Begging for advice. My baby keeps waking in the night and early for the say

[AlwaysPraying]

My guy has generally always slept fairly well. He goes through phases of waking in the night but nothing like this. Hes 13 months and waking through the night. Yesterday was twice and then he woke at 6am for the day. He usually sleeps 8-8. He has been taking a bottle and yesterday he took two bottles so I guess he's hungry. I'm guessing it's molars but that's o ly because I'm guessing at anything.

I don't know what to do. It's like he's a newborn again. Waking in the night and up so early I'm going crazy. I know I have it pretty good but still I'm not sire what to do. This isn't like him at all. He's also not eating as much in the day either. He always eats so well but now he's picky and will eat tiny amounts. Other than that he's normal and happy.

I'm just so tired.

 

[nikkibr]

mu lo is 17 months and for the last month has been waking u for THREE hours a night! its killing me!!! she had got into a good routine and was sleeping through. i have no idea what is waking her either. i tried holding her to sleep, giving her milk then ended up taking her down and she would play!! my friend kindly said to me that she will wake and now expect milk and playtime. so i have now let my partner go into her put her dummy in and lie her back down and she goes straight back to sleep, as she associates me with milk and playtime! i have also just bought her a pillow as she always slepy well in my bed with me with a pillow and that seems to have helped too! x

 

[OmarsMum]

Omar started to go through those phases after his birthday, he used to sleep through with no problems but once he started to get his teeth, his sleep was all over the place, he started to wake up again at night for milk, he used to stay awake for long time & wake up early in the morning, he wasnt eating well & he went off food for weeks. Now he got all his teeth he settled again & started to sleep through again. He's been sleeping through for the past 1 week only xx

 

[AlwaysPraying]

Is it possible for teething to take weeks, or over a month?

Also, is it ok to give him a bottle in the night? My friends are horrified that I'm offering him one, because he shouldn't need one at this age. But he's taking 6oz or more when he does wake. I figure he's hungry. He doesn't realize he's over 1 year old now, why would his tummy?

I don't want to get in the habit though, of giving him a bottle in the night. I worry that it's upsetting his daytime eating. That's why last night I tried to persist and let him whine for as long as I could stand it. He does have a hungry cry, and that wasnt it, he was just fussy, but a bottle helped anyways. I'm worried I'm soothing him with a bottle, but no amount of rocking, rubbing, or singing helps him to sleep.

I might try a bottle of water next time, or is that mean?

 

[OmarsMum]

For us, if he asks for milk, he needs it as I know he didnt set enough during the day & he's waking up because he's hungry. Omar doesn't use a bottle for comfort, he drinks his bedtime bottle around 1 hour before going to bed, even when he asks for a night bottle, he doesn't drink it to sleep, he drinks it, stays awake for some time either playing or talking then he goes back to sleep xx

Eta: as for teething, Omar went off food from 12 months until 15 months, he was eating plain yoghurt, cheese squares & bread. This was the longest phase xx

 

[AlwaysPraying]

Oh wow, that's a long time! I do know that he's wanting a bottle because he's hungry. I'm just not sure that he's waking because he's hungry. I wonder if something has woken him up, then he realizes he's hungry then. I suppose the reason really doesn't matter.

He's also never ever woken up without needing a bottle. He's not the type to just wake up and not go back to sleep. Ok, so a couple times he has woken up for no good reason, but the vast majority has always been due to needing milk. I always wondered if it was just me offering him the drink and that's why, but I do realize that he won't take it if he's not hungry.

I think I'm making this more complicated that it is. I'm going to offer water next time and if its' not good enough, then milk. And I'll see how his previous days meals were. Yesterday he didn't eat anything really, so last night it would make sense he's hungry. Today however, he's eaten pretty well, dinner is still to come, but I'd expect him not to wake tonight. Here's hoping!

 

[ginab]

You sound just like me I have exactly the same issues with my little girl, she's not been eating well so I've been offering her a bottle at night when she cries as I'm worried it's hunger (which she drinks most of) but worried I'm interfering with her daytime food! So last night I gave her her bedtime bottle and let her cry it out when she did wake up and she settled fairly well and back to sleep. It's so easy to slip out of a good routine ESP when they are teething or ill. I'm hoping it's all teething related and will sort itself out like Omarsmum said when all the teeth come through they might start sleeping more soundly!!
Let us know how you get on; we are in he same boat!

 

[AlwaysPraying]

Ok so last night he slept through normally!! Yay! He started day care twice a week two weeks ago and his worst sleeps were both those evenings. It is possible he's not eating or sleeping properly during his day care days? And it takes me days to fix it. It seems once it's fixed it goes to he'll again so soon because he's back at day care.

I work so hard to get him to eat. He's the type to not show hunger until it's too late then he's a dramatic mess so I know to get in before he gets ugly. Plus I follow him around with his milk in the morning and the afternoon pretty closely. I'm positive his care takers don't work as hard as I do to feed him through their days with him. I wonder if all this is contributing to it. If so I don't know what I can do besides tell them again that they need to make sure he eats well.

I know this isn't the whole cause but I think it must be part of it.

 

[RachA]

I would guess from what you've said that its either teething or else something else that he might be coming down with.

I don't know if you can get it where you are from but if my lo was waking in the night and i thought it might be teeth i would give her Nelsons Teetha - its a natural remedy for teeth and has really helped both of mine when teething.

 

[AlwaysPraying]

I'll look around for it thanks!