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Baby suddenly didn't want to sleep in crib last night?

keloucks1224keloucks1224 member
in March 2014 Moms
   So for about a month and a half, our baby has been getting a bath every night (because of daycare), putting on her PJ's, getting a story and bottle or pacifier and then going down for the night. More and more recently, she's been waking up in the middle of the night for a bottle so we've been "dream feeding" her around 11:00 before we go to bed and then she'll sleep until 5:00 or even 7:00 in the morning. A couple nights ago, dream feeding wasn't good enough and she still woke up in the middle of the night; however, that was just once so we wrote it off.
   Last night was completely new and weird altogether. We put her down, she slept for about 2 1/2 hours and then she woke up. We let her fuss and move around for about 15 minutes but her cries just got louder and more desperate. So I finally went in and picked her up and she went back to sleep. I put her down in her crib and she was awake and screaming again within 10 minutes. My husband gave her a bottle and she finished it then fell asleep. But she was up again crying within minutes. I tried to soothe her while she was still in the crib but she just got louder. I picked her up and burped her, and then she calmed down but as soon as she was in the crib again she was crying. We think she's been teething on and off so could that cause this? She also kept pulling her legs up to her tummy so I thought maybe she had gas or a stomach ache. She has never had a problem sleeping in her crib like this. I finally brought her into our bed and she fell right to sleep no problems at all. Any ideas or suggestions?

Thank you for your help. I don't know what our parents did without the internet.
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Re: Baby suddenly didn't want to sleep in crib last night?

  • angelsnightangelsnight member

    I have no suggestions for you, but babies can change their patterns at any time.  Just like us, sometimes we fall into bed and are asleep within seconds, other times we lay awake for hours or wake frequently during the night.  There is no always and forever with babies.  She may be having teething pain and needs extra comfort, or she may just be waking for the hell of it.

    I dread this, my LO sleeps through the night wonderfully and I am spoiled, so I am dreading the day she decides to stop.  Good luck!

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  • AshleyO925AshleyO925 member
    Im with @NorthernLghts‌ in that when she does that I put her in the swing to sleep. It's not the end of the world, we just try again the next day. It's much better than spending all night with her awake.
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  • kstar83kstar83 member
    we had a similar problem Wednesday night. Bath at 830 and could not get her to fall asleep. Normally within 30 minutes I can get her out and really sleeping so I can swaddle her in the crib without waking her up. She would start to fall asleep but wake very easily. Finally at 11 pm i just put her in bed with us and snuggled. Fell asleep and co-slept. We tried letting her fuss it out but she wasn't having it and since we typically don't need to CIO I was not into trying it for the first time when we were already exhausted. Plus she doesn't typically need to.

    Last night we were back to our pattern mostly. 
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  • keloucks1224keloucks1224 member
    I hope it was just a fluke. Maybe her teeth were really bugging her and she just needed the comfort of us nearby. I just don't want to get her used to co-sleeping or being picked up or fed every time she cries. I supposed one night won't ruin her but we overthink everything as first time parents!
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  • mfarmer0811mfarmer0811 member
    keloucks1224 said:

    I hope it was just a fluke. Maybe her teeth were really bugging her and she just needed the comfort of us nearby. I just don't want to get her used to co-sleeping or being picked up or fed every time she cries. I supposed one night won't ruin her but we overthink everything as first time parents!

    Almost everytime LO wakes up in the middle of the night I nurse him. I think it's mostly for comfort than him being hungry; I really don't think I'm ruining him.
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  • fish8412fish8412 member
    I'm sure it's just a phase. Do what you need to comfort her. It's ok to hold your baby and help her fall back asleep!!!
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  • keloucks1224keloucks1224 member
       Thanks everyone. I actually feel better. Glad I posted here. I know that all of this eventually comes to an end and when she's a teenager sleeping until noon we'll look back on these days and think how funny it is that we freaked out about so much.
       I think you get so tired that your brain goes wild and convinces you that she will be this way forever. But eventually we'll all get to sleep through the night again. Until then, I can't wait to hold my baby and rock her to sleep again tonight :-)
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  • jrw526jrw526 member
    The 4 month wakeful, it's for real :( no advice, just commiseration.
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  • keloucks1224keloucks1224 member
    Haha @jrw526. That's still a comfort! At least I know someone else is going through it!
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  • MeggsMMeggsM member
    jrw526 said:

    The 4 month wakeful, it's for real :( no advice, just commiseration.

    This. If it within two hours of being nursed previously I try a paci first and 9/10 times that works and she just rolls over. But she still eats at least once a night. She's slept through the night before and will again.... Just not this month :)
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  • kenwrightkenwright member
    jrw526 said:
    The 4 month wakeful, it's for real :( no advice, just commiseration.
    i keep hearing about the 4 month wakeful /regression.  Baby A is 3.5 months old.  I am TERRIFIED of what might happen in 2 weeks!!
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