My LO is now 5 months old. Up until her 4 month "birthday" she was an AMAZING sleeper. I'm talking about going to sleep at 8, waking at 3 to simply feed, then back to sleep until 7. Lately she has been going down around 9 and waking up every 2 hours! I find myself leaning over to pop a bottle in her mouth and she falls asleep almost instantly. (She sleeps in a bassinet next to me) any advice on how to stop/survive this? This mama needs to sleep!
Re: Waking up every couple of hours!
I tired to let her cry it out for a little bit last night when she woke herself up. Needless to say, I ended up crying! She was crying like she was DYING! I ended up picking her up after about 5 minutes because she was crying so loud and hard. I picked her up and guess who instantly stopped? I'm hoping that this is just another phase.
I will definitely check out the book! Thank you for the advise! It is all very much approicated!
I don't have any advice because I'm in the same boat! My nearly 5 month old has been waking every 2-4 hrs since he learned how to roll onto his belly about 3 weeks ago! Sometimes he even is scootching around in the crib and getting an arm or leg stuck in the slats!
I hope it's a phase and he goes back to being my good sleeper! (My first son didn't sleep through the night until he was 13 months old and it was awful, I was a zombie!)
I fear SO MUCH that I'm creating a terrible habit. The only thing that consoles him when he wakes up is to nurse him! He gets so mad at me if I try to soothe him any other way. I don't want to do the wrong thing, but I'm so hesitant to let him cry louder than a fuss because I don't want him to wake up my 3 yr old (at 12, 3, 5.....)
Ugh!
I know lots of mommies are in the same boat of this 4 month sleep disruption... Can't wait to hear more success stories about teaching these babies to sleep better!
Needless to say, I did Ferber with him. Background knowledge is he was a great sleeper before and I have tried hard to always put him down drowsy. So, the first night was hard. We decided my husband would go in and soothe him after 5 minutes, then after 10 and then 15 if needed. He cried for 25 minutes and then slept through the night. The following night my inlaws watched him and he cried for 12 minutes. The third night he cried for 1.5 minutes and the past 3 nights has put himself to sleep and we are on vacation and he is in a new setting. I turned to my mom and husband and said "is this what it's supposed to be?" And my husband reminded me that we don't fall asleep crying every night.
I feel blessed and thankful he was ready to do this.
I would suggest having your significant other be part of it with you as a support system and discuss your plan before you do it. Also do it at bedtime not during the night when he starts (I did the that first time and he cried for like 3 hours). Also, be consistent!! When you go in, soothe him without picking him up which will only make him cry longer the next time because he/she realizes that crying leads to getting picked up.
Also, a friend gave me the book "Sleeping Through the Night" by Jodi something and it is a good resource!
Good luck! It isn't fun but getting some sleep for yourself is important!
Sorry this is so long! But I hope it helps someone!
1 Samuel 1:27
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