[amyb1976]

My 6 month old recently changed his nightime sleeping following our vacation and I am at a loss as to how to get him back to sleeping well. He naps well during the day. One nap in the am lasting about an hour and a slightly longer one in the afternoon. Whenever he is in the car he will also nap. We have had the same routine since 4 weeks for bedtime and it has worked really well for us. Bath at 7:30-8, snuggle and nurse to sleep. I have him in the bed with us most nights, but found about a month ago that he wasn't loving the family bed as much because he likes to roll onto his belly and I have a padded topped mattress that he can't move around on, on his own. He will eat well at dinner eating maybe a jar of veggies or a little fruit, but I have found that he is too busy to nurse as much as he used to during the day... Now DS is waking at 9:45p, 12:30am ( I bring him in with me at this time), 3am and today 5am dream crying. He hasn't done this since 4 weeks. He is teething so that may be leading to the change, but who know's. He is tired... and so am I. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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[ntresser]

this happened with my ds a month and a half ago after our 4th of july vacation (6.5 months old then). he used to sleep 4-5 hour stretches in his own bed and then sleep with me in the morning for a few hours. after the vacation he would wake up every hour.

: now, he did start to crawl as soon as we got home from the vacation and maybe teething too although no new teeth yet. while on vacation he also slept with us for the 3 nights. i was thinking that he was just going through his sleep cycle, waking up and realizing i and the boob weren't there to lull him back to sleep. we have just been now sleeping together for most of night. it actually is slowly getting better (now he wakes every 2 hours maybe 3). but nothing like what we had before. i still bring him into bed earlier than we did before this new sleeping scheduled started so that i don't have to get up so often. unfortunately dh isn't pro-co-sleeping. so every night i try to keep ds in his own bed but usually give up after i have nursed him down the third time.

i guess i don't have much advice - sorry. just thought i'd let you know you are not alone and it seems it should pass. hopefully other mamas will have experience getting past this. Good Luck!

 

[dawncayden]

I usually give my ds solids in the morning so he can digest it throughout the day and that seems to work well. Maybe he's waking with tummy issues?

Dawn

 

[alegna]

A whole jar at a meal is a LOT at 6 months. Breastmilk should be his main nutrition. I would back off the solids and let him self-feed instead of spoon feeding. Then I would encourage more nursing. 6 months is a typical night-waking time- they get mobile and wake themselves up trying to practice. Hang in there, it gets better!

-Angela

 

[Llyra]

Could it be that if he's nursing less during the day, he might be hungry or thirsty at night? If it were me, I'd try as hard as I could to find lots of quiet time for nursing in the afternoon and evening, and let him fill his tank up! Actually, at six months I don't think I'd give solids in the evening. Breastmilk is heartier than veggies. I'd save the solids for earlier in the day.

I remember 6 months being a rough time for sleep. That, and 12 months. There are a lot of milestones happening developmentally around those times, and that makes for restless sleep. With DD, it just kinda passed on its own without me doing much. She got over the excitement of learning to sit up and the teething wasn't so bad, and she settled into a new pattern.

Anyway, I wish I had more suggestions but DD is yelling down the stairs "mama, mama, come, come" so I gotta run.