Milestones and sleeping/eating

DublinMama · May 2013

Do milestones cause changes in sleeping and eating patterns? My son laughed for the first time this week and judging by progress made today, maybe rolling over back to belly by the weekend. I've also noticed his appetite has decreased and his wake time between naps is shorter before he's ready for the next nap in the last few days. Are milestones and these kind of changes correlated? TIA!

rjeller32 · May 2013

Rolling can affect sleep once they do it. My LO has stopped napping because she scares herself when she rolls in her sleep. But, I don't know if every milestone affects sleep, I would lean more towards a possible growth spurt or the beginning of teething?

lafayettegirl · May 2013

They've got to be related. DS is taking bottles faster than we can make them right now, and this has been going on for a week. He is also desperately trying to roll from back to front and is starting to grasp at things like his Sophie the Giraffe. His movements are getting smoother, though still a bit erratic.

I'm all for saying he is going through a growth spurt, but I know when I was in school and studying really hard, my food intake shot up. I would be willing to bet that DS's food intake directly correlates to his learning and reaching those milestones.

But...it sounds like your little one is doing the opposite of mine, so who knows!

sbevmc09 · May 2013

Generally speaking, yes, hitting mental and physical development will impact sleeping and eating. There are various reasons for this. If it's physical they'll likely be practicing their new "tricks" instead of sleeping. For mental development it often comes with a fussy period as they adjust to everything. It's all kind of intertwined with the mental/physical development, growth spurts, etc. It definitely throws them off and just about anything can affect sleeping and eating at this stage.

BBhopes15 · May 2013

sbevmc09:
Generally speaking, yes, hitting mental and physical development will impact sleeping and eating. There are various reasons for this. If it's physical they'll likely be practicing their new "tricks" instead of sleeping. For mental development it often comes with a fussy period as they adjust to everything. It's all kind of intertwined with the mental/physical development, growth spurts, etc. It definitely throws them off and just about anything can affect sleeping and eating at this stage.

i agree. Have you read the book Wonder weeks? They talk about this and I've notice that our LO has these changes during milestone. The book calls them leaps, and some of the signs are crankiness, more crying and clinginess

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