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Anyone else with this problem??

PinkGirlInCaliPinkGirlInCali member
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DS is just over 4 and a half months old and luckily has been "STTN" to an extent for nearly a month. We have a regular bedtime routine and he always falls asleep between 8:30 and 9:30. But my concern is that now EVERY NIGHT he wakes up between 1 and 1:30 am to be held. He is not hungry because literally when I pick him up he lays his head on my chest and is back to sleep within a couple of minutes. And if I try to lay him back down he tosses and turns then cries to be picked up again. I basically have to sleep with him on my chest from 1am until his 530 feeding. I will try putting him back down several times and each time he cries. Is this a phase? Anyone else going through it? It would be nice to not have to sleep 4+ hours every night with a 15lb infant on my chest:
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  • IrishEyes0530IrishEyes0530 member
    DS does almost the same thing. He sleeps great in his crib until about 5, then wants to be held. I just go out to th couch and he sleeps on my chest and I go back to sleep too. Some night he will sleep in his crib all night now though. I think they slowly grow out of it. I just do what I need to do to ensure I get enough sleep as well.
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  • Snapdragon750Snapdragon750 member
    My baby is only 3 months and never does this.  Or if she does, I don't know about it because if she ever cried at night and I knew she wasn't hungry, I either rocked her back to sleep (she sleeps in a rock n play so I don't have to pick her up to do it) or gave her her pacifier and she has gone back to sleep.  It's tempting to pick her up sometimes and cuddle, but now that she doesn't expect to be picked up if she cries at night, we both get more sleep! (she sleeps from about 7:30pm to 8:00am without a peep.)
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  • tlxh7tlxh7 member

    imageSnapdragon750:
    My baby is only 3 months and never does this.  Or if she does, I don't know about it because if she ever cried at night and I knew she wasn't hungry, I either rocked her back to sleep (she sleeps in a rock n play so I don't have to pick her up to do it) or gave her her pacifier and she has gone back to sleep.  It's tempting to pick her up sometimes and cuddle, but now that she doesn't expect to be picked up if she cries at night, we both get more sleep! (she sleeps from about 7:30pm to 8:00am without a peep.)

    Did you read the original post?  She said her baby had been STTN for about a month, and now is waking up.  Your LO could easily revert, and it's  pretty much guaranteed that your child will put you through something like this at some point.

    OP, I don't have much advice.  Typically when Lila wakes up overnight, she wants to eat.  It might be the 4 month-wakeful.  Have you tried having baby lay next to you, not on you?  Honestly, I don't know what to tell you, I just want Snapdragon to stop being a jerk.

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  • kimmark09kimmark09
    I am also having the same problem! On vacation I was up a lot of the time and let him cosleep! When we got home I had to let him cry back asleep! Mean I know but I knew it would stop the 2 am crying for a bit!
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  • JennDave+1JennDave+1

    imageSnapdragon750:
    My baby is only 3 months and never does this.  Or if she does, I don't know about it because if she ever cried at night and I knew she wasn't hungry, I either rocked her back to sleep (she sleeps in a rock n play so I don't have to pick her up to do it) or gave her her pacifier and she has gone back to sleep.  It's tempting to pick her up sometimes and cuddle, but now that she doesn't expect to be picked up if she cries at night, we both get more sleep! (she sleeps from about 7:30pm to 8:00am without a peep.)

    I am confused by your response???

    Any who, op have you tried just readjusting baby or patting him on the back or bum to get him back to sleep. No help with the 5 am wake up mine has been doing that since birth and I usually go to the couch or bring him in bed with us. Our DS has not STTN yet but if he wakes and not time to eat I do give him a paci.

    It won't be forever so don't get to hung up on it. Once this is over there will be another issue to face. The joys of motherhood. GL

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  • PinkGirlInCaliPinkGirlInCali member
    Thanks girls. I do try just giving him his pacifier or patting/rubbing his back. Next I was thinking of putting something in the crib that smelled like me to see if that helps, I read on one website to try a breast pad. But then maybe it is just part of the dreaded 4 months wakeful =[
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  • lbgriffithlbgriffith member
    PLEASE don't take this the wrong way, but if that's as bad as your 4mw is, count your blessings!  I know it doesn't make it any easier for you at all, but it could be A LOT worse. 
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  • PinkGirlInCaliPinkGirlInCali member
    imagelbgriffith:
    PLEASE don't take this the wrong way, but if that's as bad as your 4mw is, count your blessings!  I know it doesn't make it any easier for you at all, but it could be A LOT worse. 
    Lol I didn't take that the wrong way. I know it could be worse and I have been grateful that his sleep schedule has not become a nightmare. I was just worried that this was some new bad habit that I would still be trying to break several months from now if it didn't get nipped in the butt asap.
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