Until a couple of weeks ago, he sttn. Now he's waking up each night like a newborn.

[Excited4First]

May be a silly suggestion but are his ears hurting him when he lays flat? Idk why that thought popped into my head but maybe because he was sick? Not sure of what type of sickness he had though. I certainly hope you and your family get some rest, especially since you are 17 weeks pregnant. You're amazing!

Hmmmm...I'm not sure. I think I'll give the doctor a call. I wonder if that's what's going on. Thanks...I'm totally not amazing though. I'm disabled, and honestly my husband does so much. I feel terribly guilty about it. He changes/cleans house/cooks/does night feeds/takes care of lo and me, etc. I feed my lo, and hold him as much as I'm physically able. But thanks

Glad you have an awesome hubby!

 

[Wannabeam]

I recently asked my pediatrician about this and she said that it means something is bothering baby... like her nose is blocked or she has a cold or anything really. It could be anything from temperature to the way baby is lying down, it's very hard to put your finger on when they can't tell us isn't it. I recommend trying something new each night to try and determine what it is. Like one night try changing the temperature, one night using an air humidifier, one night unblocking baby's nose before bed (if it needs it) and eventually you might be able to work out why your LO is waking up alot. We took our baby to the doctors in the end and it turns out she does have a cold and it is making her uncomfortable and so she isn't able tosleep through the night. We have to unblock her nose with a spray and pat her ribs to help her cough, it seems to have made a difference. Oh and she has sensitive skin and so anything new (detergents/soaps) on her skin stops her sleeping.She has had terrible heat rash. We turned the AC down just a couple of degrees and it made a HUGE difference to her eating and sleeping habits. Also is it dark enough in your bedroom? Hope that helps hun

 

[libbylou]

Once you've ruled out any physical causes, you can start trying to teach LO to sleep longer

Here's what we're doing and it's showing slow progress for us...LO is VERY attached to the boob and has always nursed to sleep since day 1 except for the last week when we started this new routine
We do a routine - every night around 8pm (earlier if she is showing sleepy signs), we do a bath, then baby massage, then a book, then boob.
I put her down in our dark bedroom in her bassinet awake but drowsy with the white noise on and tell her it's night night time and let her hug her night night stuffie.
Sometimes she will start crying right away, sometimes she will talk to herself or lie quietly for a couple mins...but she always starts crying. I sit next to her and pat her chest and shush her until she calms down and goes to sleep. We started this just over a week ago (she was waking almost every single hour all night long) and for the first couple of days she cried quite hysterically for a long time (2 hours at one point), but now is down to less than 20 mins of half hearted crying/whinging each time before she falls asleep
She's not STTN, but we are seeing improvements in the length of time she is sleeping and she is waking less

 

[MrsBea23]

Well it worked for us she didn't wake until 7 this morning woo hoo, I hope it worked for you as well jellybean.

 

[_jellybean_]

Well, ^^ I changed the temp last night. I put it higher, and he slept from 11 until 5:30 a.m., which is a huge difference. We'll see if this lasts.

Thank you so much for all of the advice.

 

[Excited4First]

That's great!