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Re: Having a hard time settling at night
« Reply #30 on: December 29, 2012, 07:25:05 am »
He's normally pretty happy most of the time. Easy to get to laugh and smile. Super alert all the time. He doesn't miss a thing.

I gave him some Tylenol before bed. He slept OK for a couple of hours and now he will not stay asleep. Something has to be bothering him. This is the worst his sleep has ever been.
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Re: Having a hard time settling at night
« Reply #31 on: December 29, 2012, 08:35:34 am »
You could consider alternating the tylenol (paracetamol) with ibuprofen for a bit more effective pain relief if his teeth are bothering him a lot.

Sounds like he's spirited - DS did better going to sleep for naps when I brought something from his last activity to sort of bridge the transition from playing to going into his cot for a sleep.

Quote from: bluefin on December 29, 2012, 07:25:05 am
Something has to be bothering him.
Digestive issues - Have you started solids? Offered anything new lately? Tried thickening a bottle with rice cereal?
Pain - teeth?
Coming down with an illness?
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Re: Having a hard time settling at night
« Reply #32 on: December 30, 2012, 02:42:54 am »
When I took the baby quiz, he was mostly touchy with spirited being next.

No solids. He is EBF and rarely has a bottle. I tried to get him to bed early tonight but he keeps wanting to comfort nurse. If I don't let him he screams. He's never comfort nursed like this before.

He did have a minor cold last week. Some congestion but no fever. He seems back to normal now from that.
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Re: Having a hard time settling at night
« Reply #33 on: December 30, 2012, 02:45:51 am »
He did take one 1:45 nap all by himself today. The rest were CN. I did nothing different. Ironically the first nap today he went down with no protest and slept 35 min but he fought me on the long nap and ended up having a great nap. No idea.
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Re: Having a hard time settling at night
« Reply #34 on: December 30, 2012, 03:32:36 am »
Quote from: bluefin on December 30, 2012, 02:42:54 am
I tried to get him to bed early tonight but he keeps wanting to comfort nurse. If I don't let him he screams. He's never comfort nursed like this before.
Growth spurt? Teeth?
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Re: Having a hard time settling at night
« Reply #35 on: December 30, 2012, 04:15:49 am »
I'm thinking teeth. If that's the case I just need to do what I need to do to get him through it right?
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Re: Having a hard time settling at night
« Reply #36 on: December 30, 2012, 09:01:59 am »
Yep, pretty much. Are you medicating?
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Re: Having a hard time settling at night
« Reply #37 on: December 30, 2012, 23:45:33 pm »
I did not give him anything yesterday, but I have given Tylenol a few times when I wasn't able to get him calm any other way.

Do I need to worry about creating any bad habits by letting him NTS or holding him while he sleeps? (more so than I already have perhaps) I've been trying to vary how I've been getting him to sleep so he doesn't become dependent on one way to fall asleep.
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Re: Having a hard time settling at night
« Reply #38 on: December 31, 2012, 02:40:21 am »
I tended to stick with hold to sleep as I could wean it reasonably easily with gradual withdrawal. Feeding to sleep is tricky to wean.
If he's been an independent sleeper before, he will be again, so don't stress too much about it.
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