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SLEEP => Night Wakings => Topic started by: Miracle Baby on January 05, 2010, 23:09:38 pm
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ok so wee AG (6mo)has never been a great sleeper but the last few days have been a nightmare!!! She would usually go down about 7-8pm, wake once and need a resettle before her DF at 11pm then she would want a feed somewhere between 3-4am and then I would get her up at about 7'30am (she would sometimes wake around 2am but was easy to resettle). Though we thought by 6months she might have been STTN!
The last few nights she was woken between 2 and 4 times between going down and her DF.
The night before last she was woke 8 times between 6.30pm (when we had to put her down becuse she was so tired!) and 3.30am we ended up caving (forst time EVER) and giving her an extra feed because she was so worked up at about 9pm. She drank about 100mls and then I gave her her usual DF at 11pm (she didn't have all of it but made a dcent effort) and we finally fed her again at 3.30am then she slept through until 7.20am.
Last night she woke three times between going down at about 6.30 (maybe a bit sooner = she is SO tired because of crappy day and night sleeps that she wants to go to bed earlier and earlier each night but then wakes more and more and earlier and earlier!) and her DF at 11pm and then she slept till 3am and wouldn't resettle so we gave her her cut down feed (we have been cutting down then ammount she gets in the motnf so we can wean her off it and hopefully then she will take her morning bottle!) but she didn't even finish it! (we only had 60mls in the bottle!) She then needed resettled TWENTY times between then and 7am when I finally caved and fed her - but she didn't even want it!!! She took about 30mls and that was it. I changed her nappy and tried again - no joy. So call me a bad mother but I put her under her play gym and went back to bed! I got about 15mins of doze time before she wasn't happy to play on her own again. I tried feeding her again - nope. Let her play for another ten mins - still didn't want her bottle. I finally gave her solids = baby rice followed by apple - which she demolished and was happy as larry!
Her day time naps are a mess to but maybe that's for another board but i think you need the whole story here to be able to help me. We started leaving one arm out of her swaddle a week or two ago and she got used to that within 48hours and was doing her usual 45mins in the morning, 2hrs in the afternoon and 20mins in the evening but then about the same time as her night time feeds went to pot so did her naps - we get random 20min naps in the morning - 45mins - 1.5hours in the afternoon and 20mins in the evening. She can't stay awake as much and gets SERIOUSLY worked up if you don't get her what she wants when she wants it.
Just now I spent half an hour - 40mins getting her down for a nap with her screaming the whole time. It was early for her to go down (She'd only been up an hour and a half) but she was yawning her head off and rubbing her eyes like mad and starting to get grumpy so (trying to pay attention to her cues) I tried to put her down and she just started screaming! I checked both her hernias (twice!), had given her panadol and bongela before her previous nap for teething and couldn't give her any more, I checked her nappy, offered her more food nothing worked (the only thing I can think of is that she was holding out for solids but it wasn't time for them, I am only giving them three times a day - that's right isn't it?). In the end I gave her ibuprofen and five mins later she finally stopped screaming and fell asleep doing that heart breaking sobbing breathing in her sleep! :'(
Any ideas??? I'm exhausted - am I being unrealistic in wanting her to STTN?
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How long have you been doing solids? Three meals a day is a LOT for her age. I wonder if she's having some tummy upset and/or gas....
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really? oh - She just wanted them so we gave it to her.... we have been doing solids for a week or two...
b.t.w - after that 40min marthon getting her to sleep she only slept twenty mins!!!! WHY?!!! ugh!
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Hi there, it sounds like OT, teething and possible growth spurt. Could you post your routine - even last couple of days.
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I would recommend doing a meal of solids in the morning, as a breakfast sort of thing. That way she's got all day to work it through her system before night sleep. She probably does want it - my DS LOVED it - but that doesn't mean that they can handle it ;) Solids are just for fun and practice until 12 mo, so you also need to be sure that LO isn't filling up on the solids and not getting enough formula/breastmilk. I suspect that may be a factor for you too maybe.
6 months is a hard age though, generally speaking. They have a lot going on then - teething (sometimes), rolling, solids, sitting... it's a lot for them to cope with, and very distracting from sleep ;) Can you post your daily routine in EAS form? You may need some adjusting.
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Just posted on your other thread. Agree with jess. I was wondering if the solids were affecting her wee tum. Also if shes cut her milk intake so much it could be she's not getting enough milk to be properly full up and could be wakening a bit hungry. Formula has a lot more calories etc than solids at this stage.
It took us to about 8 months to work up to 3 meals a day. Might be worth cutting back to see does that increase milk intake and help with the sleeping too.
That being said, agree with the ladies, 6 months is a busy time! And there could be many things affecting sleep!
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ok - so this is maybe an eat issues not a sleep issue maybe we should continue discussions on my other thread under solids :) everything is so connected isn't it! lol! whew!
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Everything truly is very connected! I would revamp your solids routine and then see where you are with sleep after a few days.
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Hey, my heart went out to you when I read your post. My son who is now 15 months old was a disaster for sleeping but when I started him on solids it really improved things. To follow on from the other suggestions you received I STRONGLY recommend the 'Annabel Karmel's new complete baby and toddler meal planner' book for introducing solids. She tells you when to use solids& bottles, when to drop the bottle etc My son is eating everything and dropped his bottles without no trouble..He is sleeping much better since about 10months but the introduction of solids certainly pushed out the length of his cycle..Also you may think about the PU/PD method once the food situation eases..We found Gripe water very helpful to ease tummy cramps cause my son suffered a bit with that too..Good luck!!!
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thaks for the sympathy ladies! :) sadly i stopped counting the number of re-settles last night - sigh. have dropped to just baby rice mixed with formula for breakfast and tea will leave it at that for now and see how we go....