Baby Stopped Sleeping Through the Night...Any Suggestions?

C.,

Babies have growth spurts throughout their first two years, with periods of sleeping well/eating less in between. He needs to be fed if he is waking up at night. You will go through this several times before his second birthday, and then the spurts become less frequent and noticeable as far as waking at night are concerned. Your baby is still very young, I wouldn't be concerned about creating a bad habit...he's just hungry and can't help that!

I have four biologicals and have found this to be true with all of them...they sleep well for a while and then they wake up during spurts.

D.

2words...Growth Spurt. He's coming up on a big growth spurt. So the nursing (not that you want this to become a habit) during the night will help increase your milk supply for the new bigger him. Give it a week or so and hopefully it will pass.

He could really be hungry, or teething. There are many reasons. Whenever my son woke in the night I feed him. And if he was really wet or poopy I changed him. I wouldn't want to sleep all night hungry or dirty either. Eventually my son started sleeping longer and better without "crying it out".

C.,
It's very possible that your son is going through a growth spurt and is needing some extra calories. Try feeding him right before you put him down and see if that helps.

When my son was almost 6 months old my doctor told me that he would start waking at night soon because they "just do that". He told me not to feed him or change him because it would become a habit that he wakes up for. He suggested I let him cry it out.

Luckily for me, my son didn't start waking up so I didn't have to worry about whether or not to take that advice.

I'm passing it on to you in case you find it helpful.

Hi C.,
Your son is doing this because he is getting to an age where he now can start to feel separation and absence of objects and people. When babies are first born you can put them in a bouncy seat and walk away without them looking for you or getting upset, but as they get older around 5-6 months they are able to think about you and know you are there, but cry because they can't see you, so that's why Dr.'s say their sleeping patterns change as they age. They do this with toys too. At this stage they will have a toy in their grasp, drop it and start to look for it because they remember they had it in their hands. I know Dr.'s and even friends say let them cry it out, but for me and my husband, we couldn't do that with our daughter. 5 minutes was our max!!! I'm up with her sometimes at 2am for a long stretch, but that's her teething now, she has 4 coming in at once, poor dolly!!! Babies through toddler years just need love and attention and extra hugs to feel secure. They grow so fast and the nurture you put into them now will pay off later!!!!! One suggestion is to get a good white noise machine. We started our daughter with this the day she was home. White noise helps as a soothing background to drown out other noise and really helps to lull them to sleep. It does WONDers for our daughter and she sleeps very well now at 13 months old. I hope this advice helps.... He will start to sleep again, not to worry! Just comfort him when he needs it! =) Sending sleep vibes!! =)