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amother
Lime
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Wed, Feb 06 2019, 6:23 am
My baby is 6 months now and her sleeping seems to be getting only worse. when she was younger she would sleep a good stretch of hours. Now she gives me about 2-3 hours stretches at night, waking up very often.
The problem is that afer I feed her and put her down, she refuses to sleep; crying, playing. I can sometimes be awake with her for over an hour trying to get her to sleep. She would sometimes eventually fall asleep/ or be relaxed but after 20 mins or so she will start crying again. When I do give in to her and put her in my bed, she can be sleeping within minutes.
I wonder if anyone else has had this with their babies??
It's not only the nights that are like this, during the day she won't give me a stretch longer than half hour at a time, and tends to wake up in a really bad mood because she's still tired.
I don't know what to do anymore.
I wonder if its something I'm eating or just something else?
Any advice please??
Thanks
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oneofakind
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Wed, Feb 06 2019, 8:27 am
Check what you are eating but I doubt now she is more sensitive to foods you've eaten until now. Is she on solids? If not, now is the time to start. Make sure she is warm enough. If the room is chilly put an extra pair of sweat sox on top of her PJs. It can be miraculous. We all like to be cozy but not too hot when we sleep. She may need some sleep training. People swear by different books. Check out a few and see which one sits well with you. She may need to cry a bit in bed while you soothe her by patting her on the back. Hatzlacha.
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pesek zman
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Wed, Feb 06 2019, 8:33 am
Do you feed her overnight?
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camp123
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Wed, Feb 06 2019, 8:33 am
I had similar with my six month old. After reading happy baby healthy sleep habits I realized that leaving her to cry was the only option. After a few nights she was sleeping well and is much happier.
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amother
Wheat
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Wed, Feb 06 2019, 10:23 am
Do we have the same baby? We are doing sleep training now. It’s really painful to hear her cry but I’m going to lose my mind soon if I don’t get sleep.
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gr8Life
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Wed, Feb 06 2019, 10:43 am
Sleep training doesn't mean the baby needs to cry. Check out Tracy Hogg's 'Baby Whisperer' series. There is a forum too: babywhispererforums.com
Edited to say that she might be teething and it's just a phase, but sleep training is still a good idea imho.
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amother
Lime
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Wed, Feb 06 2019, 12:06 pm
OP here. Thanks for all your replies. How does sleep training work if she takes a pacifier? She constantly needs to have it put back in to relax
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amother
Maroon
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Wed, Feb 06 2019, 12:39 pm
My baby who did this turned out to have food allergies. He must have been really uncomfortable.
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amother
Wheat
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Wed, Feb 06 2019, 12:56 pm
amother wrote: | OP here. Thanks for all your replies. How does sleep training work if she takes a pacifier? She constantly needs to have it put back in to relax |
You would probably need to take the pacifier away, unless she has the ability to put it in herself. You can try no-cry methods first. They were not effective for us
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tothepoint
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Wed, Feb 06 2019, 1:45 pm
That's exactly what I had! I actually pulled my baby's paci when she was 6m as she would wake up every time she coughed and it fell out. It drove me crazy. With advice of a sleep consultant, she guided me how to go about this. I didn't just leave her to cry alone in dark room. I was with her the entire time and soothed her. It was some painful 45 minutes , but b"h after 2-3 days I saw amazing progress. Never regretted this.
Just that you know, there are so many factors that make a diff with baby sleep. Make sure she's not overtired, avg 6m olds can't handle being up more than 2-3hrs straight. Also, a good bedtime routine makes a huge difference-even if they're so young. It just clues them in as to what to expect
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nchr
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Wed, Feb 06 2019, 1:56 pm
Re the pacifiers: We put our babies to sleep with pacifiers because it has been shown to decrease the SIDS risk by about 50%, which is considerable enough for us to encourage pacifier use. Obviously, SIDS is less common after 6 months and extremely rare after a year. That's why at about 12 months old I put the kids to sleep with pacifiers and then remove it from their mouths after they are sleeping until they wean themselves or we've decided enough is enough, which has been before age 2. We had one baby who would cry when he woke up and didn't have a pacifier so we put a few all over the crib and it solved the problem for us. He would find it on his own, put it in his mouth and go back to bed. It's quite possible your baby would do this too if given the chance to, so give that a try.
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