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Why won't he sleep... please help I am sooooooo tired!!!
My lo is now 7 months old and he has given up sleeping!!!
We have tried Nurofen, teething gel and powders in case it is teething.
He is not too hot or cold.
He isn't hungry or thirsty
Have tried putting my clothes into cot so he can smell me
Tried with and without a nightlight
He gets swaddled at night so have tried him without being swaddled and no luck
NOTHING seems to be working.... over the past month or so he has only slept thro twice and he started sleeping thro at 12 weeks.
He goes to bed and wakes every 30-60 minutes until midnight then sleeps till about 3 or 4 and then keeps waking again.
I am sooooooooooooooo tired and have to go back to work next week (
ANY suggestions would be good as I am now at a loss..... I dont know where he gets his energy from!!!
We have tried Nurofen, teething gel and powders in case it is teething.
He is not too hot or cold.
He isn't hungry or thirsty
Have tried putting my clothes into cot so he can smell me
Tried with and without a nightlight
He gets swaddled at night so have tried him without being swaddled and no luck
NOTHING seems to be working.... over the past month or so he has only slept thro twice and he started sleeping thro at 12 weeks.
He goes to bed and wakes every 30-60 minutes until midnight then sleeps till about 3 or 4 and then keeps waking again.
I am sooooooooooooooo tired and have to go back to work next week (
ANY suggestions would be good as I am now at a loss..... I dont know where he gets his energy from!!!
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Is he getting enough food and milk in the day? cameron is 7 months he wakes more often in the night now, usually once or twice to have a chat to himself. i just go in give him his dummy and shush him and eventually he drops back off.
i know around this time a lot of people say they start to test the boundaries with sleep. so id say rather than trying different things every night, do the same every night and perservere. hopefully after a few nights he will get the hint
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Are they happy when they wake or crying?
Give me a bit more info and I will put my thinking cap on!
He won't do this forever!
Have you tried dropping his pre-bedtime nap, this helped Gabe no end as he's so tired by the time he goes to bed that he sleeps very well.
Just a tip my health visitor suggested give a small amount of a warm cereal just b4 bed, it has helped caitlin but not solved it yet.
[Modified by: tracey1981 on January 26, 2009 10:49 AM]
Im currently using PUPD which has really helped. Both hubby and I couldn't make ourselves do the controlled crying. Unfortunately she wakes at 4-5am. So just got to get the last few hrs sussed!
It may not work, but when I was fed up witht eh lack of sleep at 3mths, the only 2 thigns which wprked for us which meant we got longer sleep was raising her head slightly (since 2 wks ago she is sleeping flat again) and we put a hot water bottle on her mattress about 30mins before she goes to sleep. So when she goes down its nice and warm and we found this helped her get comfy and for us she didnt wake up till later.
Tommy was sleeping through then started doing this and then 2 bottom teeth appeared and now hes back to sleeping through til 6.30 again.
He was also 7 months when he was doing this - it could be?
Love Lee
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