Hi ladies! I need help trying to figure out what to do with my daughter who insists on scooting in her crib and waking up in the middle of the night. She falls asleep fine, but after a couple of hours - and being placed at the bottom of the crib, in a positioner - she scoots herself to the top, bumps into the crib, and wakes herself up. This happens at different times of the night, but more so in the early morning beginning at 4:00am. I've been doing wake to sleep the past few nights, but the times she wakes up aren't the same every night. I don't want her to hurt herself, so I still have the bumper on the crib. Aside from Velcro
I don't know what do! And she breaks out of a swaddle if I try to swaddler her anymore!More info is below...thanks for your help!
How old is your child? 5 months tomorrow.
What’s his/her daily routine? She wakes up around 6:45am / 7:00am and has been on a 4 hour EASY for about 2 months.
What’s nap routine? Don't really have one, goes down at same time every day. Takes 3 - 1st one is around 8:45am, 2nd at 12:30pm, + a cat nap at 4:00/4:15pm.
How long are naps? 1st is 45 minutes - 1.5 hours with PU/PD, 2nd one is 1.75 - 2 hours, 3rd is 30 - 45 minutes.
What's bedtime routine? Time? Start winding down around 6:00pm, bath and in jammies by 6:30pm, bottle at 6:45pm, asleep by 7:00pm.
Do you bottle or breastfed? Bottle.
How much? or how long? Any where from 5.5 oz to 7 oz per feeding; 4 daytime bottles + 1 dream feed....average is about 27 - 29 oz per day.
If breastfed.. one side or both?? (at each feed) N/A.
How many wakes per night? 1 between the time she goes down and around 10:00pm; 3-5 between 3:30am and 6:45/7:00am.
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up? Fussy and crying. Not up at all if we move her back down of give her the binky. (AAHH!!!)
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry? We try not to go to her unless she's really crying.
What have you tried to settle? Moving her down to the bottom of crib, giving binky, tummy drops, tylenol, pu/pd.
What do you do for A time and how long is it? She's fine once she moves down or has her binky again.
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones? Teething.
Have you introduced cereal? Why, how much, and how many times a day? (for LO’s under 6 months) Just started; eats 2 tsp. in the morning.
Do they have a prop? If so what is it? She has a binky.
Do they have a lovie? She has a dighty (sp?)....very soft, gause-like, diaper cloths.