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BTDT Mommas: 4MW questions

RunningMom08RunningMom08
in August 2011 Moms

OK, we are VERY tired in my house. Very tired. This stupid 4 month wakeful has been going on for almost a month now. I'm nearing my wits end. How long does this typically last?? Friday night DS was up every 30 minutes until I finally pulled him in bed with me at 4:30. (The best part was that DH was in the field and couldn't help me out!) Last night DH took over, and he was up every hour. We can't even get a full REM cycle at night!

DS seems to be hungry, he sucked down 3 bottles last night. We have started cereal a few days ago, and gave him some last night before bed. It still didn't help. How did you:

a) survive?

b) wean him out of it? Did you do sleep training? Did you just wait it out?

c) how long does this thing last??

 

I don't mind getting up once or twice a night with him, but every 30 minutes isn't healthy for anyone in this house! As you can see, I sound frantic, because I'm starting to have a mini panic attack that this will never end, and I will be going to college with him feeding bottles multiple times a night! I know it's a phase, but just like waiting for labor to start, the anticipation is killing me!

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Re: BTDT Mommas: 4MW questions

  • Karma01Karma01 member

    I don't feed her at night. I know she is getting plenty during the day. My pedi said if you start feeding again in the middle of the night (after you had stopped like us) the baby is going to expect to a bottle/feeding every night.

    She sleeps much better in the bassinet in our room and we have a fan on for the noise for DH. I put the fan on in her room and she sleeps much better now. The white noise we had doesn't stay on for longer than 45 minutes.

    When we have a bad night I sleep when my DH gets home while he does the bed time routine. The other night I slept for 2 hours when my husband came home and felt much better.

    I do a dreamfeed at 11pm with some rice in her botttle (for reflux) but we think the rice totally helps her.

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  • red1976red1976 member

    Not sure what BTDT is but I just wanted to reassure you that it will pass. My friends with babies keep reassuring me of this and so far they are correct! Do you think he might be waking from discomfort? Could he be teething? Could he be too warm or cold? Does he respond well to swaddling? Will he take a paci?

     My LO has been having horrible nights and I survived some nights by doing what you did - sleeping with her - but in our spare room since our bed has our dog and tons of pillows and a snoring husband!!!

    As for sleep training - if DD doesn't seem to straighten herself out we will be doing some sleep training based on the SleepSense program in the New Year. No point now because we'll be travelling and it will just set her back.

    You are not alone and for all of our sakes I hope our LOs straighten themselves out soon.

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  • kmpage28kmpage28
    We just went through this (about 3 weeks for us), and I too, posted a desperate posting the other day when we had gone several nights in a row with DD waking every 30-45 minutes.  We messaged her pedi who assured us it was a growth spurt, brain development, maybe even a little teething and that is was completely normal.  Our pedi (and we do this) tells us that if they are hungry, feed them.  At this age, they need the sustenance to get through the growth spurt.  Our pedi does not recommend any sleep training until ~6month and assured us this is normal behaviour for a 3 1/2 month old (as she put it, her expectation is for her to wake 1-2X a night to feed, once she is out of the phase).  I know it is hard to hear, but it will (I promise) pass.  The DH and I have gone to taking turns overnight so that the other can charge their battery for the next night.  I am a more of a late night person, so I also take the nights but when she is up at 5am, it is all him (and I get to sleep, which helps me feel human again).  Good luck, you are NOT alone!
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  • lorelei11lorelei11 member
    We are currently starting week 4 of this, and it seems like it is getting worse as we go.  From waking every 3 hours when it started (which I thought was horrible HAHA) to now waking every 45 minutes - 3 hours.  It can't last forever right? No advice, but you're not alone! 
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  • firefly0711firefly0711

    Our Ped said LO was big enough to not need his "extra feeding" in the night (usually around 5am) and that we could stop doing it. I didn't have the heart to do that. I have been letting LO set his feeding schedule so far and he dropped his 12am and 2am feedings on his own so I figure he will do the same with the 5am when he is ready. 

    The 4MW lasted only 2 weeks or so for us so I'm not much help there. Just hang in there he might have combined his 4MW with a growth spurt. Our LO seemed to go through the same sort of thing (constant eating throughout the night) and it eventually passed. Good luck! 

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  • TanyaKMTanyaKM
    No advice, but just wanted to let you know that we're going through the same thing. For about two weeks now. And my LO isn't even four months yet! I hope to all that's holy that we're having an early 4MW and we're not going to get hit with more sleep disruptions in a week or two. 
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