STTN Q

Sweet Sadie Mae

why is it that LO was STTN until she hit the end of her 4 months and since then she will not STTN anymore?!

I put her to bed at 8pm, she wakes up around 12/1am for 30 mins (I change her diaper and give her a bottle, which she barely drinks), then she sleeps til 4ish (I think she hears DH up at this time) so I do the same thing, diaper change and bottle and 30 mins later shes back asleep until 8am. It's like she can only sleep in 4 hr intervals anymore. hmmm. The only thing that's different is that we give her solids now but we still give her formula just like we always have too.

Has anybody read this yet?

RayRay007

Haven't read the book yet. I don't know why they change as soon as you think you have them figured out. DD slept beautifully from 3 wks-3 months and since then it's been all over the place. Lately she wakes up once or twice around midnight and 2am just to fuss and cry. We've been dealing with teething and a cold. She wakes again at 4 or 5am to eat and then sleeps until 7 or so. She used to sleep 10-11 hours straight before waking to eat around 6am and going back down for another couple hours. Man I miss those days.

snowybride08

You should listen to Samuel L Jackson reading the book.  It's everything you imagine it could be.

My LO used to sleep a lot better when she was about 3-4 months old.  She is evidently too cool to sleep through the night.  You're luckier than me - mine is up at least twice a night.  More if she's had a bad nap day.

skio

Weird, I was just coming online to google "why does my 7 month old wake up to whine a million times a night when she used to sleep 10-12 hours straight."

She doesn't wake up to eat. Usually she's pissed that she's on her belly, so we flip her, give her the paci, and she's back to sleep in a couple minutes. But it happens at least twice before midnight and then again a couple times between 5 and 8am.

I'm reading Ferber now and dying to get to the part about how babies should sleep through the night without parent intervention and how to make 'em do it.

agytay

My LO was the same way. Do you have the Baby 411 book? I too am dealing with this same problem and read this same scenario in the book. The long and short of it is -- we lucked out that the baby was able to sleep this long without sleep training. They basically grew out of that phase, and now need sleep training. 

ETA: I stopped chaining my LO's diaper after he regained his birth weight (it only added to keeping him awake longer). When he wakes up, I usually just nurse him and then put him back to bed.  

mbrum810

I'm in the same boat. DS was an awesome night sleeper til about 3 weeks ago. He's in bed by 8 will get up once or twice by midnight and then another couple of times between midnight and 6am. It would be okay if it was here and there, but its EVERY NITE. augh! At first i thought it was teething, but now im beginning to think maybe its night separation anxiety?? He is fine sleeping on ME, but will cry the moment i lay him down in his crib. Sometimes this goes on for only 10-15 mins. other times over an hour.

hispenguin

DD was the same when she was around 4-5 months old, and then it just went downhill from there with teething, new developments, etc. She now thinks it's super cool to get up at 4 am and practice talking whatever new sounds she's discovered she can make. Unless she's crying (usually teeth), or fussing for more than a few minutes and she's rolled on her tummy we leave her and she soothes herself back to sleep.

Gatorney

Sweet Sadie Mae:

Has anybody read this yet?

 My in-laws sent us this - hilarious!