY was getting any sleep.  We just kept up with the rocking, bouncing, soothing until DS's 4 month appt.  Pedi said it was time for a bit of CIO.  We waited to make sure he didn't have any reaction to his vaccinations, then started CIO (after reading ferber).  It was hard and still is hard. But DS is SUCH a better sleeper now and we are all better rested and happier.  He still has nights where he will wake and not get back to sleep, but I think that is teething.  We do what we can to help him back to sleep on those nights.  He wasn't eating much at all during the night, so we had weaned from nighttime feedings..until last night.  I think he has hit a growth spurt, so we fed him last night.  BUT, sometimes too much feeding during the night can interfere with their sleep too, if they don't need it.  You need to figure out what is right for you and your family. GL!!

CA2006

P.S. There is NO way your LO is hungry again an hour after feeding him and putting him down.  That is a sleep disturbance, not hunger.  Sleep is neurological.