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Help! My 5 Month Old Decided To Stop Sleeping Through The Night!

MegMegillMegMegill member
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My son was sleeping through the night for about two weeks straight but for the last 4 weeks or so he has not. I have been doing the same bedtime routine for almost three months. He wakes up crying, I eventually go in to his nursery, pick him up and he falls back to sleep in a minute or two. He sleeps for a little while (anywhere from 20 minutes to three hours) and then is up again. I have tried teething tablets, cereal, teething gel, swaddle/no swaddle, putting him to bed later/earlier, Tylenol, pacifier/no pacifier, more bottle/less bottle! Any suggestions?
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Re: Help! My 5 Month Old Decided To Stop Sleeping Through The Night!

  • patriciahomolpatriciahomol member
    I know there is a 4 month wakeful maybe there is something like that for a 5 month old. Is your lo teething? That could be the cause as well.
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  • kmig25kmig25 member
    I posted this exact thing a couple days ago! I dont know whats going on. I know there is a wonder week at 26 weeks that they say can start around 23 weeks but ive been dealing with this for almost 3 weeks and im exhausted. I feel your pain!
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  • couliegirlcouliegirl member
    I would say this is a baby being a baby. E has gone through a stretch or two of STTN. I take advantage of them, because I know it won't last.
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  • Squirrel29Squirrel29 member
    You could drive yourself crazy trying to figure out why - lots of things can affect a baby / toddler / preschooler/ adolescent / teenager / adult's sleep.  The best you can do is stick with a predictable routine, make sure that your baby isn't sick or in pain and then roll with it.
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  • BiscuitEater21BiscuitEater21 member

    My 5 month old is doing the same thing! But he has been sttn wonderfully since he was only 4 weeks old! He'd sleep about 8 hours as a newborn but as he got older it is 10-12 hours a night, but for the past couple of weeks has been waking up every night in the MIDDLE of the night!

    It's exhausting lol and worse, DH says I should just let him fall back to sleep on his own. So after half an hour of whining, I was not having it. Popped a bottle in his mouth and he was back out in not even 10 minutes. Sometimes I have to change him though, because he's been pooping while he sleeps ha ha. It's the strangest thing, but I agree that it's hard to figure out why.

    I think it might be teething or a growth spurt. But all I know is I hope it ends SOON!!! 

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  • MegMegillMegMegill member
    thanks everyone glad im not the only one!
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