waking in the night

[e&m'sirishmum]

Just in this last week, our very good little 5 month old sleeper has been waking up through the night!! I am not really sure what to do to put a stop to it! I can't let him cry in his room as he shares with his big brother. We have been getting up and feeding him, which I am not sure is a good idea as he hasn't needed to eat through the night now for at least the last 3 months!
I am thinking it might be due to teething or he has had a stuffy nose recently!
Any ideas or things that worked for you would be helpful!

[emilyrosejewel]

I am guessing it is due to teething or some other issue causing this. I am not sure what exactly to tell you to do about it. We also just let Justice fuss a little and normally he would fall back to sleep after a couple of minutes of fussing. Would it be possible to at least wait 5 minutes? In our experience Justice never cried more than that. He learned to fall back asleep on his own. If you can't do that then I would suggest doing some rocking or swaying him to get him back to sleep instead of feeding him because like you said he really doesn't need it at this age. Good luck and I hope things work out.

[Reneemomto5]

Hi Jayne, my baby girl did the exact same thing just at 6 months. She was the best little sleeper, than she started waking periodically through the night.

I couldn't let her cry it out either. I started taking her into bed with me, and there she pretty much stayed there until just a few months ago. I had difficulty with crying it out when they are small, they seem so helpless. But now that she is bigger I do let her CIO but not for more than 10 but she rarely gets to 5. Many have success with CIO from an early age, but I just couldn't.

I think what you are doing if it helps him get back to sleep and you rest easier just do that for now. I'm maybe just a big softy but I can't bear to hear them cry at that age. They grow up so fast, too fast. My kids are all excellent sleepers now so it didn't do any damage cuddling a little more or feeding them a little more.

I found a loud fan or the fan on our AC helped my babies and still helps my kids sleep better. The constant noise soothes them.

But thats just my opinion.

[mommyto3]

my son, when he was an infant had a stomach reflux(gerd"s) he was a light sleeper and suffered from chronic heartburn, constantly threw up all while choking and gagging. i had to nurse him every 2 hours 24 hours a dayfor the first 4 months so he could keep his food down and gain wieght. he slept alot in his car seat, his swing, and his bassinet and crib were elevated on one side. he was a horrible sleeper. when he was little, a few weeks old we introduced a lullaby cd. he still sleeps with his music at night at 3 years old, and listens to the same one. when he woke up in the middle of the night, as from when he was 6 months on, we could just go in and restart his music and just rub his back and talk really quietly to him. once he settled down, and not asleep we would tuck him in with his charlie barley bear and his blanket and let him fall asleep on his own. i hope this helps you out. i couldn't stand to let my babies cio. with my thirdi always put her to bed awake, and let her put herself to sleep, and she was sleeping through 8 hours at 4 months, and 12 hours by 5 1/2 months. sometimes we would hear her wake up at night, and she was always able to put herself babk to sleep.

[MomFromCanada]

Our dd, now 14 mos old, also did this around the same age. We did try the cry it out thing but it just didn't work for either of us or her. So we would wait to see if she would calm herself and if after a few minutes that didn't work, we would pick her up and at first we tried milk and rocking her back to sleep but then we switched to just water and no rocking, then it seemed to stop. I think she was also getting up some because she was going through a tough bout of illness and teething. Once she got past that she has not gotten up hardly at all since then.

[mommyb]

Have you tried putting him on his stomach to sleep? I know Michaela didn't sleep well on her back and Isaac can only sleep on his stomach. I hope he starts sleeping well again for you!