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right so its not a phase what it it?
for 8 weeks now LO has been regualry waking in the night, sometimes hourly, at first i thought it was the 4 month phase but its not going, he doesnt want any milk and is not too hot/cold not in pain i just have no idea why he keeps waking, when i put his dummy in he goes back off but soon wakes again, he is not upset but kind of shouting, for weeks i have done the slient go in put in dummy straight back out but its made no difference, he goes to bed well and is fine until 1/2am, he has 2 daytime naps a 2 hour nap late morning and a short nap mid afternoon
any ideas?
any ideas?
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what does he do if you leave him to it? x
I'm no expert on this at all but just a few ideas.
He is 15 weeks and has been "sleeping through" since 7 weeks old (fed at 7ish, bed at 8ish then awake in the morn between 7am and 8am) but also does the waking thing around 3am then again at 4-5am but all I do is put dummy in and he's bk to sleep there's no reason for him to wake??!
I'm not complaining too much but it's tiring keep getting up and down when there isn't really need to isn't it! X
i can only leave him on a weekend so it doesnt wake hubby up but i am becoming vary aware of my return to work and how no sleep and 12 hour shifts plus a long commute wont mix!
sometimes he will drop back off as i do this at nap time and know when he 'needs' me as its a different cry but it is very difficult when hubby needs his sleep, sometimes it is purely really loud chating, can be wineing too x
so last night she was fed at 9pm for last bottle and then i changed her nappy and put her in her cot awake and she feel off to sleep no problem until 7:15 this morning i didnt even have to go back in at all. (well i go in and check on both girls befor i go to bed)
we have been out all day today but have put her down in cot awake again tonight after last bottle at 9pm and she is sound asleep!
do you put LO down awake or do you wait until he is asleep first?
if you dont put him in cot awake i would give it a go but start with nap time. this is only the 2nd night of trying this so will let you know if last night was afluke in the morning!
good luck x
Im jealous of your tooth though hes been teething since about 15 weeks and still no teeth grrrrr!!!!!
Good luck hun xxx
I always have the mobile on the cot for 'decoration' during the day and inbetween naps (im a weirdo lol) and when lo goes down I take it away. I left it overnight once though and heard lo chatting away to his little zebras at like 3am. Theyd obviously cast a shadow and in his sleepyness stimulated him and he starting playing with them?? is it maybe that? When you go in is he chatting away to nothing or is he looking at something? god I sound demented lol x
he has a ceiling light show, a water show and a pull toy, i havent thought of taking them out, he plays with them in a morning before he decides to get up, might be worth a try, mights go gey hubby some earplugs too!
That night, put him to bed with no dummy and he slept 10 hours. The following night, 11 hours and then 12 hours and he's done that ever since. We do get odd nights where he wakes up and grumbles but he settles himself now.
I'm not saying its the answer but it worked for us.
Sx
I had this a few weeks back when Raffy would wake up at about 5am having an indepth chat with himself, it was waking me up and initially i would go in and tuck him in again but after a few nights i though i would leave him to it and he stopped when he knew he wasnt going to get an early morning visit from mummy!!
Fingers crossed he soon breaks the habit and you get a good nights sleep again!
We had a similar prob when H was this age. Putting him asleep without his dummy improved it tenfold. I would really recommend it. Hope you get it sorted before you go back to work xx