XP: sleep changes help!

MJL113

My 7 1/2 month old has been sleeping from 8:30 - 7:30 every night with about 5 minutes of fussing to go down and occasionally around 5. About a week ago, he started needing to eat at that 5 wake up to go back down.  Then the last 3 nights he flips out to the point of throwing up when I put him down (drowsy, but awake).  I have to rock him to a sound sleep and carefully put him down.  He's then waking up 1-2 more times and last night I wasn't even able to put him down (I've been up since 4). Why the sudden change?  Teeth maybe?  Growth spurt?  Did I do something to break him?  Someone please remind me this too shall pass.  

 

I will say this has cooled my baby fever.i had forgotten how rough the sleeplessness can be.  

Cookiecake7

I was just about to post about a similar problem. I've not been lucky enough to have long stretches of sleep for awhile now but just recently dd has been waking at 11, 2, 4:0 and after the 2 wake up it is almost impossible to lay her back down without her waking up. I know she isn't teething and isn't hungry. I was wondering if she is getting into separation anxiety and doesn't want to be away from me. I was hospitalized for two night last week and she only woke once with dh. Either way I am exhausted! We are going to try sleep training again this weekend but I am so done with sleeping in the recliner. So, no help but I feel your pain!

MJL113

Misery loves company. maybe it's the age. Every time one of these has happened it's been days before a pedi appt and the "trauma" from the shots got him back on track. The next appt isn't until May 9!  Ugh! 

MJL113

I want to be in the camp of my baby needs to learn to self-soothe. He was for about 3 months, so I know he can do it. But how do you teach that when his fussiness become hour + long meltdowns with throwing up.  Clearly, I can't just suck it up and allow this to happen.  

livalil319

If you keep going to him, then he'll keep having those meltdowns. They learn quickly. If you stop going, he should stop freaking out after a few days. I can't think of any other way unfortunately. So you can continue doing what you're doing so that he's not upset, or deal with the mess and crying for a couple days until he gets it again. Not to sound callous but how much "throw up" are we talking about? Like real throw up or spit up?  Can you tuck a receiving blanket with an extra waterproof pad in over his sheet and then when you need to clean up you can just pull that out and be gone quickly?

This is a very rough stage. You can get through it!