4 month wakeful

mnj05

We have hit the dreaded wakeful and a growth spurt this week. H has decided to wake up twice a night like he used to and it's jacking with my sleep! On top of that, he's eating like a madman and being fussy/clingy during the day which is jacking with my sanity.

How long did this lovely period last for you? I've heard anywhere from a week to a month. I hope we fall in the shorter category, otherwise daycare may be seeing a lot of H until this passes! I promise I love my son but momma needs a break and daddy worked over 70 hours last week and all weekend and that ain't changing anytime soon.

kaf7

We are entering week 2 of it. My LO has always woken twice a night so that hasn't changed. It is taking me 2h to get him down for the night though. I feel your daytime pain too and I start back to work Tuesday. Fingers crossed it ends soon for both of us. GL

mnj05

I've been lucky that he still goes down for the night easily and goes back to sleep easily during the night. For some of his naps I have to fight him and rock him, which I never used to do. And I know waking twice a night isn't bad at all, just going from longer stretches back to short ones is taking time to get used to again.

I really do hope it ends soon and I hope yours does too. I can't imagine going back to work on a week like this.

Dragonfly1226

With DS we had it bad. It lasted a month before we decided to Ferber. By the end of that month we were literally having to hold him all night long. If you put him down anywhere to sleep he would wake up and cry within fifteen minutes. Once we Ferbered it got better again and he went back to waking to eat once around 3am.

Ruthie04

DS1 never really struggled. DS2 went through back to back 3 month growth spurt, four month wakeful, six month growth spurt, and teething. The whole process lasted until his first tooth appeared at 7 mos. As soon as it broke skin, he was happy as can be. It was so bad. Hope it isn't too long for you guys!!

mnj05

Ruthie04:

DS1 never really struggled. DS2 went through back to back 3 month growth spurt, four month wakeful, six month growth spurt, and teething. The whole process lasted until his first tooth appeared at 7 mos. As soon as it broke skin, he was happy as can be. It was so bad. Hope it isn't too long for you guys!!

 

Back to back, I can't even imagine!

I want to use Ferber soon and finally get H in his crib (DH is finally on board with moving him). I'm thinking I may wait it out one more week and see if the extra eating all day goes back to normal before we try it though. Plus I was just informed my lovely ILs (major eye roll) are coming Saturday and they'll screw it all up as they don't take direction well....at all.

hugmonkey

We've been in it for almost 3 weeks now.  DD won't nap.  I've finally switched her routine, it used to be:  nap, eat, play.  Now, we nap, play, eat.  I've found that she'll nurse to sleep which is much easier than trying to rock her to sleep.  It also seems to calm her down after playing which seems to easily overstimulate her--just lying under her playgym can get her all amped up. 

My pediatrician then told me at her 4 month appointment that she is too young to cry it out yet, so this new routine does seem to be helping.