tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post1036655798090836347..comments2023-08-22T01:59:18.988-06:00Comments on My Baby Sleep Guide | Your sleep problems, solved!: Habitual Wakings - When Baby Wakes Out Of HabitRachel Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02160855322599826360noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-12005260371567134042017-07-24T07:09:41.502-06:002017-07-24T07:09:41.502-06:00Hey! I have a 8 week old baby. He wakes every nigh...Hey! I have a 8 week old baby. He wakes every night at 1,2 am and then again at 4,5am. He has been doing this for several weeks. He eats both times. I am breastfeeding at night so I'm not 100% sure how much he is getting. Is this a habitual Waker? Should I try to eliminate a feed?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08696991127272642944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-57380031890519181112017-07-16T17:36:48.355-06:002017-07-16T17:36:48.355-06:00Imelda Gutierrez,
1) don't start up a feed onc...Imelda Gutierrez,<br />1) don't start up a feed once it has been dropped (unless with a very young baby), especially at this age. It seems like the easy way out at first, but it just leads to more and more issues and wakings most of the time. <br /><br />It's possible that the issue may resolve on it's own in several days. Sometimes kids have some funky sleep days. I would give as little attention as possible. Maybe go in once after a few minutes and lay her down and say it is time to go to sleep and then leave it at that. If you respond with play or attention during these kinds of awakenings you are pretty much insuring the wakings will continue.<br /><br />You may want to reevaluate naps to make sure there isn't too little or too much sleep. Has there been recent developmental or life changes? Is she about to start doing something new (like walking or talking)? Is light getting into her room? Is there a noise around this time waking her? Is she getting light at the right times (lots in the am, minimal at night).<br /><br />best,<br />rachelRachel Rowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160855322599826360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-85462930733456076862017-07-12T15:09:17.642-06:002017-07-12T15:09:17.642-06:00Hi,
I need help! My baby is 15 months old, until ...Hi, <br />I need help! My baby is 15 months old, until a week ago she was sleeping from 10 pm -10 am (which was great). But not anymore , she started waking up at 4 am and wants a bottle I feed her and she will stay up at least 2 hours she wants to play and walk around, this is an every night thing, im pretty sure she's not hungry! I make sure she has a good dinner and a bottle at 10 pm before going to bed, so I know shes not hungry! How do I get her back on a sleeping track? <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073015353177639371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-43904717191273067292017-07-12T04:59:11.965-06:002017-07-12T04:59:11.965-06:00Hi,
I need help! My baby is 15 months old, until ...Hi, <br />I need help! My baby is 15 months old, until a week ago she was sleeping from 10 pm -10 am (which was great). But not anymore , she started waking up at 4 am and wants a bottle I feed her and she will stay up at least 2 hours she wants to play and walk around, this is an every night thing, im pretty sure she's not hungry! I make sure she has a good dinner and a bottle at 10 pm before going to bed, so I know shes not hungry! How do I get her back on a sleeping track? <br /><br />Julie Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073015353177639371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-35638357223888368522017-06-15T16:15:34.074-06:002017-06-15T16:15:34.074-06:00Kim sztrina, I would try decreasing the attention ...Kim sztrina, I would try decreasing the attention given during awakening. Move towards comforting for seconds rather than minutes, and even by just your voice. So you'd go in and say time to go to see, I love you (or whatever) then leave. You can slowly decrease what you do. Add the "sleep words" to what you do now then stop the holding (if you do that) then stop touching and continue with just sleep words, all the while fecdreasing contact time with each visit. If that still isn't effective, consider decreasing how often you visit. 1 visit after a few minutes then no more after that (for each awakening) is often a good in between option and very successful. <br /><br />Good luck!<br />RachelRachel Rowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160855322599826360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-18671348887491264072017-06-14T23:10:32.238-06:002017-06-14T23:10:32.238-06:00I have a 9 1/2 month old. For the last I would say...I have a 9 1/2 month old. For the last I would say couple months, he has been waking consistently at 10pm, 1am, 4am & up for the day between 5:30-6:30 (I never take him out of the crib earlier than 6:30 when he wakes for the day). I've been trying the method where you go in and comfort him for a couple minutes, then leave and set a timer for a certain amount of time (I choose 15 minutes). However, this has not been working. I don't know what else to doAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517470246272624924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-229142754855577472017-06-14T23:10:29.530-06:002017-06-14T23:10:29.530-06:00I have a 9 1/2 month old. For the last I would say...I have a 9 1/2 month old. For the last I would say couple months, he has been waking consistently at 10pm, 1am, 4am & up for the day between 5:30-6:30 (I never take him out of the crib earlier than 6:30 when he wakes for the day). I've been trying the method where you go in and comfort him for a couple minutes, then leave and set a timer for a certain amount of time (I choose 15 minutes). However, this has not been working. I don't know what else to doAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517470246272624924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-81371189232169784912017-05-10T05:17:20.914-06:002017-05-10T05:17:20.914-06:00Hello,
