A 7 months old *should* sleep more than 3 hours at a time at night, right?

JenniC1135

I keep beating myself up over this.  Adam's CIO for this waking at 10 after going to bed at 7 thing he always does and my wishy-washy DH is not being supportive.  Instead of reassuring me that this child who weighs 20 pounds and eats plenty of BM and solids is fine, he looks on the video monitor and tells me he's chewing on his hands. NOT what I need to hear.  Nevermind that DS has no teeth and showed no signs of teething pain at all today. We've discussed many times that HE has to go in at night if it seems to be teeth bc DS just expects to eat if I go in, and the utter lack of of sleep after 7 months of this, plus pregnancy, plus 2 year old twins who share a room and have nightmares and need me at least once a night is making me seriously question my sanity.  I do not remember the last time I got more than 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep and it is taking a physical and mental toll on me, yet I feel like a bad mom for saying I need something to change. 

sooosie

(((hugs)))

I have no advice, just hugs. 

shouldbeworkin

Sounds like he's completely waking up after a sleep cycle.  At that age, I'd think an early morning wake up to eat would be normal, but not waking up at 10 pm.  My DD does that sometimes too.  She is definitely NOT hungry or teething or anything like that. 

cokt

Ugh, I feel your pain. My DS is 1 now and still wakes up every 4 hours regardless of what we have tried, which is everything. I would KILL for a stretch of sleep longer than 3 hours. I can't imagine doing it with multiple kids though. I hope it gets better for you soon!

binnyskitch

DS did that at 7 months.  Actually, at 16 months...he still does   He uses a pacifier though, so he is able to find it and put it back in.  However, at 7 months, I was getting out bed and popping that thing in every few hours.  It sucked (no pun intended).

Zenya

I would definitely have your DH deal with some of the wakings.  The chewing could just be anxiety (in your baby) - not hunger.  Maybe just cuddling with your DH would help.  IDK.  DS would have lost the plot if we ever let him CIO.

 

eta:  3 hours was a blessing at 7 mos for us.  But DS slept with us so it was managable.

hopefulmom

Our kids slept through the night (8-6) by 4 months (a couple of them earlier than that).  It sounds like you are really going through a rough patch.  We did CIO though and it worked...took 2-3 nights.  My DS did wake when teething...he usually went back to sleep though.  Have you tried giving him some Motrin when you put him to be at 7?  Do you see any swelling in his gums?  Motrin really helped with teething pain.