why my doesn't sleep through the night anymore?

Elisha - posted on 01/19/2010

My 7 month old son often wakes up during the night to practice his crawling.. I'll go back in there to tuck him in and he'll be on all fours and blowing rasberries! crazy kid!! lol.. I think he just wants to practice what he has learnt some nights, he doesn't do it all the time - luckily! Otherwise your little one might be teething or maybe she is too hot/cold. Good Luck!

Karley - posted on 01/19/2010

My 7 month old son just started sleeping through the night again he started at 2 1/2 months sleeping great through the night lasted about a month then he was up through the night agasin I asked the doctor about it and he said that I needed to let him cry and put himself back to sleep I still have a hard time doing that but he is sleeping now through the night and I did not let him cry I think every baby is different

Anita - posted on 01/04/2010

Teething, my 6 month old is going through the same thing.

Kelsey - posted on 01/04/2010

I have read that at 6 mos they can start to have nightmares. My daughter is 6 mos and a few wekks ago she stopped sleeping her normal 12 hours straight and started waking up every 4-8 hours depending on the day. Im convinced its due to teething.

Kristy - posted on 01/03/2010

i have that same problem with insomnia also so i know what you mean. but i have always had the insomnia.

Christina - posted on 01/03/2010

My 6 1/2 month baby boy is doing the same thing-he used to sleep 8 hours straight, from 7-3, breastfeed and then go back to sleep from 3:30-7:30. Now he wakes up at 12:00, then 3:00, then 5:00, then 9:00! I'm getting so frustrated, as he will cry and cry until I feed him. I also can't sleep at night, which makes this time so miserable, lol! Does anyone else have insomnia after having their baby?

Kristin - posted on 12/28/2009

You guys are lucky! My little monster still has never slept more than 3-4 hours at a time. And that's on a good night Mostly he is up every 3 hours, I reassure him without picking him up, and he falls back asleep. I can't wait for the first 5 hours of straight sleep I get, it will be heaven! Oh, and I have tried all the tricks, no luck, I guess i'll just be a walking zombie till he's grown . . .lol

Natalie - posted on 12/28/2009

Maybe she has a bad dream and wakes up from it. My little girl would sleep through the nights but there are nights where she'll wake up wanting a bum change then half and hour later she would fall asleep.
I would recommend giving her a warm bed time J&J bath, lotion her down with the bed time bath stuff and then give her a last feed. that should do the trick. Hopefully it works for you. I know it does for me

Sarah - posted on 12/28/2009

My daughter just started doing that a week ago, and she just cut her first tooth. My guess is she is teething.

Tracey - posted on 12/28/2009

Mine did the same thing! About a week later, she popped her first two teeth. He is doing it again this week (every two hours), so I think we are going to have more teeth coming in. I'm noticing a pattern.

All you can do is give them Tylenol before they go to sleep. I also try to rub teething ointment on his gums where he chews the most. It seems to help. Bear with it! It'll be rough, but once they pop those teeth out, they will be back to their normal schedule.

Melissa - posted on 12/27/2009

my 6 month is doing the same thing and i just noticed her third tooth coming in. so that is most likely the cause.

Bobbi - posted on 12/27/2009

My child has done the same thing. Its Teething, and making sure you are still there. My child just stopped doing it. It didnt last long thank god. But it is just something 6 month olds do I think.

Sarah - posted on 12/26/2009

Well, it seems like we're all going through the same thing! Little Gwen woke up 3 times last night. She's been teething for the past month (still nothing to show for it yet!), which I'm guessing is the culprit. When she wakes she makes a fake coughing noise, I think to get attention :) I can't make any suggestions but to hang in there, she'll start sleeping through the night again at SOME point!

Sushma - posted on 12/26/2009

Mine is doing the same thing now. We are so confused about it. Hope it will change soon. Maybe because of the social awareness or learning new skills.

Erin - posted on 12/26/2009

I unfortunately have no answers for you, just wanted to share that my 6 month old is doing exactly the same. He started sleeping from 7-7 around 3 months and all of a sudden has stopped. You're not alone, at any rate!

Jill - posted on 12/26/2009

Mine started waking anywhere between 2:00-4:00. He would eat and go right back to sleep. Then he slept again until 7:00 or so. I'm not sure why he started this either. I can't complain much though since he goes right back to sleep and lets me pretty much get ready for work!

Kristy - posted on 12/26/2009

thanks for your suggestions, its not teething she just wants to be held or just to sleep with us. she doesn't use a pacifier either. i just forgot to add that. i will keep trying your suggestion. i appreciate them all.

Laura - posted on 12/25/2009

My daughter did the same thing... She will be 7 months in a couple of weeks. I started putting baby Orajel right before bedtime and she will sleep for 5 straight hours. Sometimes she wakes up crying like if she is scared and all I do is pick her up and rock her for a couple of minutes so she feels me then kiss her and put her back in her crib without saying a word and she sleeps for another 3 hours. If she is still restless I breastfeed and she is fine.

Roseanna - posted on 12/25/2009

teething.

Lauralea - posted on 12/25/2009

Our son uses a pacifier to fall asleep with often and I have found that he wakes when it falls out. So we try hard to put him to sleep without the pacifier and avoid the problem I have found that if he does wake in the night I try hard to get him back to sleep without picking him up or talking to him. We also started putting a small stuffed animal in with him to find for comfort if he wakes. His awareness is definitely changing and he is certainly teething which causes him to wake more.

Ozge - posted on 12/24/2009

I was just about to write what Melissa has already written. We have the same issue over here, she just wakes up 2 times a night and never goes back to sleep unless I breastfeed her. Actually our doctor said this is because of the awareness, she is now aware that everyone sleeps alone. She adviced us to handle the wake ups thru her father, not me, so that she will learn she does not need to wake up to see me at night as she is waking up for her mother but what she finds is her daddy! In theory ok, but in practice I cannot bear to see/hear her cry and not to hug her! Try if you can, i am not that tough :-S..

Melissa - posted on 12/24/2009

Before 5-6 months babies think their mom (or caregiver) is a part of them, and that they can't be seperated. At about 6 months, babies start to understand that you are a seperate person and that you can actually be seperated from them. When they wake up alone, they get scared and wonder where you are, and start to cry. That's probably why she doesn't always eat, she just wants to know you're not far...She just needs to be reassured that you're not very far for a while and soon enough she'll start to understand that when you leave, you always come back ! ;-)

Shannon - posted on 12/24/2009

my son used to sleep well around 3 months on too and in the past month or so he started to get up a few times a night again. I've heard many theories, but one is that when babies learn new things (like rolling over, etc) and become more social they don't sleep well for a while b/c they want to play and practice what they've learned. Not sure if it's true, but it could explain the waking up.

Kate - posted on 12/23/2009

Our son did that and he just cut his first tooth (today!) so I'm pretty sure it was teething. Try baby orajel or teething tablets maybe. Hope she gets back on schedule soon!

Emma - posted on 12/23/2009

Could she be teething? Nightmares? If she is not always up to eat, one these may be the cause. Sometimes babies sleep schedules change, and then they change back, for no reason whatsoever.