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Offline Ljuicy

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What to do when he wakes up
« on: December 12, 2011, 04:51:35 am »
What should I do when my LO wakes in the night? He has his last feed at 7:30, BT at 8:00 then usually goes through to 12/ 1 o'clock. Then after that he wakes about every hour. I feed him on his first wake up but after that I just resettle him in his cot with either dummy if he takes it or ssh/pat. It can take anywhere between 5-30 mins.

What should I do? I try not to feed again as I know he can go 4 hrs in the day and I don't think his hungry. He isn't crying as such (no tears) so should I leave him? I always find him the other way round in the cot when I go in.

I sometimes bring him in with me to just get some sleep but I'm really trying to stop that now he is getting older (5 months)

Any advice would be appreciated, I need some sleep!
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Re: What to do when he wakes up
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2011, 13:56:20 pm »
Hi there, it sounds to me like you are doing the right thing to resettle your DS. You are doing great to not feed as like you say he can go at least 4hrs in the night without a feed, so he certainly isn't hungry after an hour. Do you think his cry is a mantra cry or does it escalate? If not then he is probably mantra crying to soothe himself to sleep. If this is the case then yes leave him to it, he may well settle back down. If not though and his cry escalates then I would go and settle him as you are doing.

How does DS fall asleep? Independently or is he rocked/held/fed etc? I am just wondering if the NW are prop related, so when he comes into lighter sleep after midnight he needs help to resettle. Does he need the dummy to fall asleep?
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Re: What to do when he wakes up
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2011, 15:22:47 pm »
I am having similar issues with my LO (He's only 3+ wks-which I am sure is part of it) as well.  He is sleeping for about 4 hrs @ night 7-11pm and then feeding but often has a hard time going down after that 11ish.  We are doing the paci and shh/pats when we can.  Also after he feeds, I don't burp or change him but try to get him right down.  Any other suggestions?  Also is it possible that he doesn't like to be swaddled?  I have a swaddler/sleeper and he often seems very uncomfortable with it until he is asleep. 
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Re: What to do when he wakes up
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2011, 21:51:45 pm »
Hi, thanks for responding. I think he starts off as a mantra cry, which I leave and then it escalates. I always try and leave for a bit to see what happens rather than rush in.

He goes to sleep independently, but usually with a paci, he is quite good at going to bed. But yes he does need the dummy. If he falls asleep in car/ pram or on me ( sometimes for nap!) them he doesn't need dummy.

Maybe it's just a phase and I need to ride it out (although it's been 4 weeks now!)

Eggs1314-I'm not too sure, my LO was still very unsettled at 3 weeks, in fact he was sleeping with me! I think we were up every 2 hours feeding, so it's probably the norm but I'm not very good with the advice :)

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