Anybody else in the four month wakeful?

ct103 · August 2013

...because I think we are! DD is super active and going through a huge physical and cognitive growth spurt. It's amazing; she's like a different baby everyday. But then there's sleep, which she no longer seems to want to do, ever! It's totally random as well; last Friday she STTN for ten hours. Fast forward to last night, where she took two hours to go down and then woke up every 45 minutes! She's also just starting the teething process, and we transitioned her to the crib over the weekend. I know, that's a lot for a 17-week old. I also know it's just a phase, but is there anything I should do to help? I am not interested in sleep training. She's EBF, so our bedtime routine consists of bathing, nursing, rocking, and white noise from the sleep sheep. Thoughts?

julesjb · August 2013

Unfortunately it really is a ride it out situation. It lasted several weeks at our house and was really tough. I'm not sure how you handle her wake ups but it does help to have DH go in if she doesn't need to eat to resettle. We did end up doing some ST after about 5 weeks and being close to being sent to a psych ward. GL!

ct103 · August 2013

julesjb said:
Unfortunately it really is a ride it out situation. It lasted several weeks at our house and was really tough. I'm not sure how you handle her wake ups but it does help to have DH go in if she doesn't need to eat to resettle. We did end up doing some ST after about 5 weeks and being close to being sent to a psych ward. GL!

Yeah, I thought we might have to ride it out. In the past I've always handled the wake ups so I could nurse. But every 45 mins leads me to believe it's not always hunger! DH told me that if it happens again to wake him because me surviving on one hour sleep is ridiculous. What method of sleep training did you use? Did it work?

ct103 · August 2013

Thanks shell! I nurse in the quiet dark at night, but didn't think to do it in the day. I'll give it's try!

julesjb · August 2013

We used modified Ferber and it changed our lives lol. He never cries longer than 18 mins and it only took 3 days. I was against st and now I'm a believer. He is the most incredible sleeper now and I would recommend reading about it to anyone!

hopefulmom81 · August 2013

julesjb said:

We used modified Ferber and it changed our lives lol. He never cries longer than 18 mins and it only took 3 days. I was against st and now I'm a believer. He is the most incredible sleeper now and I would recommend reading about it to anyone!

We did the same thing. We modified it and never let her cry more than 20-25 minutes total (with the check ins in-between), and we never stretched out the minutes. At 15 months, we still check on her at 3, 5, and 10 minute intervals. She usually konks out in between the 5 and 10.

We also only do Ferber when putting her down for the night. If she gets up in the middle of the night, we usually let her cry for about 5 minutes to make sure that she is awake and that she is not just crying in her sleep, and if she is awake, we just go get her and co-sleep.

She STTN just fine in her crib about 70% of the time and the rest of the time she gets up once and konks out as soon as we get her, so we all get a good night's sleep pretty much every night. I consider that a win as we modified our sleep expectations after reading every book under the sun.

ct103 · August 2013

Thanks ladies. I'm learning that it really depends on your baby how you deal with this. Since my baby is generally a good sleeper (or was) but just doesn't like change, I decided I need to be more gradual with the crib sleeping. Last night she slept in her bassinet again, and I got nearly 7 straight hours (after spending 3 straight hours trying to put her down). I'll keep trying to put her down in the crib, but I'll bring her to the bassinet if it doesn't go well. Baby steps.

ProfessorPedals825 · August 2013

You got it exactly right, CT! It really depends on your baby. Little steps will get you there.

We're dealing with a bit of 4 month wakeful too, but it's mainly just no naps. It's crazy! I don't know how she can go almost 8 hrs refusing a nap, when she was napping like a champ for a while. She was going 2-3 hrs of being awake before I'd settle her down for a nap. Now it's just not happening. Yesterday, she was happy and playful in her bumbo, then sudden meltdown! I rocked her for a bit to comfort her and she napped in my arms for 30 mins, but that was it. I'm so thankful that she's still STTN, but I'm convinced my luck will run out soon.

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