My daughter is 11 months old, and for the p...Hello,<br />My daughter is 11 months old, and for the passed month or so she is waking up at 3-4am. We thought it was a sleep regression or a growth spurt, or even teething, but it hasn't stopped! We have fed her when she wakes up and now we think it could have turned into a habit, because often times she will fall back asleep after she eats. This is a tough age because so much is going on developmentally, and physically, that really anything could be wrong and it is hard to pin point what is going on. I am definitely going to try the wake to sleep method, but are there any other suggestions to get her to at least sleep until 6-6:30 like she used to?! She was always the perfect sleeper, even as a newborn. Her norm is going to bed between 6-7:30pm and waking up around 6-6:30am. We'd do anything to have those days back!<br /><br />Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-89650215722570242852017-05-06T23:31:49.922-06:002017-05-06T23:31:49.922-06:00Hi,
I have a 2 month old and before now she would...Hi, <br />I have a 2 month old and before now she would sleep from 8pm to 5/6am but now always wakes at 3am not wanting food but is very alert and awake I thought about a later bedtime but she would just get grouchy. She does go back sleep after a cuddle and sometimes dummy but will either then sleep till 6 or get up again before. I've read that putting the heating on around that time helps buto hasn't. I've took her out of her swaddle cause she likes her hands by her head. I'm stuck on what to do as she use to sleep quite well. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156796941079016977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-7125430097458792512017-04-30T18:16:38.036-06:002017-04-30T18:16:38.036-06:00Hi Rachel,
My little man starred sleeping through ...Hi Rachel,<br />My little man starred sleeping through the night at 6 weeks old (7:30-8:30ish) he is now nearly 10 months old and for the last 2 months has been waking up every night between 1:30-4:30 having a bottle and is impossible to put back to sleep. I've tried controlled crying, I've tried just putting him in my bed - he just screams and has a full blown tantrum I've tried to make sure I've never gotten up and played but tonight he won. After fighting with him for an hour and a half I find my self sitting on the couch wanting to bang my head against the wall while he plays and does what he wants. I'm stuck for what I can do - I've tried later bed times, earlier bed times, tried moving his afternoon naps, can't seem to win. Do you have and advice? I just can't keep butting heads with him at this hour anymore Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17736488497229995203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-89453202046407490442017-04-30T11:49:50.375-06:002017-04-30T11:49:50.375-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17736488497229995203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-64220985076604764862017-04-30T11:49:49.349-06:002017-04-30T11:49:49.349-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17736488497229995203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-89141019761146963892017-03-31T13:35:58.350-06:002017-03-31T13:35:58.350-06:00I should add that she sleeps in her room. Bed rout...I should add that she sleeps in her room. Bed routine is about reading a little story, put-on a song and than put her in her bed with the pacifier on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680976316457612344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-14422838205328144772017-03-31T13:24:32.823-06:002017-03-31T13:24:32.823-06:00Hello! My name is Livia! I have a 7.5 months old d...Hello! My name is Livia! I have a 7.5 months old daughter. Starting with the age of 1.5 months she started to sleep from 8:30pm to 6/7 am. Than, at about 5 months she did to want to eat anymore before bedtime (she has a gastro-oesophageal reflux) so she started to wake up during the night to eat - I always feed her, since I knew that she was actually hungry. Also, around 5 months she started to take the pacifier. In time she started to wake up during the night more than once - some nights she wakes up every 2 hrs. She doesn't have a certaing wake-up program, she is not hungry, but she wants to eat in order to fall right back to sleep. I should mention that during the day naps she falls asleep on her own. Before the night sleep, until a few days ago she used to fall asleep while breastfeed - now she falls aslep on her own too. I am currently not breastfeding her during the night before 4am. Still I do not know what else to do to get her right on track and I really don't understand her behaviour. Maybe I should also mention that she is really attached to me - at night if my husband goes to her she starts crying very loud.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680976316457612344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-35642783594164883532017-03-20T09:06:45.570-06:002017-03-20T09:06:45.570-06:00She does not take a bottle either. She doesn't...She does not take a bottle either. She doesn't nurse to sleep during the day. All my problems are at night. manicmindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450824983738572559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-26440617891071060932017-03-20T08:54:16.510-06:002017-03-20T08:54:16.510-06:00HELP!!! My 6 months that old is breast fed and was...HELP!!! My 6 months that old is breast fed and was up until a week ago waking every two to 3 hours a night to nurse. I thought life was hard then but this last week she has been waking every 30 min to an hour and the ONLY thing she wants is the breast to go back to sleep. She doesn't even nurse she just had it in her mouth and goes back to sleep. If I don't give her the breast she screams the house down. Idk what to do, but I am exhausted. Do I let her cry it out ? She is very stubborn. How long do I let her cry it out for ? If I try and tap her and sooth her in her crib she just screams louder. manicmindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450824983738572559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-47340062206544441892017-02-12T06:00:47.942-07:002017-02-12T06:00:47.942-07:00Hi Rachel,
