Author Topic: 7 month old waking after half hour (Read 3186 times)

zeec · « **on:** December 26, 2013, 14:53:02 pm »

Hi there
hopefully someone will have an insight on this.... my 7 month old wakes up crying after exactly half hour of putting him down for the night... He takes two 90 min naps and awake times are 3 hrs...I go in and comfort him when he wakes up but he keeps crying.. When he stops crying I put him down and he goes to sleep on his own... He is teething but I don't think that it is bugging him because that is the only time he is waking up in the night.... He sleeps through the night

Thank you. Any ideas would be helpful

Violet's mom · « **Reply #1 on:** December 26, 2013, 16:16:22 pm »

It's probably teething. He maybe hasn't gotten into a deep enough sleep yet at that point. How long has it been going on?

Or he could be slightly overtired - you can try putting him to bed just 5 or 10 mins earlier to see if that helps...

zeec · « **Reply #2 on:** December 26, 2013, 16:47:14 pm »

He is pretty out of it within 5mins of putting him down.... If it was teething, shouldn't he wake up all throughout the night? It's been about 5 days since he s been doing this....I could try putting him down earlier.... Thanks for your help

Violet's mom · « **Reply #3 on:** December 26, 2013, 19:39:21 pm »

Ok yeah let us know if it helps...

zeec · « **Reply #4 on:** December 27, 2013, 04:03:07 am »

It seems like its separation anxiety.... tonight I stayed in the room with him and when I try to leave, he would cry.... Any suggestions on how to overcome this?

Violet's mom · « **Reply #5 on:** December 27, 2013, 12:51:01 pm »

You could try to step back every few feet every 10 mins. Is he soothed by your voice?

zeec · « **Reply #6 on:** December 31, 2013, 03:53:29 am »

I've tried everything....im just gonna assume that it's due to teething....Nothing else is wrong with him...I don't know what to do anymore

Skadiver13 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 31, 2013, 17:47:02 pm »

Hi hun, deep breaths we've all been there and it's so frustrating I know. How have you tried treating the teething? Meds before bed or dream meds? Have you tried giving meds about 30 min or so before your BT routine to see if that helps? Otherwise if it's OT could you try a slightly EBT to see if that helps?

zeec · « **Reply #8 on:** December 31, 2013, 22:00:25 pm »

Thank you for your reply.really need to take a deep breath...I usually give him teething tablets before bedtime... Could try the tylenol tonight... And hopefully he will stay asleep

zeec · « **Reply #9 on:** January 01, 2014, 15:39:13 pm »

So the tylenol didnt work either....he woke up after half hour and stayed up a whole hour....could it be that maybe there needsto be more awake tine between his last nap and bedtime...right now its 3 hrs....maybe I should push for 4 hrs?could he be undertired?

Violet's mom · « **Reply #10 on:** January 01, 2014, 16:57:58 pm »

Usually waking half hour after bed and crying means OT but you might need to just go with your gut. I wouldn't jump to four hours - I would try 15 min increments...

Layla · « **Reply #11 on:** January 02, 2014, 03:30:59 am »

What's his daytime sleep like, could you post your EAS please?

zeec · « **Reply #12 on:** January 02, 2014, 04:39:38 am »

He naps twice in the day for 1.5 hours each... awake time throughout the day is 3 hours....he can self settle and naps without any problems...I dont know what happens at night...and he does this only once at night...sleeps through the rest of the night

Layla · « **Reply #13 on:** January 02, 2014, 04:43:25 am »

You could try a slightly earlier bedtime for a few days (maybe 15mins) and if that doesn't help, try a slightly later bedtime (15mins) to see if that will help. I do remember dd3 also went through a stage of crying at bedtime and I had to send DH in to shh/pat her - there was a bit of SA there and she was also teething but I found she was settling alot sooner with DH than with me.

Skadiver13 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 02, 2014, 16:38:16 pm »

My lo at 19M still acts up for bt if I do it. If the babysitter or DH does it he's totally fine. Just wants more time with mama but if i'm strict with him and tell him to lay down and I leave he'll whine/cry for a min or two then he'll settle in and chat himself to sleep. But from about 16-19m I couldn't leave the room his SA was so bad. It will get better. I think Layla is right just try ebt for a week then a later bt for aweek to see if you can figure out if it's ut or ot.

zeec · « **Reply #15 on:** January 02, 2014, 19:11:27 pm »

Thank you for the support everyone..... I took him to the doctor today and he is fine..... I just can't seem to figure out what's wrong.... yesterday I did a 15 minutes earlier bedtime and he kept waking thru the night... today I'll try to do a 15 minute later bt....if I let him cry, then it lasts for hour...plus I dont feel good abt him crying...hopefully this shall pass tooo $:-\$

Skadiver13 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 02, 2014, 19:14:43 pm »

Hun if you are going to tweak it will take more than a day to see a difference. You'll want to try something for at least 4-5 days to see if it works. I'm trying to remember but do you feed him at night at all? Do you feed right before bed? Could somethjing like solids at dinner because him to wake with gas?

zeec · « **Reply #17 on:** January 02, 2014, 21:08:15 pm »

I feed him solids about 3 hrs before bed and milk an hour before bedtime.i can do ebt for 4 or 5 days and see how it goes

Violet's mom · « **Reply #18 on:** January 02, 2014, 21:23:06 pm »

Hope that helps!

Skadiver13 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 02, 2014, 21:50:56 pm »

Maybe try stopping dinner for now. He doesn't need it anyway if you are doing breakfast and lunch at this age he really doesn't need dinner and maybe do bottle closer to bt? Just trying to think of things to try

zeec · « **Reply #20 on:** January 02, 2014, 22:37:49 pm »

Thanks a bunch for ideas....right now he is taking lunch and breakfast only anyways....hope this phase passes soon...

Skadiver13 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 02, 2014, 22:46:37 pm »

Oh you said you feed him solids 3hrs before bed? That's what i was thinking may cause discomfort. It might just be a phase and it will pass. Then something else will come along

zeec · « **Reply #22 on:** January 05, 2014, 00:36:09 am »

So far the ebt is not working at all..he has been doing the same thing....tried everything so far..he wants to sleep but just keeps crying...

Im out of ideas now...if it is separation anxiety, it should bug him in the morning too...but me being not there in the morning doesnt bug him in the morning...

Layla · « **Reply #23 on:** January 05, 2014, 01:25:22 am »

If ebt isn't working, try 15 mins later to see if that helps.

Skadiver13 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 05, 2014, 13:08:18 pm »

Hun it may just be a phase but try 15min later and see what happens for hte next few days.

zeec · « **Reply #25 on:** January 07, 2014, 17:55:35 pm »

Hello again....
past couple of days, nothing has worked yet..but I came across the idea and decided to ask. ..could thid be the 8 or 9 month regression early? My lo turns 8 months on the 20th jan...and this has been going over fr a week now...he is trying to crawl getting on all fours..could it be that?

Skadiver13 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 07, 2014, 20:34:40 pm »

Absolutely. Certainly could be a phase.

zeec · « **Reply #27 on:** January 08, 2014, 16:32:01 pm »

The naps have become a wreck as welll...doesnt matter if I do ebt or late bedtime....im lost on how much the awake time should be after short naps?and he has started waking up super early...throwing the whole day off

Layla · « **Reply #28 on:** January 08, 2014, 21:17:15 pm »

We pretty much went by set nap times and the morning nap was no earlier than 9 am so that our day can be more or less the same. If she woke super early, like 5am, i would vary the day by 15 mins or so but not more than that.

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