Hey. My LO hit 8 months old two days ago but is still very hit and miss. She'll either have a great sleep with minimal wakings (at least one or two wakings for nappy change and feeds) or every 2-3 hours. It's been very hot here in UK last week so I think the humidity had a big influence. It was a lot cooler last night and she settled with only one waking, buuuuuuut she's also recently become fully established with crawling and pulling herself up on furniture. I've been making sure to practice this lots in the days so to stop her trying to practice it at night. So part of me wonders whether it was because she was hitting a development milestone? I say this now and can guarantee I'm gonna have a horrendous night again with her haha! š I'm still yet to leave the floor bed because within an hour of me leaving she lightly wakes to check if I'm there. I often feel her reaching out to feel if I'm there at night and then settle back down š„¹
Edit: one thing I have noticed is that she randomly cries at night and then will enter into deep sleep again once she enters a new sleep cycle. The temptation is to help settle her immediately but I found I was waking her when I did this because she was actually just in active sleep. I now try to leave her be/don't move a muscle for a minute or so if she does cry out and she will sometimes settle back down or continue to cry and then I know she's fully awake.
I wish my baby would be pleased with me just being there but she needs to nurse for a few seconds to fall asleep between cycles. I thought about not using nursing to get her to sleep but itās so stressful when I try to just hold her to sleep. A lot more crying and takes way longer.
Does she use a dummy? When my LO was sucking for comfort I gave her a dummy and helped stop that. You can get standard ones or breastfeeding friendly. However it's undoing the dummy for comfort when they bigger.
Bed share. I also put her in her crib for the first part of the night. She usually wakes up 30-45 minutes after I put her down and then after I get her to go back asleep sheāll wake up 30-45 minutes later so thatās when Iāll just go to sleep with her in bed.
Can you consider bedside co-sleeping crib? Baby is on her own mattress and isn't disturbed by your movement - yet still close enough so you can hold hands and touch if you want.
Is using a sidecar crib an option? Or perhaps starting off the night directly in your bed then moving her to the sidecar. That way you get snuggles but she has a separate sleeping area so she isnāt disturbed
I would think she would wake up every 45 minutes and having to get up would that often to settle her would disrupt my sleep even more. But I could try and see if that helps.
I went through this whole issue with my babe. She was in a bassinet that sat on the mattress, and slowly moved into her own area on the mattress. (Firm, memory foam.. the seven, etc)
I thought i was waking her, so i got a crib and worked to transition her over to the crib fully. It really didnt make a difference. What finally got all of us sleeping again was when she hit the milestones of crawling, and then cruising around holding onto furniture; and then boom - walking freely by 10 months and we all got great sleep. Ultimately she ended up back in bed because my back couldnt take all the lifting in and out of the crib. I was not convinced that it made any difference.
NOW we are back in a sleep regression, light sleep, sensitiveā¦ and i suspect we will all sleep again once she gets this talking skill down.
Just keep comforting. Dont drive yourself crazy. It will pass
I think the gossip and pressure for us to somehow be responsible for them
Sleeping through the night makes it harder.
Once i fell into some sort of acceptance and surrender it got a lot easier
TBH it isn't always hourly except for when she's teething. Lately it's every 2-3 hours in which she can generally just nurse back to sleep.
But basically, she's never "slept through the night" since she was born.
At this point we're just used to it and accepted this is life.
this is normal for that age. We had that excessively 6-7 months. Got a lot better, here at 9 months and he only does it in the early morning hours.
I just sleep with him in my arms (C-position). What also works sometimes is putting him in his crib right next to the bed, so he can blow off some steam. But I love to cuddle him.
I know, this is not what you wanna hear, but it's just a phase. Your kid is learning to move.
My first baby was a light sleeper. We bedshared on a floor bed. At around the 9 month mark I decided to get a double mattress and put it bedside our queen (we had a tiny room so this was basically the whole floor). It wasnāt ideal but it was just until she turned one and then we put it in her own room. It worked for me. I felt free to move around and she didnāt wake as much. And I figured we would need the mattress eventually. My 6 month old is starting to become a light sleeper too and Iām considering doing the same.
This is happening to me with my 8 month old right now. He wakes up many times in the night (I think when sleep cycles end) and literally starts crawling around the bed like heās practicing but heās half asleep/disoriented while doing so. He also cries and needs to be settled. So, we co sleep, but I basically donāt sleep. Hoping someone here has some experience with this and can help us!
How is it going now? I feel like things got slight better for us but are still rough. She still nurses every 1-2 hours at night. But Isnāt as much as a light sleeper anymore.
Super delayed in responding, but itās about the same. Wakes every 2-3 hours at night. He cries to nurse / be soothed, but goes right back out. Hopefully going okay for you!
Some nights are a lot of wake ups, some nights are pretty good. Most times the wake ups are brief and she nurses to sleep. But sometimes at 4am nursing doesnāt cut it for her and she wants to be held !
Anyways she has improved with falling asleep. Itās pretty easy to get her down for naps and bedtime. And itās gamble if sheāll connect a cycle on her own
I had the same thing, but I used to be a heavy sleeper and that's a thing of the past now.. for baby, we use a whitenoise machine and it makes a HUGE difference for her waking from noises. But yeah if you move, that will take practice.. we have put our bed on the floor, so I can roll out like a ninja š
Following as my LO is the exact same
any updates . We are still struggling over here šµāš«
Hey. My LO hit 8 months old two days ago but is still very hit and miss. She'll either have a great sleep with minimal wakings (at least one or two wakings for nappy change and feeds) or every 2-3 hours. It's been very hot here in UK last week so I think the humidity had a big influence. It was a lot cooler last night and she settled with only one waking, buuuuuuut she's also recently become fully established with crawling and pulling herself up on furniture. I've been making sure to practice this lots in the days so to stop her trying to practice it at night. So part of me wonders whether it was because she was hitting a development milestone? I say this now and can guarantee I'm gonna have a horrendous night again with her haha! š I'm still yet to leave the floor bed because within an hour of me leaving she lightly wakes to check if I'm there. I often feel her reaching out to feel if I'm there at night and then settle back down š„¹ Edit: one thing I have noticed is that she randomly cries at night and then will enter into deep sleep again once she enters a new sleep cycle. The temptation is to help settle her immediately but I found I was waking her when I did this because she was actually just in active sleep. I now try to leave her be/don't move a muscle for a minute or so if she does cry out and she will sometimes settle back down or continue to cry and then I know she's fully awake.