We have a 10 month old that is in a h...Hi Rachel, <br /><br />We have a 10 month old that is in a habit of waking very early in the morning. We put him down between 7-7:30 pm every night and have sleep trained him to fall back asleep by himself. He consistently sleeps through the night but wakes up at 5:15 am. It seems as if that is just his internal clock telling him to wake up. My wife always does a morning feed when he does wake up. But we have noticed his morning nap comes pretty early and is ready to go to sleep around 8-8:30 which leads us to believe he is just waking up to early. Any tips or tricks to get his internal clock set to wake up a bit later? We have tried multiple tactics like trying to leave him as long as we can before he gets super upset, not going in until 6 am, and also nursing him to put him back down. Everything we do he consistently still is awake at 5:30, standing in his crib yelling at us to come get him.<br /><br />Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219592467976262357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-58257861771191681792017-01-20T23:15:48.953-07:002017-01-20T23:15:48.953-07:00Hi there, we're struggling with our 5 months o...Hi there, we're struggling with our 5 months old. He's exclusively breastfed. But the kicker is we're living in 525sqft studio condo, so his bedroom is also the kitchen... He takes a nap around 7pm and I've tried doing a bedtime routine, bath, book, boobs and he'll fall asleep no problem, but he wakes up at 9pm every time and is wide awake playing giggling, mashing around until midnight-1am... I'm clusterfeeding from 10-1am and really not sure if he wants it or if I'm just desperate for him to fall asleep... Help. I want to go to bed at a normal time!danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08021385402383767946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-87515812039739621532017-01-17T03:54:41.611-07:002017-01-17T03:54:41.611-07:00My daughter is 8 months (breastfed and currently d...My daughter is 8 months (breastfed and currently doing well with eating solids- 3 times a day) she is able to put herself to sleep at bedtime around 6:30/7 and has been able to for many months. Her last nursing session, before bed is around 5:00/5:30, then she has a little bit of solids. Her bedtime routine is singing a song, changing her, a bedtime story then to bed. About 15 minutes.<br /><br />Over the past month she has begun to wake up at around 9:30 every night then again around 1:00. I will nurse her and then she would go back to sleep. More recently (within the last week) she will nurse then want to look around, she seems to then become more wakeful. I will place her back in the crib, she does some protest crying but will put herself back to sleep. <br /><br />I have been reading the book , Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Baby by Weissbluth and he mentions some breastfed babies needing two feeding up until 9 months and the duration between these feeding around 4-6 hours. My daughter is just about hitting that 4 hour mark between wakings.<br /><br />She also is having an awakening around 4 but at this point, my husband and I have let her work it out herself. We are just having trouble, because we feel we are sending inconsistencies with responding to her at 9:30 and 1:00/1:30 but then not again at 4.<br /><br />I do not mind nursing at night but fear that we are creating a night waking habit. Any advice would be much appreciated.run4fun89https://www.blogger.com/profile/08542626659989325459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-86248054307306870572017-01-10T15:47:26.449-07:002017-01-10T15:47:26.449-07:00HI! I have a 3 month old who is on a very good sc...HI! I have a 3 month old who is on a very good schedule (bottle fed), can put himself to sleep wide awake. He has a 7am-7pm schedule and the last feeding is at 645pm then we oput him down. We are doing a dream feed at 11pm before we go to bed and then usually feed him 315-330am (we dont feed before at all even if he wakes up). Then he sleeps until 7am. My problem is that now he is waking up for the DF and also habitually waking for the 330 feed. I want to eliminate the 330 feed and keep the DF for now until he is 4 months. I have started giving him less oz at this feed but he still habitually wakes up sometimes an hour earlier for food. I know he can go from 11pm-7am without a feed. How do you suggest I go about eliminating the 330am feed? I am open to crying it out or any other method. He is a very temperamental baby and doesn't respond well to shush/pat, rocking etc. Thank you!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12422983825020895832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-17260566358739889612016-12-16T22:03:23.720-07:002016-12-16T22:03:23.720-07:00Hi,
