IM AT MY WITS END....PLEASE HELP ME!!
My boy is 4 months and was waking only once during the night until a few weeks ago....now he is waking up to 5 times a night...im at my wits end!! It started with a growth spurt where he was feeding every 2 / 3 hours...which i could have handled...but the growth spurt went away....and he kept waking!!! His cot is in our room and has been since birth...when he wakes at night he is not usually very hungry and feeds only a little.....i know i shouldnt but i let him feed in my bed and we fall asleep together....we are just both so tired....so im thinking about moving him to his own room, so i cant fall asleep and i can make sure he gets a full feed when he wakes. He is fully breastfed and i am about to start solids....i have given him some rice cereal....but dont like it much cause it seems to make him contstipated......im getting so tired and would like to know if this is something normal for 4 months....or have i created bad habits!!! I was also thinking about introducing a formula bottle at night....maybe my supply has dropped??
Any advise would be so greatly appreciated!!!
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I too am at my wits end. My
I too am at my wits end. My son is 9 months old and he also was sleeping through the night. We both got sick about 5 weeks ago and he started waking 2 to 3 times a night, which was fine. But now for the last 4 weeks he is waking 6 to 9 times a night for a feed. I also breastfeed and he sleeps in his cot in my room. I also feed him in my bed at night, I will do anything at the moment to get a bit of extra sleep. He normally only comes into my bed at about 2 or 3 in the morning. I have tried everything to get him back to sleep without feeding him but he just screams until he gets boob. I have tried putting him on formula but he refuses to take it. So I do feel for you but ou are not alone. I would start your bub on solids, if he eats the rice tr adding some pureed fruit to it, that should not make him constipated. Good luck.
Hi. fully understand where
Hi. fully understand where your coming from. My Maddie is the same. Usually I end up with her in bed with me from about midnight on as its easier than getting up evey two hours or so. I have just learnt to live with it. I just cant handle the screaming that happens some nights without easing. oh what i would give for a good nights sleep again. My first baby would sleep from 10pm to 6am every night from birth, not so this one.
anne-marie
the only thing i can suggest
the only thing i can suggest is to get the cots out of your bedrooms. this will involve some separation anxiety and either persistent settling or controlled crying (whichever you are more comfotable with) but it will be worth it in the long run. persist with it or your babies will still be doing this at age2! i have read that as babies near the 6 month age they become more aware of their surroundings and their night time habits are harder to break. by 6 months they should be sleeping in the room you want them in all the time. if they know you are next to them they are more likely to call out and you are more likely to get up to them at every little noise they make. my daughter is only 7 weeks but has only ever woken once a night and for the last 2 weeks she has slept through the nite (8-9 hours). she has always slept in her own cot in her own room and doesn't have a dummy. i will not go into her unless she has been constantly crying for about a minute as she often wakes, whinges and resettles herself. i would also suggest only feeding them during the nite when they would usually feed and help them resettle back to sleep the other times they wake, or try a dummy. they are just getting into the habit of snacking at nite, even though they don't really need it.
my daughter is 8 weeks old
my daughter is 8 weeks old and depends on how much during the day she sleeps is to how long she goes during the night.i was breastfeeding,but now she is fully bottlefeed as my milk dried up,sometimes she will sleep for about 8 hours where other nights she will wake up every three hours.we have got her in our room with us as her dad is very protective of her.we have had to start wrapping her again since we put her in the cot and that seems to help her settle a lot better and we have found that we can put her in the cot and she will go to sleep on her own
my son was 3mths early and
my son was 3mths early and at 4mths he was sleeping through and he has a thing for sleeping on his tummy as thats what they did in the humidity crib for him not to breath agianst gravity. so now when he rolls over to his back he screams wanting to be rolled back over. he to wakes about 3-4times a night but i use controlled crying i check on him first to see if he's rolled over then i leave the room and let him crying and he will go back to sleep without a feed. The 1st time and even the next were hard but my family helped me teach him to sleep through without feeding and now its great as i only have to get up to turn him back over at night. i'm at my wit's end trying to get him out of sleeping on his tummy can anyone help me? email me at robbie_123@bigpond.com Renee.
None of my 5 children ever
None of my 5 children ever slept through the night until they were 2 1/2 yrs of age...my 16 month old sleeps in her cot and in her own room...some times she will sleep through a night, if I'm lucky...but with teething, colds ect...its just happens...and each child is different...some times I let her cry herself to sleep...but I'm a big softy and don't like to see them distressed...I'm counting down the days until shes 2 1/2...and then I might get my sanity back...LOL...maybe I'm a 'glutton for punishment', but I feel the need to comfort them...as they are only little for a short time...and then they turn into teenagers...so even though I'm tired, it comes with the territory and accept it...and enjoy the time I have with them...Oh my tot is on formula, but it does not make a difference...I think she just wants to be near me...I know I spoil her...but that's just me.