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4 month wakeful - help with nightwakings please!

vszappvszapp member
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dd used to sttn 10-11 hours. then we transitioned from the rnp to pnp about 4 weeks ago and she started waking once per night. now it's at least twice. i feed her each time (she genuinely seems hungry) but i have a hard time getting her back to sleep. i can put her down drowsy for bedtime but not in the night. i have to either let her nurse to sleep or hold/bounce her for 20 minutes until she's in a deep sleep. i work f/t and this is starting to kill me. ideas? i have tried soothing her in the pnp and she just cries. nursing to sleep seems bad because i think she just keeps wanting it more (hence the increasing wakings). 

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Re: 4 month wakeful - help with nightwakings please!

  • vszappvszapp member
    Last night she went to bed at 7:30 and woke up at 3:15. I fed her and tried to put her back down before she fully fell asleep nursing. She has now been awake in her pnp for 2 hours! She seems pretty happy - babbling and flopping around. I could just go bounce her to sleep, but I know she can put herself to sleep so I am trying to let her. I really hope this phase passes soon. I am wondering if maybe putting her in her own room would help? 

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  • eyenigheyenigh member
    Is she rolling? That was what did in our STTN. It seems now that my son is gaining more control of his roll, he's waking himself up less, though. I'm with you, though. It hurts BAD to go from having a baby sleeping 10-11 hours to waking up-- and staying up!
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  • Sparks in training!Sparks in training! member

    I was going to post about this same issue!! MY NECK is killing me today at work because I'm afraid to co-sleep with him!  He is doing the exact same thing!

    One thing thats changed for us is -Now i have to take him someplace quiet to nurse or else he will get fussy trying to watch or be a part of the excitement of our family room. Even the TV on is a distraction for him now. Weird huh....

    So i am in the same boat. Looking forward to seeing other's suggestions!

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  • vszappvszapp member
    she's in the magic sleep suit, so she can't roll. she just talks and flops around a lot. she did finally put herself back to sleep this morning, but it took over 2 hours...

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  • Izybel18Izybel18 member

    My advice--do whatever you have to do to get through this period. Our 4 month wakeful was terrible and I don't even work. If it means nursing to sleep, DO IT! We also co-sleep for the last stretch of the morning (5am/6am until we get up for the day) since that's when DD would be the most unsettled/likely to stay awake otherwise.

    I've spent 5 months avoiding nursing to sleep because I didn't want to create a bad habit. This led to me dreading bedtime and having to listen to DD fuss until she fell asleep. Last week I decided to try nursing to sleep and it was like magic--no more crying and no more stress at bedtime.

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