I have a 6 month old baby girl, she is my fi...Hi, <br /><br />I have a 6 month old baby girl, she is my first child and is a very happy little girl, until she's tired that is. <br />She has always had a really good routine, especially at bedtime, which was actually her own doing from when she was a newborn, <br /> <br />Olivia is fed really well in the day and is a very healthy baby. She dropped her own night feeds by her own choice at around 12 weeks old and slept through every night until just before 5 months old. <br />She has a bottle before we go upstairs to bed on the evening and listens to music before she then drops to sleep by herself. She does have a dummy to soothe her also. Her bedtime is usually around 7:15-8 each night. <br /><br />I have no issues at all with the way she goes to sleep or her routine at all. It's during the night which is the issue. From around 2am she wakes and continues to be very disturbed until around 5 in the morning. Sometimes it is on and off sleeping and waking and then other times she is completely awake giggling and laughing. <br />I try not to take her out of her cot until around 6ish, if she is still awake. It's very disturbing for us because she is still in the same room as us. So every time she wakes is waking both of us up too. <br />Olivia has around 3 naps in the day sometimes less. However I have tried different ways to jiggle around her nap times in the to see if that could help, but is doesnt. <br />She isn't cold, she isn't hot and she most certainly isn't hungry because we know about it then! She does spit her own dummy out when she is in a deep sleep but wants it back once she disturbs but this actually doesn't help her to drop back off again. <br />Sometimes if we pat her or stroke her face she will go back to sleep but is usually isn't for long. We have even played her the same music she goes to sleep to, to help her understand it is still sleep time, but still no luck. <br /><br />I just need help to know what to do for the best In the night because it's getting ridiculous and I can see it's starting to make her miserable in the day now. <br />I just don't know how to deal with her positively in the night which will help her not to be so reliant on us and manage to sleep undisturbed.<br /><br />Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510289949991259368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-64986327970482886822016-12-06T10:24:25.114-07:002016-12-06T10:24:25.114-07:00At wits end,
It sounds like your daughter is wakin...At wits end,<br />It sounds like your daughter is waking for your attention (who knows why she woke the first time, but this appears to be happening now- this is a common thing that starts up and continues if a parent lets it which is often:)--you aren't alone!) so to stop the waking, you need to stop the attention. you can decrease what you do with wakings over time or go back to what you have done for sleep training in the past etc. I know this sounds overly simple, but the underlying issue really is simple, just make thing change isn't always as easy because baby will protest. best,<br /><br />rachelRachel Rowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160855322599826360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-11192839824346845402016-12-04T07:00:14.023-07:002016-12-04T07:00:14.023-07:00Help! My 13 month used to sleep 12 hours straight....Help! My 13 month used to sleep 12 hours straight. But just like that, she stopped. She will wake up sometimes only 1 hour after being put down for night, sometimes it's closer to 12am. Anyway, she stands up and screams and screams and screams until we go to her. I can pick her up and she calms down. But the moment I even think of putting her back she arches her back and looses it. So sometimes I have been able to help her calm down by just "shhhhhh"-ing and rubbing her back. But thrn as soon as I stop, she immediately turns over and stands up and screams. I try bring her to my bed but she just tosses and turns. She naps for 1.5 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. What should I do???????At wits endhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00743670695003941402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-90740999353064419432016-08-25T15:05:18.344-06:002016-08-25T15:05:18.344-06:00I'm sure a similar comment has been posted abo...I'm sure a similar comment has been posted above a million times but here goes a million and one. My NINE month old still wakes up multiple times a night. I always try to settle him back down without feeding him (he is formula fed) but almost always it won't work. It's like he demands a bottle. He takes two good naps during the day. Then we have a nightly routine of dinner, bath, bedtime bottle, story, then bedtime at 7. He's always tired and ready for bed at that time. His waking time varies. For example, last night it was 10, 1:30, and 4:40. He took a bottle ALL times. Some nights he only wakes up once but here lately most often it's two. He is a big baby so I'm pretty sure he can sleep all night without a feeding. A couple of months ago he slept ALL night (from 7-7 or 7:30) without waking up at all. I thought he finally had it figured out. Then the sixth night he was back to his old tricks. I'm thinking we should try sleep training but I REALLY dread that. Any ideas? PLEEEEEAAASSEEE!!!! :)<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Natalie Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374702689396384922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230077724876087121.post-48849145481621982852016-07-22T09:19:43.961-06:002016-07-22T09:19:43.961-06:00Help! My son is 10 months old. He wakes up every 3...Help! My son is 10 months old. He wakes up every 30 min-hour at night for food. He will drink between 4-6 ounces each time which is alot for nighttime. He drinks more at night then the daytime. When I give him a bottle during the day he doesn't even want it so I feed him solids. Idk what to do this has been 10 months straight of exhaustING night after night. Me and his dad both work so it's even more exhausting and I'm due with another December 25th. Any advice?!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18372078884791640539noreply@blogger.com