Night waking
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Topic: Night waking
Posted By: MargC
Subject: Night waking
Date Posted: 08 September 2008 at 7:14am
| My lovely boy is 2 months old, and is going to bed well at 7:30pm each night. He then wakes at 11:30 EVERY night, out of habit I think. He is not hungary at this time as I try feeding him and he is not really interested. How can I get him to settle back to sleep so that he sleeps longer and wakes when he is actually hungary? |
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 08 September 2008 at 7:33am
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What happens if you leave him for a while? Will he settle back down, or does he wake crying and needing attention?
How much, if anything, does he drink when you feed him? Perhaps offer a small amount of water, so he'll realise he's not going to get milk if he wakes. Is he warm/cool enough? ------------- 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 08 September 2008 at 9:50am
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Hmmmm, I agree with what MamaPickle said.
and.. My boy is just about 3 months old and what we do is, put him down for a sleep at round 5 or 5.30, he wakes at round 8ish usually, then he has a bottle(usually drinks 100mls) then a play, a bath and massage and then another play, then by then its usually round 9 or 9.30 and he will have another 100mls and then bed, and he sleeps right through until 7amish. Ever since we have done this rountine(since he was 2 months old) he has slept through  ------------- |
Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 08 September 2008 at 10:17am
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my boy has only just started sleeping through the night...i think the key is learning the cries.....i leave him if i know he is throwing a hissy but most of the time he cries cause he had a dream.....he jsut needed a quick cuddle then back down........also Ty started teething at 3mnths but they never pushed through until 10mnths even the docs saw how much pain he was in................hangin there...just a matter of finding out what the reason is. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MargC
Date Posted: 08 September 2008 at 10:25am
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The one time I left my boy to cry at that time he wound himself into a tizz and would not settle down again - I think he is waking lonely and cannot resettle himself - I will try the cuddle and put him back down idea tonight. With some shusshing and soothing maybe.
I also like the alternative bedtime routine noted, we will try that one as well to see if he sleeps better through the night. |