My 8 month old daughter has been an excellent sleeper since she was about 3 months old. She is on a very good schedual and takes good naps. She was sleeping from 8pm until about 9 am everynight. However, for about the past week when she goes down at night she wakes up about 45 min. later screaming. I will go in there and hold her for about 2 min and she will fall right back to sleep, then wake up again 45 min to 1 hour late screaming agian. and so the cycle continues untill about midnight when she will finally stay asleep until about 7 am. does anyone know what goin on or something i can do to help her??
She might be teething. I have a daughter that has always slept through the night too, and she went through what you are describing when she was teething. Try Teething Tablets, Ambesol, and Baby Tylenol (all together). Also what helped the most was breastfeeding her. Nothing comforted her the way that did. My daughter is now 12 months, and has 12 teeth! Good luck.
Since she's getting older she might not be getting enough solid foods and the reason why she wakes up so much is because she's hungry. If you feed her a little later before she goes to sleep she might be ok, (maybe?)
she may be teething. I have a 10 month old who sometimes does this. At this young age, their sleep schedules change or have weird cycles, so it isn't anything abnormal that her sleep cycle is off. You just have gotten spoiled by having a very good baby!!! :-)
Try orajel or the massage as some of the other mothers recommended. This stage will probably pass really soon.
The same thing happened to my son and it was teeth! Try some motrin befor she goes to bed. It will be a continued pattern until all of her teeth are in. My son is 18 months and we just went through the same process all last week. Four molars just popped in. Good luck!
Hi! your little one might be teething and you might try rubbing her gums with a baby teething gel. Also, sometimes at this age it is common for babies to wake up and want to be close to their mommies. Be careful your little one might get into the habit of doing this, knowing you will rock her and hold her. Good luck!
My son went threw the same sort of thing at 7 months. At first I thought he may be having bad dreams, so I put a soft blanket and a soft bear in his crib. Sometimes the crying sounded like he was in pain so I thought it was teething. When it continued for 2 or 3 nights I would give him some teething tablets or a small amount of tylenol to ease the pain. I think this was also about the time that I started giving him a couple more ounces of milk in his night bottle to fill his stomache. Anyways, just to reasure you, it does stop eventually! I hope one of these might work for you!
Sounds like she is overtired. try moving her bedtime earlier. I also add Epsom salts to my son's bath and infuse it with lavender oil. then when it's bed time I close the door and that's that. He fusses a little, but he goes down and now only wakes up one time a night whereas he was waking almost 8 times a night at one point.
Hello J.,
Congratulations on having a healthy baby girl. Is she teething? If so that could be making it hard for her to stay asleep as she did before and making her scream because of the pain of the teeth or tooth coming in. If she is teething talk to your doctor about some healthy ways to sooth her hurting gums. You do have orajel yet you can't over do it. Teething toys that don't fall apart easily or puncture easily when the tooth comes in. Make sure that it is not a choking hazard. Always consult with your doctor. Let me know how it goes. Children always go through phase that will soon pass. Hang in there.
Nona
Probably baby is teething. There's over-the-counter gum soothing stuff that you can buy.
My little guy is 8 months and we're just coming out on the other side of this. 8 months is a key time for separation anxiety to hit so that may be part of it--teething is also the other big possibility. If she's falling back asleep in your arms it's probably not teething since she's not uncomfortable. I worked on getting him nice and drowsy in my arms but not letting him fall asleep there because he'd wake up looking for me after their natural 45 minute sleep cycle. So I'd watch for his eyes to start getting heavy and then I'd gently lay him down. Sometimes he'd curl up for sleep and others he'd start crying again. I'd leave for 5 minutes to give him a chance to settle himself and if not go back in and try again. It was definitely a long couple of days but now he's pretty much back to his old ways. He cries for maybe 10 minutes or so when I put him down, sometimes I go back in and pick him up, tell him he's ok and that it's bed time, and then he goes back down for the night.
Hope that helps a little! Some people say that putting something that smells like you in her crib helps, or a night light too. He's my 3rd baby and they've each had a bump in the sleep routine around this age.
When she is falling asleep, rub her little feet. This keeps body and soul together.
Hi J.,
This is pretty common these days. I am a wellness consultant and work with many children that are having the same challenges. It could be lack of nutrition and also their little body may have troubles regulating it's body temperature and relaxing.
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N. Marie
This is typical of separation anxiety. Just hang in there with her. If she's falling asleep by midnight and staying that way for 7 hours, I'd say you're still doing better than most. I'd try some of the suggestions of others in modifying her sleep routine a bit but wouldn't promote crying it out since she may be missing you and letting her cry probably won't help that feeling. MHO.
maybe teething? have you tried tylenol or orajel? you're lucky you got good sleep for the last 5 months! ;)
My daughter is also 8 months and going through the same thing. I moved her naptime and put her to bed a little later. Turns out she was getting too much sleep too close together, so I spaced out her nap and bedtime and it worked.
Has she been sick at all? if so, it might be worth it to take her to the doctor to have her checked out for possible secondary infections. Hopefully, it's just teething in which case there are all kinds of remedies to help her over the counter.
I also recommend doing something relaxing for her like a bath and / or giving her a nice massage just before bedtime to help her sleep more peacefully.
More than likely it's just a phase that will pass. You've been lucky so far, may this pass quickly for you both.
I don't know, but my son did this for a while at about the same age. I got the feeling that he was waking up at the end of his first sleep cycle. He eventually just stopped doing it, I don't know why. I know that isn't helpful, sorry, but maybe it is useful to know it isn't just your little one! (and he's also an excellent sleeper)
E.
Btwn 7-9 mos is when babies start to have separation anxiety. I co-sleep, and that works for us.
