My 8th month old isn’t sleeping through
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Topic: My 8th month old isn’t sleeping through
Posted By: NikkiB
Subject: My 8th month old isn’t sleeping through
Date Posted: 11 June 2008 at 8:02pm
My DS use to sleep through until about 3 weeks ago, now he's waking twice during the night 
It all started when he got his first tooth, a cold and we went away for the weekend (all in the space of a few days). He's had another 3 teeth since then and another cold. He use to sleep 11 - 12 hours each night. I've had to change his bedtime routine slightly, but its still very structured. He is still being wrapped, there is no dummy, I'm confident he's not too hot or too cold. He is on 3 solid feeds a day. He is having 2 naps a day, totalling max 2.5 hours. I'm not one to let him cry for too long (especially at night), so I generally give him 10 minutes to see if he self settles. When he doesn't, I get up and feed him. He's still taking a full feed (I'm still BFing), so must be hungry??? I know that babies are always growing, but do they go through a growth spurt at about 8 months of age? Any suggestions? I'm exhausted and can't work out why he's waking. I would have thought that by 8 months, he'd be sleeping through all the time....or is that me being a bit naive? Sorry, this has turned into a bit of a rant  ------------- A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys: RB 3/10/2008 JB 29/12/2009 |
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 11 June 2008 at 8:10pm
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Oh Nikki - big Hope it doesnt take too long for little Rex to settle back into his good routine!
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 11 June 2008 at 8:15pm
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Daniel has only just started sleeping through properly in the last month apart from when hes sick. So it's still very normal for them to wake.
His teeth sound like they have upset him, he may still have others moving around there and when he wakes up feeding probably feels really nice. We always just ride out any "bad patchs" with sleeping. You may find he just suddenly starts sleeping through again once his gums have settled down more. |
Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 11 June 2008 at 8:15pm
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No help sorry....but if it makes you feel any better Ella STILL wakes up several times in the night wanting a feed and has done since she was 3 1/2 months old. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 11 June 2008 at 8:17pm
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Naughty Rex!
Is he crying really hard when he wakes? - if he is not screaming and you can handle it, you could leave him a bit longer and see what happens? I had to "teach" A not to expect boobie at night after having a cold, but I had her ears and chest checked first, so I didn't feel like the worst mummy ever leaving her if she was still sick. I guess if he is hungry, he is hungry though... You could roll with it, and hope it is a phase or spurt? The baby whisperer says that it is common for babes to wake at night when they get more active because their limbs ache. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: pekemoemum
Date Posted: 11 June 2008 at 8:20pm
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Hugs.. disruptions can affect sleep so quickly for little ones (well it did for mine) I found I just needed to be really consistent.. (sounds like you are doing great). ALways a good idea to get things like ears etc checked to ensure it's not something physical upsetting him.
If he seems super hungry then it may be that, and if you're comfortable to continue with a night feed then go for it.. If you feel he's getting enough during the day, then you could work on settling him without that feed. (e.g. leave him the 10mins or so, then go in and check on him, offer a drink of water , rub his back and then say nigh nighs and leave him another 10or so mins) Have you seen the sleepsense book? I have an e-version I can email to you if you would like to have a look at the ideas in that? just pm me your email addy. All the best. ------------- Gina, Reef 15/6/03, Tyde 12/2/07 http://www.pekemoe.co.nz - Peke Moe - Unique NZ Made Baby Sleeping bags for babies who get out of swaddle/wrap |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 11 June 2008 at 8:26pm
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Maya went thru a similar thing around 7-8 mths and Plunket said it is to do with a developmental stage whereby their recall memory begins to develop so they can associate action with response. They start to realise that if they cry, someone comes, whereas prior to that they cry from need rather than want. So a lot of babies have sleep issues around that age.
