Co-sleeping, wants to play at 2am

prettyinpink120 · August 2013

How do you deal with a 7 1/2 month old that wants to play in the middle of the night? For the last week my son had been waking up and wanting to play i try nursing my dh trys rocking nothing works so we give up and let him play in his crib (its in his room) until he starts to fuss, 45-60min later. Then he's normally ready to go back to sleep. Any advice would be great!

ncbelle · August 2013

Any chance he has recently become mobile?

ToastieSimons · August 2013

Just an FYI, this has nothing to do with co-sleeping. My DS2 has slept in his crib since 5 months and he went through the same phase.

Basically, just keep doing what you're doing and in a few weeks it will pass.

My big thing was just trying not to play with him. As long as he was happy and occupied on his own I left him. I only offered him a bottle when he was ready to go back to sleep if he needed it. A few weeks later he was back to sleeping at night.

I think it's a developmental stage. Learning that night time is for sleep and not for play.

st.augbride · August 2013

Dd did this a few weeks ago. It only lasted for a few days though. It's a pretty normal phase I believe.

Emerald27 · August 2013

As PPs have said, this is a developmentally normal thing to do. It often happens around big milestones like crawling or sitting unassisted. There is so much to do/see/explore! Who needs sleep?!

As PPs also said, this too shall pass. It can help to keep it very dark in the room, toys put away, and no talking, etc., unless he's fussy and you need to sing to him. That gentle environmental reminder that nighttime is for sleep should help him get past this point sooner.

Hang in there! Sounds like you're doing a great job!

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