Anyone's 1mos baby getting more wakeful/fussy in evening?

janjag · May 2011

Gone are the days we could just put him down and he'd sleep with little or no help.

DS has been pretty much awake since 3:30pm (now almost 8:30pm). He is fighting sleep in the afternoon/evening. I do try to keep wakeful times to 1-2hrs at most, but even if I get him to sleep he wakes right up (crying) once I put him down.

I'm not alone, right??

sarahdee678 · May 2011

Totally not alone. For some reason, between 6 and 10 pm, my LO is wide awake and not a happy camper. This is every night. I can't complain too much, because she's fine the rest of the time and sleeps well at night, but those 4 hours are a pain.

nypdrwj · May 2011

My son just started this and has become the demon baby. He was awake from 4-8pm grunting and wiggling.

janjag · May 2011

Thanks ladies. Glad I'm not alone. I know this is normal, coming up to the 6-8wk mark. It just makes me a little crazy cakes when I KNOW he's tired and fighting it.

Tomorrow I might just stick him in the Moby around 4pm and wear him till 8 or 9. I'll report if it makes any difference.

Side note. It is hard to eat dinner while wearing a baby! :P

toadybug · May 2011

Totally not alone. We've been having this since day one. We eat dinner in shifts.

bobalina77 · May 2011

Usually she's her fussiest between 7 and 9 but it's been extended tonight because we tried to put ointment in her eye. Not a happy camper lol!

agreenaffair · May 2011

yep - LO is happy the rest of the day, but grumpy in the evening, and it is hard to get her to wind down... on Kellymom, it says this is completely normal!

(Hopefully it doesn't last too long!)

jksb · May 2011

oh wow didnt realize there was more ppl like me! my LO does perfect till about 3 pm then she wants to stay awake till bedtime which is about 830-9 pm. She she fussy the whole time bc she is sleepy but refuses to sleep. yesterday it was sooo bad that i was crying with her! we'll all be okay though!

siajara · May 2011

Yes. Also, she has started this thing where she will sleep in the bassinet fine from 9/10pm-1am, and then refuse to go back to sleep in it. She will fall asleep fine on me at that point though.

Nicki Boston · May 2011

I'm so glad you posted this? lately ours has been taking very short catnaps and especially in the evening, gets fussy and won't let us put her down. Luckily it seems to help in her sleeping better over night but still, if one of us is gone we're really restricted. I thought about putting her in a carrier as well, let me know how that goes!

KPetrunia · July 2013

It's always such a relief to her others having this same roller coaster ride!

Mine is 5 weeks and she is definitely more alert and this is making it harder to settle her, especially in the early evening and won't sleep again until about 9pm. She seems to be ok the rest of the day, but it makes it hard to have time with the hubby

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