[mumgnap]

I am having a problem getting my son back to sleep every night. He will wake up around 1:30-2:30am and wont go back to sleep until somewhere between 7-10am. I have tryed looking up online what to do to try and soothe him when he is fussy but everything that i have tryed hasnt worked. Here is the list.
I have done the usual check:
Is he:
Hungury
Wet
Gasy
If the answer is no, I have tryed:
Going for a walk, a car ride, daning, sing, white noise, chage of scene(they say that it can help), playing soft music, a warm bath, giving him his bink or letting him suck on my finger, swaddling,putting him in his carseat and setting it on the wash with the spin cycle going,his mobel and the ceiling fan(they say the circle motion help to soothe).
None of these things have worked. What do i do?? Am i doing something wrong?? is there something wrong with my baby??
Some one PLEASE HELP ME

 

[rzberrymom]

Maybe a silly question, but are you nursing him back to sleep?

 

[bellyb]

i went through a very similar pattern with my first. we would be up for hours before she decided she was ready to sleep again. So the first thing I want to say is that it will pass. I know it is of little comfort right now but you will survive and you will both move on to the next phase.

Do you cosleep? Are you letting the babe nurse as much as he wants?

 

[mumgnap]

he use to...not he will start and the start crying 2 seconds after he starts. any suggustions??

 

[mumgnap]

he use to nurse until he fell asleep...but now he will nurse and then when he is finish he will just start to cry and try to keep nurse but choke beacause he is crying as well. any suggestions??

 

[ndunn]

How old is he?

 

[mumgnap]

a little over a month

 

[alegna]

What time are you putting him to bed? Sounds like his hours are just off.

-Angela

 

[ndunn]

I think perhaps too babies just act funny for the first month or so, give or take. Lily had days and nights like that and it passed as she got older.

 

[Enudely]

do you carry him around a lot during the day? I find that the more I carry dd during the day, the better she sleeps at night (even if she sleeps all day in the carrier!!-weird!)

 

[annarosa]

could be a supply issue or maybe overactive letdown ??
do you think that he is full when he stops nursing - or is he stopping for some other reason - ie. there is no more for him or he is choking on an over-supply ??

 

[SabbathD]

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Originally Posted by annarosa could be a supply issue or maybe overactive letdown ?? do you think that he is full when he stops nursing - or is he stopping for some other reason - ie. there is no more for him or he is choking on an over-supply ??

That would be my guess. My only other thought (until I saw that he was a month old) would be to ask if this is a recent thing and could it be a growth spurt. But I doubt that's really an issue at a month, and if it's been happening for a while obviously not.

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he use to nurse until he fell asleep...but now he will nurse and then when he is finish he will just start to cry and try to keep nurse but choke beacause he is crying as well. any suggestions??

Have you tried sitting him up and seeing if that calms him down? Does he prefer being upright? Could be GERD, especially if he is nursing a lot in little bits. My babe did that because the milk soothed her GERD, but as soon as she stopped it would flair up again and she would cry.

 

[BelgianSheepDog]

My daughter was up like clockwork from 2 am to 5 am almost every morning of her first six weeks. We just stopped fighting it. We'd get up, put on a movie, sit with her, nurse, walk, wait it out. She grew out of it right at the end of six weeks. It may take more or less time for your baby, but it is something that he will grow out of before too long.

 

[mumgnap]

he falls asleep and lets go so i know that he is finished, but as soon as i lay him down he walks up and screams...not crys, he screams.

 

[RockStarMom]

Have you tried side-lying nursing? It's a nightmare trying to get my daughter back down if I pick her up to nurse; I've always just nursed her laying down at night and it's a breeze to not have to transfer her to the bed.

 

[mumgnap]

i have. and sometimes it works and other times it doesnt. lol. you know when i first posted this i thought that was doing something wrong and now that i have read everything and tryed to make it better with the suggestions and knowing that i am doing all i can i feel a little better, but i still wish i knew of something that would work to comfort him when he crys. i just feel like a bad mum when i cant comfort him.

 

[RockStarMom]

Have you tried slinging him?

My daughter did something similar, although it was always when she had to poop and I figured out that it was something in my diet(soy) that was upsetting her system. Does he seem constipated or does his fussiness coincide with him needing to poop?

Good luck; you sound like a great mom.

 

[mumgnap]

no i havent tryed that. what exactly is slinging?? i have never heard of it. that you very much of the compliment. i am trying very hard to be. he's usually a very calm baby, but as of late he had been very fussy and it is taking its toll on both of us.