Hi all! I need some comfort here Mamas! Call me spoiled but my 3 month old slept through the night from day one! I had to wake her up at night to feed her up until 1 month, then I let her sleep since she was gaining a lot of weight and had good output. She would typically "nap" out in the living room until 10pm when I would feed her and go to bed. Then she'd sleep until 7am!! I know this WAS a dream! Well about a week ago (11 weeks) we started putting her to bed at 6pm instead of letting her sleep out in the living room. I fed her at 6 then put her down to bed. She has been now waking up twice at night, once at 1ish then again at 4:30am. I know this is typical, but it wasn't for her. I was so spoiled before and now I'm exhausted!!
Do you think she's just going through a growth spurt and she'll go back to sleeping through the night? Or do you think I'm creating a habit by feeding her? She's still pretty young and I didn't do the CIO with my son until he was 6 months. Also, last night I tried "dream" feeding her at 10pm and she ate well, but still woke up at 1:42am to eat again! I'm hoping this is just another phase....Sorry, I know all you moms who have woke and still waking 2 times a night from day one are laughing at me BUT please know that my first son was not at all like my daughter!
I didn't really think I was changing all that much in terms of her "bedtime" as she was falling asleep around 6 or 7ish. Instead of keeping her out in the living room, I thought I'd put her in her crib where she'd be more comfortable. Granted when she was in the living room, she'd get up and eat several times before 10pm. So ya'll are right going from 6 or 7pm to 1am is a long time. Tonight I put her down after 7 because she gets real fussy during this hour and I think it's because she's ready for some much needed sleep. Have I mentioned that she stopped napping as much and now only naps 30 minutes at a time? Yay, that's another problem. Anyhow, I should count my blessings and be thankful for only waking up 2 times at night.
Also google "4 month sleep regression" which might be happening a little early. I'd just feed on demand for now and wait it out, then do sleep training around 6 months.
6 PM seems like awfully early to go to bed and sleep through the night. Why not stick with keeping her up later? I kept my daughter up to about midnight, she would nap and nurse either in my arms or next me on the couch. Then when I went to bed I would put her in her crib and get about 6 hours of sleep. You don't have to wait that late, but why not keep her up later like you used to, was there a reason she needed to go to bed at 6???
growth spurt. and you should have had my son who woke up every 30 min to 2 hrs to feed for almost a year. I would have gladly traded you. :) and yes he was getting cereal and still doing that. man was I glad that phase passed.
3months is a typical growth spurt time. She is growing by leaps and bounds this first year. Can you imagine how hungry you'd be if you were growing like that.
Infant need to be fed on demand 24/7 for the *entire* first year of life. It amazes me that adults question when an infant is hungry and try to dictate when they are and aren't hungry. You can't create bad habits by providing what your infant is telling you she needs.
Infant sleep is not static. Expect a routine with changes and bumps in the road-for a long time.
My daughter was sleeping 5-6 hours a night from about 6 weeks but when she hit 4 months her sleep habits changed and she didn't fully sleep thru the night most nights until she was well over a year old and weaned fully (at 20 months). And this was with teaching her to sleep. She needed to wake to nurse and that was ok. My oldest was a completely different breastfed baby-slept 10-13 hours straight once he learned to sleep. They all have different needs and different physical abilities.
Every baby is different and you have to respond to their needs. Notice, I said *needs* not wants. Babies have needs and it's our job to provide for those needs and provide comfort and security.
Parenting doesn't stop at night, because we are tired, sick, have to go back to work, or would like to go to the bathroom lol. Just part of the deal. Enjoy that she is sleeping till 1 something!
I think babies change all throughout and I also think that from 6 to 1am is 7 hours so I could see how she'd be very hungry. even for an adult, 7 hrs NOT to eat is a long time. Additionally, twice a night isn't much.. my son used to awakened every 2 1/2 hours... no matter how we changed up his feedings. every child is different.. However, if you are putting her to bed at 6pm.. then I would definitely feed her again at 10pm.. even if it means you get back up at 2am.. this will all past... hang in there. :)
Yes, probably a growth spurt (and the first of MANY MANY sleep changes.)
How nice for (icy stare) you. tehehehe
My son was my first born and very dif my lil' girl. I would just go with the flow. So long as you keep her on a schedule during the day, things should fall into place. Meaning she'll sleep all night when she's ready. And if she doesn't, that's okay. My daughter is 26 months & she still gets up in the middle of the night for a bottle! We're starting to get her off of it now.. But her doctor says it's okay if she doesn't sleep all night and all that should change once she's off the bottle completely.
Good Luck!
Yes I think she will go back to sleeping through the night, my youngest is an excellent sleeper, always was from day one. Give her a few weeks, twice a night is not bad at all, although when you get spoiled (like I am with my second) it's sooo hard to start waking up during the night again.
During growth spurts, I always give liquid calcium/magnesium before bed and it works like a dream and none of my kids have ever had growing pains. We use Bluebonnett or Lifetime blueberry flavored calmag and give a teaspoon each night at infancy during growth spurts. The bones need more calcium to grow, so most nutritional intake doesn't not supply enough at many growth spurts.
Every one of my friends have thanked me profusely for this info. One of my friend's pediatricians told her to give Tylenol every night. I asked her if he had a Tylenol deficifency. Clearly not. After 2 months of still having pain and having a hard time sleeping, she finally listened to me....and wah-lah....2 nights later, he was back to normal and she continued to give it for another 1-2 weeks each night and then just supplemented 1-2 nights each week, so they never fell back into it.
3 months is a growth spurt time, but it also sounds like you drastically changed her schedule. From a 10pm feeding to a 6pm? You may want to go back to the other schedule and change it a bit more gradually. My daughter is 7 months old and sleeps through the night, but her last feeding is between 7 and 8:15. At 3 months, she may just not be ready to go that long, and once she wakes up the first time, she may be starting her every 3 hour feedings for the day.
