STTN-HELP!!!

H&J07

My LO will be 15 wks tom and still isn't sstn...I'm not sure what to do anymore. bedtime routine starts at 7 but doesn't last long at all. He'll wake up an hour later and then it takes about two hours for him to go down. Once that happens, he is up every 3-4 hours on the dot!!!!!

I start work in two weeks and I feel extremely anxious about whats going to happen. I work 7a-8p...how will i survive?????

 ANY TIPS???

 

 

ladymeg

really?....

I'm not even going there.

BaumMom

I have no advice as my LO has never STTN but I wouldn't expect for him to do it. Some babies just can't do it quite yet, and some take until longer than 12 months to STTN!  I would just try to be patient. Can you and SO take turns once you start work maybe?

 

Also, I wanted to add that my LO was doing the same thing (waking up about an hour after we put him down and then taking forever to put back down), til I realized if we moved back his bedtime to about 9pm, then he stayed asleep (until his next normal waking about 1am). We also found a late nap (around 6pm) helps him make it to bedtime. Good luck! 

gretchenmh

Mine didn't start til about 13 weeks and even then, his bedtime was around 10pm and he'd go til 6-ish. ?Only recently has he started going down between 7-8. ?I would try putting him down later in the night and see if that helps at all. ?We also started rice cereal (at doc's ok) around 3 months and had started blending formula with breastmilk, so he might have been more full. ?

WaitingForMyMiracle

ETA: I choose not to flame b/c I understand the stress that comes with going back to work and just not knowing how you're going to function with dysfunctional sleep. I'm one of those that needs 7-9 hours of sleep at night and helping my son to achieve STTN as soon as possible was important to our household. So...

Could you try getting him to bed earlier? Start your routine at 6:30?

Also, when is his last nap before bedtime? 

There might be some things you can do to help him sleep longer, but for the most part he's going to do it when he's ready to.

Here is our routine (and DS has been STTN since 8 weeks):

-Wake up from last nap by 5:00
-Routine starts at 6:45 (bath, massage, swaddle, book, bottle, bed)
-Asleep by 7:45
-Dreamfeed 11:00
-Sometimes wakes at 5am for paci
-Sleeps until 7am

To help DS start sleeping longer stretches, I started cluster feeding him at 6week right before bedtime. This is feeding him in closer intervals. For example, he would eat every 3 hours at 8 weeks old, but at 4:00, I started feeding him every 2 hours (4:00, 6:00, 8:00) and he started sleeping longer.

 

lwrigley2000

My LO takes four 45 minute naps during the day and after we put him down for the night he wakes up 45 minutes later on the dot. I think it's just his personal sleep cycle. We go in and give him his pacifier and walk out and sometimes have to go in there a dozen times over the course of two hours. Like everything else, they will grow out of it and be on to something else before you know it. I understand though while you're in it, you feel that there is no light at the end of that dark and narrow tunnel. It'll get better.

grinsandgiggles

You aren't going to want to hear this...but there are 1 and 2 year olds that still don't STTN.  Sorry.  Hope it happens for you soon though.

laura&bobv

I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. DD has been doing almost exactly what you are talking about for awhile now, and I am about to go crazy. She did it last night and screamed for about an hour before she finally fell asleep. Then up every 3-4 hours. Unfortunately I don't really have any tips for you, I wish I did myself. We do whatever it takes to get her to sleep in long stretches during the night. And we keep trying different things to see if we can find the right combination.

 We will get through it. I think sometimes my bodies actually adjusts to whatever she is going though. There are days when I feel extremely tired and then there are days when it isn't so bad. I hope that things get better for you and your LO.

amm826

I've noticed that if DS doesn't eat on his normal schedule during the day he'll get up more at night, it usually is a problem on the weekends when we're out a lot and he doesn't eat at consistent times like he does during the week.  I also have found a 5/6 p.m. nap is a must for him.  If DS doesn't take this nap he will get really tired and cry for a long time before crashing.  But when he does take that nap he falls asleep so much easier!