Sleeping Issues

Michelley1210

Bella is having the worst time sleeping.  She was sleeping through the night and now is waking up 3 or 4 times a night...very upset, very uncomfortable, very difficult to get back down.

 

Anyone have similar issues?  She's going on 9 months...is there a wakeful period or a growth spurt I am forgetting about?

 

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or adivce

Michelle

annyy25

My daughter did this, probably near the same age.  After about three months of just dealing with her whenever she woke up, I ended up doing the Ferber method with her and now night time is much easier.  We also switched her to overnight diapers and that seemed to make a difference. 

Sometimes they need to drop one nap, sometimes it's because they've started walking/crawling/something else, or it's something that you'll never figure out.   My suggestion would be to read up on a couple of different put-your-baby to sleep methods and pick the one you're most comfortable with.  The important thing is once you start, to stick with it.  I know my daughter tests me every once in awhile and we've been doing this for two and a half months now. 

Good luck!

pkate98

annyy25:

My daughter did this, probably near the same age.  After about three months of just dealing with her whenever she woke up, I ended up doing the Ferber method with her and now night time is much easier.  We also switched her to overnight diapers and that seemed to make a difference. 

Sometimes they need to drop one nap, sometimes it's because they've started walking/crawling/something else, or it's something that you'll never figure out.   My suggestion would be to read up on a couple of different put-your-baby to sleep methods and pick the one you're most comfortable with.  The important thing is once you start, to stick with it.  I know my daughter tests me every once in awhile and we've been doing this for two and a half months now. 

Good luck!

OMG, we were having some wakeful issues last week and I would  find that he had leaked through his diaper two nights in a row.  So I put him in Huggies Overnights and he's been STTN great since then!!

dawnzer

Do you think she is teething?  Sarah did that for about a week before she sprouted 3 teeth within a period of another week!  During that time I gave her a dose of Motrin before bed and that seemed to help.