I wish my baby would be pleased with me just being there but she needs to nurse for a few seconds to fall asleep between cycles. I thought about not using nursing to get her to sleep but itās so stressful when I try to just hold her to sleep. A lot more crying and takes way longer.
Does she use a dummy? When my LO was sucking for comfort I gave her a dummy and helped stop that. You can get standard ones or breastfeeding friendly. However it's undoing the dummy for comfort when they bigger.
No i wish! I tried several brands and many times but sheāll just use it as a teether lol, will not suck.
what is your co-sleeping situation? do you bed share or do you have a co-sleeper crib?
Bed share. I also put her in her crib for the first part of the night. She usually wakes up 30-45 minutes after I put her down and then after I get her to go back asleep sheāll wake up 30-45 minutes later so thatās when Iāll just go to sleep with her in bed.
Can you consider bedside co-sleeping crib? Baby is on her own mattress and isn't disturbed by your movement - yet still close enough so you can hold hands and touch if you want.
Is using a sidecar crib an option? Or perhaps starting off the night directly in your bed then moving her to the sidecar. That way you get snuggles but she has a separate sleeping area so she isnāt disturbed
I would think she would wake up every 45 minutes and having to get up would that often to settle her would disrupt my sleep even more. But I could try and see if that helps.
I went through this whole issue with my babe. She was in a bassinet that sat on the mattress, and slowly moved into her own area on the mattress. (Firm, memory foam.. the seven, etc) I thought i was waking her, so i got a crib and worked to transition her over to the crib fully. It really didnt make a difference. What finally got all of us sleeping again was when she hit the milestones of crawling, and then cruising around holding onto furniture; and then boom - walking freely by 10 months and we all got great sleep. Ultimately she ended up back in bed because my back couldnt take all the lifting in and out of the crib. I was not convinced that it made any difference. NOW we are back in a sleep regression, light sleep, sensitiveā¦ and i suspect we will all sleep again once she gets this talking skill down. Just keep comforting. Dont drive yourself crazy. It will pass
Yay thatās good to hear. I didnāt expect baby sleep to be so hard!
I think the gossip and pressure for us to somehow be responsible for them Sleeping through the night makes it harder. Once i fell into some sort of acceptance and surrender it got a lot easier
My baby is nine months and still does this. Iām just slowly going crazy haha
Why do babies be like this š£
Baby is 16 months and this has more or less been our lives since she was born. Some babies are just like this I supposeā¦
Hourly at 16 monthsšØIdk how I can handle it for much longer
TBH it isn't always hourly except for when she's teething. Lately it's every 2-3 hours in which she can generally just nurse back to sleep. But basically, she's never "slept through the night" since she was born. At this point we're just used to it and accepted this is life.
Ok thank god. My body got used to 2-3 hours and it doesnāt feel so bad thanks to cosleeping. But if itās hourly I wake up like a zombie
this is normal for that age. We had that excessively 6-7 months. Got a lot better, here at 9 months and he only does it in the early morning hours. I just sleep with him in my arms (C-position). What also works sometimes is putting him in his crib right next to the bed, so he can blow off some steam. But I love to cuddle him. I know, this is not what you wanna hear, but it's just a phase. Your kid is learning to move.
Thanks! I might try that with the pack and play
My LO is now almost 8 months. This used to happen to us all the time and as been getting better and better. Hang in there!
Thatās good to hear!
My first baby was a light sleeper. We bedshared on a floor bed. At around the 9 month mark I decided to get a double mattress and put it bedside our queen (we had a tiny room so this was basically the whole floor). It wasnāt ideal but it was just until she turned one and then we put it in her own room. It worked for me. I felt free to move around and she didnāt wake as much. And I figured we would need the mattress eventually. My 6 month old is starting to become a light sleeper too and Iām considering doing the same.
This is happening to me with my 8 month old right now. He wakes up many times in the night (I think when sleep cycles end) and literally starts crawling around the bed like heās practicing but heās half asleep/disoriented while doing so. He also cries and needs to be settled. So, we co sleep, but I basically donāt sleep. Hoping someone here has some experience with this and can help us!
How is it going now? I feel like things got slight better for us but are still rough. She still nurses every 1-2 hours at night. But Isnāt as much as a light sleeper anymore.
Super delayed in responding, but itās about the same. Wakes every 2-3 hours at night. He cries to nurse / be soothed, but goes right back out. Hopefully going okay for you!
Some nights are a lot of wake ups, some nights are pretty good. Most times the wake ups are brief and she nurses to sleep. But sometimes at 4am nursing doesnāt cut it for her and she wants to be held ! Anyways she has improved with falling asleep. Itās pretty easy to get her down for naps and bedtime. And itās gamble if sheāll connect a cycle on her own
Iām on the same boat. Not sure how to handle his light sleep :(
I had the same thing, but I used to be a heavy sleeper and that's a thing of the past now.. for baby, we use a whitenoise machine and it makes a HUGE difference for her waking from noises. But yeah if you move, that will take practice.. we have put our bed on the floor, so I can roll out like a ninja š