My DS turned 9 months on 9/27. He has never been a great sleeper but we went from multiple NWs to just one and its to feed which we are weaning now.....Its always at a different time so I am pretty sure its not habitual. But thats not my issue. He does go right back to sleep after the feed so thats not my problem. But the problem is how he wakes up....I usually can hold him off until around 1 or 2 am for the feed.
He flops around all night like a fish out of water until he physically wakes himself up! Like last night....he went to bed at 8:30 then at 11:30pm he was sitting up crying in his crib, so I took him into bed with me to hold him off on the feed until 2. The problem is that he does this flip flop crap. He cant sit still for more than a few seconds it seems. Then I fed him (1 oz formula, 3 water) so he really isnt hungry. He goes right back to sleep too. So I put him down aftewards and then he sleeps good for about 1-2 hours and starts that flip flopping again until he wakes himself up. It doesnt matter whether he's in his crib or in my arms, he just keeps doing it until he wakes himself up. Then he is awake for at least an hour crying before he goes back to sleep. Sometimes, he doesnt actually wake himself up but he will flip flop for over an hour before he falls back asleep. I dont know what to do. Seems to me like something is bothering him. Someone mentioned allergies to me. Not MSPI allergies b/c we already went that avenue, maybe hayfever?? He has been doing this since I can remember and I was hoping he would grow out of it, but he isnt. And its not about his routine b/c no 2 days are the same. Saturday and Sunday were pretty similar and Saturday night he slept in his crib all night and only woke once to eat, sunday night was horrible flip flopping all over the place.
Any ideas here?? I feel so bad for him.....
