Advice for helping my 7.5 month STTN...

shelbym

I have an almost 8 month daughter who at times has slept through the night but here lately she is waking up every 3-5 hours. Last night for example she woke up at 10:45, 2, 4:45 and 6. I think the 2 o'clock wake up is habitual and she is really ready to go for the day around 6- the other two were a little odd but not completely out of the blue. She goes to bed at 7 and I nurse her right before bed. She generally has a big cereal dinner at 5 and then finger foods at 6. She sleeps in her crib in our room. Sorry for the ramble but wanted to give you background on her life. Any advice and/or suggestions would be appreciated. I can't remember my son waking up this often. Thanks.

BaileyDoodle2010

are you nursing her when she wakes up?   My dd has been a great sleeper since about 3 months old.   She still occastionally wakes up during the night.  could be teething.  I always try and soothe her first before i nurse her.   i dont think she is hungry, but it comforts her.  it could be seperation anxiety too.  

ballerina06

My DS has been doing this since 6mo.  He was STTN starting at 6 weeks, and suddenly regressed right around the time he got his 6 mo shots.  At first we thought it was because of that, but it continued.  Right now we are thinking it's teething and just a phase.  He will scream and cry, but will still be asleep so we think he's also having night terrors.  I do not feed him when he wakes up, we just go in there, give him his paci, rub his back to soothe him and within a minute he's calmed down and back to sleep.

Ivana_Stolichnaya

Have you tried letting her CIO?  My daughter was getting up every 2-4 hours at 8 months for comfort nursing until I let her CIO.  It doesn't work for everyone but it did for us.  She sleeps 12-14 hours now.

MrsMommyQ

DD is doing something similar and I have no idea what to do. She's been STTN since 7 weeks and now all of a sudden she us up 1 or 2 times screaming. We don't feed her, we just hold her and rock her.

I cant tell if it's teething or a growth spurt...but I can't wait to see what others say bc this regression thing is tough!!

Kahf15

Ivana.Stolichnaya:

Have you tried letting her CIO?  My daughter was getting up every 2-4 hours at 8 months for comfort nursing until I let her CIO.  It doesn't work for everyone but it did for us.  She sleeps 12-14 hours now.

 

Our Son was waking up every couple of hours and I had been feeding him 3x a night.  Last night was night 2 of CIO and it has been going pretty good.  I am down to one feeding- when he wakes the other times we let him CIO.  My question is, did you drop ALL feedings at night or cut down the way I am doing, and how many nights of CIO did it take??  We he wakes he isn't screaming... he cry/whines and then stops, and then starts again.  Last night he went about an hour at 12:30.  Any advice would be great.

 

Thanks!

hillek5

When my LO was doing this a few weeks ago, we did a kind of "modified" CIO (just listening to him cry for extended time periods is too much for me).  If it had been less than 4 hours since he last ate, I'd try to soothe him for a couple of minutes and then feed him he couldn't go back to sleep.  If it had been less than 4 hours, I would give him back his paci and his blanket, turn on the mobile, and give him 5 minutes to calm himself.  If he was still fussy after 5 minutes, I go back in and do the whole routine again, then give him 7 minutes.  If that didn't work, I'd go ahead and feed him.  Most of the time, he was back to sleep before the end of the first 5 minutes, and almost always back to sleep before the end of the 7.  Good luck!

stella_blu

I stopped feeding DD at night and it's definitely helped but she is still waking once before it's time to eat. Last night I decided to let her cry for 5 minutes before going in and comforting her and she fell back asleep just before the 5 minutes was up. She then slept til 5:30 so it was a good night for both of us. Hopefully tonight is the same. If I go in and comfort her sometimes she just wants to sleep on me and as soon as I set her down she's up again, so I think we have to just let her cry a bit.