So my 7 month old wakes up several times a night, not always sure why but most of the time I can give him his pacifier or just leave him alone and he will fall back asleep. BUT, sometimes like last night he wakes up and he is fully awake ready to play. He woke up last night at about 3:45am and he was wide awake,talking to himself and playing in his crib. He is still in our room as we dont have an extra bedroom (plan to add one on this summer). I tried leaving him for about an hour but he was still making loud noise and starting to whine. I then tried to give him his pacifier and pat him many times but that didnt work. I was very frustrated and tired and was worried that if he stayed up too much longer the light would start to come up and then he really wouldnt go back to sleep. I left him again for a while and he started to cry...It was now about 5:30 and I just picked him up and rocked him back to sleep ( I did try the rocking earlier, but it didnt work). He was very tired this morning and I had to wake him at 7:30 because I had to go somewhere.
It is so frustrating when this happens, not every day but a few times a week. He is teething, but Im sure if he was in pain he wouldnt be playing right?
So, my question is what do you all do when this happens? Leave them alone until they fall asleep? But what if its running close to morning time? How long have you had to leave your babies awake before they fall back asleep.
It sounds like he is haveing teething pain, but could be earache along or seperate from teething , baby's his age get one or both symptoms. Blow warm air in ears, if he seems soothed by it, u may want to go to a pharmacy for highlands earache drops and just try it. And I would also go to a cvs and order over the counter HURRICANE jel for teething. WONDERFUL STUFF. rub gums paci in mouth and see if he won't go back to sleep. I also recommend a small fan away from baby on med high not faceing or blowing on him. worked for my grandaughter. its the soothing noise that does it with fan........... good luck
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C.W.
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Hi M.,
I want to start by stating that I practice a gentle mothering approach. In the first year or so of a baby's life they grow and change sooo much. My daughter is 7 1/2 months old and we've gone through several phases where she is wide awake at night. And always I've found later, a day, a week, a month that she's either gone through a growth spurt, working on her next developmental milestone, or sick. What I do is make sure she is dry, I'll then try to rock her a little bit to see if that will soothe her down (sometimes that works), most of the time I bring her into bed with me and nurse her laying down. I prop a pillow under my back for support and we then both go back to sleep. In this way, my daughter gets the nurturing she needs to grow and I get some semblance of sleep. There will always be tough nights, as a mom, I just remember this too shall pass.
For example this week she has been especially wakeful. Yesterday when I got home from work (yes I work full time) I noticed that she has two teeth about to bust through her gums, she has mastered pulling herself up, and has started making consonant sounds. Wow! Busy girl. No wonder she wants to be close to Mommy at night.
Good luck!
C
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C.M.
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M. - You could be describing my household the past two weeks! My almost seven month old son (6 months 3 weeks) has been especially wakeful the past two weeks. Before then, he would wake 1-3 times a night to nurse (going to bed at 7pm, waking a few times then getting up for the day around 5am).
But in the past two weeks, he'll wake up anywhere from 1:30-3:30 am and is wide awake wanting to play!!! He does not play happily in his bed, but will cry until I get him. He and his 2.5 year old sister share a room (2 bedroom house) so I do not want to leave him in there.
Most of the times, taking him into bed with me will fix it as I will just nurse him and he'll fall back asleep.
However, this week, the past two days were completely different. He has been waking up every hour, very uncomfortable, not wanting to nurse, play, be rocked, put in his bed, etc. Finally if I give him a bottle he'll go back to sleep (I usually just rock him or give him the bottle in our bed). I have even given him Motrin, Mylicon and Hyland's Teething tablets to see if that helps.
Luckily my husband works nights so he gets home around 1230 so when my son wakes, If I can't get him back to sleep, my husband will take him. I am tired, but just more upset/sad that my baby is not getting enough sleep and seems like he's in so much pain. I called daycare and he's his normal self there so I'm not sure if he's in more pain at night? I keep trying to see teeth but there aren't any there!! He also has started pushing up onto all fours which makes me think he'll start crawling here soon, and I have heard that when children hit a milestone, they often have troubles sleeping.
Good luck...take naps when you can! I have gotten it into my head that I'll have to start getting up at 5am so I go to bed knowing that and if I get to sleep later, then I'm happy!
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at 7months you may need to feed more then usuall to help them sleep through the night, also have more activity before bed so that they are tottally worn out. my daughter has had a messed up schedule her whole life but luckly i get to stay home with her. some times she is awake for four-six hours after only four hours of sleep, goes back to sleep for four hours, runs around for six hours, sleeps two, runs around for four hours and then starts all over again. but when she gets more to eat at night before sleeping (then nice bath) she tends to sleep better, also if your child normally falls asleep to noise it might be good to leave some music playing just so he knows that something is still there, it helps to play something like Enigma or mellow nature sounds. this website doesn't always send to my e-mail so if you have any more questions please e-mail me at ____@____.com, best of luck
