6 months sleep worse than ever

[coz]

Anyone elses baby seem to be getting worse at sleeping through? He used to sleep through most nights till about 4 months and now its just getting worse. Hes up every couple of hours and when i try and settle him he just seems to cry every time i put him back in his cot, comfort breastfeeding is the only thing that calms him down which is really frustrating as i really wanted to stop this month due to work. Anyone elses babies the same ? Should i wake him from his longer day time naps? I put him to bed at about 8.30 as this is when he seems tired after his last nap at around 6 . Ive tryed waiting his last nap out and putting to bed at 7.30 but he still treating this as a nap and woke up after 45 mins .

 

[Button#]

Six months is a really rough time for sleep, it will get better. There are huge development leaps going on around six months, plus starting solids, plus throw teething in the mix. I wouldn't do any less daytime sleep as that could easily backfire with an overtired baby. I would do what you can to help you get through this, early nights, safe co-sleeping, taking it as easy as possible.

 

[coz]

Six months is a really rough time for sleep, it will get better. There are huge development leaps going on around six months, plus starting solids, plus throw teething in the mix. I wouldn't do any less daytime sleep as that could easily backfire with an overtired baby. I would do what you can to help you get through this, early nights, safe co-sleeping, taking it as easy as possible.

Thank you, i guess il have to ride it out, my first born who is now 7 was a terrible sleeper right from birth where this one was sleeping through and i thought i was lucky lol , that soon changed now i feel like a walking zombie lol x

 

[sil]

Yes, I could have written this myself!!

DS slept through the nights a handful of times at 2-3 months old. When he didn't sleep through, he'd only wake once for a feed.

The four month sleep regression hit hard and he was up anywhere from 3-10 times per night.

We are now at 5 1/2 months old, and he is predictably waking up every 2.5-3 hours in the night. It's really exhausting.

I hope you find some answers and get some sleep soon.

 

[Button#]

Six months is a really rough time for sleep, it will get better. There are huge development leaps going on around six months, plus starting solids, plus throw teething in the mix. I wouldn't do any less daytime sleep as that could easily backfire with an overtired baby. I would do what you can to help you get through this, early nights, safe co-sleeping, taking it as easy as possible.

Thank you, i guess il have to ride it out, my first born who is now 7 was a terrible sleeper right from birth where this one was sleeping through and i thought i was lucky lol , that soon changed now i feel like a walking zombie lol x

Tell me about it! I keep telling myself if I can survive one bad sleeper I can survive another and eventually DS did sleep through so DD will too one day. Hope it passes quickly for you.

 

[coz]

Thanks , I really want to stop breastfeeding i only do it in the night so this is my next challenge which i think will only make sleep worse

 

[Wugz22]

Oh this thread makes me smile! Finally some people who understand!

DD is 5.5 months and has gotten so bad. Slept through the night during the whole first month, then started waking a few times - now she's up a minimum of 4 but a lot of times it'll be 5, 6, - heck even 12 times isn't unusual for her!

I thought my first was the world's worst sleeper but of course I've been blessed with one who's even worse

I tried sleep training with my first and it never really worked - he started sleeping through on his own at 18 months without me doing anything, so I'm just going to ride it out!

Coffee cheers to you all!

 

[sil]

So I just posted in this thread a few days ago about how I'm going through this too.. I don't know if it's coincidence or not, but I introduced a small lovie to him at night time on the same night I wrote my post and things have gotten so much better. I give him the lovie when we breastfeed before bed and lay him down with it and now when he wakes up in the night he is snuggling into it to self settle! He always liked snuggling into my shirts etc when I'm holding him so I should have thought of it sooner. He is waking up twice a night now which feels amazing to me. Good luck mamas, hang in there. It will eventually get better (I know it seems like it never will. I was just right there with you).