My son Liam just turned 7 months and we have been having night waking issues for the last month or so. Before that Liam was sleeping great, usually about 8-10 hours without waking. Here is how the situation looks now, I would love any suggestions you have!!!!
Age: 7 months
Naps: 2-3 naps/ total naps time per day = 3 hrs We have a nap routine of story, song, into crib awake, sleep
bedtime: at 7:00 pm, we have a routine of play for 30 minutes, bath, breastfeed, story, song, into crib awake, Liam usually falls asleep within 5 minutes of being put into crib
Feedings: we are still breastfeeding and have started solids (2 meals a day right now)
Night Wakings: he has started to wake up at 10:00 pm, 3:00 am and 6:00 am. When he wakes he is usually crying, and crying hard right away. He used to wake up talking, not crying.
What we do: When he wakes and is crying I go in and tuck him in, sing the song and put my hand on his tummy. He stops crying right away and usually settles after about 5 minutes. I leave his room and get back into bed. Sometimes that is all and we all go back to sleep, but other times he is crying again in 30 minutes and we repeat this process for up to 2 hours. Eventually I feed him and try again.
New things: Liam has started to do a few new things during his sleep and wakings. He has started grunting sometimes when I put him down to sleep or when I go in to his room at a waking. He will grunt and grunt for 5-10 minutes and either fall back to sleep or start crying. He also does this grunting during the day when he is playing sometimes. He doesn't seem gassy and doesn't cry in pain, so I'm not sure what this noise means.
He has also started moving a lot in his crib and gets himself rolled over onto his tummy. He also kicks his crib a lot at night and I am wondering if this is what is waking him up.
So... I am not sure how to help him get back to sleep after a night waking, as he seems to settle and then is up again in 30 minutes and we keep going over and over this every night.
Please help, if you have any ideas!!!!
Thanks!