Babies: 3 - 6 Months

Tell me it gets better...

I am at my wits end with DS's nighttime fussiness. He gets so overtired and fights sleep. I even tried nursing him and he just screamed and cried. He did get shots on Thursday and also has reflux. He finally took a bottle from DH and is asleep in his swing. My pedi says it gets better after 12 weeks and he'll be a totally different baby. I sure hope so because I am exhausted. Give a new mom some encouragement please...
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  • What time are you putting him down?  Is he getting an afternoon nap?  I've found that if I put LO down for a nap around 6, or when his fussiness starts,hes a much happier baby.  He only naps for about 20-40 min but when he gets up we play for a little, bathe him, and then it's bottle and bed.  It seems to be helping. 
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  • Around 3 1/2 months we found a "routine," but it is still loosely based on when DH gets home from work (anywhere between 6-7:30).  I know LO is overtired when she goes into meltdown mode and nothing can calm her down, except waiting it out and letting her fall asleep.  Otherwise, I use bathtime to keep her calm/entertained for about 15 minutes.  DH and I decide based on his schedule if I should go ahead and put her to bed so we can eat dinner when he gets home, or if he will be home early enough to put her to bed, or if we should keep her up. 

    Our bedtime routine was fairly stable when DD was 3 1/2- 4 months old if that helps at all, but all babies are different.  DD is a baby who needs a routine; if I don't follow it I pay the price with a fussy baby!  She goes down around 7-7:30, and then I top her off when we go to bed around 9-10.  She usually gets up once to eat between 3-4, and then gets up for the day around 7:15.

     

     

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  • What time does he get fussy/overtired?  If you're noticing a pattern (be it a specific time or after a certain feeding), try to get him calm and sleepy before he has a chance to get out of control.

    Are you keeping things quiet and lights dim in the evening?  Make sure he's not getting overstimulated

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  • Hate to be the bearer of bad news but it did not magically get easier at 12 weeks for us. What did work was establishing a routine, albeit very flexible.

    As a PP said, it helped when we let DD take an evening nap even though so many things I read said not to let their last nap go past 4pm.

    DD will now take a nap from 5-6:30 and be in bed by 9 without any fussing. Before we did this, she would take her last nap from 3-4, be in bed by 6:30, and we would be in a struggle until 10pm. It would take hours to get her to sleep, only to have her wake 30 mins later.

    How long is she awake for before you start your bed time routine? At that age, DD could only do 60-75 mins of awake time max. 

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  • Not sure what time you start bed time, but when DD was a super fussy infant, we discovered that her magic bed time was 5:30.  Yep, 5:30. It was super early and completely controlled our evening plans for a few months, but it was what she needed and made our evenings so much better.  We would start her bed time routine at 5:00ish with a bath to get her calm, do some baby massage with lotion and get her into pjs, do one last feed, swaddle up and put her down.  It was what worked for us.
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  • It does get better but to be honest no one can tell you when. It was at different stages for all three off my children. My Lil Man who is 5.5 months still wakes twice a night. Hugs
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  • It does get better!  My 4 month old still fights sleep at night sometimes but as long as she takes a nap before bed, we are in a great place.  She had colic and I never thought I'd survive...but somehow you do.  Best of luck to you! 
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  • My advice is to start the bedtime routine WAY sooner than you think you need to... like 5 or 5:30.  

    Right now LO is needing to go to sleep around the time DH is getting home from work and if I wait for the hub-bub of the excitement of DH coming home, eating dinner, etc. it is way too late (6:30ish) for my LO and we have trouble getting him down.  

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