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6 month old goes to sleep fine but wont stay asleep
« on: January 01, 2011, 21:52:02 pm »
hi
my son is 6 months nearly 7 and has a good day time and bedtime routine, he will go to sleep with no problems but after a hour of being a sleep he will wake up crying i go to him to make sure hes ok and check the normal things i.e. bum, temp etc but all will be ok so then i will leave him to cry. he will go back off to sleep but will keep waking in the night crying and sometimes he dosnt even open hes eyes before going back to sleep other times he wont settle back to sleep at all unless i just pop into him and all i will have to do is play with hes cover and he will go back to sleep also he has started to wake at 6.00 and not hes normal 7

why is he doing this and is there a way to make him sleep all night

How old is your child?............. 7 months
What’s his/her daily routine.....wakes at 6 bed at 7
How long are naps?..............45 mins to 1.5 hours 2 a day
What's bedtime routine? Time?  7pm change into pjs bottle then bed
Do you bottle or breastfed?? bottle
How much? or how long? 8oz 4 a day
How many wakes per night?  from 3 to as many more as he wants
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up?...... sometime still with hes eyes shuts he will just cry till he goes back to sleep
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry?  crying
What have you tried to settle?? putting on hes night toy and kissing him good night


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Re: 6 month old goes to sleep fine but wont stay asleep
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2011, 22:38:24 pm »
Could be that his routine needs a tweak, do ou want to post his EASY?





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Re: 6 month old goes to sleep fine but wont stay asleep
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2011, 22:52:33 pm »
awake... 7am bottle 8oz
breakfast 8am....solids
nap 10am 45 mins to 1.5 hours
awake 11.30am bottle 8oz
lunch 12pm solids
nap 2.30 pm
awake 3.30pm -bottle 8oz
tea 4.30pm ....solids
bedtime routine starts around 6-6.30
bed at 7 pm

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Re: 6 month old goes to sleep fine but wont stay asleep
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2011, 09:10:22 am »
i think hes doing a mantra cry as when he does cry he sounds different.

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Re: 6 month old goes to sleep fine but wont stay asleep
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2011, 19:51:27 pm »
If it's a mantra cry, you don't need to go in to him. Just leave him, and keep an ear out incase the quality of his cry changes.