Addicted to Swing/Bouncy Seat!

parkit2010

My boys, 15 weeks, have been waking up for over a week around 4 am. They aren't usually hungry (they eat around 2 most nights) and seem to be  just awake. They want interaction or they just cry. The only thing that can quiet them down is their swing and bouncy seat. We have tried pacis, letting them cry for 3-5 minutes and then going in to soothe them (which we've done up to an hour long) but nothing seems to work. I feel like right now we either give them play time, which we're not really wanting to do, give them their chairs, or do a full on CIO. I'm afraid they're starting to wake up for the chairs out of habit. Any advice? Help!

IAM4UK

Do you have crib soothers? DD#1 loved watching that thing and would fall fast asleep when we turned it on for her.

ericamaiaWed243842

Dying to hear advice, my boys are 16 weeks tomorrow, and this describes my 2:30 to 4 am routine exactly..they are content in their swings or being held, but want nothing to do with their crib.

blondek8

I posted something similar a couple days ago. Not many responses - ha! My guys are wide awake somewhere between 2-4am for the last week. Very frustrating. I have no advice -- I'm hoping it's just another phase they'll grow out of.

OrangeSmoke

If anyone loved (still love) their bouncies - it was my boys.

it was the only place they really slept - and still to this day, they will only nap in there if they are at home (even if they are getting too big for it).

We've always designated the bouncies as a "downstairs item".  We've never ever brought the bouncy upstairs (maybe once when the first came home).   If they woke up and wanted the bouncy - they get taken downstairs, fed and then slept down there.

Slowly but surely, they recognized that bouncies are for naps and cribs are for overnight sleep.  Now I just have to figure out how to get them out of the bouncy for naps!