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Should I go see the Pedi?

AnriaLedouAnriaLedou member
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My LO for several nights in a row now has been refusing to fall asleep, and by refusing I mean screaming like she is being tortured for hours. She will be OK during the early evening, eat just great, be happy and relaxed and as soon as I hand her off to her dad so I can goto bed and he can get her to sleep, she starts screaming her head off. It is nothing he is doing, she just starts it. Last night I told him that if she was still awake later to get me up and I would take a turn, and I did have to get up (12:30 am) still screaming - nursed her for 10 minutes and asleep. Only then she woke up at 2 am again screaming - I tried to let her lay on my tummy to sleep and she let some good farts out, but was still upset. Finally had to nurse her again to get her to calm down and sleep. This has been going on for 3 nights, should I take her to see the doctor or do you think it is just gas and a stubborn baby who does not want to sleep?
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Re: Should I go see the Pedi?

  • PinkPeony6210PinkPeony6210 member
    How old is she? What time is bed? Could she be overtired? 
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  • preggyamypreggyamy member
    Why not just put in a call to the Pedi?
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  • AnriaLedouAnriaLedou member

    She is 4 months old, She usually starts going to bed at 10, but yesterday she woke up super early and refused to take a good long nap until 6pm - slept til 9 when I went in to see if she wanted to wake up to eat (had not eaten a full meal since almost 4) and then refused to sleep. Her schedule is just in shambles, I have no idea how to get her bak into the normal routine. 

    Also worth mentioning - she had been having trouble getting to sleep for over a week now because we transitioned her from sleeping in her bassinet to her crib. 

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  • PinkPeony6210PinkPeony6210 member

    It could be the 4-month wakeful. A lot of babies go through it. 

    It could also be that you need to start her bedtime routine earlier. When does she usually take her last nap? 

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  • lindy27lindy27 member
    imageAnriaLedou:

    She is 4 months old, She usually starts going to bed at 10, but yesterday she woke up super early and refused to take a good long nap until 6pm - slept til 9 when I went in to see if she wanted to wake up to eat (had not eaten a full meal since almost 4) and then refused to sleep. Her schedule is just in shambles, I have no idea how to get her bak into the normal routine. 

    Also worth mentioning - she had been having trouble getting to sleep for over a week now because we transitioned her from sleeping in her bassinet to her crib. 

    The first thing I would try is an earlier bedtime.  A few weeks ago my LO started screaming at bedtime, we had been putting her down at 10pm, and we bumped it up to 7:45-8:15 and she has been doing great.

    It could also be the 4 month wakeful stuff that people talk about but I have no experience with.

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  • greeneyed_bridegreeneyed_bride member

    I agree that it could be the 4-month wakeful period. Mine went through it. It sucks. That combined with the transition to the crib could be the problem.

    Also, I think the old adage "never wake a sleeping baby" is still usually true. Even if she hadn't had a good meal since 4, I wouldn't have woken her up at 9. After three hours of sleep, you waking her up probably made her think that it was morning/play time instead of time to sleep. Every once in a while, my son will think a late nap is bedtime. I just let him sleep until he wakes up to eat on his own, at which point he'll usually go back to sleep easily because he thinks it's a nighttime feeding rather than morning.

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  • skibunny59skibunny59 member

    I'm having similar issues with getting my 4 month old DD to stay down.  She will be fine and go to sleep but 10 minutes later she is up crying again.  DH and I take turns putting her back to sleep.  Yesterday this went on from about 8:00-10:30.  She was up again at 4:00AM.  I nursed her and brought her back to bed with me and then she was up at 6:00AM.  I think with my DD she is way overtired because she hasn't slept well the past two nights and doesn't nap.  She is taking a nice long nap right now so I'll see how it goes tonight.

    Does your DD scream the whole time or are you able to calm her?  If she's screaming for hours I would call the pedi. 

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  • jstrat53jstrat53 member
    It seems like she is able to fall asleap after you nurse her.... maybe she isn't getting enought to eat during the day.  Could you try feeing her more often/longer during the day?  I agree with PP's that it could just be her going thru a growth spurt/4month wakeful combined with adjusting to her crib. I would try an earlier bedtime and if your not already, start a consistant beditme routine.  A consistant bedtime routine helped my LO assosiate certain things with bedtime (we do bath, lotion, PJ's, bottle, book and/or song, then bed with white noise).  Good Luck. 

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