Ok, I need help from all the experienced mothers out there who are reading this. Z, who has always been a very good sleeper, has decided to rebel against that pattern. A few weeks ago he started sleeping for shorter lengths of time at night, but not enough to throw things off badly. But this past week, it's been getting out of control. He's barely sleeping 4 hours at stretch now, and only a few weeks ago he was sleeping 7-9 hours at a stretch. His sleeping pattern a month ago looked like this:
6:30-7:00 - eat
7:30 - go to bed
Somewhere betwteen 2:30-4:30 - wake up, eat, back to sleep
7:30 or 8:00 - wake up
Now his sleeping pattern looks like this:
6:30-7:00 - eat
7:30 - go to bed
11:30 - wake up, eat, back to sleep
3:00 or 3:30 - wake up, eat, back to sleep
6:30 or 7:00 - wake up
I feel like we've regressed about 3 months! Any suggestions, tips or advice is very welcome! In case the information is helpful, he'll be 5 months next week.
3 comments:
Christina --
Will you accept some feedback from a dad? (Admittedly, a dad who went home and double checked with a mom before posting.)
We hit streaks like this with both Tavniah and Canon, and--give or take a week--they always seemed to coincide with the periods when our pediatrician told us to expect growth spurts. We were trying to remember when those forecasted periods were, but it's been too long ago for us to remember. But, my/our first thought is that Z is probably just hitting a growth spurt, for which he needs more food. Sadly, at his age, more food corresponds to less sleep--for both of you.
Thanks for keep the blog. I'm enjoying my vicarious trip to Scotland.
gad
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i would suggest you ignore his cries and let him cry himself to sleep. i know it is a hard thing for a mother to do. but you know what they say about feeding stray cats dont you.......
all i know is it worked with our kids.....
after two nights of this treatment they slept very well.......
it works with our barking dog too.....when she barks, the more days in a row i ignore her the less she barks, but the more i let her in the garage the more she barks (all the time).
micah
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