Sleeping at night is a nightmare.
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My little girl is also six months and waking every hour and between 2 and 6am is often awake for 2 hours at a time and wakes up crying as soon as she touches her cot. I have tried everything. Let me know if you work it out😴
My son is 19 months old. He sleeps from 8pm - 2am with no wake ups and then wakes up every hour until 630/645. Sleep could better or it could stay the same. I am hoping once I wean him, he'll sleep better.
Make sure they are not waking up because they are cold
Same with my 5 mo. I resorted to cosleeping until she is in a deep enough sleep for me to transfer her. Then she sleeps like a charm and wakes up happy
Mine was like this and still is at one. No advice, just solidarity ❤️ I know how it feels to read on here/speak to anyone about how their babies are sleeping 7-7. Just make sure you take time for you when you can and don't feel guilty if you're too exhausted to do much in the day xx
This happened to my girl twin around 6mths. I realised her night sleep was due to her lack of day sleep. I downloaded the huckleberry app and made sure I followed the wake windows and got her down for naps with proper routine ie change nappy, milk, sleep sack etc and things transformed! We also did a dream feed with the twins so woke them up for last feed about 10.30 at night this rly helped xxx hope some of this might be helpful
My 6m is exactly the same. 5 mins of a Power Nap would last her a whole day and even then she would still fight her sleep for bed. She wakes up at 5 wanting to start her day after waking up every hour. My LO can’t even self soothe unless I’m cradling her. I’m putting it down to teething or growth spurt but I know it will get better. Hang in there
Cosleeping helped me, my baby feeling me next to her helped to calm her so I wasn’t back and forth to her crib all night. This is what got her to sleep 10hr stretches. Mommy’s Bliss also has bedtime drops, though I’ve never had to use them, they have good reviews.
Check the temperature of the room, temperature of baby, do they have suspected allergies, they could need more daytime sleep (likely in your case), how much overnight sleep are you trying for, are they hungry etc. If you’ve genuinely tried everything I would take her to the doctors to make sure there is nothing underlying.
Also safe cosleeping is the only way I get any sleep as my son is like this. He stirs every 10 minutes if sleeping alone and will only do one 30 minute sleep cycle before waking up cosleeping means I can get about 4 hours in one go.
Hang in there! My boy woke 1-2 hourly until he was 1, we coslept to save my sanity. As we tried everything and I was so sleep deprived. All he wanted was to be with me, so nothing else was going to work! He’s sleeps well on his own now it was just a game of patience x
Sounds like they are waking cos they are overtired due to lack of naps. How long after waking are you offering/supporting with a nap?
@Kendall Thanks for taking the time to comment :) I've tried co sleeping but he just cries unless he's in a deep sleep already. 🤦🏼♀️
@Natalie hello. Thanks for commenting. I'm following wake windows and looking for sleep signs but he just will not drop off. I've tried a dark room, white noise and walking around for hours on end etc but nothing gets him off!
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@Rachel hi! Thanks for commenting. What was your co sleeping routine? I can only put him in my bed if he's sound asleep but he wakes up screaming 🤦🏼♀️
Is there anything you can do to lengthen the day naps ? Xx
@Jade wake windows are just a guide. What sleep signs do you look out for?
@Natalie yawning, rubbing eyes, zoning out and dropping toys are his main ones. I meant to say I've followed wake windows but he smashes through them. He just will not drop off in the day. It's bizarre.
@Amey I just don't know how to do this. He fights naps then just sseemingly smashes through his tiredness and stays awake. I've never known a baby like it! He's happy though and is growing like a weed!
@Jade huckleberry helped me. It’s catching the sweet spot to get them down for a nap and then them staying asleep through a sleep cycle: I would contact nap my little one to extend his nap or time it where I know I’m in the car and just keep driving till he’s had what his daily amount should be. Xxx
My little one won’t put himself to sleep I have to rock him or walk up and down with him and sing him a song xxx
@Jade yawning and eye rubbing are the last signs of tiredness so by that point they already want to be asleep. Sounds like fighting cos it's being offered too late. Id keep an eye on what point they show those signs (2 hours or whatever) then offer a nap 10-15 mins earlier on the next one.
My 5 month old is the same. When he was 1-3 months old, he would sleep all night long. Now he’s a terrible napper, hard to get to sleep or put down and doesn’t sleep through the night. I think it’s because they are learning new skills all the time and their sleep cycles are changing. He’s also the fussiest he’s ever been at this point. I just try to get through one day at a time!