Babies: 3 - 6 Months
5 month old wont sleep
DS for two day has refused to nap. Yesterday I got one 45minute nap only after he cried and fussed. Several nights now he has been back to waking constantly and now won't go back down without screaming and crying on and off for at least two hours. He's only been sleeping a total of 6 or 7 hours. I'm getting closer to 3 or 4. I'm so tired. He isn't showing teething signs right now, though I know he had been last week. Guns aren't swollen or anything. Doesn't seem to have an ear infection, though Idk. He's already been up 2 hours an wont go back to sleep. Usually he goes back down already for about 30 minutes. If he doesn't sleep today and tonight would you take him to get checked out? Or does it just sound like a sleep strike? He seems to be eating just fine.
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Re: 5 month old wont sleep
I don't really have any advice for you, but I feel for you. My 4 and half month old is doing the same thing. She's up so many times at night and not napping during the day unless she's being held.
She's pretty smiley, so I don't think anything is wrong. There are no signs of anything being wrong. So it seems like it is just a phase. I'm not sure if she's teething, but she is drooling a lot. I have no idea how to get her to sleep for longer stretches again.
My LO went through this same thing at 5 mos. She wasn't interested in eating ( I mean if you offered a boob sh'ed take it, but no real eating after the first few sucks), she did't want to calm down, she wanted to play. No matter how many cycles of book/lullabye/rock she wouldn't go down like she had since week 6.. So I figured that A) she figured out that crying instead of sleeping = Daddy/Mommy time.
She was getting scared falling asleep in our arms and waking in bed and C)she didn't know HOW to go to sleep on her own.
So we sleep trained and moved her to her own room and it's been fine. Even with a growth spurt and a cold, she is back to sleeping at least 8 sometimes 12 hours at a shot.