I don't have any advice to offer tho, we did CIO with her and it worked but I realise a lot of people aren't into that. And if it makes you feel any better, one of my 19 mth olds is not sleeping thru either... -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 11 June 2008 at 8:29pm
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It sucks when they've been sleeping so well and then stop - mostly because you know they can do it! Hope he settles back for you soon.
Check out the Sleep Store website, they have some good tips on getting babies back on routine. My only other advice is to ride it out and hope he settles once this tooth has cut or whatever else is bothering him is resolved. We go through good and bad patches with DD1 (now 21 months) and I hate to say it, but she still goes through phases (weeks, sometimes longer) of waking in the night. But she's never been a great sleeper, so I hope your boy is better! ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 11 June 2008 at 8:43pm
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NikkiB I would say its a stage he is going through. Lauren has stages like this, infact she has just come out of a whole month of waking twice a night, now she's sleeping through again. I do feed her if she wakes crying though as she quickly eats and then re-settles so fast its just not worth the effort of letting her cry and me being kep awake for ages.
Sometimes if she wakes and lets out a cry or a groan I wait a few mins as more often than not she will re-settle herself, its more that she has woken up after a sleep cycle but not for food. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BabyKiwi
Date Posted: 11 June 2008 at 8:49pm
As others have said, growth spurt, development progress amongst other things are probably what is causing it.
 to you. It does get better!
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Posted By: NikkiB
Date Posted: 12 June 2008 at 10:37am
Thanks so much everyone. Once again, some really good advise given 
Well, after having a good old rant, my DS slept for 11 1/2 hours last night   
I'm hoping it will continue!!!! Pekemoemum, you reminded me about the book thanks, I had a quick flick through it again last night. I must read it again. Isn't it amazing what a good nights sleep can do - both DS and I are in such good moods LOL! ------------- A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys: RB 3/10/2008 JB 29/12/2009 |
Posted By: sparkle
Date Posted: 12 June 2008 at 11:27am
 glad you had a better night last night!!!
Coop still wakes a couple of times a night. The longest he's ever done is 7 hours in a row, and that was only for 3 nights as he got a gastro bug and it all turned to custard!!! And now of course he is teething, 3 teeth thru and 2 just about to break the skin. I'm much the same as you and thought that by this age he'd be definitely sleeping thru. (Espcially when his little buddy who is 5 months has been doing 11 hour stints since he was 8 weeks old )------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 12 June 2008 at 2:45pm
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Nikki, they constantly change therules on ya dont they? Tom started sleeping through at 5.5 months...it was bliss (while it lasted). Then he got a cold and started teething. He was waking 3-4 times a night and sometimes screaming for half an hour before we could settle him back down. I never could let him scream but I also never fed him at night once he had started to sleep through (it never really occured to me). One thing I do often do when he wakes for no good reason and seems upset is to give him some pamol. I am hoping that teeth are the reason. Also Tom has just started a seperation anxiety/ mummy thing and hehates going to bed. It is as if he knows as soon as he closes his eyes I will leave him so he fights it and I mean really fights it. And he has started waking after every sleep cycle (did that all last night
I guess what I am saying is it is perfectly normal and I dont think they are going to consistantly sleep through for a long time yet....maybe when they are teenagers?? |
Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 13 October 2008 at 6:08pm
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bump for nicci ------------- 
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 13 October 2008 at 6:37pm
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jett used to sleep through untill around 8mths also now he wakes around 3am.
but on the plus side he still sleeps better than my 5yr old did she never slept thru untill she was about 3 1/2 !! and now shes awake at the crack of dawn  ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: pikelets
Date Posted: 16 October 2008 at 9:20pm
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Wow - this is happening to me at the moment. I'm so glad this got bumped up.
DS has slept thru (11hrs) since 8 weeks but the last week he has been waking up. It is good to know that it is common around this age. Did most of you find that they stopped it after a couple of weeks or so and go back to sleeping through? Im hoping a tooth is coming through so there is a "reward" for my broken nights  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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