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Sleeping through the night...then not

Leah - posted on 01/29/2009 ( 9 moms have responded )

Has this happened to anybody else with a five month old baby? My son was sleeping through the night for about a month, he was sleeping upwards of 11 hours each night. I was so excited to have such a good sleeper, while knowing that it could change at any time. I guess this week was the time. Now he's waking up two or three times at night, ready to rock and roll. I'm not exactly complaining about it because I am able to go back to sleep after, but I was wondering if it's normal. Am I doing something wrong, or should I be doing something different to try and maintain a proper routine. We do the whole, bath, story, bed thing at roughly the same time each night. I wonder if he's just readjusting his schedule.

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Lauren - posted on 02/03/2009

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Rylee has started to do the same. Had always slept through the night, since 6 weeks, until a couple of weeks ago. Now she is getting up once or twice. I am not sure if it is hunger or her moving around. A think a little of both. Moving wakes her up and then instead of going back to sleep she realizes she is hungry.

Leah - posted on 02/02/2009

Maybe those mitts for newborns to keep their hands warm?

Lisa - posted on 01/31/2009

My daughter seems to go through a lot of phases with her sleeping, some lasting longer than others. She was sleeping 10:00-7:30 every night for over a month, and then it was like she flipped a switch and started waking up every night again. That was in December, and since then sleeping through the night has been hit and miss...she'll sleep all night 3 nights, then wake up 5 times the next. Someday she'll be more consistant...

Aytza - posted on 01/30/2009

So what do we do about that?

Leah - posted on 01/30/2009

Thanks for the replies. My guy does the same as yours Aytza, he has to have his hands free and I think that makes them cold sometimes.

Aytza - posted on 01/30/2009

My son has been on and off his sleep schedule. Yesterday he woke up once but I was able to put him back in bed. Oh I slept good! But last night he kept waking up. I wonder if it has to do with the temporature because his cheeks and hands were a bit cold. But I had a blanket wrapped under him. His problem is he doesnt like having his hands wrapped in the blanket so I have to leave his hands out. Ever since he was born, he didnt like sleeping on his back. He had to be on his side with his legs propped on a pillow. crazy i know. How do I get him to sleep through the night and get him used to not sleeping with all these things in his crib?

Angela - posted on 01/30/2009

Grace is doing this also. Turns out she was rolling over in her sleep "practicing" her new skills and she would wake herself up and be scared. Also- I think lately she is just hungry!

Kimberly - posted on 01/29/2009

Same thing happened with my baby until I took out the sleep positioner I would always put her in. She needed to move around freely.

Tiffany - posted on 01/29/2009

Very well could just be a growth spurt. When they hit these it messes up everything! Eating habit sleeping habit and mood swings. Also could be teething. He is fastly approaching 6 months and thats the average time for babies to start teething.