Waking Up At 2am Every Night

rsideemd · April 2013

We just transitioned LO to her crib last Thursday. She STTN for three straight nights, but now she's up between 2 and 3 am. She will not go back to sleep. I'm working 10 plus hour days and I don't know how much longer I can do this. She is swaddled and goes to bed between 7:30 and 8 every night (on the most part). Putting her to bed later does not work. She still wakes up at the same time.

She is not used to getting a bottle at night, because she was STTN in her swing for three months. I'm ready to try anything though.

Any thoughts?

kross605 · April 2013

an EARLIER bedtime? counter intuitive but it often works.

I personally wouldnt start with a bottle because then you'll have to break that habit. Is there something you can give her to help her soothe herself to sleep so you dont have to be u

stgn01 · April 2013

The 2 things that I immediately thought of were:

1) break the swaddle habit. She might not be able to soothe herself back to sleep if she doesn't have access to her hands. This might also make it harder for her to go to sleep b/c she'