5 Month Old Waking up EVERY Hour During the night...HELP!

The only thing I know of that might help is a dose of baby tylenol before bed. It sounds like she is teething, maybe getting several at one time like my daughter did.

When my daughter was younger and she would wake up a lot during the night I found that it was caused by ear infections. Laying down would cause her ears to hurt if she was sleeping in her carseat she would be ok. So there where nights I would leave her in her carseat to sleep until I could get her to the DR. the next day.

Is she waking screaming, crying or other wise in destress?? Cereal filling the stomach and causing a child to sleep longer is a MYTH believed back in the olden days. It does NOT, no matter what any one tells you, cause the childto sleep longer. It can also cause early onset juvinile diabetes in children if given before the age of 6 months. However, if you are just giving it once a day, she should be fine.

Most likely it sounds she is teething, and this is common for her to wake up. You can relax her jaw by putting frozen peas in a wash cloth or mesh cloth and have her chew on it. You may also freeze a wet wash cloth and have her suck on that.

If she is waking up screaming, she may be having night terrors and those will pass eventualy. make sure you do not try to wake her, but yet comfort her to sleep. If it continues for longer then a month, see a doctor.

Other options, she may be ill. Watch for signs of an infection in the body, like a fever that does not go away in 7 days. Watch for convulsions which will also entail a sleepy drowsy unaware look in her eyes.

This isn't probably going to be much help, but thought I'd share anyway. When my daughter was an infant, we had a terrible time getting her to sleep all night. We tried absolutely everything we could think of. Then, one night in my sleep deprived and frustrated state of mind, I tore a strip of my nylon nightie off and put it next to her fact and in her little hand. Well, I had always worn nylon nighties when I nursed and apparently it had the scent and texture she found comfort from, and she started sleeping for us. She carried around a nylon piece of material(we changed it when we needed to and could)for 3 years and called it her silky. She finally replaced it with a blanket. We always made sure the piece of material was wide enough to insure she would wrap it around her neck. K.

Sounds like teeth to me. Just because you can't see them yet doesn't mean they're not coming.

ok I know it sounds backwards but she probably actually needs more sleep during the day, overtiredness can lead to poor sleeping at night. Let her get her two 2-3 hour naps during the day and see what happens. I think all babies go through a simialar stage when they are teething or growing but it ia temporary unless you change her routine too much. Go back to what you were doing before and things will fall back into place. Unless you want her to co-sleep, dont start, its a really hard habit to break.

Hi I feel for you. I bet she is teething. I can't ever tell with my son until the tooth comes through. I would try orajel and maybe some tylenol before bed. Hopefully the tooth will come in soon then just 19 to go :) As a mom who co-slept with my daughter not a good habit to start. My daughter is 2 1/2 and still in our room. Oh also maybe try giving her cold water or juice. My daughter really liked that when she was teething. Good luck

Try checking if her room is quiet. Sometimes we don't realize how loud our laundry machines are or the fridge turning on until it's the dead of the night. Try having a radio on to where it's just static to give her some "white noise"

It might help. Good luck.

My baby was the same way, but since birth and he still gets up a few times a night at 18 months! I feel you're pain! It sounds to me like she is teething, or it may have been something you ate, (if you're nursing) that is upsetting her belly. I would give her a warm bath and make sure you try to keep her up as much as possible in the day, which sounds like you are doing. Sometimes these things have no cure, they just become the dark circles under our eyes and the great stories we tell our babies when their all grown up with their own. Best of luck to you and every other mama up with me and my restless one tonight! Take care :)

My daughter did this exact pattern with each of her 4-6 new teeth...If you don't want to get her into your bed, I would suggest just biting the bullet & getting up to comfort her...it's tough, but I think that's the only way in my opinion unless you're willing to let her cry it out...which I'm not. Have you tried teething tablets? or tylanol...? Are you breast feeding? My daughter liked ice, and wet washcloths to chew on...at night though, I was just up with her...You could also google night waking...there are some other causes...growth spurts...their cycles are always changing just when you get used to it :) good luck momma!

I know that co-sleeping is not something that you want to try, but sometimes it's what they need. You could even just move her crib near your room if that might help with your sleep schedule. My daughter is 4 and she was a co-sleeper while I was breastfeeding, and I was able to get 8 hours every night once I did that! She will eventually grow out of sleeping in your bed, and even if she does sleep in your bed, how is that a bad thing? She gets extra cuddles, and you get extra sleep!

It does sound like she may be teething. Try giving her some Infant Tylenol before bed and see if that keeps her asleep longer. That helped my son sleep when he was teething at that age. And just FYI: I know its a popular practice but actually putting food into bottles is not recommended by doctors. It's been shown to lead to obesity problems later in life. Anyway, hang in there, it's tough but they are so worth every bit of it.

She could have an ear infection. It always seems to hit them at night when they are laying down. I have had it happen with both of my kids when they were little.