6 month sleep issues!

emandjp · February 2013

Charlotte has decided that she wants to wake up to eat around 4am every night and then stay awake for about an hour looking at stuff. It's making me crazy especially since she has been STTN since she was about 3 weeks old. ALSO, she is in her co-sleeper for 1/2 the night and my bed the other half. AND she's still swaddled. I want her STTN, in her room in her crib not swaddled. Is anyone else dealing with 6 month sleep regression?

Andreabks · February 2013

we're not 6 mo yet, but DD does this sometimes at 3am, where after feeding she's awake. i do the feedign in her room and keep thelights off (using the light from the hallway to see). I rock her for a minute to get the food to settle, then put her down in her crib. she doesn't usualy fuss as this is what we've done since she moved to her crib, but she does have nights where she talked to herself and plays in her crib for 30-40 minutes before she falls back asleep.

i only go back in if she's crying, which is maybe one night in 2 weeks. usualy she talks and falls back to sleep on her own.

then again, she's been in her room for a couple months now, hasn't been swaddled since haloween (her choice, not mine) and only started doing a nap or tow a week in bed with mommy if i'm just exausted in the last couple of weeks.

Taerra · February 2013

DS started his six month growth spurt about a week ago and went from waking twice in a night (every three or so hours) to waking up every hour asking for food (he's EBF). I usually bring him from his room into ours to feed him as he seems to settle down better in there (less to look at I suppose).

When he doesn't settle he usually comes to bed and falls asleep next to me. He's never slept through the night though - so while I'm used to being up every few hours, I can't imagine finally getting a whole night's sleep only to have it taken away from me. So in this instance I'll be grateful that I wasn't granted that wish just yet, ha ha ha.

Hope your DD gets over this bump quickly and settles back down for you.

skooz · February 2013

Yes, I didn't know it was common though. Right around 6 months D started waking between 3 and 4 am even though she'd been STTN since about 2 months. Unfortunately she's still having trouble. Hopefully it's over soon. I miss sleep. I seriously don't know how people are still functioning that haven't gotten a full night's sleep since August!

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