Grumpy baby!!!!! suggestions?

[mommyhav]

hi! i havent asked for advice in a while, especially on sleeping. my LO is usually an awesome sleeper and doesnt wake at night too much anymore. Lately, though, she has been getting extremely cranky at night and the routine jsut doesnt work for her anymore. she will not go to bed at bedtime and even if i manage to get her to fall asleep, as soon as i put her to bed she wakes up and screams and screams until i get her out again. last night we had to calm her down in our bed which took 15 mins and then she slept with us all night (not the norm for our family). I am on call for work now and i want to get more sleep and not have a baby in my bed when i get called at 530am. any suggestions as to what culd be causing this?

could it be teething if she doenst have any problems during the day or seem to be touching her mouth etc? she is coming up on 9 months and still doenst have any teeth. the bottom two have been there for months! right on the surface! i swear they rise and fall.......weird.

let me know, i am having troubles and thought we had finally kicked the bad sleep habits.....

 

[OmarsMum]

Hi hun. I think it's 8-9 mnth phase. There is a major developmental growth spurt at this age & it affect sleep. We went through it & it lasted for 1 mnth. Omar used to resist sleep & wake up & refuse to go back to sleep. We had to move him to our bed several nights. It settled recently & he's back to an acceptable sleeping routine. He was also fighting naps, but he started to nap twice for the past 3-4 days. xx

 

[mommyhav]

i think you may be right and i sure hope so! she hasnt had much of an appetite either, only really for milk! she also was aweful to put down for a nap today and only napped for about 30 mins! oh well, each day is a new one...

 

[RJsMum]

Could be teething AND milestones. If she doesn't have any teeth yet, it is one thing that definitely gives them more grief at night -- similar to how feeling poorly as an adult seems to be worse at night.

Has she started doing anything new lately? Pulling up, standing, crawling/walking? My son just hit 3 milestones last week AND got his 3rd tooth...which means my eyes are bloodshot from lack of daytime/nighttime sleep.

::sigh::

 

[mommyhav]

Could be teething AND milestones. If she doesn't have any teeth yet, it is one thing that definitely gives them more grief at night -- similar to how feeling poorly as an adult seems to be worse at night.

Has she started doing anything new lately? Pulling up, standing, crawling/walking? My son just hit 3 milestones last week AND got his 3rd tooth...which means my eyes are bloodshot from lack of daytime/nighttime sleep.

::sigh::

milestones and lack of sleep? tell me more about this...interesting! i didnt really think about that! she is able to stand for a second or two without holding anything as of the other day, and she has learned to say "daddy" "hi" and "bye" all in the past week.....
we also moved into a new house, maybe it smells different or something and she isnt used to it yet. no idea, but i guess i will have to be patient with her.

do you guys think i will run into probs getting her out of my bed if i let me sleep with us a few times all night?

 

[OmarsMum]

We had Omar several times in our bed, & now he's back to sleep in his cot all night xx

 

[mommyhav]

urgh it almost seems worse! she screamed while i changed her diaper this morning and now she seems to have a cold, green snot coming out of her nose etc. (sorry graphic i know lol) and to top it all off i got my period back this morning with no warning and ruined my new sheets. I am not having a good week. good thing i have not been called in to work yet as I need a nap today i think........she was in our bed again last night and tossed and turned so much that i couldnt sleep at all. hubby had no work to do at work today so he is happily sleeping in and grrrrrrr he tells me to turn off the light and close the door as i get up... plus i think that i may be getting the cold also.....maybe this post should be in a rant section somewhere lol!!!!!!

 

[OmarsMum]

urgh it almost seems worse! she screamed while i changed her diaper this morning and now she seems to have a cold, green snot coming out of her nose etc. (sorry graphic i know lol) and to top it all off i got my period back this morning with no warning and ruined my new sheets. I am not having a good week. good thing i have not been called in to work yet as I need a nap today i think........she was in our bed again last night and tossed and turned so much that i couldnt sleep at all. hubby had no work to do at work today so he is happily sleeping in and grrrrrrr he tells me to turn off the light and close the door as i get up... plus i think that i may be getting the cold also.....maybe this post should be in a rant section somewhere lol!!!!!!

I know how u feel hun. Omar was suffering frm throat & ear infection at 8.5 mnths, & he was also teething (he doesnt have teeth yet). We had to take him to emergency as he was crying & pulling his ear nonstop. He ended up in our bed everynight & he moves alot while sleeping. Both me & DH didnt get any sleep for weeks. He also started waking up for bottles which never happened since he was 12 wks old. Was so exhausting. It gets better hun. We'r back to normal routine for the past few days now, & it's finally settled. Hope ur LO gets better soon hun. Give it some time, it will settle soon