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LO waking every 45min-1.5 hours at night!!!
« on: November 24, 2008, 17:12:51 pm »
Still new to BW... HELP!!!   I'm still trying to get my LO (3.5 months) on EASY (having a little trouble, but still working at it), but my LO wakes every 45 min-1.5 hours at night... every night.  Most of the time, he'll fall back asleep with just a quick shh/pat or pacifier, but when he doesn't fall back asleep, I BF him (usually gets DF at 11, then feed about 3-4 hours later when shh/pat or pacifier doesn't work, and then about 3-4 hours after that).  I'm so exhausted, I can feel myself starting to accidental parent... please help!  For the past several days, he's taken 1-2 naps of 1.5 hours each and 2-3 naps of 45 minutes each.  I try to extend the 45 minute naps and sometimes it works and others it doesn't.  He usually eats really well and is a big baby (90% weight on growth charts), so I don't think he should be eating during the night that much.  These are things I'm considering might be wrong, but I'm open to suggestions:
Room too cold or too dry or both
May need to angle/elevate mattress for mild reflux (no diagnosis, but I'm going to research it more)

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Re: LO waking every 45min-1.5 hours at night!!!
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2008, 20:00:59 pm »
Hey!
welcome to BW
Firstly have a little read of the reflux 101
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=654.0
Secondly can you outline your ideal routine?

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Re: LO waking every 45min-1.5 hours at night!!!
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2008, 21:12:07 pm »
I'm a stay-at-home mom, so I was trying to get him on the 3-hour EASY in the book (starting at 7am, bedtime around 7:30-8pm).  Thanks for the reflux info. I'll look into that some more.  My Ped always just says he's a happy spitter, but he's got several of the symptoms listed on the page you listed, not to mention his daddy had 2 surgeries to fix his own GERD.  I may need to press my ped a little more about the subject (or switch peds).

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Re: LO waking every 45min-1.5 hours at night!!!
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2008, 23:18:42 pm »
Hi- just another thought- do you think your LO is waking to be replugged with the paci?
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Re: LO waking every 45min-1.5 hours at night!!!
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2008, 12:27:30 pm »
Def worth investigating the reflux especially if DH has it too.
And Cathie makes a good point. Could the paci be a prop?

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Re: LO waking every 45min-1.5 hours at night!!!
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2008, 16:35:09 pm »
Paci could be prop.  When he spits out paci during sleep, he continues to sleep just fine.  It's only when the sleep cycle ends and he needs to start a new cycle that he wakes.  Sometimes he can go a couple of cycles on his own.  Last night he slept from 9:45-12:20 without any paci re-insertion or patting in between.  Advice on gentle weaning?

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Re: LO waking every 45min-1.5 hours at night!!!
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2008, 18:16:53 pm »
check out the props board for info on weaning, it does sound as if its a prop if he needs it to resetle into the next sleep cycle X

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Re: LO waking every 45min-1.5 hours at night!!!
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2008, 20:50:59 pm »
Yaya, I'm trying to access the Reflux 101 info page again to take to my doctor, but I'm getting an error saying it no longer exists or is off limits to me.  Do you know why I'm getting this error?  I'm off to the Props board!

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Re: LO waking every 45min-1.5 hours at night!!!
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2008, 22:07:29 pm »
no idea, let me try giving you a link
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=654.0