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Offline jhs4ess

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Re: 5 Month Old Nap Issues!
« Reply #30 on: October 15, 2015, 08:51:54 am »
Hi, Sorry for not replying sooner. He had his 3rd lot of jabs and we had a really bad night which just threw everything out for a couple a days.

He's still going down okish - I have to stay with him and shush but haven't had to do PUPD for a while. But he is still waking up after 20 mins :-( I've tried leaving him completely alone, letting him try to resettle for a while and then going in and starting to shush and being there when he wakes up to start immediately but nothing works. He just tries to go back to sleep for a while and then gives up.

There's no way he can make it through the day on such little sleep so I'm having to use the carrier to do extra naps but even then he doesnt sleep for that long.

He seems to be going through a growth spurt too because i've had to give him an extra feed the last two nights. Last night he polished off 8oz at 11pm and then another 6oz at 3:30. He wasn't that interested in his 7am bottle then though!!
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Re: 5 Month Old Nap Issues!
« Reply #31 on: October 15, 2015, 16:25:01 pm »
Is he getting close to 6 months now? He may be ready for solids. I have 2 hungry LOs who were on solids before 6 months. Is it possible he's waking from naps hungry? When are you feeding him? Have you ever tried a top-up feed with him? DS has always preferred to eat right before a nap rather than when he wakes.
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« Reply #32 on: October 15, 2015, 18:05:53 pm »
No he's only just turned 5 months but funnily enough we have decided to start weaning him this weekend. He is a big boy, in 9-12month clothes already and he seems ready so we're going to give it a go.

I doubt he's hungry, he fed at 7am, woke from his nap around 9am this morning and didn't feed until 10:30 and he wasn't asking for it then. What do you think?
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« Reply #33 on: October 15, 2015, 18:10:18 pm »
I should say I put him down early for his nap because he woke up at 6:15 so although he didn't feed until 7am, he did have a 2hr 15 min A time.
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Re: 5 Month Old Nap Issues!
« Reply #34 on: October 16, 2015, 01:42:43 am »
It doesn't sound like hunger but it may be worth a shot feeding him right when he wakes to see if he goes back to sleep. When DS started solids is when he ended up nursing before naps. I would offer after a nap before solids but he just wasn't interested.
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