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7 month old night waking at 4-5 am
« on: April 30, 2007, 18:28:32 pm »
My 7 month old wakes up almost consistantly at 4-5am.  When I put him down for naps & bedtime, he is able to fall asleep on his his own.  At night, he sometimes falls back to sleep on his own.  Other times, I give him a soother and he goes back to sleep.  But most of the time, he persistantly cries and I usually end up nursing him, but for approx 1 min max.  After this, he usually sleeps until morning.  I don't know what else to try.  I don't understand why he is able to sleep on his own during naps & when I put him for bed.  any suggestions??

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Re: 7 month old night waking at 4-5 am
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2007, 09:11:19 am »
Hi there. Could you please post your schedule. Timing of naps, length, etc....

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Re: 7 month old night waking at 4-5 am
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2007, 17:49:32 pm »
7:00-7:30 am.  Wake up and drink milk
8:00- breakfast (cereal and fruit)
9:15 nap until 11:00 (approx 1.5 hrs)
11:45-12:00 is lunch (milk, fruits and veg)
1:15-1:30 is nap time (1.5-2hrs)
4:30 is supper ( milk, cereal, veggies)

7:30 bath time
7:45 last feeding
8:00 pm bedtime.

Wakes up between 4-6am, then goes back to sleep if I give him a quick feed (until morning).  This has been going on for a while.  I've diminshed the minutes of the feeding.. and now he eats very little when he does eat, so I don't understand why this pattern is continuing.

I breastfeed and bottlefeed as well.  I have done this for a while now, so I don't suspect this is the issue.  He takes both very well.  Last week, I've substituted the bf at lunch for bottle.  LO is very very active (crawls) and when I bf him, I get frustrated because he seems to want to jump out of my arms or roll around and crawl... there's another issue I suppose.



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Re: 7 month old night waking at 4-5 am
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2007, 12:06:30 pm »
You may try putting him to bed just a little earlier, like a half an hour. His A time between that second nap and bedtime is a little long and could cause him to be overtired.  Did you recently drop the cat nap? When did he start crawling?
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Re: 7 month old night waking at 4-5 am
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2007, 23:13:24 pm »
dropped the night nap & started crawling approx. 1 month ago.

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Re: 7 month old night waking at 4-5 am
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2007, 23:52:59 pm »
Do you think the waking is habitual and could be changed?  It is possible that he woke during that time for a reason (milestone, teeth, pain, hunger) but now outof habit.  Have you thought about wake to sleep?
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Re: 7 month old night waking at 4-5 am
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2007, 10:52:40 am »
I suspect that you may be right about habitual waking now.  Lately, he gets up at 5:30 and does not want to go back to sleep...this is so hard!  The thought crossed my mind re. wake to sleep.. but I have not tried it.  I'm afraid to try anything that this would make it worst.

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Re: 7 month old night waking at 4-5 am
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2007, 18:08:06 pm »
You may find that w2s really works for you.  The only thing you can do is try.  Early waking can also be a sign of overtired. Try putting him to be a bit earlier and maybe try w2s.  Keep me posted.
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