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poor sleeping habit, wakes up 4 or 5 times a night
« on: November 04, 2007, 16:38:43 pm »
My first son, now 5 years old, was relatively easy to train, he was on a set pattern and slept through the night very early. He takes naps daily after school and I'm very happy with his progress.

However, my second son, now 10 months old, is completely different. He use to wake up for frequent feedings throughout the night 4 to 5 times. We decided to take away the feedings and eliminate his reason for waking up, and that worked somewhat, he no longer gets the bottle at night and he doesn't even put up a fight for it. However, he still wakes up at night around the same time, looks around, gets a quick hug from mom or dad and goes back to sleep.

How do I get him to sleep through the night and not wake up in the middle of the night for a hug?
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Re: poor sleeping habit, wakes up 4 or 5 times a night
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2007, 05:11:46 am »
Hi Leena!

Welcome to the boards!

Could you please post your EASY routine?

Off the bat it sounds like you have become a prop to help him go back to sleep in the middle of the night. You can break this habit in a number of ways. Does he wake at the same time every night, or does it vary? Is the hug really quick, or does he linger for a while? Do you go in as soon as he stirs, or do you wait until he is crying?

Let me know,
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Re: poor sleeping habit, wakes up 4 or 5 times a night
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2007, 03:13:10 am »
He tends to wake up around the same time. The hug is very quick 4 to 5 seconds (except for once in the middle of the night around 3:30 to 4:00, he takes a few minutes).

I wait until he's crying before I go into his room.

any suggestions?
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Re: poor sleeping habit, wakes up 4 or 5 times a night
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2007, 04:52:20 am »
We all wake in the middle of the night various times. The thing is we know how to put ourselves back to sleep. It sounds like your son doesn't know how to put himself back to sleep. I don't know how many times per night you are going into him, but it sounds like you are a prop. If you want him to stop needing the hug, you have to stop giving him the hug.

How often does he wake for it?

Do you take him out of his crib to do it? Or just bend down and give it? He's lying down? Or standing up?

You can use PU/PD to break him of it. Check out the PU/PD boards to get some advice. Or the prop boards too.

I don't know if that's any help.  :-\

Let me know,
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Re: poor sleeping habit, wakes up 4 or 5 times a night
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2007, 03:46:20 am »
Hi Leena,
Does he go to sleep on his own for naps and bedtime?
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Re: poor sleeping habit, wakes up 4 or 5 times a night
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2007, 13:41:44 pm »
at bedtime, i simply hold his bottle while he's drinking and he falls asleep. he doesn't give me any trouble falling asleep. I don't have to rock him etc.



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Re: poor sleeping habit, wakes up 4 or 5 times a night
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2007, 18:41:32 pm »
If he falls asleep while eating it may be that in the middle of he night he expects to eat in order to go back to sleep.  :-\   Does he also feed to sleep for naps?
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Re: poor sleeping habit, wakes up 4 or 5 times a night
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2007, 14:24:45 pm »
yes, he also feeds to sleep for naps.
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Re: poor sleeping habit, wakes up 4 or 5 times a night
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2007, 23:17:57 pm »
The feeding to sleep might be the problem.  We all wake naturally throughout the night and if he is fed to sleep for naps and bedtime he will think that if he wakes he needs to eat to go back to sleep. It is our job to teach them otherwise.  I would work on getting him on an EASY routine which will prevent feeding before sleep time. 
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