Increased night wakings

[TeamOwen2020]

Hello there,

Really hoping someone can help please. Our 7 month old has never been a good sleeper. Totally against any form of CIO and Bub cries if put down when awake. He has been sleeping better in the new year in comparison to before that when he would wake every 1-2 hours from birth. Since January we have had one night with 2 wake ups and a few with 3 which for us is a god send. I try not to feed initially but if he starts rooting then I will give it to him as he will escalate and start screaming quite quickly. Over the last week wakings are becoming more frequent with last night being the worst (every 45 mins to 1 hour) with over an out to settle back to sleep. Total 8 hours in 24 and now tonight he has woken every 20 mins since going to bed at 7. Any bright ideas or solutions please would be greatly appreciated. One desperate mumma and papa here.

TIA

[Hidden]

Hey just a quick reply , I really really feel your pain I've got a bad sleeper. Things have helped us recently (a bit) - ignoring schedules, assume she's bored before tired during day, push bedtime later so she goes to sleep not until 8.30 ISH ... set an alarm for 6/7am so condensing sleep Daytime naps are light in daylight and house noise...we've recently ditched the cot so mattress on floor so I can lie down with her to settle her rather than pick her up. I'm not pro sleep training so we are trying everything else.... Good luck !!!

[TeamOwen2020 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks so much. Yes we will be starting the day slightly earlier assuming he is not already awake at 6/7 like the last couple of mornings. Would like to try mattress by bed but we have bubba in a box room so may have to be major moving around.

So when you assume boredom before tiredness does that mean you put her to bed then for a nap?

[Hidden in reply to TeamOwen2020]

I just mean before seeing if she will sleep in the daytime I assume she is bored first so try and stimulate her more until she is definitely ready for a nap... Then she feeds or cuddles to sleep wherever and I pop her down somewhere safe near me while I potter around ... Sometimes she goes into her room for a nap but not much X

[QT314]

Hi!There's a Facebook group called beyond sleep training that offers brilliant advice on sleep and often the admins, which are very knowledgeable, reply to the posts. It's an evidence based group and they dont do any form of sleep training.

Traci Cassels PhD has great videos about infant and toddler sleep too.

As per personal experience, as you're probably starting to notice, it's all about phases which tend to be impacted by leaps, growth spurts, separation anxiety, health issues etc. If the waking every 20 minutes happens often it's worth checking there's no underlying health issues like sleep apnea etc. If it's just a few days, it's probably just an awful phase.

Sometimes I realise I miss the usual suspects as I'm looking for more complicated answers. Like these days, my daughter's sleep has also been worse, wake up time is 4am, she cries when she wakes up... completely lost as to what's going on. Then a couple of days ago I noticed a new tooth cutting so it might just be teething...

Good luck xx

[Georgielouise]

Co sleeping - maybe for a while just so you get sleep. It worked for me and gradually when they are asleep start putting them back in on their own. I had my baby boy in with me since birth and he now settles in bed on his own at night and naps really well on his own in the day too.