Back again... These NW and EW are a killer!

[Charjanemom]

With my dd if we get a NW soon after bedtime it's ot. Was your LO upset?

[My little Liam]

Yes that's what I thought. He woke up crying, but when I picked him up he fell asleep right away in my arms so I put him back down. He then woke at 2315 crying and when I came to him he wouldn't relax so picked him up again and was wide awake. Decided to BF since it had been over 4 hrs, but he still wasn't tired. In the end he was awake for 2 hrs until 0115 and then woke for the day at 0620, so a 9hr15 min night... Disaster! What does that NW mean? He woke up crying again today! I don't know what to do next.... I feel like his OT is getting worse and worse every night!! We are consistently getting NW of 2 hrs and it is really getting to him.

[My little Liam]

So I cut short the morning a by 15 min and he slept for 2 hrs, I had to wake him. I am thinking maybe make this a catch up day... If I take him out in the stroller around 2.5hr a and apop a 1.5 hr nap could that backfire and cause more NW? And when should I put him to bed for the night?

[My little Liam]

Ended up taking him out in the stroller and he fell asleep after 2hr40 A for 1hr20 so I guess he was a little UT...
Put him to sleep for the night after 2hr35 A. Lets hope for the best!

[becj86]

Yep, sounds like he needs a catchup. His sleep needs seem to be increasing - as he comes out of the developmental phase, perhaps? Sleep needs often drop temporarily during a developmental leap

[Erin M]

Sleep needs often drop temporarily during a developmental leap

I agree with this 100%, we were just there about a week and a half ago...

[My little Liam]

So this was our day and night... Still EW!

WU 0620
A 3hr25
S 0945-1145
A 2hr40
S 1425-1545
A 2hr35
BT 1820
NW 2130
NW 0030 BF
EW 0420-0530
WU 0650

What do you think?

Let's hope we get a good day... How long until those EW disappear?

[becj86]

EW 0420-0530

How is he sleeping after this? In his bed? What is he doing during this long waking?

[My little Liam]

Yes he is sleeping in his bed. When he wakes I leave him until he cries... Usually 15-20 minutes until then. He crawls around, plays with the crib bars. He is wide awake. When he cries I come and sit with him but he crawls to the edge of the crib and tries to grab at me. I ignore him and when he relaxes I leave again. After around an hour of this he cries again, by this time he OT and can't relax so I pick him up and he falls asleep on main 5 minutes

[becj86]

Well, a long waking in the early hours of the morning is usually down to one of three thing:
* UT - don't think it's that, though its a possibility with only one long A time...
* pain - don't think it's that; or
* development - suspect its that one

so it may stick around a little while longer and settle down.

[My little Liam]

Do you think the 2130 NW was OT? Should I put him down a bit earlier today?

[becj86]

Not necessarily - its pretty much a night-time sleep cycle from when he went to sleep, so I'd say he's just woken when getting to the transition. It happens during developmental stuff but if he's easily settled, that's good.

[My little Liam]

He wakes because he rolls over and gets on all fours...grrrr

[becj86]

Yep, that's life with that stage of sleep when they're hitting a new milestone, I'm afraid. DS did it too. It doesn't last forever.

[Erin M]

He wakes because he rolls over and gets on all fours...grrrr

Just agreeing with Bec, that it's most likely a developmental stage that he's working through.  Hang in there!