My 6 month DS used to sleep great at night, but now he wakes up all the time and will cry for short bursts and usually fall back to sleep on his own within a couple minutes. When he doesn't fall asleep on his own, sometimes it will take 45 min-3 hours to get him back to sleep again even though you can tell he is exhausted (limp and rubbing eyes) but still crying pretty hard. Not a mantra cry.
The details:
He usually wakes at 6:30a
1.5-2 hour naps at 9 and 1, catnap at 4:30 (usually 45 minutes, sometimes over an hour)
eating 8 oz formula every 4 hours + solids
bedtime routine starts at 6:45 with bath and bottle, usually asleep by 7:15-7:30p
wakes usually around 9:30pm, between midnight and 2 and then again around 5:30am ish (usually 3 wakings, sometimes up to 6)
when he's up he's crying. i try to soothe in crib, but occasionally do PU/PD -i do not feed him in the night
no prop/no lovie
So I'm wondering if he is getting too much daytime sleep? He seems very tired each time I put him down for a nap, and still yawns when he gets up after 1.5-2 hours. So I feel his naptimes are working...just unsure if that is causing his night wakings.
we don't watch tv, so don't think it is nightmares.
no teething that we can tell, but have given him advil occasionally before bed to see if that helps (it doesn't)
just started sitting
